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March 19, 2015

US loses contact with drone over Syria: officials
Washington (AFP) March 17, 2015
The US military lost communication with a Predator drone over Syria on Tuesday and is looking into claims by state media in Damascus that the robotic aircraft was shot down, officials said. At about 1740 GMT, "US military controllers lost contact with a US MQ-1 Predator unarmed remotely piloted aircraft operating over northwest Syria," a US defense official said in an email. "At this time, we have no information to corroborate press reports that the aircraft was shot down. We are looking into t ... read more

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Curiosity Rover Arm Delivers Rock Powder Sample NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its robotic arm Wednesday, March 11, to sieve and deliver a rock-powder sample to an onboard instrument. The sample was collected last month before the team temporar ... more		Liquid Metal Robots Are Almost Here The Chinese researchers hope to create a non-rigid robot resembling the fictional T-1000 from Terminator 2, however, the robot would be used mostly to observe environmental changes or to deliver mat ... more		New preschool lesson teaches programming theories A new activity designed for preschoolers allows participants to program a robot named Dragonbot to respond to series of stimuli. What appears to be little more than having little ones put stickers on a piece of paper turns out to be world's first computer programming class for preschoolers. ... more
				Comet mission in bid to contact dormant Philae probe Ground controllers will open a communications line Thursday with a robot lab perched on a comet zipping through space, hoping for signs it is alive, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Wednesday. ... more		Wake up Philae! The world awaits news Excitement mounted Thursday as scientists started listening for signs of life from robot lab Philae, hurtling through space perched on a comet some 460 million kilometres (285 million miles) from Earth. ... more

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Billionaire Teams Up with NASA to Mine the Moon Another player in the field of commercial space travel, a California-based company just made a major stride toward the creation of the first commercial robotic spacecraft to be sent to the moon. It' ... more		Dawn: We Have Arrived at Ceres Since its discovery in 1801, Ceres has been known as a planet, then as an asteroid, and later as a dwarf planet. Now, after a journey of 3.1 billion miles (4.9 billion kilometers) and 7.5 years, Daw ... 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		Russian SAR-401 Space Robot Ready for the ISS The Russian robot-android which is controlled through a wearable interface will be heading to the ISS soon, the head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center announced. The Russian SAR-401 rob ... more
				Kids and robots learn to write together A little girl lines up plastic letters fitted with QR codes in front of a little humanoid robot. The robot struggles to reproduce them on a tablet - especially the loop of the letter p. The girl kin ... more		Testing to Diagnose Power Event in Mars Rover NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is expected to remain stationary for several days of engineering analysis following an onboard fault-protection action on Feb. 27 that halted a process of transferring sa ... more

25 teams to participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals The international robotics community has turned out in force for the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals, a competition of robots and their human supervisors to be held June 5-6, 2015, at Fairplex ... more		Curiosity confirms methane in Mars' atmosphere The tunable laser spectrometer in the SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) instrument of the Curiosity robot has unequivocally detected an episodic increase in the concentration of methane in Mars' atmosph ... 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		Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Mojave' Site on Mount Sharp This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the "Mojave" site, where its drill collected the mission's second taste of Mount Sharp. The scene combines dozens of imag ... more
Rise of the Machines: video gamers beware Researchers unveiled a software system Wednesday which had taught itself to play 49 different video games and proceeded to defeat human professionals - a major step in the fast-developing Artificial Intelligence realm. ... more		Japan's Robear: Strength of a robot, face of a bear Forget the frightening androids of dystopian sci-fi, the future of robots is cute polar bears that can lift elderly people into and out of bed. ... more		NASA wants to send a submarine to Saturn's moon Titan The seas of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, are no place for astronauts. The frigid bodies of liquified natural gas are a study in inhabitability. But scientists suggest its possible some strange forms of life exist under the of icy surface of Kraken Mare, Titan's largest sea. ... more		Europe destroys last space truck to ISS The European Space Agency (ESA) on Sunday said it had destroyed its last supply ship to the International Space Station, bringing a seven-year venture to a successful close. ... more

	HAPTIX Starts Work to Provide Prosthetic Hands with Sense of Touch Despite recent advances in technology for upper-limb prostheses, artificial arms and hands are still unable to provide users with sensory feedback, such as the "feel" of things being touched or awar ... more		Talking Japanese space robot back on Earth A pint-sized Japanese robot that became the first android to converse with an astronaut in space has returned to Earth after 18 months in orbit, project organisers said Thursday. ... more

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'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit

Europe tests space plane in step to strategic goal		SpaceX cargo craft returns to Earth		IBM brings Watson supercomputer to Japan via SoftBank		Octopus robot makes waves with ultra-fast propulsion		Tiny robotic 'hands' could improve cancer diagnostics, drug delivery
Human insights inspire solutions for household robots		Researchers determine how the brain controls robotic grasping tools		International partnership will develop first market ready sweet pepper harvesting robot		U.S. Navy unveils firefighting robot SAFFiR		Safe production in Industry 4.0

NASA planning Europa mission, Jupiter's potentially life-hosting moon

Robot acquires chef skills via YouTube instructional vids

Canadian students design robotic sailboat for Atlantic challenge

NASA's CATS Installed on ISS by Robotic Handoff

Privacy is dead, Davos hears

Scientists find translucent fish living under Antarctic ice shelf

UNL drillers help make new Antarctic discoveries

Upgraded Atlas ready to go wireless at next DARPA Robotics Challenge

Artificial intelligence future wows Davos elite

This robot has the mind of a worm

Musk donates $10M to keep Artificial Intelligence friendly

US Air Force moves to stem shortage of drone pilots

Europe comet mission deserves Nobel: space chief

Robots learn to use tools by watching YouTube videos

Fresh supplies and experiments for Samantha

Vision system for household robots

The 'human' side of robots at electronics show

From Rovers to Self-Driving Cars

NASA Robot Plunges Into Volcano to Explore Fissure

Consumer tech show spotlights gadgets for healthy living

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