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December 09, 2014

Flash-Memory Reformat Planned
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 10, 2014
Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals less than a mile (about a kilometer) to the south. The rover is stopped at an interesting geologic unit and conducting in-situ (contact) measurements. On Sol 3853 (Nov. 25, 2014), the rover used the robotic arm to reposition the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) for a surface measurement. On the next sol, the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) was used to brush a ... read more

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Two Robots, One Challenge, Endless Possibility To the theme song of "2001: A Space Odyssey," a robot with a twisty spine rolled toward Thomas Rosenbaum, the new president of the California Institute of Technology, on Oct. 24, as he stood on a st ... more		Artificial intelligence: Hawking's fears stir debate There was the psychotic HAL 9000 computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey". ... more		Engineer Applies Robot Control Theory to Improve Prosthetic Legs A University of Texas at Dallas professor applied robot control theory to enable powered prosthetics to dynamically respond to the wearer's environment and help amputees walk. In research available ... more
				Finland Parliament Approves Nuclear Power Plant Construction With Russia Finland's parliament on Friday approved with a majority of votes the construction of the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant with Russia's participation. The measure makes Finland the first countr ... more		Comet probe in race against time to crown stellar feat Europe's deep-space robot lab Philae worked against the clock Friday, attempting to drill into a comet 510 million kilometres (320 million miles) from Earth to crown a historic exploration before its battery runs out. ... more

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Mini Rovers Hold Big Promise for Community College Students Four miniature rovers will go head-to-head this week at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, as community college students across the state - and one from Hawaii - get a first-h ... more		Hawking warns AI 'could spell end of human race' British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that development of artificial intelligence could mean the end of humanity. ... more		Facing US warnings, Iran defends right to nuclear enrichment Airbus says will back two new European fighter jets 'if clients request' US to withdraw all troops from Syria: reports		Carnegie Mellon Unveils Lunar Rover "Andy" Carnegie Mellon University has unveiled Andy, a four-wheeled robot designed to scramble up steep slopes and survive the temperature swings and high radiation encountered while exploring the moon's p ... more
				Astrobiology Acupuncture: Collecting Data from Non-Planar Surfaces A team of researchers supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program has turned to acupuncture in order to study samples from rough and uneven surfaces, such as rocks and meteorites. Using the t ... more		An eel-lectrifying future for autonomous underwater robots On 24 October 2014, Sweden called off the hunt for a submarine after a week-long underwater search in the Stockholm archipelago. Triggered by a reported sighting of a Russian submarine, the alleged ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Within Rover's Reach at Mars Target Area 'Alexander Hills' This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a swath of bedrock called "Alexander Hills," which the rover approached for close-up inspection of selected targets. ... more		An alternative to 'Turing Test' A Georgia Tech professor is offering an alternative to the celebrated "Turing Test" to determine whether a machine or computer program exhibits human-level intelligence. The Turing Test - orig ... more		Facing US warnings, Iran defends right to nuclear enrichment Airbus says will back two new European fighter jets 'if clients request' US to withdraw all troops from Syria: reports		Underwater robot sheds new light on Antarctic sea ice The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say the new technology provides accurate ic ... more
Can robots help stop the Ebola outbreak? The US military has enlisted a new germ-killing weapon in the fight against Ebola - a four-wheeled robot that can disinfect a room in minutes with pulses of ultraviolet light. ... more		Schker-blop! The sound of a comet touchdown No trumpet sounded to mark the historic event - instead, it was a hollow, springy plop which heralded last week's landing by the comet probe Philae. ... more		Comet probe 'sniffed' organic molecules: early data Mankind's first-ever probe of a comet found traces of organic molecules and a surface much harder than imagined, scientists said Tuesday of initial sample data from robot lab Philae. ... more		Elon Musk thinks robots could turn on us in the next five years One couldn't be blamed for thinking Elon Musk knows something important that the public doesn't, since he's been sounding the alarm on dangerous robots recently, and now he's presented a timeline. ... more

	Several Drives Push Opportunity Over 41-Kilometer Mark Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards "Marathon Valley," a putative location for abundant clay minerals about a mile (1.4 kilometers) to the south. The rover has b ... more		DARPA-Funded Inflatable Robotics Helps Spark Idea for Silver Screen Star The giant, balloon-like inflatable robot named Baymax in Disney's Big Hero 6 has its roots in real-world research conducted by iRobot Corporation, Carnegie Mellon University and Otherlab under DARPA ... more

US renews threat to leave IEA

Environmental groups sue Trump administration over scrapped climate rule

Turkey fires up coal pollution even as it hosts COP31

Triumphant comet probe sends last-gasp data from 'alien world'		Comet probe sends back drill experiment data in final hours		European probe lands on comet, fails to anchor		Comet lander 'working well', but may be on slope		Google takes over NASA airport in Silicon Valley
Moving cameras talk to each other to identify, track pedestrians		Mars Orbiter MAVEN Demonstrates Relay Prowess		Robotic underwater gliders observe melting Antarctic ice sheets		Robotic Ocean Gliders Aid Study of Melting Polar Ice		ATLAS walking robot does karate

Rosetta Races Toward Comet Touchdown

Microbot muscles: Chains of particles assemble and flex

Penguin-bot is a happy feat for science

Amazon debuts Siri-style virtual assistant in speaker

This robot makes you feel like a 'ghost' is in the room

'Smart' living gets real as connectivity rates rise

NASA Installs Giant Composite Material Research Robot

NASA Team Advances Next-Generation 3D-Imaging Lidar

To Agilkia... and beyond: Comet landing site is named

'Nanomotor lithography' answers call for affordable, simpler device manufacturing

Hybrid fluid transmission enables light and swift robotic arms

Projecting a robot's intentions

Mars Odyssey Orbiter Watches Comet Fly Near

Google teams with Oxford to teach machines to think

US military's robot space plane lands back on Earth

New TALON tactical robot makes debut

Japan toymaker unveils tiny talking, singing humanoid

An android opera: Japan's Shibuya plots new era of robot music

Mind-controlled prosthetic arms that work in daily life are now a reality

NASA's New Winds Mission Installed, Gathers First Data

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