But to develop robotic systems that are efficient and cost effective, we need a technology infrastructure that is both robust and future-proof. In a world of increasingly diverse devices and operating systems, with wildly differing hardware capacities and designs, it's essential that a robotics infrastructure be device-neutral and platform-neutral. After all, in the world of space exploration, the contractor for a given system can change at the stroke of a politician's pen.
When early explorers of the moon experienced a breakdown in their equipment, their technical manuals reportedly advised them -- should all other diagnostic techniques fail -- to "kick with lunar boot." But for a robotic Mars rover sitting on an alien planet 141 million miles from Earth, there's no one there to do the kicking. A red planet robot in search of alien life can't afford the blue screen of death............
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