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Turning Robots Into Personal AssistantsBonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 In a German children's comic strip, Daniel Dusentrieb has a little helper - an electric bulb with two legs - always at his side to serve him. Although Alin Albu-Schaffer has yet to come up with a walking light bulb like that - a presence that is always close by, ready to accept instructions and to assist people - his research work is clearly guided by a similar vision. Albu-Schaffer is a Department Head at the Robotics and Mechatronics Center (Robotik- und Mechatronikzentrum) of the German Aerospa ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) July 6, 2010NASA has abandoned plans to return to the Moon but videogamers can explore the lunar landscape with a free new online game released by the US space agency. "Moonbase Alpha" allows players to join an exploration team in a futuristic 3D settlement on the south pole of the Moon. "In Moonbase Alpha, you assume the exciting role of an astronaut working to further human expansion and research, ... more  
Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 06, 2010Robotic cars attracted attention last decade with a 100-mile driverless race across the desert competing for a $1 million prize put up by the U.S. government. The past few years have given rise to a growing number of microrobots, miniaturized mobile machines designed to perform specific tasks. And though spectators might need magnifying glasses to see the action, some think the time has co ... more  
Paris (AFP) July 5, 2010A space telescope designed to peer into the enigma of the "Big Bang" has served up its first overall image of the cosmos, the European Space Agency said on Monday. The picture "is an extraordinary treasure chest of new data for astronomers," ESA declared. The image was painstakingly built up, slice by slice, by a 700-million-euro (875-million-dollar) telescope, Planck, which ESA put in o ... more |
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Latest Counter-IED Equipment ShowcasedWestminster, London (SPX) Jul 01, 2010 Tackling the threat from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) was top of the agenda at the MOD's Defence Equipment and Support showcase event, Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD), this year. New Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Peter Luff, formally opened this year's show at the Millbrook vehicle testing ground in Bedfordshire. Mr Luff was then given a demonstration of some of the latest counter-IED (C-IED) equipment being used by British troops and met soldiers who had surv ... read more |
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