| March 06, 2008 |  |
RoboDaily Advertising Kit |
| Previous Issues | Mar 05 | Mar 04 | Mar 03 | Feb 29 | Feb 28 |
Opportunity Proceeds With Caution On Sandy Slopes
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 29, 2008After recovering from a stall in Joint 1, which controls the compass orientation of the shoulder on the rover's robotic arm, Opportunity is proceeding carefully to its next target, an exposure of layered rocks known as "Gilbert." Opportunity ran the usual diagnostic tests for this sort of fault, which occurred while the rover was studying a rock target known as "Buckland," and successfully place ... more NASA shows off a moon robot 
Denver (UPI) Feb 27, 2007 The U.S. space agency is exhibiting a lunar robot rover equipped with a drill, designed to find water and oxygen-rich soil on the moon. The robot, designed to explore the moon's craters, is being demonstrated in Denver this week during the third Space Exploration Conference. The rover must operate in continual darkness in extremely cold conditions with little power, NASA said, no ... more Japanese cellphones to turn into 'robot' buddies 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 28, 2008For those who feel a bit lonely just talking on the phone, a Japanese company is offering a cellphone that turns into a robot buddy ready to chat. Softbank Mobile Corp.'s new mobile line looks like a small humanoid with attachable arms and legs, with the screen showing various faces. The PhoneBraver will be released in April after a character in an upcoming television drama series ... more Killer Military Robots Pose Latest Threat To Humanity 
Sheffield, UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2008A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield issued stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide. In a keynote address to the Royal United Services Institute, Professor Noel Sharkey, from the University's Department of Computer Science, expressed his concerns that we are beginning to see the first steps towards an ... more The X PRIZE Foundation Announces Official Contenders In Private Moon Race 
Mountain View CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2008The X PRIZE Foundation and Google have announced the first ten teams to register for the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a robotic race to the Moon to win a remarkable $30 million in prizes. This international group of teams will compete to land a privately funded robotic craft on the Moon that is capable of roaming the lunar surface for at least 500 meters and sending video, images and data back to the ... more |
oceans:
 spacetravel:  iss:  |
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 13, 2008The European Columbus laboratory has completed its voyage to the International Space Station. Columbus was officially attached to the right side of the Harmony module at 22:44 CET this evening. ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts, who was at the controls of the Station's robotic arm for the final capture and initial berthing of Columbus, reported to Mission Control, "The European Columbus module is no ... more Robot Plumbs Wisconsin Lake On Way To Antarctica, Jovian Moon 
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 13, 2008A University of Illinois at Chicago scientist will lead a team testing a robotic probe in a polar-style, under-ice exploration that may have out-of-this world applications. But the team will keep to a venue that's much closer to home. Peter Doran, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at UIC, lead the team working in the icy waters of Lake Mendota off the campus of the University ... more Robotic Rats To Aid In Rescue Missions 
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Feb 12, 2008A new initiative, bringing together nine research groups from seven countries, including teams of robotics and brain researchers from Europe, the USA and Israel, has recently been set up with the aim of imitating nature. Based on principles of active sensing adopted widely in the animal kingdom, the multinational team is developing innovative touch technologies, including a 'whiskered' robotic ... more Still Grinding After All These Years Makes For Much Opportunity 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2008With only about a month remaining before Opportunity's fourth anniversary (in Earth years) of Mars exploration, NASA's robotic geologist is still grinding into the surface of rocks to unlock the secrets of their interior chemistry. Meanwhile, fall arrived in the southern hemisphere of Mars on Dec. 9, 2007, Opportunity's 1,378th Martian day, or sol, of exploration of the Red Planet. Ten day ... more Researchers Give New Hybrid Vehicle Its First Test Drive In The Ocean 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Feb 08, 2008Taking a page out of a science fiction story, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Webb Research Corporation (Falmouth, Mass.) have successfully flown the first environmentally powered robotic vehicle through the ocean. The new robotic "glider" harvests heat energy from the ocean to propel itself across thousands of kilometers of water. In December 2007, a ... more |
robot:
 terrorwars:  iss:  miltech:  |
Washington (UPI) Jan 25, 2007 Researchers say the military may employ small robots equipped with advanced three-dimensional vision technology in as little as a year. The U.S. military plans to use three-dimensional flash laser radar-, or ladar-, equipped robots to explore chemically contaminated areas and researchers see the technology reaching the consumer markets shortly thereafter, the Christian Science Monitor r ... more Flying robot to track whales off Australia: report 
Sydney (AFP) Jan 27, 2008A flying robot is to join the fight to save the world's whales by taking part in an aerial survey to count humpbacks off Australia, a report said Sunday. The remote-controlled drone will patrol waters off Australia's North Stradbroke Island, taking pictures scientists hope will enable them to count the migrating whales, Sydney's Sun-Herald newspaper said. Scientists hope using the five-m ... more Boeing And SAIC Announce Accelerated Testing Of FCS Early Prototype Systems 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 18, 2008Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corporation, the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, have announced that the Army has accelerated test schedules for two FCS robotic prototypes based on current readiness levels and positive feedback from soldiers who are using early versions of the systems in Iraq and Afghanistan. Beginning ... more Meet Blob The Robot 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2008Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2008 No one knows if there is life on Mars, but if Dennis Hong has his way, the Red Planet could some day sport a creature that moves a lot like an amoeba. The assistant professor of mechanical engineering and director of Virginia Tech's Robotics the Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa), has developed a Whole Skin Locomotion (WSL) device that may be one of the world's m ... more Russian Fuel Flows Into Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle 
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 15, 2008Fuelling of the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle has started at Europe's Spaceport. ATV is being loaded with Russian refuelling propellant destined for the International Space Station. After a month of fuelling operations, the launch and maiden voyage of the first European resupply spaceship is scheduled for the second half of February. Early this month, the 20-tonne Jules Verne Auto ... more
|
car-tech:
 robot:  mars-robot:  trains:  |
|
| Previous Issues | Mar 05 | Mar 04 | Mar 03 | Feb 29 | Feb 28 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
