Similar robots could one day conduct remote and autonomous surgery in deep space.
The aim will be to fine-tune the robot's operation in microgravity through autonomous tests including cutting stretched rubber bands and pushing metal rings along a wire, mimicking movements used in surgery.
"NASA has been a long-term supporter of this research and, as a culmination of that effort, our robot will have a chance to fly on the International Space Station," Shane Farritor, professor of engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said in aOver the next year, Farritor and his team will write custom software for MIRA, configure the robot to fit inside a standardized space station experiment container and perform tests to ensure MIRA will operate as intended in space and...
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