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Game Provides Clue To Improving Remote Sensing
Durham NC (SPX) Jan 29, 2009A newly developed mathematical model that figures out the best strategy to win the popular board game CLUE could some day help robot mine sweepers navigate strange surroundings to find hidden explosives. At the simplest level, both activities are governed by the same principles, according to the Duke University scientists who developed the new algorithm. A player, or robot, must move through ... more Japanese security robot nets intruders 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 22, 2009Japanese companies on Thursday unveiled a security robot that can be operated remotely by cellphone and launch a net to capture an intruder. The prototype T-34, jointly developed by robot developer tmsuk Co. Ltd. and security company Alacom Co. Ltd., looks like a small wheeled vehicle and is loaded with sensors that detect anything untoward in an office building. It can move at a maximum ... more VRSI Receives Third Contract For F-35 JSF Manufacturing Research 
Plymouth MI (SPX) Jan 23, 2009Variation Reduction Solutions has received a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract for robotic aerospace drilling development, bringing total SBIR grant monies received by VRSI to $10,000,000. The purpose of the project is to develop a vision-guided robotic drilling system that will automatically drill several thousand precision holes in the center fuselage of the F- ... more Robo-Surgery: Safe And Capable In Key-Hole Gallbladder Removal 
London, UK (SPX) Jan 26, 2009Using a robotic assistant to remove a patient's gallbladder by key-hole surgery (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) is as safe as working with a human assistant, a Cochrane Review has concluded. Comparisons between robot- and human-assisted surgery showed that there were no differences in terms of morbidity, the need to switch to open surgery, total operating time, or length of stay in hospital. ... more AF Officials Look At Robots For Aircraft Ground Refueling 
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Jan 22, 2009Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate officials here are developing an automated aircraft refueling system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Successful development and testing of the system will provide a feasible alternative to manual refueling of aircraft. The system will meet the goal of Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century - to find ... more |
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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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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 Mars Phoenix Lander Finishes Successful Work On Red Planet 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months. As anticipated, seasonal decline in sunshine at the robot's arctic landing site is not providing enough sunlight for the solar arrays to collect the power necessary to charge batteries that operate the lander's instruments. Mission engineers last received a signal from the lander on Nov. 2. ... more
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