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August 29, 2014

Robonaut Gets New Legs as Trio Prepares for Homecoming
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 29, 2014
Expedition 40 participated in health checks, Robonaut upgrades and Soyuz emergency drills Wednesday. The International Space Station also boosted its orbit setting the stage for a crew departure and arrival in September. Commander Steve Swanson joined Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst for health checks during the morning. The trio checked each other's blood pressure and temperature as part of their clinical exams. Swanson then moved on to more Robonaut mobility upgrade activit ... read more

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China Aims for the Moon, Plans to Bring Back Lunar Soil Chinese scientists are in the course of developing a recoverable lunar robotic spacecraft Chang'e 5 that is to reach the Moon by 2017 with a mission to deliver samples of rock and soil back to Earth ... more		Delivery by drone In the near future, the package that you ordered online may be deposited at your doorstep by a drone: Last December, online retailer Amazon announced plans to explore drone-based delivery, suggestin ... more		Exoskeleton technology set for Navy testing and evaluation Exoskeltons from Lockheed Martin that boost a person's strength and endurance are to be tested and evaluated for industrial use by the U.S. Navy. ... more
				Russia's First Exoskeleton to Help Physically Impaired A team of Russian exoskeleton designers said Monday they were looking for disabled patients who would agree to volunteer for human tests in the country's unique ExoAtlet Project, according to Izvest ... more		Calculations with Nanoscale Smart Particles Researchers from the Institute of General Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences and MIPT have made an important step to ... more

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Hitchhiking robot reaches journey's end in Canada A chatty robot with an LED-lit smiley face sent hitchhiking across Canada this summer as part of a social experiment reached its final destination Thursday after several thousand kilometers on the road. ... more		Curiosity's Brushwork on Martian 'Bonanza King' Target NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the Dust Removal Tool on its robotic arm to brush aside reddish, more-oxidized dust, revealing a gray patch of less-oxidized rock material at a target called "Bonanz ... more		Five European NATO powers vow to tackle 'hybrid threats' Colombia inks $4.3 bn deal to buy Swedish warplanes US to hold new military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago		A self-organizing thousand-robot swarm The first thousand-robot flash mob has assembled at Harvard University. "Form a sea star shape," directs a computer scientist, sending the command to 1,024 little bots simultaneously via an infrared ... more
				Graphene-based planar micro-supercapacitors for on-chip energy storage The rapid development of miniaturized portable electronic devices, such as micro-electromechanical systems, microrobots and implantable medical devices, has stimulated intense demand for micro-scale ... more		Robots inspired by origami can fold selves, walk away It starts out laying flat, like a sheet of paper. Then it springs up, almost lifelike, and folds into moveable parts much like origami art. And then it crawls away. ... more

The ISS just dumped 3,300 lbs of space trash to burn up in Earth's atmosphere At some point on Sunday, nearly 3,300 pounds of trash will burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, disposing of waste produced by the International Space Station and giving astronauts a chance to study atmospheric re-entry. ... more		Robo-cook: android restaurant boots up in China It's more teatime than Terminator - a restaurant in China is electrifying customers by using more than a dozen robots to cook and deliver food. ... more		Five European NATO powers vow to tackle 'hybrid threats' Colombia inks $4.3 bn deal to buy Swedish warplanes US to hold new military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago		Remotec upgrading Army, Marine EOD robots Robots used by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps in disposal of unexploded ordnance are to be upgraded by their manufacturer, Remotec Inc. ... more
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