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VIPeR Robot Demonstrates Exceptional Agility
Fort Worth TX (SPX) Oct 09, 2008Elbit Systems of America demonstrated the capabilities of Elbit Systems' unique VIPeR Robot at the Ground Robotics Obstacle Course during the recent Modern Day Marine Conference held in Quantico, VA. The specially designed obstacle course included a number of challenges aimed at testing small ground robots that might be used by marines and soldiers in the field. The Elbit Systems' VIPeR ... more iRobot Receives Order From TARDEC For iRobot Warrior 700 
Bedford MA (SPX) Oct 08, 2008iRobot has announced that the company has received a $3.75 million research and development contract from the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), the nation's laboratory for advanced military automotive technology. Work under this contract will result in the delivery of two iRobot Warrior 700 platforms. A powerful and rugged robot, the ... more Pterodactyl-Inspired Robot To Master Air, Ground, And Sea 
Lubbock TX (SPX) Oct 08, 2008Paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University, aeronautical engineer Rick Lind of the University of Florida, and their students Andy Gedeon and Brian Roberts have reached back in time 115 million years to one of the most successful flying creatures in Earth's history, the pterodactyl, to conjure a robotic spy plane with next-generation capabilities. Mimicking the physical and ... more Japan's 'Cyberdyne' robot suit ready for hospital 
Tsukuba, Japan (AFP) Oct 7, 2008A Japanese professor announced Tuesday he was introducing robot suits for paralysed people, helping them to walk again by detecting their next move and lifting their muscles. "The time has come to introduce this technology to the world," Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at Tsukuba University near Tokyo, announced at a news conference. Sankai's company producing the robot suits is named ... more Trac-ID Systems And C2SAT Present The C2SAT 1.2m KU-4M 
Stavanger, Norway (SPX) Oct 07, 2008C2SAT introduces a mini VSAT named C2SAT 1.2m Ku-4M, a newweight 4-axes military and commercial high performanceStabilised Antenna Systems for Always On - Not AlmostAlways On mobile broadband communication.Smaller meter and sub meter reflectors in all frequency bandscan be mounted into the same stabilised robot. Get the bandwidth you pay forC2SAT's system makes it possible to increase the ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Sept 25, 2008The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has the world's largest budget for space exploration with some 17 billion dollars on hand each year for space missions and robotic research. It was created by the US Congress in July 1958 to challenge the former Soviet Union's rise in the space race, a year after the Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into space. ... more Rock Moved By Phoenix Lander Arm 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2008The robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander slid a rock out of the way during the mission's 117th Martian day (Sept. 22, 2008) to gain access to soil that had been underneath the rock. The lander's Surface Stereo Imager took this image later the same day, showing the rock, called "Headless," after the arm pushed it about 40 centimeters (16 inches) from its previous location. ... more NASA's Phoenix Lander Might Peek Under A Rock 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 23, 2008If the robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander can nudge a rock aside, scientists on the Phoenix team would like to see what's underneath. Engineers who develop commands for the robotic arm have prepared a plan to try displacing a rock on the north side of the lander. This rock, roughly the size and shape of a VHS videotape, is informally named "Headless." "We don't know whether we ... more Opportunity Playing In The Sand 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2008During the past week, Opportunity performed several tests of the robotic arm to learn how to use it with a disabled shoulder joint. Having successfully completed those tests, Opportunity is moving on to investigate some bright patches of dust. Scientists hope to ascertain if the patches contain material not thoroughly analyzed in the past. On sol (Martian day) 1641 (Sept. 4, 2008) ... more NASA Selects MAVEN Mission To Study Mars Atmosphere 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2008NASA has selected a Mars robotic mission that will provide information about the Red Planet's atmosphere, climate history and potential habitability in greater detail than ever before. Called the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, the $485 million mission is scheduled for launch in late 2013. The selection was evaluated to have the best science value and lowest ... more |
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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 Phoenix Analyzing Deepest Soil Sample Yet 
Tucson, AZ (JPL) Sep 03, 2008Scientists have begun to analyze a sample of soil delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's wet chemistry experiment from the deepest trench dug so far in the Martian arctic plains. Phoenix has also been observing movement of clouds overhead. The lander's robotic arm on Sunday sprinkled a small fraction of the estimated 50 cubic centimeters of soil that had been scooped up from the ... more
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