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Title: 5,000 Robots Merge to Map the Universe in 3-D

Abstract

How do you create the largest 3-D map of the universe? It’s as easy as teaching 5,000 robots how to “dance.” DESI, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, is an experiment that will target millions of distant galaxies by automatically swiveling fiber-optic positioners (the robots) to point at them and gather their light. Scientists working at Berkeley Lab are assembling this array of robots and their related electronics – together representing into a series of 10 wedge-shaped petals that will be fitted together to form a circular focal plane. The focal plane will be mounted near the top of the Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. This 3-minute video features interviews with two Berkeley Lab scientists: Joseph Silber, Focal Plane Lead Engineer, DESI Claire Poppett, Lead Fiber Scientist for DESI Video Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1660424
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; ROBOTS; 3-D MAP; FIBER-OPTIC POSITIONERS; MAYAL TELESCOPE; COMPUTER MODELING

Citation Formats

Silber, Joseph, and Popett, Claire. 5,000 Robots Merge to Map the Universe in 3-D. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Silber, Joseph, & Popett, Claire. 5,000 Robots Merge to Map the Universe in 3-D. United States.
Silber, Joseph, and Popett, Claire. Thu . "5,000 Robots Merge to Map the Universe in 3-D". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1660424.
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abstractNote = {How do you create the largest 3-D map of the universe? It’s as easy as teaching 5,000 robots how to “dance.” DESI, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, is an experiment that will target millions of distant galaxies by automatically swiveling fiber-optic positioners (the robots) to point at them and gather their light. Scientists working at Berkeley Lab are assembling this array of robots and their related electronics – together representing into a series of 10 wedge-shaped petals that will be fitted together to form a circular focal plane. The focal plane will be mounted near the top of the Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. This 3-minute video features interviews with two Berkeley Lab scientists: Joseph Silber, Focal Plane Lead Engineer, DESI Claire Poppett, Lead Fiber Scientist for DESI Video Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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