Grasshopper (robot weather station)
Grasshopper bụ ọrụ nkè United States Air Force na United States Navy iji mepụta ụlọ ọrụ ihu igwe robot a na-ebugharị ebugharị nke parachute si n'ụgbọ elu dị ányá na mmalite afọ 1950. E mèrè Grasshopper ka e jiri parachute tinye ya n'ókèala ndị iro na redio weghachite ozi ihu igwe màkà mwakpo ikuku.
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Site na USAF Grasshopper mgbè a tụpụrụ ya site na ụgbọ elu dị ányá, obere bọmbụ na-agbawa agbawa na-agbanyụ parachute mgbè ọ kụrụ n'ala. Mgbè ógè a họọrọ, bọmbụ nke abụọ ga-agbasa ụkwụ nke otu ahụ mgbè ọ na-edozi ya n'ala. N'ikpeazụ, ụgwọ nke atọ na-agbawa agbawa ga-agbatị antenna ma mee ka otu ahụ dị njikere ịmalite ịtụle ihu igwe, na-agbasa ha ugboro atọ n'ụbọchị na ógè ahọpụtara (ka ụgbọelu ndị ọzọ wee nwee ike iburu mgbaàmà dị mkpirikpi). Akụkọ kwukwara na enwere ike iji Grasshopper mee ihe iji duzie ụgbọ elu na-alụ ọgụ na elekere dị n'ime màkà ógè ụgbọ elu ahụ ga-eru nso ébé a chọrọ.
Edensibia dezie
- "Grasshopper" Spies On The Enemy" , June 1951, Popular Science the USAF development, na otu n'ime isiokwu ole na ole a maara na isiokwu ahụ na foto ndị dị oke ụkọ
- "Air Dropped Robot Broadcast Weather" , Jenụwarị 1956, Popular Mechanics US Navy mepụtara Grasshopper, gbanwere maka nyocha Antarctic