Peg-in-Hole Isn’t Kid Stuff

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A Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute (RI) team led by professor Howie Choset is providing its expertise to help the company achieve that goal. An rendering shows Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle. Northrop Grumman is a shipbuilding and electronics company based in Los Angeles.

(Northrop Grumman) Placing a peg in a hole is literally child’s play, but when the peg and the hole are more than 22,000 miles above Earth the stakes are much higher. For Northrop Grumman, perfecting that peg-in-the-hole capability is key to a first-of-its-kind spacecraft designed [...] The post Peg-in-Hole Isn’t Kid Stuff appeared first on Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University . For Northrop Grumman, perfecting that peg-in-the-hole capability is key to a first-of-its-kind spacecraft designed to refuel and otherwise service satellites in geosynchronous orbit.