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Bizkaia, Spain (SPX) Jun 24, 2008A research team from the University of the Basque Country, led by Basilio Sierra, is devising a robot that can get around by itself. Tartalo is able to identify different places and ask permission before going through a doorway. We are accustomed to seeing robots programmed to carry out a concrete task such as the robotic arms well known in industry. What is surprising is to see a robot ... more Phoenix Shake And Bake 
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Jun 24, 2008The Phoenix mission landed in the martian northern plains on May 25. Since then, the lander's robotic arm has scooped up soil and delivered it to the science instruments for testing. The hope is that Phoenix will discover organic molecules in the red soil - if it does, that improves the odds that life could exist on Mars. Phoenix already has found evidence for water ice beneath the top lay ... more Phoenix lander confirms presence of ice on Mars 
Washington (AFP) June 20, 2008Scientists rejoiced Friday after the Phoenix Mars lander confirmed their long-held belief that ice is hiding under the surface in the Red Planet's northern region. The lander's robotic arm started digging trenches into Martian soil after touching down near the planet's north pole on May 25, revealing a white substance that scientists had said could be either salt or ice. Phoenix flexed ... more Frozen Water Confirmed On Mars 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Scientists relishing confirmation of water ice near the surface beside NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander anticipate even bigger discoveries from the robotic mission in the weeks ahead. "It is with great pride and a lot of joy that I announce that we have found proof that this hard bright material is really water ice and not some other substance," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of ... more iRobot To Create Revolutionary New Robot For DARPA 
by Staff WritersBedford, MA (SPX) Jun 23, 2008 iRobot has announced the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Army Research Office have awarded the company a new multi-year, multi-million dollar R and D project to develop Chemical Robots (ChemBots). The goal of this program is to develop a soft, flexible, mobile robot that can identify and maneuver through openings smaller than i ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 18, 2008One of the ovens on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continued baking its first sample of Martian soil over the weekend, while the Robotic Arm dug deeper into the soil to learn more about white material first revealed on June 3. "The oven is working very well and living up to our expectations," said Phoenix co-investigator Bill Boynton of the University of Arizona, Tucson. Boynton leads the ... more Researchers Teach Mobile Robotic Arm To Manipulate Objects Such As Scissors And Shears 
Amherst MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2008Movies portray robots that can move through the world as easily as humans, and use their hands to operate everything from dishwashers to computers with ease. But in reality, the creation of robots with these skills remains a major challenge. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are solving this problem by giving a mobile robotic arm the ability to "see" its environment ... more Raytheon Teams With US Navy And Agilent To Develop Better Missile Production Lines 
Tucson, AZ (SPX) Jun 17, 2008Raytheon, teaming with the U.S. Navy and Agilent Technologies Inc., has implemented the Presidio Automated Test Line, a breakthrough in testing automation for production of Raytheon's Standard Missile 2. The SM-2 Presidio represents an innovative change to the testing process, not only for Standard Missile, but, ultimately, for Raytheon's entire Missile Systems business. It replaces ... more Tests Check Out Robotic Rescue Life-Saving Vision 
Gaithersburg, MD (SPX) Jun 17, 2008To save lives, search and rescue robots crawling through the rubble of a collapsed building or surveying a chemical spill area must be capable of beaming back clear, easily interpretable images of what they 'see" to operators and emergency planners, working away from the immediate disaster site. A new ASTM International standard, developed under a National Institute of Standards and ... more NASA Tests Lunar Robots And Spacesuits On Earthly Moonscape 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2008Conditions on the moon will be harsher, but prototype NASA robotic vehicles braved sand storms and unprecedented temperature swings this month on sand dunes near Moses Lake, Wash., to prepare for future lunar expeditions. Teams from seven NASA centers and several universities conducted the tests from June 2-13. "The goal was to gain hands-on experience with specific technical challenges a ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 11, 2008The team operating NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander plans to instruct the spacecraft in the next few days to use its Robotic Arm to sprinkle a spoonful of Martian soil onto a wheel that will rotate the sample into place for viewing by the spacecraft's Optical Microscope. Meanwhile, commands for Phoenix's activities today are to continue a set of atmosphere observations begun during the Martian ... more NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Testing Sprinkle Technique 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 10, 2008Engineers operating the Robotic Arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander are testing a revised method for delivering soil samples to laboratory instruments on Phoenix's deck now that researchers appreciate how clumpy the soil is at the landing site. "We're a little surprised at how much this material is clumping together when we dig into it," said Doug Ming a Phoenix science team member from NASA ... more Astronauts test Japanese robotic arm 
Washington (AFP) June 9, 2008Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide put the robotic arm of the Japanese Kibo module through its paces Monday before stowing it away, as the shuttle Discovery crew completed its mission at the International Space Station. Hoshide extended the 10.06-meter (33-foot) metallic arm and tested all its six joints as engineers monitored its every move from the Kibo control center in Tokyo. ... more QinetiQ North America Ships First MAARS Robot 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 10, 2008QinetiQ has announced that QinetiQ North America's Technology Solutions Group has shipped the first MAARS ground robot to the US military under a contract from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal/Low-Intensity Conflict (EOD/LIC) Program within the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO). MAARS (Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System) is the first fully modular ground robot system ... more Energy ministers get 'buddy' humanoids 
Aomori, Japan (AFP) June 8, 2008Cabinet ministers from the world's biggest economies who gathered in Japan for grim talks on energy security have one tiny thing to celebrate -- the world's smallest humanoid robot. The Japanese hosts plan to send all 11 ministers special editions of the 16.5-centimetre (half-foot) robot after wowing them with the toy at a dinner Saturday. "With this, you won't forget about me," Japan's ... more
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