FACES & PORTRAITS

William "Red" Whittaker,  Fredkin Professor and Director of Field Robotics Center, of The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University,  stands with "Red Rover II". The  robot is the latest prototype of Red's CMU entry for The Google Lunar X PRIZE.

William "Red" Whittaker, Fredkin Professor and Director of Field Robotics Center, of The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, stands with "Red Rover II". The robot is the latest prototype of Red's CMU entry for The Google Lunar X PRIZE.

William "Red" Whittaker, Fredkin Professor and Director of Field Robotics Center, of The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, stands with "Red Rover II". The robot is the latest prototype of Red's CMU entry for The Google Lunar X PRIZE. A $30 million competition for the first privately funded team to send a robot to the moon, travel 500 meters and transmit video, images and data back to the Earth.

USAF Major Paul "Max" Moga and his air superiority fighter, F-22 Raptor. Vietname≠se security at Vietnam Air Force Museum
Ron Clarke poses with his 1999 Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2C high performance glider at Alexandria Airport, Alexandria, Indiana, USA William "Red" Whittaker,  Fredkin Professor and Director of Field Robotics Center, of The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University,  stands with "Red Rover II". The  robot is the latest prototype of Red's CMU entry for The Google Lunar X PRIZE.