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Robotic Gardeners & the Future of Food in Deep Space

Tang and freeze-dried ice cream is fun to consume for about five minutes of your life. When you’re 10. But when you’re floating in space, the limited culinary options leave something to be desired. In fact, astronauts on long trips typically don’t eat enough. That’s where SPOT and ROGR come in: a smart growing chamber and gardening robot, respectively, currently being developed by a graduate team at the University of Colorado Boulder.

English
  • Originally Aired November 13, 2014
  • Runtime 10 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created September 5, 2025 by
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