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Will GI Roboman Replace GI Joe Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 
Those of us who aren't privy to weapons development secrets might be shocked to learn how advancements in robotics are changing the shape of the United States Armed Forces-and other armies around the world. More than 6,000 robots are already used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Astronomical amounts of money are being funneled into artificial intelligence research. While that can ultimate ... read more
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Spirit and Opportunity rovers mark five years on Mars
Washington (AFP) Jan 4, 2009The US space agency's Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity this month mark their fifth anniversary on the Red Planet, where they have endured harsh conditions and revealed a deluge of information. The twin robots, which landed on Mars three weeks apart in January 2004, were initially expected to have just 90-day missions, but have since sent back to Earth a quarter-million images, toured mount ... more Developing A Better Flight Plan For Weather Forecasting 
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 02, 2009At MIT, planning for bad weather involves far more than remembering an umbrella. Researchers in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics are trying to improve weather forecasting using robotic aircraft and advanced flight plans that consider millions of variables. "Weather affects huge sectors of our economy, such as agriculture and transportation," said Nicholas Roy, an assistant pr ... more ISRO Eyes Lunar Landing In 2012 And Mars Mission In 2013 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 29, 2008Buoyed by the success of Chandrayaan-I, Indian space scientists now plan to conquer new frontiers by sending a robot on moon in 2012 and a spacecraft to Mars the following year which will also see an Indian astronaut in space. Indian Space Research Organisation has lined up a slew of missions which also include landing a spacecraft on an asteroid and sending a probe to fly past a co ... more OriginOil Announces Automation Of The Helix BioReactor System 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2008OriginOil has announced the successful automation of its Helix BioReactor system. This breakthrough technology optimizes algae growth, making large-scale commercial algae production scalable. The design of the Helix BioReactor utilizes low-energy lights arranged in a helix pattern and a rotating vertical shaft design, which allows algae culture to replicate exponentially within a smaller i ... more TALON IV Engineer Takes The Soldier Out Of The Minefield 
McLean VA (SPX) Dec 16, 2008QinetiQ North America has announced that its Technology Solutions Group subsidiary Foster-Miller is releasing its new TALON IV Engineer mine detecting, counter-IED robot for immediate use. Featuring a longer, stronger reach, stronger grasp, and the ability to right itself, the TALON IV Engineer is designed to detect and clear mines, unexploded ordnance and dangerous improvised explosive ... more |
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San Francisco (AFP) Dec 5, 2008If the Phoenix Lander comes back to life on Mars, Twitter users could be among the first to know. NASA gave the historic Space Age mission an Internet Age spin by adding a Twitter page, enabling the robotic interplanetary explorer to answer the hot micro-blogging website's trademark query: "What are you doing?" Twitter rocketed to popularity with technology that lets people use mobile ... more NASA Assigns Astronaut Crews For Future Space Shuttle Missions 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2008NASA has assigned the crews for space shuttle missions STS-130 and STS-131. The STS-130 mission will deliver a third connecting module to the International Space Station and a seven-windowed cupola to be used as a control room for robotics. The STS-131 mission will deliver research and science experiment equipment, a new sleeping area and supplies to the station in a logistics module ... more QNA Rolls Out Field-Transformable Dragon Runner Robot 
McLean VA (SPX) Dec 02, 2008QinetiQ North America's Technology Solutions Group has launched its new Dragon Runner Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV). Dragon Runner SUGV is the first fully modular ground robot system capable of both quick reconnaissance and improvised explosive device (IED) disarmament in urban, mountainous or rural environments. Based on a robot originally designed for the US Marine Corps, the ... more Rescue Robot Exercise Brings Together Robots, Developers, First Responders 
Disaster City TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2008The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a rescue robot exercise in Texas last week in which about three dozen robots were tested by developers and first responders in order to develop a standard suite of performance tests to help evaluate candidate mechanical rescuers. This exercise was sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology ... more Rheinmetall Develops USV For German Navy 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2008The German Navy has contracted with Rheinmetall Defence to retrofit and supply it with a robotic boat capable of carrying out a variety of missions. In developing the Unmanned Sea Vehicle (USV), Rheinmetall is transferring its tremendous expertise in the field of unmanned terrestrial vehicles to new maritime applications. The order is worth around EUR1.3 million. Under a research and ... more |
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San Francisco (AFP) Oct 30, 2008In a cosmic case of role reversal, aspiring lunar entrepreneurs based on the Isle of Man have hired NASA to build them a robotic rover to send to the moon. While it has historically been the US space exploration agency dishing out work to private contractors, Odyssey Moon said Thursday that it has contracted NASA as part of its mission to turn lunar travel into a money-making business. ... more New Technology To Neutralise IEDs 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 31, 2008The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP has unveiled a new robot called SPIKER designed to counter improvised explosive devices (IED). The robot has been developed by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and was demonstrated at the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane. "Innovations like this robot are part of DSTO's program to support our ... more 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
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