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Phoenix Spacecraft Reports Good Health After Mars Landing
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 26, 2008More than a generation after NASA landed the twin Vikings on Mars in 1976, the United States has reacquired the ability to land on Mars using retro rockets and opening the way to much larger robotic spacecraft to be sent to Mars including Mars Science Lab - a mobile robotic lab. In the meantime, rocket engineers and planetary scientists are ecstatic that the Phoenix has landed in the Martian northern arctic region where it will dig for signs of life and much more. ... more iRobot Receives Orders For 200 More Infantry Robots 
Bedford MA (SPX) May 27, 2008iRobot Corp has received orders under two separate contracts from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), that manages these contracts on behalf of the Robotic Systems Joint Project Office at Warren, Mich. and Huntsville, Ala. PEO STRI placed a $16 million order, the third under the xBot contract, to put more than 200 robots and spar ... more Phoenix Set To Rise Tomorrow For A Busy 90 Days On Mars 
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 26, 2008NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars today to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm. Radio signals received at 4:53:44 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53:44 p.m. Eastern Time) confirmed the Phoenix Mars Lander had survived its difficult final descent and touchdown 15 minutes ear ... more Phoenix Lands On Mars 
Pasadena CA (AFP) May 25, 2008A NASA spacecraft today sent pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars. The images from NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander also provided a glimpse of the flat valley floor expected to have water-rich permafrost within reach of the lander's robotic arm. The landing ends a 422-million-mile journey from Earth and begins a three-month ... more MDA Solution To Look For Clues Of Water Above And Below The Surface Of Mars 
Richmond, Canada (SPX) May 25, 2008MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates reports that its engineers are preparing to support a Space mission which will look for evidence of water on Mars. As NASA's Phoenix spacecraft makes its final approach for a May 25th landing on Mars, engineers from MDA will support critical weather and robotics systems on-board the spacecraft from the mission operations center at the University of Arizona in ... more |
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Albuquerque NM (SPX) May 15, 2008Manz Automation AG Fraunhofer ISE is the largest solar energy research institute in Europe. Optomec has entered into an exclusive OEM partnership agreement with Manz Automation AG to jointly pursue applications in the Solar market. Manz Automation AG, based in Reutlingen, Germany, is one of the world's leading suppliers of automation, quality inspection, chemical wet processes and laser ... more ConnectivityWeek 2008 - IT-Powered, Sustainable-Energy Smart Grid Initiative 
Santa Clara CA (SPX) May 19, 2008More than 150 industry, government and academic energy experts will gather together to debate how to best harness sustainable energy and information technology to solve the country's energy needs during ConnectivityWeek 2008 at the Santa Clara Convention Center from May 20 - 22. The conference focuses on the intelligent connectivity among building automation, demand response and smart-grid ... more LIDAR Detector Will Build Three-Dimensional Super Roadmaps Of Planets And Moons 
Rochester NY (SPX) May 16, 2008Technology that could someday "MapQuest" Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester Institute of Technology's Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory, in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory. Three-Dimensional "super roadmaps" of other planets and moons would provide robots, astronauts and engineers details ... more Robot conducts Detroit orchestra 
Detroit, Michigan (AFP) May 14, 2008High tech met high art late Tuesday when a robot conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. It was the first time an orchestra was handed over to a robot and the diminutive, spaceman-like machine got rave reviews. Both the audience and performers burst into applause after Honda's ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) robot led the symphony in a performance of "The Impossible Dream" ... more Testing Times For Robotic Explorers On Mars 
Moffett Field (SPX) May 09, 2008Moffett Field (SPX) May 09, 2008 Many space missions use robots to explore. The rovers Spirit and Opportunity are still travelling around Mars, taking pictures and digging in the dirt. But could a robot identify alien life? How would a machine know the difference, for instance, between a rock and bacteria? Hoping to answer this question, a group of scientists, led by Derek Pullan of the ... more |
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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 Lockheed Martin Autonomous Car Takes A Lap At The Toyota Grand Prix 
Cherry Hill NJ (SPX) Apr 24, 2008Most people don't go to auto races to see cars parade around the track in single file at 30 miles an hour. Then again, most race cars include drivers. Lockheed Martin Racing Team's autonomous car joined two others at the Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix on April 20 for the first ever Robotic Grand Prix. While not technically a race, the cars demonstrated to 180,000 race fans that robotic cars ... more Canada rejects sale of space firm to US defense firm
Ottawa (AFP) April 10, 2008Canada's industry minister on Thursday blocked the sale of leading space firm MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates to a US defense contractor, as some feared a major setback in Canada's space capabilities. A spokeswoman for Industry Minister Jim Prentice said in an email, the minister "is not satisfied that the proposed sale of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. to ATK is likely to be of ... more The Future Of Robotic Warfare Part Two 
Moscow, April 11, 2008 There will come a time when robots will become the best value for the money for the conduct of tactical operations in war. When this happens, a couple of battalions will be able to destroy an enemy tank division. Each battalion will consist of a control company and four companies with 15 to 20 vehicles carrying from 10 to 15 robots each. Each robot will be armed with two guided missiles ... more
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