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e2v imaging sensors launched into space on NASA mission to MarsLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 12, 2012 On Saturday 26th November, e2v high performance imaging sensors were launched into space onboard an Atlas V rocket as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which plans to land a rover named "Curiosity" on the surface of Mars as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Programme. The Mars Science Laboratory is a long-term robotic exploration to assess if Mars is, or ever has been, an environment that can support life. It will be the biggest, most capable robot to ever land on another planet. ... read more |
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 Robotic Arm Gets to Work on Veins of Gypsum Opportunity is investigating light-toned veins around the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 2969 (May 31, 2012), the rover drove 36 feet (11 meters) to the northeas ... more | .. |
  Robotics helps us become more competitive Robotics is an area of research that can help us to innovate and become more competitive in the international marketplace. This was one of the conclusions of RoboCity12, the Robotics Summit that was ... more | .. |
  CU-Boulder students to help NASA develop plant food production for deep space University of Colorado Boulder students and faculty have been selected to develop a remotely operable, robotic garden to support future astronauts in deep space. The project is one of five universit ... more | .. |
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  US cargo ship on return voyage from space station The US company SpaceX's Dragon cargo vessel was released by the robotic arm of the International Space Station early Thursday at the start of its return to Earth from an historic mission. ... more | .. |
  UA Lunar-Mining Team Wins National Contest In what's become a common theme in the past year, a team of University of Alabama students won a national championship. The latest championship came not on an athletic field, rather on a simulated l ... more | .. |
 Robotic jellyfish could one day patrol oceans, clean oil spills, and detect pollutants Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers are working on a multi-university, nationwide project for the U.S. Navy that one day will put life-like autonomous robot jellyfish in waters around t ... more | .. |
 Waking Up with the Sun's Rays After moving from her winter perch, Opportunity drove to an undisturbed dusty patch to investigate the chemical origin of the ubiquitous Martian dust. On Sol 2957 (May 19, 2012), the rover use ... more |
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China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treaty
China's birth rate falls to lowest on record: official data
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 Rescue robot tested at So. Calif. beach Lifeguards in Los Angeles County say they've tested a robot rescue craft that could save struggling swimmers. ... more | .. |
 Graphene-control cutting using an atomic force microscope-based nanorobot Graphene, a stable two-dimensional structure, has attracted tremendous worldwide attention in recent years because of its unique electronic, physical and mechanical properties as well as its wide ra ... more | .. |
 SpaceX makes final approach to space station SpaceX's Dragon capsule on Friday made its final approach toward the International Space Station, edging closer to the climax of its landmark mission to latch on to the orbiting research lab. ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Drives to Dusty Patch of Soil The rover drove on Sols 2949, 2951, 2953 and 2955 (May 10, 12, 14 and 17, 2012), totaling just over 46 feet (13.9 meters). The rover is positioning to reach a pristine patch of dust on the surface. ... more |
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 DLR presents innovations in robotics at AUTOMATICA 2012 The Robotics and Mechatronics Center (RMC) at the German Aerospace Center is exhibiting at AUTOMATICA, the leading international exhibition for automation and mechatronics, which is being held in Mu ... more | .. |
 How To Keep A Mars Tumbleweed Rover Moving On Rocky Terrain New research from North Carolina State University shows that a wind-driven "tumbleweed" Mars rover would be capable of moving across rocky Martian terrain - findings that could also help the Nationa ... more | .. |
 Navy pilot training enhanced by AEMASE 'smart machine' developed at Sandia Labs Navy pilots and other flight specialists soon will have a new "smart machine" installed in training simulators that learns from expert instructors to more efficiently train their students. San ... more | .. |
 Paralyzed individuals use thought-controlled robotic arm to reach and grasp In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach for and sip from a drink on her own - for the first time in nearly 15 years - by using her thoughts to direct a robotic arm. The tri ... more |
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AST SpaceMobile secures role on MDA SHIELD defense architecture
Slingshot to embed AI agent in US Space Force space warfare training
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  Robotic Refueling Mission Results To Be Presented At NASA Satellite-Servicing Workshop NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will present results to date from the satellite-servicing Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) during the Second International Workshop, On-Orbit Satellite Servicing, h ... more | .. |
  NATO moves to share costs of military hardware NATO on Sunday approved more than 20 joint projects designed to share the costs of weapons and equipment at a time when member states face shrinking defense budgets. ... more | .. |
Paralysed woman's thoughts control a DLR robot Almost 15 years after being paralysed by a stroke, a 58-year-old US-American woman was once again able to serve herself a drink of coffee. This was possible thanks to a state-of-the-art DLR robot ar ... more | .. |
 People with paralysis control robotic arms to reach and grasp using brain computer interface On April 12, 2011, nearly fifteen years after she became paralyzed and unable to speak, a woman controlled a robotic arm by thinking about moving her arm and hand to lift a bottle of coffee to her m ... more |
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  Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow A fleet of 100 floating robots took a trip down the Sacramento River in a field test organized by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley. The smartphone-equipped floating robots demonst ... more | .. |
  Advanced Solar Photonics Increases Capacity to Meet Demand for 400 Watt PV Modules Advanced Solar Photonics has announced that it has expanded production of its 400 Watt monocrystalline solar panels manufactured in Florida. The capacity expansion includes an enhanced produ ... more | .. |
 JPL Invites all Earthlings to Annual Open House NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to its annual Open House on Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, themed "Great Journeys," wi ... more | .. |
 Japan firm unveils gesture controlling device Japanese technology titan NEC has unveiled a gadget that allows users to control their TV, mobile phone or tablet computer using a virtual input device. ... more |
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Self-healing composite can make airplane, automobile and spacecraft components last for centuries
Battle over Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia rages in Dutch court
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 NASA Robot Competition Rolls Onto WPI Campus June 14-17 Autonomous robots created by 11 teams of engineers from across the country will compete for a NASA prize purse of $1.5 million on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in Worcester, M ... more | .. |
Japan's Sharp to sell talking robot vacuum cleaner Japanese electronics giant Sharp said Tuesday it had created a robot vacuum cleaner capable of recognising and responding to simple voice commands in several languages. ... more | .. |
 Robot reveals the inner workings of brain cells Gaining access to the inner workings of a neuron in the living brain offers a wealth of useful information: its patterns of electrical activity, its shape, even a profile of which genes are turned o ... more | .. |
  Flying 3D eye-bots They can be deployed as additional surveillance resources during major events, or as high-resolution 3D street imaging systems. Intelligent swarms of aerial drones are a universally useful tool for ... more |
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 Terraforming a landscape for a robotic rover Challenged to design a background for a small rover controlled from space, students in Germany have delivered a futuristic cityscape. The cool space art will be seen by astronauts in orbit via the r ... more | .. |
 Game-powered machine learning opens door to Google for music Can a computer be taught to automatically label every song on the Internet using sets of examples provided by unpaid music fans? University of California, San Diego engineers have found that the ans ... more | .. |
  Space Station's Robotic Crew Member Designed to Look, Move and Work Like a Human NASA's first dexterous humanoid robot, has successfully hitched a ride to the International Space Station. Built for the specific purpose of working on the space station, its robotic hands work like ... more | .. |
 NASA Contract to Astrobotic Technology Investigates Prospecting for Lunar Resources Astrobotic Technology Inc. has announced a NASA contract to determine whether its polar rover can deploy an ice-prospecting payload to the Moon. The ice could yield water, oxygen, methane and rocket ... more |
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