NASA Installs Giant Composite Material Research Robot
Hampton VA (SPX) Nov 06, 2014 - Kathy Barnstorff It looks like something out of a "Transformers" movie - a huge robotic arm that moves and spins to pick up massive heads filled with spools of carbon fibers, then moves in preprogrammed patterns to deposit those fibers onto a 40-foot long bed. But instead of transforming from machine to Autobot, it can transform epoxy and fibers into aerospace structures and parts. NASA's ... more

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