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July 10, 2014

3D Google smartphones to help NASA robots navigate in space
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 11, 2014
NASA plans to send Google smartphones with state of the art 3D sensing technology into orbit to use them as eyes and brains for its newest sci-fi inspired machinery. The gadgets will be installed into hovering robots and boost the agency's Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, otherwise known as SPHERES, on the International Space Station. NASA hopes that this will allow SPHERES to relieve astronauts of their daily chores and, perhaps, even handle the tricky duties ... read more

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Resolve Supplies Zoom Lenses for NASA Testing Resolve Optics has supplied a number of non-browning zoom lens to the Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., USA. A key aim of ... more		Rover Uses Arm to Study Several Rocks and Takes Panoramic Images Opportunity is exploring south along the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is currently surveying a region where orbital data suggests the presence of aluminum-hydroxyl clay minerals. On ... more		US military awards $40 million toward memory implant US military researchers announced Wednesday they have awarded $40 million toward developing a new kind of brain implant that may help restore memories in wounded soldiers and civilians. ... more
				Muscle-powered bio-bots walk on command Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign demonstrated a class of walking "bio-bots" powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical pulses, giving researchers unprecedented ... more		Collisions with Robots - without Risk of Injury Teamwork between humans and robots will be the motto of the future. But robots may not injure humans at all. When does contact cause an injury, though? Researchers are exploring this for the first t ... more

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Power consumption of robot joints could be 40 percent less Robots are being increasingly used in industrial processes because of their ability to carry out repetitive tasks in a precise, reliable way. Right now, digital controllers are used to drive the mot ... more		How do ants get around? Ultra-sensitive machines measure their every step... How do ants manage to move so nimbly whilst coordinating three pairs of legs and a behind that weighs up to 60% of their body mass? German scientists have recently developed a device that may reveal ... 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		Are China's Astronauts Moonbound 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 ... more
				Cassini Celebrates 10 Years Exploring Saturn It has been a decade since a robotic traveler from Earth first soared over rings of ice and fired its engine to fall forever into the embrace of Saturn. On June 30, the Cassini mission will celebrat ... 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

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		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		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
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		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		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

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

NASA Announces Latest Progress in Hunt for Asteroids		Japan PM Abe wants to stage 2020 Robot Olympics		Capabilities of unmanned ground vehicles on display		G-NIUS to Unveil New and Advanced Technologies		Supercomputer emulates teenager to pass 'Turing Test'
Football-playing robots eye their own cup, and beyond		New computer program aims to teach itself everything about anything		Drones for fun, games and more		Chatty Japan robot makes friends on first day at work		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

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