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NASA Thruster Test Aids Future Robotic Lander's Ability To Land SafelyHuntsville AL (SPX) Oct 11, 2010 NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., collaborated with NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M., and Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, Calif., to successfully complete a series of thruster tests at the White Sands test facility. The test will aid in maneuvering and landing the next generation of robotic lunar landers that could be used to explore the moon's surface and other airless celestial bodies. The Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project at t ... read more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2010On the third anniversary of traveling through the solar system on its own since dispatching Dawn on a separate journey, Earth continues to orbit the sun in much the same way it has been. Meanwhile, the spacecraft is thrusting with its ion propulsion system, making steady progress in reshaping its orbit to rendezvous with Vesta in July 2011. In its three years of interplanetary travels, the ... more  
Tewskbury MA (SPX) Sep 29, 2010Raytheon unveiled its second generation Exoskeleton (XOS 2) at its research facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, during a demonstration with Paramount Home Entertainment. The new robotic suit is lighter, faster and stronger than its predecessor, yet it uses 50 percent less power. Its enhanced design also means that it is more resistant to the environment. "XOS 1 was essentially a proof of con ... more 
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Sep 24, 2010The Dying Swan is sometimes moving smoothly and gently, sometimes in a dramatic and fiery manner, as Tchaikovsky's majestic music from the ballet Swan Lake is playing. Yet this is no ordinary ballet dancer, but a robot in the form of a swan, created at Malardalen University and choreographed by professional dancer Asa Unander-Scharin. The swan robot's just over four-minute-long dance has s ... more |
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'Automatic' artificial arm said 'too easy'Orlando, Fla. (UPI) Sep 24, 2010 An artificial arm programmed to work automatically disappointed some users in a study - they said it was "too easy" - U.S. researchers report. University of Central Florida researchers thought the ease of using the program's automatic mode would be a huge hit, but they were surprised when most test participants preferred the manual mode-- which requires them to think several steps ahead and either physically type in instructions or verbally direct the arm with a series of precise commands - ... read more |
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