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July 03, 2014

Are China's Astronauts Moonbound
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 01, 2014
China has made tremendous progress with its lunar exploration program. It has sent two spacecraft to orbit the Moon and has also landed a robot rover on the surface. Later this year, we expect China to take another step forward with its next robotic lunar mission. For the first time, a Chinese spacecraft will make a round trip. The spacecraft will be launched on a "free return trajectory" which will carry it around the far side of the Moon and back to Earth. As it approaches home, a capsule will s ... read more

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Ask the crowd: Robots learn faster, better with online helpers Sometimes it takes a village to teach a robot. University of Washington computer scientists have shown that crowdsourcing can be a quick and effective way to teach a robot how to complete tasks. Ins ... more		Upside-down drive: NASA tests under-ice space rover A NASA space rover to be sent to Jupiter's moon Europa has had its first run in Alaska. The tiny machine is designed to travel on underwater ice. The Buoyant rover for under-ice exploration (BRUIE) ... more		Computing Paths to Asteroids Helps Find Future Exploration Opportunities As left over building blocks of the solar system's formation, asteroids are of significant interest to scientists. Resources, especially water, embedded within asteroids could be of use to astronaut ... more
				Collaborative learning -- for robots Machine learning, in which computers learn new skills by looking for patterns in training data, is the basis of most recent advances in artificial intelligence, from voice-recognition systems to sel ... more		Last European space truck set for July 24 launch The last of five robot resupply ships Europe was scheduled to provide for the International Space Station will be taken aloft on July 24, launch firm Arianespace said on Thursday. ... more

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IBM's Watson app whips up Big Data in the kitchen Putting a chef's hat on its Watson supercomputer, IBM and the magazine Bon Appetit unveiled a new initiative Monday that seeks to use Big Data for gastronomy. ... more		US drone strikes set 'dangerous precedent': study America's reliance on secretive drone missile strikes against terror suspects has set a "dangerous precedent" that could be imitated by other countries and trigger wider wars around the world, former senior US officials said in a report Thursday. ... more		Europe commercial satellite life extension mission set for 2027 Atlas 5 rocket launches U.S. communications satellite USS Ford in Caribbean; Maduro blasts US-T&T drills		Japan unveils 'world's first' android newscaster Japanese scientists on Tuesday unveiled what they said was the world's first news-reading android, eerily lifelike and possessing a sense of humour to match her perfect language skills. ... more
				Opportunity is exploring the west rim of Endeavour Crater On Sol 3684 (June 4, 2014), Opportunity drove over 62 feet (19 meters) south along the ridgeline of the crater rim. Over Sols 3686 to 3688 (June 6 to June 8, 2014), the plan was to perform a ' ... more		Japan robot firm showcases thought-controlled suits A Japanese robot-maker on Wednesday showed off suits that the wearer can control just by thinking, as it said it was linking up with an industrial city promoting innovation. ... more

NASA Announces Latest Progress in Hunt for Asteroids NASA is on the hunt for an asteroid to capture with a robotic spacecraft, redirect to a stable orbit around the moon, and send astronauts to study in the 2020s - all on the agency's human Path to M ... more		Japan PM Abe wants to stage 2020 Robot Olympics Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to stage a "Robot Olympics" in 2020, the same year Tokyo hosts the Summer Games, local media reported Thursday. ... more		Europe commercial satellite life extension mission set for 2027 Atlas 5 rocket launches U.S. communications satellite USS Ford in Caribbean; Maduro blasts US-T&T drills		Capabilities of unmanned ground vehicles on display Unmanned ground vehicles by Oshkosh Defense are being put through their paces in Paris this week at Eurosatory 2014 in Paris. ... more
G-NIUS to Unveil New and Advanced Technologies G-NIUS will unveil its Hybrid Unmanned Ground Vehicle and its unique robotic suite that enables any vehicle to perform as an unmanned vehicle, at Eurosatory 2014, at the Company's exhibition booth, ... more		Supercomputer emulates teenager to pass 'Turing Test' A Russian supercomputer posing as a 13-year-old boy has convinced judges that it is human, becoming the first to pass the "Turing Test" in a historic moment in artificial intelligence, British scientists said. ... more		Football-playing robots eye their own cup, and beyond When robots play football, it looks like a game played by five-year-olds: they swarm around the ball, kick haphazardly and fall down a lot. ... more		New computer program aims to teach itself everything about anything In today's digitally driven world, access to information appears limitless. But when you have something specific in mind that you don't know, like the name of that niche kitchen tool you saw at a fr ... more

	Drones for fun, games and more It may be a while before drones start patrolling American skies or delivering packages, but kids and adults will be able to command their own personal flying devices very soon. ... more		Chatty Japan robot makes friends on first day at work A chatty humanoid robot whose makers claim it can understand people's emotions made its first friends Friday as it struck up conversations with shoppers in Tokyo. ... more

Mechanical power by linking Earth's warmth to space

AI energy demand in US proves minor climate impact

COP30 climate pledges favour land-based carbon removal over emission cuts

DARPA Z-Man Program Demonstrates Human Climbing Like Geckos		Here come the 'brobots'		Google working on 3D motion-sensing tablet		Japan's SoftBank unveils 'family member' robot		Combat robots to become Russian army new recruits
Velociraptor robot almost as fast as robotic rival Cheetah		New printable robots could self-assemble when heated		Nature inspires drones of the future		Scientists study biomechanics behind amazing ant strength		SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth from space station

One Million Solar Panels Later, Ecoppia Robots Keep On Cleaning

Ultra-fast, the bionic arm can catch objects on the fly

Opportunity In Search Of Aluminum-Hydroxyl Clays

UN talks take aim at 'killer robots'

Imploding sub a 'tragic loss': Titanic director

Exoskeleton to remote-control robot

DARPA-Funded DEKA Arm System Earns FDA Approval

Advanced prosthetic arm is approved for US market

Robots may need to include parental controls

ATK Validates MegaFlex Solar Array For NextGen Solar Electric Propulsion Missions

Robot mimics cartwheel movement of desert spider

Stephen Hawking says threat of artificial intelligence a real concern

Astrobotic Partners With NASA To Develop Robotic Lunar Landing Capability

MDA selected to define robotic concepts for deep-space missions

X-37B Mission Mystery Gets Stranger

Stanford bioengineers create circuit board modeled on the human brain

Programming the smart home: 'If this, then that'

Pentagon scientists show off life-size robot

Cloaked DNA nanodevices survive pilot mission

Robonaut from the ISS gets new legs for Easter

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