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U.S. robot sets 14-mile 'walking' recordIthaca, N.Y. (UPI) Jul 20, 2010 A robot designed by U.S. engineering students set an unofficial untethered walking record of 14.3 miles at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., the school says. Steered by students using a standard remote control unit for toys, the untethered Ranger robot covered the distance in 11 hours, making 108 laps around an indoor track at the university's Barton Hall on July 6, a university release said. The "walk" beat a previous record by a walking robot of 12.8 miles. Unlike other walkin ... read more |
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Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2010In 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 D ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 14, 2010The wheels that will touch down on Mars in 2012 are several rotations closer to spinning on the rocky trails of Mars. This video clip shows engineers in the JPL clean room where the rover is being assembled as they put all six wheels into motion for the first time. Engineers raised the rover just as a car mechanic would hoist a car to check the wheels, and started the "engine" to get ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2010NASA announced three new Centennial Challenges Tuesday, with an overall prize purse of $5 million. NASA's Centennial Challenges are prize competitions for technological achievements by independent teams who work without government funding. "NASA sponsors prize competitions because the agency believes student teams, private companies of all sizes and citizen-inventors can provide creative s ... more |
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US officials order delay in vital oil well testNew Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 14, 2010 BP was poised Wednesday to carry out a make-or-break test on the integrity of the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well after the procedure was ordered delayed by US authorities. The former Coast Guard chief leading the US response to the disaster made the decision to put the test off until at least Wednesday after meeting Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, and other top experts. BP is poised to test whether a huge 75-tonne cap can seal the leak without threatening the struc ... read more |
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