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October 15, 2013

UMD Robotic Bird Harvests Solar Energy
College Park MD (SPX) Oct 15, 2013
Small robotic birds are showing lots of promise for tasks such as monitoring the environment and conducting surveillance. But one current drawback they have is the amount of time they are able to stay aloft. Because of the birds' light weight and small size, the tiny batteries used to power them deplete in just a few minutes. University of Maryland Professors S.K. Gupta and Hugh Bruck and their students in the Maryland Robotics Center are working on a solution that will allow longer flights and ba ... read more

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Long-lost 'Doctor Who' episodes found in Nigeria Nine missing episodes of the cult BBC science fiction drama "Doctor Who" have been found in a television station storeroom in Nigeria, nearly half a century after they were last seen, the broadcaster said Friday. ... more		Northrop Grumman's CaMEL to Participate in Robotic Armed Live Fire Demo Northrop Grumman has been selected to demonstrate its Carry-all Modular Equipment Landrover, called CaMEL, during the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence Robotics Limited Demonstration Oct. 7-10 ... more		Better robot vision Object recognition is one of the most widely studied problems in computer vision. But a robot that manipulates objects in the world needs to do more than just recognize them; it also needs to unders ... more
				Surprisingly simple scheme for self-assembling robots In 2011, when an MIT senior named John Romanishin proposed a new design for modular robots to his robotics professor, Daniela Rus, she said, "That can't be done." Two years later, Rus showed h ... more		Russia to launch first android robot to ISS A robot, model SAR-400 android, is destined for the International Space Station (ISS) as helpmate for Russian cosmonauts aboard. Scientists have started testing the first Russian robot designed to w ... more

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Putting a face on a robot What does the assistive robot of the future look like? It depends. A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that older and younger people have varying preferences about what they w ... more		NASA Wants Investigations for a Mars 2020 Rover NASA has released its announcement of an open competition for the planetary community to submit proposals for the science and exploration technology instruments that would be carried aboard the agen ... more		Danish PM says Greenland showdown at 'decisive moment' after new Trump threats Russia claims Oreshnik missile hit Ukrainian aviation plant Russia strikes power plant, kills four in Ukraine barrage		People prefer different robot faces depending on task assigned People have varying opinions about what a personal robot should look like, and they change their minds based on what it is supposed to do, U.S. researchers say. ... more
				China unveils its first and unnamed moon rover Chinese scientists described the country's first moon rover on Wednesday and invited the global public to come up with a name for it. Zhao Xiaojin, director of the aerospace department of the ... more		Unmanned cargo ship docks with orbiting Space Station An unmanned cargo ship successfully berthed with the orbiting International Space Station on Sunday following a one-week delay due to a technical glitch, NASA said. ... more

Space Situational Awareness Conference 2013

Solar systems for home and business

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Station Crew Readies for Cygnus' Sunday Arrival With the Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus cargo vehicle gradually closing in on the International Space Station for the first time, the Expedition 37 crew conducted a final cargo and robotics r ... more		Mighty Eagle Improves Autonomous Landing Software With Successful Flight The Mighty Eagle, a NASA robotic prototype lander managed out of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. successfully completed a test flight today as part of a series to help valida ... more		Danish PM says Greenland showdown at 'decisive moment' after new Trump threats Russia claims Oreshnik missile hit Ukrainian aviation plant Russia strikes power plant, kills four in Ukraine barrage		US Air Force converts F-16 fighters into drones The US Air Force has test flown an F-16 fighter jet without a pilot on board for the first time, in the latest sign of the military's increasing reliance on drones. ... more
				Robotic Arm Goes to Work on Rock Target Opportunity is at the northern edge of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is investigating the geologic contact at the base of Solander Point. On Sol 3426 (Sept. 12, 20 ... more		Robotic Installation Technologies Changing Solar Energy Market Based on its recent analysis of the solar energy market, Frost and Sullivan recognizes Alion Energy with the 2013 North American Frost and Sullivan Award for Price Performance Value Leadership. Alio ... more

Iran claims breakthrough with Israeli-lookalike combat UAVs

Raytheon AI3 intercepts its first UAS target

Iran unveils short-range reconnaissance drone

Ultraviolet light to the extreme

Circadian rhythms in skin stem cells protect us against UV rays

Quantum computers: Trust is good, proof is better

CU, MIT breakthrough in photonics could allow for faster and faster electronics

Researchers demonstrate 'accelerator on a chip'

Spirals of Light May Lead to Better Electronics

Japan nuclear export parts not safety checked: report

Thousands protest against Areva in Niger

IAEA to advise Japan on Fukushima clean-up

	Future war: Arms industry shows off next-gen drones in London Reconnaissance gadgets and robotic warfare devices are getting smaller by the year, with James Bond like technology being offered to a wide range of buyers, from police forces to special military un ... more		'Terminator' polymer that regenerates itself Scientists in Spain have reported the first self-healing polymer that spontaneously and independently repairs itself without any intervention. The new material could be used to improve the security ... more		Robots take over Recently, the global financial market experienced a series of computer glitches that abruptly brought operations to a halt. One reason for these "flash freezes" may be the sudden emergence of mobs o ... more		Upgrade to Mars rovers could aid discovery on more distant worlds Smart as the Mars Curiosity mission has been about landing and finding its own way on a distant world, the rover is pretty brainless when it comes to doing the science that it was sent 567 million k ... more

Microsoft says will foot AI's massive power bill as emissions soar in 2025

US allows Nvidia to send advanced AI chips to China with restrictions

France climate goals off track as emissions cuts slow again

A swarm on every desktop: Robotics experts learn from public		Investigating 'Coal Island' Rock Outcrop		ISS Releases a White Stork and Awaits a Swan		European researchers envision wearable exoskeleton for factory workers		New technology could make for smarter planet rovers
Ultra-fast trading robots can send markets out of control		Japan's robo-astronaut takes 'one small step...'		Brain interface allows researcher to control another's hand movements		NASA Prepares for First Virginia Coast Launch to Moon		Next Generation of Explorers Takes the Stage

Dragonflies can see by switching 'on' and 'off'

US Air Force lacks volunteers to operate drones

Snapping Pictures of the Martian Moons

Successful deployment of an autonomous deep-sea explorer to search for new forms of microbial life

Computer scientists envision computer chip working like a human brain

Sushi-go-round -- Japan tradition served with technology

Researchers create 'soft robotic' devices using water-based gels

Japanese Cargo Spacecraft Docks with ISS

Talking robot sent to ISS to 'get along' with humans

SkySweeper Robot Makes Inspecting Power Lines Simple and Inexpensive

NASA's Firestation on way to ISS

'Printable' micro-machines could bring improved bionic limbs

Japan Delivers Hardware ISS Robotic Refueling Test

Robots Strike Fear in the Hearts of Fish

Japanese rocket takes supplies, robot to space station

Robot turning Japanese children into master calligraphers

Dawn's Arrays Keep It Powering Along

ISS Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover From Space

Superfluid turbulence through the lens of black holes

NASA and Korean Space Agency Discuss Space Cooperation

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