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November 08, 2013
ROBO SPACE
Robots to help elderly or paint nails at Tokyo expo
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 07, 2013
Pneumatic muscle suits and a walking stick that behaves like a guide dog competed for attention with an industrial robot that can paint fingernails at a huge expo in Tokyo Thursday. In a country where a quarter of the 128-million population is aged over 65, innovations that can make life easier for the elderly or their caregivers are potentially big business and the subject of a lot of research. A "muscle suit" that gives extra power to a carer to help them lift a bed-bound patient was one of th ... read more
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SPACE TRAVEL

UCF Lands NASA-Funded Center, Linchpin for Future Space Missions
UCF will be home to NASA's Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (referred to as CLASS) beginning later this year, thanks to a $6 million grant awarded this week to UCF physics professor Dan ... more
MARSDAILY

Multiple Missions Will Get China Moving On Mars
In early December, China will land its first robot spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. Shortly after landing, the Chang'e-3 lander will release a six-wheeled rover that will trundle across the re ... more
TECH SPACE

Gravity and the robot satellite attitude problem
Using an in-orbit robot to capturing a malfunctioning satellite that is tumbling out of control is currently just a theoretical idea. However, research inspired by nature to be published in the fort ... more
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SPACE MEDICINE

Robots from Space Lead to One-Stop Cancer Diagnosis Treatment
We may not be driving flying cars to work yet, but that doesn't mean we don't have a lot to be excited about from technology advances related to the space age. Instead of zipping past traffic jams, ... more


FLORA AND FAUNA

Scientists study 'fishy' behavior to solve an animal locomotion mystery
A quirk of nature has long baffled biologists: Why do animals push in directions that don't point toward their goal, like the side-to-side sashaying of a running lizard or cockroach? An engineer bui ... more
The Year In Space
ROBO SPACE

The Secret's in the (Robotic) Stroke
Recent studies from two research teams at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) demonstrate how underwater robots can be used to understand and influence the complex swimming b ... more
ROBO SPACE

Japan's robot astronaut awaiting 'compatriot' spaceman
The world's first robot astronaut is pining for a conversation partner as he waits for Japanese spaceman Koichi Wakata aboard the International Space Station. ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Trump has options on Iran, but first must define goal
ThinkOrbital raises seed funding to advance orbital defense and construction systems
MPs concerned ahead of UK decision on mega Chinese embassy
MARSDAILY

Martian box of delights
This spherical container has been engineered to house the most scientifically valuable cargo imaginable: samples brought back from the Red Planet. Still probably many years in the future and most li ... more
MARSDAILY

Seeking the Sun's Rays as Winter Approaches
Opportunity is ascending the northern edge of 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production as winter approache ... more
ROBO SPACE

US unveils bionic man with 'Russian intellect'
The world's first ever walking and talking bionic man has been unveiled in Washington. The robot owes its communicative skills to Artificial Intellect designed by a Russian company. (VIDEO) A ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Hi-tech aqueduct explorers map Rome's 'final frontier'
Armed with laser rangefinders, GPS technology and remote control robots, a group of speleologists is completing the first ever mapping of the aqueducts of ancient Rome on archaeology's "final frontier". ... more
AFRICA NEWS

US military targeted Shebab in drone strike: official
The US military carried out a drone strike targeting Al Shebab militants in Somalia on Monday, a senior administration official told AFP. ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
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DRAGON SPACE

China Moon Rover A New Opportunity To Explore Our Nearest Neighbor
In December 2013, China will launch its first mission to soft-land on the surface of the Moon. The Chang'e-3 spacecraft will carry a robotic rover to the surface of the Moon, and also perform experi ... more
ROBO SPACE

Walking robots: it's all in the hips, say Japan researchers
Robot researchers in Japan have proved what entertainers from Elvis Presley to Miley Cyrus knew all along: the secret is in the hips. ... more
UAV NEWS

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
UAV NEWS
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Volume of nuclear waste could be reduced by 90 percent

ROBO SPACE

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
ROBO SPACE

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
SPACE TRAVEL

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
ROBO SPACE

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
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STATION NEWS

Cygnus cargo craft leaves international space station

ROBO SPACE

Research aims at prosthetic arms with natural-like touch

EXO LIFE

Finding alien worlds on Earth

ROBO SPACE

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SOLAR DAILY

UMD Robotic Bird Harvests Solar Energy

INTERNET SPACE

Long-lost 'Doctor Who' episodes found in Nigeria

ROBO SPACE

Northrop Grumman's CaMEL to Participate in Robotic Armed Live Fire Demo

ROBO SPACE

Better robot vision

ROBO SPACE

Surprisingly simple scheme for self-assembling robots

ROBO SPACE

Russia to launch first android robot to ISS

Putting a face on a robot

NASA Wants Investigations for a Mars 2020 Rover

People prefer different robot faces depending on task assigned

China unveils its first and unnamed moon rover

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

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New technology could make for smarter planet rovers

Ultra-fast trading robots can send markets out of control

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