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Interview at Mars Desert Research Station, March 10, 2002

Salt Lake Tribune (December 12, 2005) "NASA uses facility to analyze life in tight space"
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San Francisco Chronicle SFGate (October 4, 2005) "NASA's new robots show their stuff"
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- Note: Remarks attributed to me in the paragraphs starting "Computers are thinking..." were made by Liam Pedersen
CBS 5 San Francisco (October 3, 2005) "Humans to team up with robots on space exploration"
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SpaceRef (September 28, 2005) "NASA shows intelligent space robots in action at Ames Marscape"
ErgonomicsReport (June 15, 2005) "Robots-human cooperation--The quest for a more equal partnership"
Monsters and Critics.com (April 29, 2005) "NASA Tests Human-Robot Cooperation In Utah Desert"
San Francisco Examiner (April 25, 2005) "Building robots with people in mind"
The Salt Lake Tribune (April 16, 2005) "S. Utah doubles as the planet for scientists planning missions"
Space.Com (May 25, 2005) "Bridging the gap between man and machine"
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Mars Daily (April 13, 2005) "NASA testing human-robotic interaction in Utah desert"
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NASA News (April 12, 2005) Press Release: "NASA TESTING HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTIONS IN UTAH DESERT"
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The Sao Paulo State (August 29, 2004) Intelligent software will aid in Mars exploration
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- pdf Portugese Text and Translation
CBS News at 10 (San Francisco) April 1, 2004, One minute video introduction to Mobile Agents with Robotics Competition & Astrobiology lead-in
SpaceDaily (March 31, 2004) NASA to test computer 'mobile agents' and helper robots.
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CNN.com (April 14, 2004) Robots come to aid of human exploration
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Space.com (April 14, 2004) "Wireless watchdogs: Intelligent software for astronauts and their robots"
Associated Press, Travis Reed (April 26, 2004) "Utah is practice site for Mars mission"
SpaceDaily (April 28, 2004) "NASA tests computer mobile agents and helper robot in Utah desert"
NASA Ames News - Press Release (April 30, 2004) "NASA Continues Computer 'Mobile Agents' and Robot Tests in Utah"
- Photo Gallery (Wayback Archive)
Spaceflight Now (May 3, 2004) "Computer 'mobile agents' and robot tested by NASA"
NASA-Ames Astrogram (October 2002 Arizona Field Test)
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