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Title    5,000 Robots to Build 3D Map of the Universe
Date    Wednesday August 10 2016, @07:16PM
Author    n1
Topic   
from the robot-hell dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/08/10/1437211

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Five thousand robots will get busy creating a 3D map of millions of galaxies in 2019.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has received US Department of Energy (DoE) approval to move from the design phase to construction, which will start next year.

That includes building the 5,000 10 cm-long, finger-width robots which will have the job of aiming fibre-optic cables at galaxies, stars, and quasars.

DESI's builders have just begun a two-month prototype run of the light collection system in Arizona.

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  1. "Arthur T Knackerbracket" - https://soylentnews.org/~Arthur+T+Knackerbracket/
  2. "following story" - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/10/doe_dips_into_pocket_finds_funds_for_desi/
  3. "prototype run" - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/14/i_spy_with_my_little_fibre_ten_meelion_or_so_galaxies/
  4. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=15221
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