Sunday, September 9, 2012

Solar Energy - Robots Go Solar




QBotix cuts energy costs with robo-power.



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Robotic Solar Array
Energy and Capital
But QBotix's single robot drastically slashes costs. Indeed, the company claims that by using that single robot to handle 200 panel arrays, rather than individual trackers, costs go down by 15 percent while electricity production goes up by the same ...




How a Mars Sample Return Mission Can Go Electric
Space.com
How a Mars Sample Return Mission Can Go Electric. Jeremy Hsu ... Solving the mystery of life on Mars requires robots to collect Martian samples for a return to Earth — a mission that may come with the astronomical price tag of $5 billion to $10 ...

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Co.Exist

In the Future, Robots Will Operate Solar Power Plants
Co.Exist
The QBotix Tracking System consists of two robots--a primary and a backup. Solar panels are installed on QBotix mounting systems, and the robots move around on a track, adjusting the mounting systems as they go so that the panels always face the sun.




Popular Science

How a Mars Sample Return Mission Can Go Electric
Space Daily
How a Mars Sample Return Mission Can Go Electric by Jeremy ... Solving the mystery of life on Mars requires robots to collect Martian samples for a return to Earth - a mission that may come with the astronomical price tag of $5 billion to $10 billion ...
A Robot Drill For Mars Will Be NASA's Next Interplanetary MissionPopular Science
NASA's 2016 Mars Robot Will Drill Toward Mars' Mysterious Core for 'InSight'TheBlaze.com
NASA decides to send robotic seismologist to MarsNew Scientist (blog)
CBC.ca
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NBCNews.com

Scientists test new marine robot hurricane-hunters
NBCNews.com
As Tropical Storm Isaac was on its path through the Caribbean before becoming a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico this week, U.S. scientists were testing an experimental new weather spy tool — an unmanned, marine robot about the size of a surfboard that ...




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Go robot, go green. So incredibly cool! “@Forbes: Can Solar Robots Cut The Cost of Renewable Energy? http://t.co/fLgFQnyK”2:09 PM Sun Sep 9, 2012 via Twitter for iPhone








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