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October 13, 2015

Robotic Laser Astronomy on the Rise
Kitt Peak AZ (SPX) Oct 13, 2015
The world's first robotic laser adaptive optics system, developed by a team led by University of Hawaii at Manoa astronomer Christoph Baranec, will soon find a new home at the venerable 2.1-meter (83-inch) telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. This system, renamed Robo-AO KP, will be the world's first dedicated adaptive optics astronomical observatory and will allow astronomers to take an unprecedented number of highly detailed images of a wide range of celestial objects. The pro ... read more

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Psychic robot will know what you really meant to do What if software could steer a car back on track if the driver swerves on ice? Or guide a prosthesis to help a shaky stroke patient smoothly lift a cup? Bioengineers at the University of Illinois at ... more		More-flexible machine learning Machine learning, which is the basis for most commercial artificial-intelligence systems, is intrinsically probabilistic. An object-recognition algorithm asked to classify a particular image, for in ... more		Bio-inspired robotic finger looks, feels and works like the real thing Most robotic parts used today are rigid, have a limited range of motion and don't really look lifelike. Inspired by both nature and biology, a scientist from Florida Atlantic University has designed ... more
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Embedded optical sensors could make robotic hands more dexterous Optical sensors may be uniquely suited for use in robotic hands, according to Carnegie Mellon University researchers who have developed a three-fingered soft robotic hand with multiple embedded fibe ... more		Russian scientist hope to get rocket fuel, water, oxygen from Lunar ice Russian scientists are currently studying lunar ice, hoping to get hydrogen rocket fuel, water and oxygen from the moon, Igor Mitrofanov from the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) told Radio Sputnik ... more		SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts Space Systems Command activates System Delta 80 for assured space access Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military		Patching up X-37B The fourth flight of the mysterious X-37B robot spaceplane is still hard to decipher. For the first time, the US Air Force did not release any photographs of the spaceplane before launch. This has c ... more
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Opportunity brushes a rock and conducts in-situ studies

Astronaut Andreas to try sub-millimetre precision task on Earth from orbit

Middle School Students Write Code for Space Station

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3D-printed microscopic fish do more than swim

Smooth robot movements reduce energy consumption by up to 40 percent

Whiskey Delivered to Space Station - For Science Only

Fisherman nets a spy device in S China Sea

A brain-computer interface for controlling an exoskeleton

Mars Rover Moves Onward After 'Marias Pass' Studies

Navy orders HazMat robots

Russia to Send First Ever Robot-Cosmonaut to ISS

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