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October 24, 2013

Walking robots: it's all in the hips, say Japan researchers
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 22, 2013
Robot researchers in Japan have proved what entertainers from Elvis Presley to Miley Cyrus knew all along: the secret is in the hips. But where Elvis "The Pelvis" gyrated his way to 1950s fame and one-time child star Cyrus attained instant Internet notoriety with her recent awards show "twerking", the engineers just wanted to make their robots walk more naturally. A team of researchers at Waseda University's Humanoid Robotics Institute, near Tokyo, spent hours analysing how the waist was used to ... read more

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Cygnus cargo craft leaves international space station A privately-operated unmanned cargo ship built by Orbital Sciences Corporation left the International Space Station on Tuesday after its first successful demonstration mission, NASA said. ... more		Armed ground drones to take over battlefields in five years The United States Army is one-step closer to deploying weaponized robots to the front lines of battlefields following a recent demonstration that's being largely considered a success. Defense ... more		AeroVironment Unveils Four-Ounce Pocket DDL AeroVironment has unveiled its new Pocket DDL secure digital video and data receiver. The four-ounce device enables remote viewing of video and data from AeroVironment small unmanned aircraft system ... more
				Michigan Tech Researchers Developing an Artificial Leg with a Natural Gait Walking is tricky business, as any toddler knows. And while most artificial feet and limbs do a pretty good job restoring mobility to people who have lost a leg, they have a ways to go before they e ... more		Robot challenge: unload a spacecraft More than 50 students from five countries gathered at ESA's technical heart in the Netherlands yesterday to unleash their robotic creations after six months preparing for the finals of the Volare Sp ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Who's the ace among aces? On Oct. 30, 2007, astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery set out on a routine mission: installing two solar panels on the truss, or backbone, of the International Space Station. While the fir ... more		Research aims at prosthetic arms with natural-like touch University of Chicago scientists say touch-sensitive prosthetic limbs may one day convey real-time sensory information to amputees via a direct brain interface. ... 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		Finding alien worlds on Earth Have you ever wondered which places on Earth most resemble other planets? For some of us, imagining the landscape of other worlds might just be for fun, but scientists and engineers wonder about wha ... more
				'Biobots' may help map hidden, dangerous environments A swarm of insect cyborgs, or "biobots," may one day allow the mapping of unknown and dangerous environments such as collapsed buildings, U.S. researchers say. ... more		UMD Robotic Bird Harvests Solar Energy 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 st ... more

Space Situational Awareness Conference 2013

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Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

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		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		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

AeroVironment Unveils Four-Ounce Pocket DDL

Lockheed Martin Links Ground Sensor Network With UAVs

India seeks UAVs for Kashmir border surveillance

NASA Laser Communication System Sets Record with Data Transmissions to and from Moon

'Walking droplets'

NSF Awards $12 Million to SDSC to Deploy "Comet" Supercomputer

Size matters in the giant magnetoresistance effect in semiconductors

Researchers Advance Scheme to Design Seamless Integrated Circuits Etched on Graphene

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

EU to examine govt aid for UK nuclear deal

India starts up controversial Russia-backed nuclear plant

British nuclear plant deal seen as spur to more development

	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		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

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

Unmanned cargo ship docks with orbiting Space Station		Station Crew Readies for Cygnus' Sunday Arrival		Mighty Eagle Improves Autonomous Landing Software With Successful Flight		US Air Force converts F-16 fighters into drones		Robotic Arm Goes to Work on Rock Target
Robotic Installation Technologies Changing Solar Energy Market		Future war: Arms industry shows off next-gen drones in London		'Terminator' polymer that regenerates itself		Robots take over		Upgrade to Mars rovers could aid discovery on more distant worlds

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

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