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Raytheon Sarcos Exoskeleton Robotic Suit Linked To Iron Man Superhero
Tewksbury MA (SPX) May 05, 2008Raytheon's newest research facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, is developing a robotic suit for the soldier of tomorrow. Known as an "Exoskeleton," it is essentially a wearable robot that amplifies its wearer's strength, endurance, and agility. In its May issue, Popular Science magazine likens the Exoskeleton to the "Iron Man" in the movie of the same name and suggests a blurring of the lines ... more 2009 Solar Decathlon Competitor Cornell University To Feature INSTEON 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Apr 30, 2008SmartLabs announces that Cornell University has chosen INSTEON home automation technology as an integral piece of their home build in the 2009 Solar Decathlon at the National Mall in Washington, DC, fall of 2009. The competition is comprised of twenty University based teams, each given $100,000 to showcase the design, build and operation of a home completely powered by solar energy. ... more Northrop Grumman To Provide New STARLite Radar For US Army Unmanned Vehicle Application 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 29, 2008Northrop Grumman has been selected by the U.S. Army Communication-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command to produce the new multi-function radar for the Extended Range/Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Radar program. Under the terms of the initial $42 million contract with the Command's Robotics and Unmanned Systems Program Management Office, Northrop Grumman will deliver 10 ... more Outside View: Work on Chernobyl continues 
Moscow, April 28, 2008 The Chernobyl nuclear power plant must have a new confinement shelter for its 4th reactor, which exploded on April 26, 1986. The old shelter was built hastily, in emergency conditions when robots went mad but people continued to work. It sufficed in the short term, but time and severe weather conditions have weakened it. The new confinement will be safe for 100 years. The European Bank ... more More Trouble For Opportunity's Robotic Arm 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2008A small motor in the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that began stalling occasionally more than two years ago has become more troublesome recently. Rover engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., are diagnosing why the motor, one of five in the robotic arm, stalled on April 14 after much less motion that day than in the case of several earlier stal ... more |
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Paris (AFP) April 12, 2008A prototype robot that can induce a general anaesthetic for operations has been developed in France using American equipment and tested on some 200 patients,the project team leader has announced. "The automatic pilot system relieves the anaesthetist of one of his tasks so that he can devote himself to the extremely important job of monitoring the patient's state," said Professor Marc ... more Surgeons use robots during heart surgery 
Boston, April 9, 2008 Some U.S. surgeons say they've started using robots to assist them in heart bypass surgery, producing smaller incisions, less pain and fewer complications. Boston Medical Center Dr. Robert Poston said his facility is one of only nine U.S. hospitals to offer robot-assisted coronary artery bypass graft, or CABG, surgery. CABG involves removing or re-directing a blood vessel from on ... more Evolution On The Table Top 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2008Evolution has taken another step away from being dismissed as "a theory" in the classroom, thanks to a new paper published this week in the online open-access journal PLoS Biology. The research article, by Brian Paegel and Gerald Joyce of The Scripps Research Institute, California, documents the automation of evolution: they have produced a computer-controlled system that can drive the evolution ... more Spirit Phones Home To Reset Clock As Energy Levels Plummet For Mars Rover 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 05, 2008Spirit is feeling the strain of juggling activities on Mars in the face of declining power levels as the winter Sun sinks lower on the horizon. After acquiring compositional data from a rock target informally named "Wendell Pruitt," Spirit had to wait a few sols (Martian days) to have enough energy to conduct atmospheric studies and move the robotic arm out of the way for a panoramic-camera ... more European Space Freighter cleared to dock with ISS: ESA 
Paris (AFP) April 2, 2008Europe's brand-new robot space freighter received final clearance to dock with the International Space Station (ISS), officials at the European Space Agency announced Wednesday. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named the Jules Verne after the French pioneer of science fiction, will make its first attempt to link up to the orbiting space station on Thursday at 1441 GMT, said ESA management ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008There are many fascinating places in our solar system to explore, but space missions are dangerous and expensive. Sending robots instead of people helps reduce these drawbacks. For this kind of exploration, Professor Bernard Foing looks to the Moon, Mars and beyond, hoping to discover tantalising secrets useful to astrobiologists. Foing is the senior research coordinator at the European ... more Robot Watchdog To Sniff Out Radiation 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 02, 2008Australian scientists have developed a prototype remote-controlled robotic vehicle to detect radiation, the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, The Hon. Warren Snowdon, has announced. "This is a significant leap forward for Australia's defence and national security agencies," Mr Snowdon said. "It will greatly enhance our ability to respond to radioactive incidents." The concept ... more Jules Verne Set For Next Step On Road To Automated Station Docking 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 31, 2008International Space Station managers gave the go-ahead on yesterday for Jules Verne ATV to proceed with the second of two demonstration days in the lead up to a first ISS docking attempt later in the week. On Monday, Demonstration Day 2 will see ATV approach to within 11 m of the ISS. "Having tested very successfully on Saturday the first part of the rendezvous, in particular using the ... more Actor-Robots Staff Part Of New Simulation Training Center 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 28, 2008A medical student places a chest tube in a patient lying on an operating table, while another student conducts a colonoscopy. Everything is just as it would be in a real OR or treatment room, except that the patients won't be harmed or complain if mistakes are made - they're robots. These high-tech, electronically outfitted mannequins are equipment in the new $5 million medical and surgical ... more Shuttle Endeavour returns after record-setting mission to ISS 
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) March 27, 2008Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are home after carrying Japan's maiden space laboratory and a Canadian repair robot to the International Space Station on a record-setting mission. Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:39 pm Wednesday (0039 GMT Thursday) after a 16-day mission that included a record 12-day docking at the ISS and five spacewalks -- the most ever embarked upon ... more
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