Stanford Engineers Design a Robotic Gripper for Cleaning Up Space Debris

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Stanford Engineers Design a Robotic Gripper for Cleaning Up Space Debris
Right now, about 500,000 pieces of human-made debris are whizzing around space, orbiting our planet at speeds up to 17,500 miles per hour. This debris poses a threat to satellites, space vehicles and astronauts aboard those vehicles. What makes tidying up e...