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This lesson begins with a brief history of robotics, describing how robots are beneficial to engineering and society and then explores how robots have been used in recent space exploration efforts. The engineering design of the two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, are examples of advanced engineering design for space research. The maneuverability of these two spacecraft's robotic arms and the functionality of their tools is discussed.

In 2004, NASA engineers and scientists successfully landed two robotic rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, on Mars to explore the terrain and gather evidence to determine the planet’s history. Working as a team, engineers from several disciplines collaborated to achieve the complex task of designing and fabricating these two rovers. Electrical engineers designed and built the compact rover circuitry, mechanical engineers designed the body and arm, and computer engineers developed the rover programming and communication. Understand the need for robots in engineering and society.Explain how robots explore space.Know the importance of the cameras and tools of rovers.Recognize that science and engineering often depend on each other. 50TeachEngineering.orgChris YakackiGeoffrey HillDaria Kotys-SchwartzJanet YowellMalinda Schaefer Zarskehttp://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft_surface_rover.htmlhttp://www.foge.org/lesson_plans/materials/engineering_07a.pdfhttp://www.robotics.utexas.edu/rrg/learn_more/history/http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/200011/00-057E2/http://cache.ucr.edu/http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/P3/http://jerz.setonhill.edu/resources/RUR/index.htmlhttps://inlportal.inl.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=537&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=9&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=truehttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htmS11416D0International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyF. New products and systems can be developed to solve problems or to help do things that could not be done without the help of technology. 68S114172CInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Many inventions and innovations have evolved using slow and methodical processes of tests and refinements. 68S11425BDColoradoScienceb. Describe methods and equipment used to explore the solar system and beyond 88United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-02-178Teacher