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Robots Remove UXO From Training Ranges
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 26, 2009Robotic technologies were used to detect and remove unexploded ordnance from training ranges at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 10 in a demonstration sponsored by the U.S. Army Environmental Command. Experts from the Army's Environmental Command joined bloggers for a special roundtable discussion on how the demonstration went and how robotics could improve safety, efficiency, and provide ... more Adept Technology To Showcase Solar Cell Handling System 
Pleasanton CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2009Adept Technology has announced its solar cell handling system will be showcased at the 2nd International Photovoltaic Power Generation Expo in Tokyo, Japan. The application workcell is a high-speed solar cell handling system with integrated inline inspection and features the Adept Quattro s650 a four arm parallel robot. This will be the first time the Adept Quattro and the solar cell handl ... more Chemists Create Two-Armed Nanorobotic Device 
New York NY (SPX) Feb 19, 2009Chemists at New York University and China's Nanjing University have developed a two-armed nanorobotic device that can manipulate molecules within a device built from DNA. The device is described in the latest issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology. "The aim of nanotechnology is to put specific atomic and molecular species where we want them and when we want them there," said NYU ... more U.S., Chinese scientists build nanorobot 
New York (UPI) Feb 16, 2009 U.S. and Chinese scientists say they've created a two-armed nanorobot that can manipulate molecules within a device built from DNA. Researchers at New York University and China's Nanjing University said the programmable unit allows researchers to capture and maneuver patterns on a scale that is unprecedented. New York University Professor Nadrian Seeman, one of the study's ... more First Robotic Greens Mower For The Golf Industry 
New Orleans LO (SPX) Feb 16, 2009Precise Path Robotics announces the creation of the RG3 robotic greens mower, the very first fully automated robotic golf course conditioning and maintenance mower, at the 2009 Golf Industry Show in New Orleans. The Precise Path RG3 combines robotic technology with an industry proven cutting unit to produce a consistent and accurate cut every time while enabling superintendents to realize ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2009Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and students at the California Institute of Technology have designed and tested a versatile, low-mass robot that can rappel off cliffs, travel nimbly over steep and rocky terrain, and explore deep craters. This prototype rover, called Axel, might help future robotic spacecraft better explore and investigate foreign worlds such as Mars. On Ear ... more Antarctic Expedition Prepared Researchers For Mars Project 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2009About half a year before the robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander began digging into soil and subsurface ice of an arctic plain of Mars, six scientists traveled to one of the coldest, driest places on Earth for soil-and-ice studies that would end up aiding analysis of the Mars data. They used duplicates of some of the Phoenix spacecraft's instruments, plus other methods, in the Antarc ... more Merciless robots will fight future wars: researcher 
Long Beach, California (AFP) Feb 5, 2009Robots will be armies of the future in a case of science fact catching up to fiction, a researcher told an elite TED gathering on Wednesday. Peter Singer, who has authored books on the military, warned that while using robots for battle saves lives of military personnel, the move has the potential to exacerbate warfare by having heartless machines do the dirty work. "We are at a point of ... more NASA And Caltech Test Steep-Terrain Rover
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2009Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and students at the California Institute of Technology have designed and tested a versatile, low-mass robot that can rappel off cliffs, travel nimbly over steep and rocky terrain, and explore deep craters. This prototype rover, called Axel, might help future robotic spacecraft better explore and investigate for ... more ASI Chaos Small Robot To Participate In Series Of Exercises 
Logan UT (SPX) Feb 03, 2009Autonomous Solutions announced that its Chaos small robot will be profiled in a series of exercises at Cobra Gold 2009 in Thailand. The Chaos unit that will be at Cobra Gold was built by ASI for the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), which has made it available for the exercise. The Chaos robot will be operated by Marines in a series of scenari ... more |
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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 ISRO Begins Work On Chandrayaan-II Project 
Chennai, India (PTI) Jan 19, 2009ISRO has begun working on the Rs 425-crore second unmanned moon mission to be launched by early 2012 following the success of Chandrayaan-I, a top ISRO official said here on Saturday. Chandrayaan-II will focus on soil and mineral exploration on the lunar surface with the help of a robotic device and send back data, Chandrayaan Project Director Mayilsamy Annadurai told reporters here. ... more Japan researchers unveil robot suit for farmers 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 9, 2009Japanese researchers on Friday unveiled a robot suit designed to help reduce the heavy burden of harvesting as the nation's farm industry faces an ageing, shrinking workforce. Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology demonstrated a prototype wearable assistance machine equipped with eight motors and 16 sensors. The 25-kilogramme (55-pound) device is designed to assis ... more Will GI Roboman Replace GI Joe 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2009Those 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 ... more
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