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Next Spacewalk No Earlier Than WednesdayHouston TX (SPX) Aug 09, 2010 The next spacewalk to complete the removal of a failed ammonia pump module and installation and activation of a new pump module on the International Space Station's S1 Truss will take place no earlier than Wednesday. Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson completed the first spacewalk to remove and replace the pump module at 3:22 p.m. EDT Saturday. As the result of an ammonia leak in the final line that needed to be disconnected from the failed pump module, the day's ... read more |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 29, 2010 The U.S. Army has placed orders with iRobot and Boeing for 94 small unmanned ground vehicles under a $14.6 million contract announced this week. Under the deal the companies will provide the Army with new 310 models, plus spare parts. The 35-pound unmanned robots, said Bob Dalee, robotics program manager for Boeing Network and Tectical Systems, are capable of providing the "dismo ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) July 30, 2010Japanese emergency services are to trial a small tank-like rescue robot that can search rubble for survivors and deliver water, food or cellphones in disaster zones. The fire department of Chiba City, east of Tokyo, will test the QUINCE prototype from next month, said Eiji Koyanagi, robotic engineering expert at Chiba Institute of Technology. "People die because they despair. If the robo ... more  
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2010Future manned missions to the Moon or Mars could use plants as bio-harvesters to extract valuable elements from the alien soils, researchers say. Now they hope to launch new experiments to follow up on tests done with plants and lunar regolith during NASA's Apollo program that landed men on the Moon. Lunar regolith is a loose mixture of dust, soil, broken rock and other related mater ... more |
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Army Technology Expands Snake-RoboticsAdelphi MD (SPX) Jul 30, 2010 Development of snake-like technology underway at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory is moving the military toward sending more autonomous systems instead of Soldiers on search-and-rescue missions, a top priority in the most dangerous mission areas. Army researchers call it the Robotic Tentacle Manipulator, a developmental project that expands on snake robotics research introduced at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, an ARL-funded effort through its robotics Collaborative Technology A ... read more |
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