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Designing Moon Droids in Autodesk

By Keith Cowing
April 8, 2013
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Moon Express Designs and Engineers Lunar Mission with Autodesk Software

“Taking the main stage before more than 8,000 attendees at Autodesk University 2011, Edwin “EJ” Sabathia of the “Moon Express Robotics Lab for Innovation” (MERLIN) unveiled lunar micro-rovers designed with Autodesk software. EJ was one of eight student robotics engineers hired by Moon Express in September from a team of the nations’ brightest engineering students. MERLIN is utilizing Autodesk design software for developing robotic technology supporting the company’s lunar exploration missions.”

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