ARTEMIS 2015 - Robotic Exploration Beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf
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ARTEMIS is Real!

8/23/2015

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By Peter Kimball
ARTEMIS testing at Stone Aerospace
ARTEMIS undergoes in-water testing at the Stone Aerospace Neutral Buoyancy Facility. (photo: Peter Kimball)
ARTEMIS testing at Stone Aerospace
Engineer Keith Huffstutler attaches a vertical load device used to verify ARTEMIS's in-water weight in the Stone Aerospace Neutral Buoyancy Facility. (photo: Peter Kimball)
ARTEMIS testing in Lake Travis
ARTEMIS undergoes nighttime testing of her visual homing system with the illuminated docking bar. (photo: Peter Kimball)
Enough renderings and vector drawings! This blog needs the genuine article! Here are some photographs of ARTEMIS taken at various stages of testing in 2015.  We'll go over the anatomy of ARTEMIS in a future post...
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Lesley Fenton
8/22/2015 06:12:51 pm

Looking forward to seeing more posts!

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    About the Blog

    This is the personal blog of Peter Kimball and Evan Clark, following our deployment with the ARTEMIS long-range underwater robotic vehicle to explore beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

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    Peter Kimball
    Peter Kimball is an aerospace engineer and field roboticist on the Stone Aerospace ARTEMIS project.
    Evan Clark
    Evan Clark is a computer scientist and field roboticist on the Stone Aerospace ARTEMIS project.
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    Kristof Richmond is a mechanical engineer and field roboticist on the Stone Aerospace ARTEMIS project.

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