[meteorite-list] Results of ANSMET Nomad Robotic Meteorite RecoveryEffort?

From: Ed Deckert <edeckert_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 11:46:13 -0500
Message-ID: <5B65E22C2ED94BCF9E9C099DC0FAEC28_at_MAINPC>

Hi Mike,

This link may provide some info for you. Nomad apparently worked as
advertised.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2000-02/CMU-CMaN-0102100.php

There are two links at the end of the article that unfortunately no longer
seem to be working.

Regards,
Ed Deckert

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Subject: [meteorite-list] Results of ANSMET Nomad Robotic Meteorite
RecoveryEffort?


> Hi Listees,
>
> I was recently reading some old reports about the "Nomad" effort to
> recover meteorites from Antarctica using an autonomous robot. The
> robot would follow a pattern in an area while surveying the
> surroundings with cameras and sensors. Suspect rocks would be
> visually analyzed at a distance and promising candidates would be
> approach and analyzed in-situ using instruments on the rover. The
> rover would then confirm if a rock was a meteorite and collect it if
> the tests were positive.
>
> I was able to find some press releases and media articles announcing
> or promoting the project, but I could not find any follow-up with the
> results. The old websites dedicated to the Nomad effort are down.
> Does anyone know if the robot successfully recovered any meteorites?
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
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