ROBOTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

Since the beginnings of civilisation man has had a fascination for a human-like creation that would assist him. Man had discovered mechanics and the means of creating complex mechanisms which would perform repetitive functions. Technological advances were slow but there were more complex machines, generally limited to a very small number, which performed more grandiose functions such as those invented by Hero of Alexandria. We are interested in achievement associated with the construction of military robots, space robots, medical robots, etc.

NASA launched the long awaited solar tracker



Apparatus to study in detail the atmosphere of light and its internal structure, which will help scientists better understand the processes occurring in the Sun (illustration NASA).

February 11 at 18:23 Moscow time specialists Goddard Space Center (Goddard Space Flight Center) has successfully sent into space Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) - new generation of satellites designed to observe the Sun.

The new apparatus, the first of a series of planned NASA Living with a Star "(Living With a Star), waited a long time - to launch a satellite should have been a few years ago, but for different reasons, the event all moved away.

During this time, the current guardian of solar activity - the satellite SOHO - managed to order poiznositsya and into space were launched twin STEREO, have repeatedly passed on the unique information.

As reported in the relevant section of the project, to conduct scientific observations in SDO, there are three basic tools: Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), which allows to monitor the magnetic fields on the solar surface, Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) - camera to monitor the atmosphere light and the research its in different ranges, as well as the production of images that the surface of the Earth can not be done, and finally the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) - this unit will deal with measurements and survey of ultraviolet activity of our own star.


Into orbit "sunny" satellite carrier rocket lifted Atlas V, launched c spaceport at Cape Canaveral (photo NASA TV).

Every 10 seconds, 24 / 7, these devices will take off the sun in different spectra at high resolution and with different positions, which will get the picture 4 times clearer than HDTV. SDO will also be responsible for the supervision of the so-called convection zone, to map the ionized gas emission from the star's surface and examine the coronary loop, resulting in periods of high activity. To Earth data will be transmitted at 130 megabits per second, and typed on the day of the order of 1.5 terabytes.


It is assumed that a new space telescope will work in orbit for at least 5 years, during which SDO will study the details of the 11-year solar cycle and will provide data on the connection between solar cycles and a number of phenomena on the surface of our planet (Photo NASA / Jack Pfaller).