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December 30, 2014

Tiny 'life detector' could sense alien movement: study
Miami (AFP) Dec 29, 2014
European researchers said Monday they have devised the first tiny motion detector that could help find microscopic life forms on distant planets. Until now, scientists have tried to find signs of extraterrestrial life by listening for sounds that might be emitted from an alien world, by scanning the skies with potent telescopes and by sending robotic probes and rovers to analyze the chemical fingerprint of samples from comets and planets. But researchers in Switzerland and Belgium were intereste ... read more

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I, Tormentum Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics and Zeroth Law from his 1950 novel "I, Robot" concern helping humans and not hurting them, but they do not cover robots playing basketball. To Megan Meehan, ins ... more		Gecko Grippers Get a Microgravity Test Flight There are no garbage trucks equipped to leave the atmosphere and pick up debris floating around the Earth. But what if we could send a robot to do the job? Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion ... more		Risky Business In April 2013, NASA announced that it was in the early phases of planning a robotic mission to snag an asteroid and haul it into lunar orbit for study. At the time, NASA chief Charles Bolden said th ... more
				NASA Glenn Research Center Completes Stirling Generator Researchers at NASA's Glenn Research Center recently assembled an engineering model Stirling power system using valuable assets that became available after the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generat ... more		Pitt team publishes new findings from mind-controlled robot arm project In another demonstration that brain-computer interface technology has the potential to improve the function and quality of life of those unable to use their own arms, a woman with quadriplegia shape ... more

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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		QinetiQ North America refurbishing, modernizing Talon robots used by the military Robots used by U.S. military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are being refurbished and modernized by QinetiQ North America under U.S. Army and Navy contracts. ... more		'The war of tomorrow will begin in space': Macron UN watchdog calls on Iran to urgently allow 'long overdue' uranium stockpile verification How drones are altering contemporary warfare		New idea for transporting spacecraft could ease trip to Mars Scientists say a new method, called ballistic capture, for transporting robotic rovers, satellites and astronaut-carrying spacecraft to Mars could save space agencies time and money. ... more
				Robot named 'Athena' becomes first humanoid robot to pay for a seat on a flight A robot named "Athena" has officially become the first humanoid robot to pay for a seat on a flight. ... more		First steps for Hector the robot stick insect A research team at Bielefeld University has succeeded in teaching the only robot of its kind in the world how to walk. Its first steps have been recorded in a video. You can watch them in Bielefeld ... more

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

NASA Rover Finds Active and Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other organic molecules in a rock-powder sample collected by the ro ... more		NASA, SpaceX reschedule next week's ISS resupply launch NASA announced Thursday that the launch of SpaceX's robotic Dragon capsule will be delayed three days. The International Space Station resupply mission was originally scheduled to blast off on Tuesday, December 16. But proceedings have been rescheduled for Friday, December 19. ... more		'The war of tomorrow will begin in space': Macron UN watchdog calls on Iran to urgently allow 'long overdue' uranium stockpile verification How drones are altering contemporary warfare		Opportunity In No-Flash Mode: Kludge Ready To Radiate Persistent computer resets and "amnesia" events on NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity that have occurred after reformatting the robot's flash memory have prompted a shift to a working mode th ... more
Early adoption of robotic surgery leads to organ preservation for kidney cancer patients Patients with operable kidney cancers were more likely to have a partial nephrectomy - the recommended treatment for localized tumors - when treated in hospitals that were early adopters of roboti ... more		New 'electronic skin' for prosthetics, robotics detects pressure from different directions Touch can be a subtle sense, but it communicates quickly whether something in our hands is slipping, for example, so we can tighten our grip. For the first time, scientists report the developm ... more		Flash-Memory Reformat Planned 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 rove ... more		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

	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		Artificial intelligence: Hawking's fears stir debate There was the psychotic HAL 9000 computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey". ... more

Redesigned satellite battery set to advance LEO power systems

Adoption of dynamic control technology improves EV charging grid integration

Solar plant grid stability improves as Cordoba researchers deploy high-speed sensor system

Finland Parliament Approves Nuclear Power Plant Construction With Russia		Mini Rovers Hold Big Promise for Community College Students		Hawking warns AI 'could spell end of human race'		Carnegie Mellon Unveils Lunar Rover "Andy"		Astrobiology Acupuncture: Collecting Data from Non-Planar Surfaces
An eel-lectrifying future for autonomous underwater robots		Within Rover's Reach at Mars Target Area 'Alexander Hills'		An alternative to 'Turing Test'		Underwater robot sheds new light on Antarctic sea ice		Can robots help stop the Ebola outbreak?

Schker-blop! The sound of a comet touchdown

Comet probe 'sniffed' organic molecules: early data

Elon Musk thinks robots could turn on us in the next five years

Several Drives Push Opportunity Over 41-Kilometer Mark

DARPA-Funded Inflatable Robotics Helps Spark Idea for Silver Screen Star

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

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