The
Atacama Desert Trek was a terrestrial demonstration of robotics capabilities
and technologies. It was a 230 Km. traverse across the Atacama Desert,
in northern Chile during June and July of 1997. The place was right to
the west of the Salar de Atacama, about a 100 Km. to the south of the nearest
town: San Pedro de Atacama. The picture to the left shows my good friend
Mike and me having breakfast in one of the early scouting trips we went
to Atacama. See more pictures by following the related links
at the bottom of this page.
I
can not express how interesting this trip was in terms of adventure, field
robotics, technology, public relations, good friends and fun. Why public
relations? Well, this project was really open to the public both in USA
and Chile, with several institutions working with the project.
The other picture shows the team that went to the desert for almost
three months (and yes, I had no hair at that time). It was a great experience
to work with these people, and I think they enjoyed working in Chile. One
of the favorite quotes was: Atacama is like fun, but different.
Well that was after 40 days there, and the place is kind of dry and lonely.
The
Atacama Desert Trek was a terrestrial demonstration of robotics capabilities
and technologies. It was a 230 Km. traverse across the Atacama Desert,
in northern Chile during June and July of 1997. The place was right to
the west of the Salar de Atacama, about a 100 Km. to the south of the nearest
town: San Pedro de Atacama. The picture to the left shows my good friend
Mike and me having breakfast in one of the early scouting trips we went
to Atacama. See more pictures by following the related links
at the bottom of this page.
I
can not express how interesting this trip was in terms of adventure, field
robotics, technology, public relations, good friends and fun. Why public
relations? Well, this project was really open to the public both in USA
and Chile, with several institutions working with the project.
