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iRobot Receives Award For DARPA LANdroids Program
Burlington MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2008iRobot has announced it has received an award under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) LANdroids program. Through this multi-year robotics research and development program, iRobot will develop a new portable communications relay robot that is small, inexpensive, intelligent and robust. The new effort takes advantage of the company's extensive experience in mobile robot desig ... more Coming soon to Japan: remote control with a wink 
Tokyo (AFP) March 3, 2008Don't read to much into someone winking at you in Japan -- a researcher says he has developed a system that will soon let people run their iPods with the flick of an eye. The system, comprising a single-chip computer and a couple of infrared sensors, monitors movements of the temple and is so tiny that it can be built into the side of a pair of eyeglasses. Closing both eyes for one second ... more 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 |
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London (UPI) Feb 14, 2007 The British government may be rethinking its decision not to pursue manned space missions. A strategy document published this week calls for an international space facility to focus on climate change and robotic space exploration, The Times of London said Thursday. Space Minister Ian Pearson said satellite communications and space technology provide strong business opportunities. ... more STS-122 Spacewalkers Complete Second Outing As Mission Extended 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 14, 2008Astronauts Rex Walheim and Hans Schlegel completed the second of STS-122's three scheduled spacewalks at 4:12pm EST. The excursion lasted six hours and 45 minutes. The spacewalkers completed the removal of an expended Nitrogen Tank Assembly and the installation of a new one on the P1 truss. The tank is part of the orbital outpost's cooling system. With the help of the station's robot ... more Columbus Installed In New Home On 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 |
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Paris (AFP) Jan 29, 2008The European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday said it expected to carry out the maiden launch of a robot supply ship to the orbital space station between February 22 and March 8 or 9. "The ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) will be launched from the 22nd February to the 8th, 9th March," John Ellwood, mission manager in charge of the unmanned space freighter, told journalists here. ... more Boeing And SAIC Announce Accelerated Testing Of FCS Early Prototype Systems 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 29, 2008Boeing and partner Science Applications International, the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, 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 this month, 25 FC ... more Military eyes new robotic vision system 
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
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