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March 16, 2012
STATION NEWS
DARPA Makes Room On ISS For Programmers
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 16, 2012
Students, professionals, public sought to create algorithm enabling capture of objects in space. The absence of gravity presents a significant challenge for precision robotic maneuvering and operations in space. Overcoming some of that challenge may be possible through the development of computer algorithms to simultaneously compensate for this limitation while directing precision operations. Such algorithms could benefit a variety of space activities, including DARPA's Phoenix program. A primary ... read more

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ROBO SPACE

Roboticists Gear Up For Horizon 2020
THE European Robotics Forum, the largest Robot industry and academia gathering in the EU, was held this year at Odense, Denmark. Delegates heard a renewed commitment to Robotic R and D from the Euro ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Robots in record-distance ocean swim
Four wave-powered robots have set a record by swimming more than 3,200 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean, their U.S.-based developer said. ... more
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FLOATING STEEL

NRL Designs Robot for Shipboard Firefighting
In both war and peacetime scenarios, fire in the shipboard environment is serious and frequently results in excessive damage and high repair costs because the fire is not detected or controlled adeq ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Investigation of Earth Catastrophes From the ISS: Uragan Program
The Uragan program aboard the Russian segment of the International Space Station uses digital photography to study Earth's natural resources by monitoring catastrophes, both natural and human made. ... more
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TECH SPACE

UMass Amherst polymer scientists, physicists develop new way to shape thin gel sheets
Inspired by nature's ability to shape a petal, and building on simple techniques used in photolithography and printing, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a new to ... more
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UAV NEWS

UUAV conducts 7-hour mission
Germany's Atlas Elektronik reports that its SeaCat autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle has successfully completed a seven-hour mission. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Rep. Schiff Applauds Decision to Reject NASA Request to Divert Mars Funds
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a member of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, applauded the decision of Subcommittee Chairman Frank Wolf (R-VA) to reject a fiscal 2012 repr ... more
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WAR REPORT

Russia slays Georgian 'monsters' in Kremlin-backed film
A lone heroine fights off giant monsters and sinister masked warriors in "August 8," a Kremlin-funded blockbuster that gives the Russian view of the country's 2008 war with Georgia. ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Robotic Dinosaurs On the Way for Next-Gen Paleontology
Researchers at Drexel University are bringing the latest technological advancements in 3-D printing to the study of ancient life. Using scale models of real fossils, for the first time, they will be ... more
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TECH SPACE

Researchers 'Print' Polymers That Bend Into 3-D Shapes
Christian Santangelo, Ryan Hayward and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently employed photographic techniques and polymer science to develop a new technique for printing two ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

What Next for X-37B
On March 5, the X-37B robot spaceplane celebrated a birthday in orbit. This mysterious, semi-classified spacecraft is still up there, and it's not clear when it ... more
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STATION NEWS

Though Shuttle Retired, ISS Still Open For Business, Research Going Strong
The pace of research aboard the International Space Station is accelerating, even though the space shuttles used to build it have been retired. The shuttles' huge cargo carrying capacity was needed ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Humanoid robot will fight shipboard fires
U.S. scientists say they're developing a humanoid robot to fight fires aboard warships, moving autonomously to handle firefighting tasks usually done by humans. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Robotic Refueling Mission Begins With Space Station Robotics
NASA's highly anticipated Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) began operations on the International Space Station with the Canadian Dextre robot and RRM tools March 7-9, 2012, marking important mileston ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Enjoying massage of the future at the world's top IT fair
With all the frantic deal-making and head-spinning gadgets at the world's top IT fair, it is perhaps no surprise that a chair promising the benefit of two hours sleep in 20 minutes drew big queues. ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Almost half of Kyiv without heat, power, after Russian attack
Denmark proposes NATO surveillance mission for Greenland
Military aircraft to arrive in Greenland for 'long-planned' activities: US-Canadian command
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ROBO SPACE

Ground robot speed records raise hopes
Record ground speeds achieved by robots in recent tests by the U.S. Department of Defense raise hopes more robots will be put to military use in the years to come. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Robot artist 'draws' crowds at world's top tech fair
A robot caricaturist that can draw an accurate likeness of its subject in just three minutes was wowing the crowds on Wednesday at the world's biggest IT fair, but not every customer was satisfied. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dear Ups and Dawns
Dawn is continuing its exploits at Vesta, performing detailed studies of the colossal asteroid from its low altitude mapping orbit (LAMO). The robotic ambassador is operating extremely well on behal ... more
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MOON DAILY

Lunar lander firing up for touchdown
Europe's ambition of touching down at the Moon's south pole by 2018 has been boosted by recent test firings of the craft's thrusters. The robot lander will prove new techniques for sending humans to ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Russia building robot to go into space
Russia says it is building a humanoid robot to work in orbit on the International Space Station within two years, its first space robot in two decades. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

US robotic 'cheetah' breaks speed records
The Pentagon's main research agency has created the fastest-ever land robot, named "Cheetah," which can gallop at a speed of 18 miles (29 kilometers) per hour, scientists said Tuesday. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Weird and wonderful gadgets wow world's top IT fair
Water-powered clocks, eye-controlled arcade games and pole-dancing robots: this year's CeBIT tech fair, the world's biggest, showcased gadgets ranging from the useful to the downright nerdy. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Cebit 2012: 3D animations for everyone
3D movies like "Toy Story" or "Transformers" are based on everyday objects that are able to move like humans. Such 3D characters are created by skilled experts in time-consuming manual work. Compute ... more
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Russia says US has not released crew from detained tanker
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ROBO SPACE

New computers respond to students' emotions, boredom
Emotion-sensing computer software that models and responds to students' cognitive and emotional states - including frustration and boredom - has been developed by University of Notre Dame Assistant ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Pole-dancing robots wow world's biggest high-tech fair
Of all the weird and wacky futuristic gadgets and inventions at this year's CeBIT, the world's biggest high-tech fair, few have turned heads like a pair of pole-dancing robots. ... more
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STATION NEWS

A New Website Sharing ISS Benefits For Humanity
When the International Space Station was first imagined, the idea was to create an unprecedented research platform to support microgravity investigations for the benefit of all humankind. That goal ... more
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MARSDAILY

Community College Scholars Selected to Design Rovers
Community college students will have the chance to design robotic rovers in cooperation with NASA. Ninety-two students from schools in 24 states have been selected to travel to a NASA center, includ ... more
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STATION NEWS

New date set for Europe's resupply mission to ISS
Flight controllers have set March 23 for the launch of a European supply ship to the International Space Station (ISS), the European Space Agency told AFP on Monday. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

What Makes a Robot Fish Attractive?
Probing the largely unexplored question of what characteristics make a leader among schooling fish, researchers have discovered that by mimicking nature, a robotic fish can transform into a leader o ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Flying robots swoop and swarm as a team
Tech-savvy TED-goers watched in wonder as flying robots darted through tossed hoops, worked together in swarms and even formed a band to play trademark "James Bond" film theme music. ... more
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INTERNET SPACE

Google boss lays out future vision at world's top tech fair
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt cast a science-fiction vision of the future as the world's top tech fair opened Monday, with the German IT sector predicting record sales in 2012. ... more
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