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December 21, 2012
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Opportunity For Some Shoulder Workout At Copper Cliff
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 21, 2012
Opportunity is working at "Matijevic Hill" (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. There, the rover has been conducting in-situ (contact) science measurements at a location called "Copper Cliff." On Sol 3160 (Dec. 13, 2012), Opportunity began taking images with its Microscopic Imager (MI) for a mosaic of a surface target. Partway through the activity, the rover's robotic arm experienced a stall in the shoulder azimuth joint. ... read more
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ROBO SPACE

CU-Boulder team develops swarm of pingpong ball-sized robots
University of Colorado Boulder Assistant Professor Nikolaus Correll likes to think in multiples. If one robot can accomplish a singular task, think how much more could be accomplished if you had hun ... more
UAV NEWS

Northrop Grumman, US Navy Complete At-Sea Deck Handling Trials of X-47B Unmanned Demonstrator
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS H ... more
ROBO SPACE

Flexing fingers for micro-robotics: Berkeley Lab scientists create a powerful, microscale actuator
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ROBO SPACE

Head-mounted cameras could help robots understand social interactions
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UAV NEWS

Mystery Air Force space plane launched
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ROBO SPACE

Custom robots could do Fukushima cleanup
Japanese company Mitsubishi has unveiled a radiation-resistant robot it says can help clean up the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE

Hat Trick for X-37B
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MOON DAILY

NASA Gravity Probes Prepare to Hit the Moon
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ROBO SPACE

Research: Tiny robots may think as a group
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UAV NEWS

Boeing Demos Unmanned Little Bird for Republic of Korea Army
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UAV NEWS

US drone strike kills at least three in Pakistan
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MARSDAILY

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UAV NEWS

Iran tells US to 'recount' drones
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ROBO SPACE

Swimming robot crosses Pacific Ocean
An autonomous swimming robot has successfully crossed the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Australia, its manufacturer says. ... more
ROBO SPACE
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MARSDAILY

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UAV NEWS

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UAV NEWS

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ROBO SPACE

Squirrels and Birds Inspire Researchers to Create Deceptive Robots
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ROBO SPACE

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