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ROADS on Icy Worlds: Unit 4 Lesson 1

Human and Machine Communication

Lesson Level Question: What are different ways robotic systems communicate, and what are their limitations?

Lesson Summary: Students will explore various aspects of wireless communication including the ways in which NASA communicates with technologies in space. Then, they will connect that knowledge to the technologies used for the ROADS on Icy Worlds Challenge (drone, robot) to observe the ways those systems communicate, including possible limitations.

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