Death in the clouds: The problem of bodies on Everest (2015)

Re:Death in the clouds: The problem of bodies on Everest (2015) by duskwuff on Saturday May 27, 2017 @01:32AM (#14429056)

1) You are underestimating how difficult the terrain is. The only types of robot that'd have a chance would be some of the legged ones from Boston Dynamics, and even they probably wouldn't be up to the challenge.

2) Lithium-ion batteries perform poorly at low temperatures. And there's very little electricity available on the mountain at all, let alone near the summit where a lot of the bodies are.

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Re:Death in the clouds: The problem of bodies on Everest (2015) by rdl on Saturday May 27, 2017 @04:20AM (#14429367)

We can make robots that work in space. We can surely make things which work in this environment. Either heat them, or use thermal batteries for power when needed. Also might be an interesting application for compressed air.

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Re:Death in the clouds: The problem of bodies on Everest (2015) by JadeNB on Saturday May 27, 2017 @06:59PM (#14432315)

> We can make robots that work in space. We can surely make things which work in this environment.

Space is a way less challenging environment than mountains for robots, which are well equipped to handle, say, lack of air and gravity, but poorly equipped to handle rough and rocky terrain and lots of gravity.

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