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June 10, 2015

X-37B Still Largely Unexplained
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 10, 2015
The fourth mission of the X-37B robot spaceplane is well underway. We know much of what is happening with the flight. There's a test of a Hall Effect thruster for the US Air Force and a set of materials samples provided by NASA. Beyond this, little else is known. On previous X-37B missions, there has been plenty of disclosure about the spacecraft itself, but little talk about the payloads concealed under its clamshell doors. This time, it's the reverse. We know a lot about the payloads carried on ... read more

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Historic handshake between space and Earth In the first-ever demonstration of space-to-ground remote control with live video and force feedback, NASA astronaut Terry Virts orbiting Earth on the International Space Station shook hands with ES ... more		Robots compete in Fukushima-inspired US challenge Robots from six countries including the United States, Japan and South Korea went diode-to-diode Friday in a disaster response challenge inspired by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. ... more		Helping robots handle uncertainty Decentralized partially observable Markov decision processes are a way to model autonomous robots' behavior in circumstances where neither their communication with each other nor their judgments abo ... more
				Robots can recover from damage in minutes Robots will one day provide tremendous benefits to society, such as in search and rescue missions and putting out forest fires - but not until they can learn to keep working if they become damaged. ... more		South Koreans triumph in US robot challenge South Korean boffins carried home the $2 million top prize Saturday after their robot triumphed in a disaster-response challenge inspired by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan. ... more

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Breakthroughs in providing 'sensory feedback' from artificial limbs Researchers are exploring new approaches to designing prosthetic hands capable of providing "sensory feedback." Advances toward developing prostheses with a sense of touch are presented in a special ... more		Insect mating behavior has lessons for drones Male moths locate females by navigating along the latter's pheromone (odor) plume, often flying hundreds of meters to do so. Two strategies are involved to accomplish this: males must find the outer ... more		Europe Strives to Counter Russian and Chinese Satellite Menace Arrival of US aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack Amentum secures up to 995M dollar US Air Force contract for MQ9 modernization		Job-sharing with nursing robot Given the aging of the population and the low birthrate both in Japan and elsewhere, healthcare professionals are in short supply and unevenly distributed, giving rise to a need for alternatives to ... more
				Medical millirobots offer hope for less-invasive surgeries Seeking to advance minimally invasive medical treatments, researchers have proposed using tiny robots, driven by magnetic potential energy from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. The researc ... more		Space Station remodelling The International Space Station's Permanent Multipurpose Module was detached and moved by the main robotic arm to another place on the orbiting laboratory yesterday. This delicate operation required ... more

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Helping robots put it all together Today's industrial robots are remarkably efficient - as long as they're in a controlled environment where everything is exactly where they expect it to be. But put them in an unfamiliar settin ... more		JPL's RoboSimian to compete in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals RoboSimian, the ape-like robot developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, will compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, June 5 ... more		Europe Strives to Counter Russian and Chinese Satellite Menace Arrival of US aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack Amentum secures up to 995M dollar US Air Force contract for MQ9 modernization		Robot masters new skills through trial and error Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed algorithms that enable robots to learn motor tasks through trial and error using a process that more closely approximates the wa ... more
Disney develop 2-legged robot that walks like an animated character When Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse, he didn't give much thought to how he might bring his character to life in the real world. But robotics now puts that possibility within reach, so Disney resea ... more		Researchers develop intelligent handheld robots What if handheld tools know what needs to be done and were even able to guide and help inexperienced users to complete jobs that require skill? Researchers at the University of Bristol have develope ... more		Robotic bird takes flight from back of robot roach Unique partnership between a robot bird and robot roach proves the sum is greater than its parts. In a recent demonstration, a land-based robot roach helped launch a flying robotic bird. ... more		NASA Begins Major Reconfiguration of International Space Station NASA plans to relocate a storage module from one node to another in what would be the largest change to the configuration of the International Space Station (ISS) as the agency prepares the ISS for ... more

	Robotic cheetah jumps hurdles while running A year after showing off a robotic cheetah that can run while not tethered to a machine, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have trained it to autonomously see and jump over hurdles while running, accomplishing a feat that many humans have trouble with. ... more		Implants read intentions of tetraplegic patient from brain activity Microelectrodes implanted in the brain of a tetraplegic patient have helped scientists anticipate his intended movements so they could steer a robotic arm accordingly, a new report shows. The result ... more

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