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Underneath Phoenix Lander 97 Sols After Touchdown
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 10, 2008The Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took this image on Sept. 1, 2008, at about 4 a.m. local solar time during the 97th Martian day, or sol, since landing. The view underneath the lander shows growth of the clumps adhering to leg strut (upper left) compared with what was present when a similar image was taken about three months earlier. The view in this Sol 97 image is south ... more iRobot Awarded US Army Contract For Robotic Systems 
Bedford MA (SPX) Sep 10, 2008iRobot has announced it has been awarded a $200 million ceiling priced Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), on behalf of the Robotic Systems Joint Project Office in Warren, MI. Under the terms of the contract, the Army could order up to the full $200 million value in ... more European freighter detaches from space station 
Paris (AFP) Sept 6, 2008A European robot freighter decoupled from the International Space Station (ISS), positioning itself for a fiery, suicide descent into Earth's atmosphere. The Automated Trasfer Vehicle (ATV) is expected to burn up in the upper atmosphere over a "completely uninhabited" area of the Pacific on September 29, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. The ATV left the space station at 2129 GMT ... more Billion-dollar European probe set for asteroid encounter 
Paris (AFP) Sept 3, 2008Far from Earth, a robot spacecraft has been prodded from deep slumber to make a rare encounter with an asteroid, the intriguing orbital debris that could offer clues into the making of the Solar System. The pride of the European Space Agency (ESA), the probe Rosetta has been ordered out of hibernation four and a half years into a 10-year trek that will take it into the dark chill of deep ... more Robotic helicopters teach themselves 
Stanford, Calif. (UPI) Sep 3, 2008 U.S. scientists say they have created robotic helicopters that can teach themselves to fly by "watching" other helicopters. Stanford University Professor Andrew Ng, who led the project, said the achievement is an important demonstration of "apprenticeship learning," in which robots use an artificial intelligence system to learn by observing an expert, rather than by having software ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 25, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a soil sample from an intermediate depth between the ground surface and a subsurface icy layer. The sample was delivered to a laboratory oven on the spacecraft. The robotic arm on Phoenix collected the sample, dubbed "Burning Coals," from a trench named "Burn Alive 3." The sample consisted of about one-fourth to one-half teaspoon of loose soil ... more Robot-assisted surgery repairs fistulas 
Winston-Salem, N.C. (UPI) Aug 20, 2008 U.S. urologic surgeons say they have successfully used robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery to repair abnormal openings between the bladder and vagina. A team led by Dr. Ashok Hemal, a urologic surgeon from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, used the surgical procedure to repair the abnormal openings that are known as fistulas. Reporting on their experience with seven ... more Phoenix Mars Lander Explores Site By Trenching 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 22, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scientists and engineers are continuing to dig into the area around the lander with the spacecraft's robotic arm, looking for new materials to analyze and examining the soil and ice subsurface structure. New trenches opened recently include the "Burn Alive 3" trench in the "Wonderland" digging area in the eastern portion of the arm's reachable workspace. Research ... more Emerging PV Manufacturers Gain From New Global Partnership 
Dormagen, Germany (SPX) Aug 22, 2008A global strategic partnership to benefit the emerging photovoltaic (PV) industry for solar-cell energy applications has been signed by two leaders in advanced automation -- U.S.-based Northfield Automation Systems, Inc. and German-based Solarcoating Machinery. One point of contact is the benefit for new PV companies as they gear up manufacturing operations by tapping into the strengths of ... more Aerosol Jet Printing For High Efficiency Solar Cells 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 20, 2008Optomec has announced that they will showcase their patented Aerosol Jet Print technology for higher efficiency solar cells, at the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition in Valencia, Spain on September 1st-4th. Optomec will be available to discuss the Aerosol Jet platform. In addition, Manz Automation, Optomec's strategic wafer automation partner for the PV ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 11, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has continued studies of its landing site by widening a trench, making overnight measurements of conductivity in the Martian soil and depositing a sample of surface soil into a gap between partially opened doors to an analytical oven on the lander. Phoenix's robotic arm delivered soil Thursday from a trench informally named "Rosy Red" through a narrow opening to ... more U.S. military use of robots increases
St. Louis (UPI) Aug 5, 2008 Military robots are no longer only science fiction, with the U.S. Army planning to have 30 percent of its forces composed of robots by 2020. Washington University Assistant Professor Bill Smart and doctoral student Doug Few said the Army's robots won't resemble robotic soldiers from movies such as "Star Wars" and "I, Robot." "When the military says 'robot' they mean everything ... more Japan's Toyota unveils next-generation scooter 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 1, 2008Japan's Toyota Motor on Friday unveiled the Winglet -- a new two-wheel electric scooter to rival the Segway. The Winglet, which the automaker describes as "a personal transport assistance robot", can be controlled by shifting body weight, allowing the rider to go forward, backward and turn while standing upright. It cruises at a speed of up to six kilometres (four miles) per hour and ... more Mission Extended As Phoenix Confirms Martian Water 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 01, 2008Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples. "We have water," said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. "We've seen evidence for this ... more Robo-relationships are virtually assured: British experts 
London (AFP) July 30, 2008David McGoran cradles his baby in his arms. As he looks down into its big, dark eyes, it turns its head towards him and blinks, looking contented as it curls a bony white finger around his hand. But the "baby" is not human. And it looks more like the evil Gollum from "The Lord Of The Rings" movies except in a hemp romper suit with cloth ears than a gurgly infant. Meet Heart Robot ... more
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