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Space Radiation Can Rewrite a Robot’s Code

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High-energy particles can flip bits and corrupt a robot’s machine code in space. Nic Radford explains why NASA’s Robonaut used three processors in each actuator to check every command.

Category (YouTube): Science & Technology

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