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iRobot Receives Order From NAVSEA
Bedford MA (SPX) Oct 30, 2008iRobot has announced it has received a $3.7 million order from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) under an existing Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The order is for delivery of 17 PackBot Man Transportable Robotic System (MTRS) robots and repair parts to NAVSEA by January 31, 2009. The PackBot MTRS robots are customized for NAVSEA and are modeled after ... more ESA's Lunar Robotics Challenge 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 28, 2008The Teide volcanic peak on the island of Tenerife acted as a mock-up of the Moon landscape last week, with eight European student teams tuning, testing and driving their lunar rovers in preparation for a robotics competition that took place during the dark nights of last weekend. Roving on the Moon is not easy. Lunar robotic explorers have to travel in a vacuum, over rough and steep terrai ... more Husqvarna Launches Solar Powered Lawnmower 
Louisville KY (SPX) Oct 24, 2008Husqvarna's Automower Solar Hybrid is a fully robotic lawn mower partly powered by the sun and uses no fuel or oil. Expanding its current fully-robotic lawn mower line, Husqvarna will launch the new mower in the U.S. at Green Industry and Equipment Expo (GIE + EXPO) 2008. Powered by innovative and groundbreaking technology that combines solar power with electricity, the new Automower Solar ... more Phoenix Lander Finishes Soil Delivery To Onboard Labs 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has finished scooping soil samples to deliver to its onboard laboratories, and is now preparing to analyze samples already obtained. Scientists are anxious to analyze the samples as the power Phoenix generates continues to drop. The amount of sunlight is waning on Mars' northern plains as late-summer turns to fall. The spacecraft's robotic arm is digging into the ... more NASA Returns To The Moon With Instruments On Indian Spacecraft 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 22, 2008Two NASA instruments to map the lunar surface will launch on India's maiden moon voyage. The Moon Mineralogy Mapper will assess mineral resources, and the Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar, or Mini-SAR, will map the polar regions and look for ice deposits. The Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO, is scheduled to launch its robotic Chandrayaan-1 on Oct. 22 from Sriharikota, India. ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2008As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander continues to dig into the red planet's soil and deliver samples to its onboard science instruments for analysis. Over the past two weeks, Phoenix's nearly 2.4-meter-long (8 foot) arm moved a rock named "Headless" about 0.4 meters (16 inches) and snapped an image of the rock with its camera. Then the robotic arm scraped the ... more Phoenix Lander Digs And Analyzes Soil As Darkness Gathers 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2008As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander is busy digging into the Red Planet's soil and scooping it into its onboard science laboratories for analysis. Over the past two weeks, Phoenix's nearly 2.4-meter-long (8 feet) arm moved a rock, nicknamed "Headless," about 0.4 meters (16 inches), and snapped an image of the rock with its camera. Then, the robotic arm ... more AGI And X PRIZE Foundation Partner For Moon Prize 
Santa Monica CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2008The X PRIZE Foundation has announced that it has selected AGI, producer of analysis software for land, sea, air, and space, as an official "preferred partner" for the Google Lunar X PRIZE. Preferred partners offer discounted services to the teams competing in the $30 million international competition. The Google Lunar X PRIZE challenges privately-funded teams to safely land a robot on the ... more 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 |
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Makuhari, Japan (AFP) Sept 30, 2008Japan's Nissan Motor Co. has tapped into an unlikely source of inspiration for technology to prevent car crashes -- bumblebees. The Biomimetic Car Robot Drive, or BR23C, is a metre-high duckling-shaped robot with a sensor that recreates the highly complex eyes of a bumblebee. The robot can detect an object up to two metres (2.2 yards) away in a 180-degree radius. It swerves away on wheel ... more Europe space chiefs elated after freighter completes mission 
Toulouse, France (AFP) Sept 29, 2008Europe's space freighter was destroyed over the South Pacific on Monday, ending a glitteringly successful maiden mission to the International Space Station, officials said. The European Space Agency said the robot truck had outperformed every expectation, while the aerospace firm which built it urged Europe to back a blueprint for transforming the ship into a manned spacecraft. ... more Facts about NASA, the world's biggest space agency 
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
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