Robo News From RoboDaily.Com

April 08, 2014

Science, Discovery Channels to broadcast private race to the moon
Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2013
Just a week after Google announced its Lunar X competition, teams of engineers and scientists are racing to build a robotic spacecraft that can successfully land on the moon. A prize of $30 million awaits the first to accomplish the feat - and so does television stardom. Now, thanks to both the Discovery and Science Channels - which are owned by the same media conglomerate - thousands of Americans will be able to enjoy the competition on television. As the private race to the moon heats up, ... read more

Previous Issues

Apr 07

Apr 04

Apr 03

Apr 02

Apr 01

New Catalog Brings NASA Software Down to Earth From the rudimentary but effective Apollo Guidance and Navigation System that landed the first humans on the lunar landscape to the code used to manage robotic missions to explore other planets, sof ... more		Phoenix Makes Strides in Orbital Robotics and Satellite Architecture Research The process of designing, developing, building and deploying satellites is long and expensive. Satellites today cannot follow the terrestrial paradigm of "assemble, repair, upgrade, reuse," and must ... more		Scientists unveil 'BionicKangroo Robot' If a human tries to move around simply by jumping, he or she is likely to get very tired, very fast. The human body isn't designed to jump over and over again. ... more
				Knowledge transfer: Computers teach each other Pac-Man Researchers in Washington State University's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science have developed a method to allow a computer to give advice and teach skills to another computer in ... more		US seniors see slow migration to tech: study American senior citizens are gradually finding their way to the Internet, but lagging the overall population in online usage, a survey showed Thursday. ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Comet lander awakes from long hibernation European space experts said on Friday they had successfully reawakened a fridge-sized robot designed to make the first-ever spacecraft landing on a comet. ... more		Lick's Automated Planet Finder: First robotic telescope for planet hunters Lick Observatory's newest telescope, the Automated Planet Finder (APF), has been operating robotically night after night on Mt. Hamilton since January, searching nearby stars for Earth-sized planets ... more		'Sign of life': defence boom lifts German factory orders MDA Space wins role in US SHIELD missile defense program Starfighters completes supersonic tests for GE Aerospace ramjet program		Robotic arm probes chemistry of 3-D objects by mass spectrometry When life on Earth was first getting started, simple molecules bonded together into the precursors of modern genetic material. A catalyst would have been needed, but enzymes had not yet evolved. ... more
				'RoboClam' replicates a clam's ability to burrow while using little energy The Atlantic razor clam uses very little energy to burrow into undersea soil at high speed. Now a detailed insight into how the animal digs has led to the development of a robotic clam that can perf ... more		Chinese farmers make 'Transformers' out of used cars A group of farmers have brought to life the "Transformers" films, toys and TV series and built giant robots out of old car parts, in rural China. ... more

UAV Payloads 2014, 24 - 25 June - London, UK

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Nuclear Supply Chain Summit - April 28-29 Greenville SC

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

As Age-Friendly Technologies Emerge, Experts Recommend Policy Changes From smart phones to smart cars, both public and private entities must consider the needs of older adults in order to help them optimize the use of new technologies, according to the latest issue of ... more		Tiny transistors for extreme environs University of Utah electrical engineers fabricated the smallest plasma transistors that can withstand high temperatures and ionizing radiation found in a nuclear reactor. Such transistors someday mi ... more		'Sign of life': defence boom lifts German factory orders MDA Space wins role in US SHIELD missile defense program Starfighters completes supersonic tests for GE Aerospace ramjet program		World's First Entirely Auto Cleaned Solar Energy Park Ecoppia has announced that the Ketura Sun solar park in Israel's Negev desert, jointly owned by Siemens AG and solar energy pioneer Arava Power, is now the world's first autonomously-cleaned solar e ... more
				Comet-probing robot to wake from hibernation A fridge-sized robot lab hurtling through the Solar System aboard a European probe is about to wake from hibernation and prepare for the first-ever landing by a spacecraft on a comet. ... more		The DARPA Grand Challenge: Ten Years Later At the break of dawn on March 13, 2004, 15 vehicles left a starting gate in the desert outside of Barstow, Calif., to make history in the DARPA Grand Challenge, a first-of-its-kind race to foster th ... more

Global Hawk Expands Satellite Communications Capability

Remote Troops Closer to Having High-Speed Wireless Networks Mounted on UAVs

Northrop Grumman to Build Five More MQ-8C Fire Scouts for the US Navy

World's most powerful VHF radar to be overhauled in Russia

Headwall Extends Global Reach in Asia/Pac and Israel

Hyperspectral Software Announced for Airborne Applications

Groundbreaking optical device could enhance optical information processing, computers

Raytheon hits another major milestone with GaN

Chipmaker Marvell told to pay $1.5 bn in patent case

Czech Moravian-Silesian Region Fundamental To Temelin AP1000

Study on element could change ballgame on radioactive waste

US, Japan in historic plutonium return deal

	The Exploration of Murray Ridge Continues Opportunity continues to explore 'Murray Ridge' on Solander Point, part of the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3596 (March 6, 2014), the rover moved forward to put a rock called 'Turnagain Arm,' wit ... more		Soft robotic fish moves like the real thing Soft robots - which don't just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels - have become a sufficiently popular research topic that they now have their own jo ... more		Robot Snowden promises more US spying revelations Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden emerged from his Russian exile Tuesday in the form of a remotely-controlled robot to promise more sensational revelations about US spying programs. ... more		Robots, hands-free wizardry wows at high-tech fair A "toddler" robot that sees red, a digital master chef and a suitcase that never gets lost - new technology at the world's biggest high-tech fair has the potential to change lives. ... more

Dancing isn't enough: industry pushes for practical robots

AI gobbling up memory chips essential to gadget makers

From sci-fi to sidewalk: exoskeletons go mainstream

"Space Odyssey": China's aspiration in future space exploration		Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Robotics for Space Exploration		NASA Tests New Robotic Refueling Technologies		Robotic Exploration of Moon, Mars a Priority		NVision Introduces RoboScanner
Touchy-feely joystick heading to ISS		Rolls-Royce believes time of drone cargo ships has come		China's Lunar Lander Still Operational		ILS Tech redefines M2M and IoT Cloud services		Kinshasa co-op hopes to conquer the world with traffic robots

Making nanoelectronics last longer for medical devices, 'cyborgs'

China firm awaits ruling in Apple Siri lawsuit

Quest for jellyfish robot leads to discovery of bending rules for animal wing, fin tips

RoboDoc to the rescue: NASA to send robotic doctor to space

Sustainable manufacturing system to better consider the human component

Google unveils 'Project Tango' 3D smartphone platform

What to expect from Dyson's new robotics lab

Busy Week of Imaging and Robotic Arm Studies

Robotic fish aids understanding of how animals move

Robotic construction crew needs no foreman

New system combines control programs so fleets of robots can collaborate

NASA Tests New Technologies for Robotic Refueling

MIT robot may accelerate trials for stroke medications

Russian-European spacecraft to go on Martian mission in Jan 2016

Calculated Risks: How Radiation Rules Mars Exploration

Scientists develop 'friendly' robot to improve human-android bond

Yutu Awakes

US, France sign deal for 2016 Mars lander

Putting Rovers to the Test

NASA bets on private companies to exploit moon's resources

Free Newsletters - Space - Defense - Environment - Energy

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.