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December 28, 2015

Teaching machines to see
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Dec 25, 2015
Two newly-developed systems for driverless cars can identify a user's location and orientation in places where GPS does not function, and identify the various components of a road scene in real time on a regular camera or smartphone, performing the same job as sensors costing tens of thousands of pounds. The separate but complementary systems have been designed by researchers from the University of Cambridge and demonstrations are freely available online. Although the systems cannot currently cont ... read more

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Mystery of heat loss from the Earth's crust has been solved The first discovery of a new type of hydrothermal vent system in a decade helps explain the long observed disconnect between the theoretical rate at which the Earth's crust is cooling at seafloor sp ... more		Magnetic nanoparticle chains offer new technique for controlling soft robots Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique for using chains of magnetic nanoparticles to manipulate elastic polymers in three dimensions, which could be used to remo ... more		'Robot locust' can traverse rocky terrain and assist in search and rescue Since the 1980s, advanced robotic platforms have provided assistance to crisis intervention teams in the wake of man-made and natural disasters. The objective of such robots, in various sizes and sh ... more
				Unscheduled spacewalk likely on Monday The International Space Station's mission managers are preparing for a likely unplanned spacewalk by Astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra no earlier than Monday, Dec. 21. Late Wednesday, the M ... more		NASA spacewalk to fix ISS rail car A pair of NASA astronauts will step out on a previously unscheduled spacewalk as early as Monday to fix a piece of motorized equipment that stalled outside the International Space Station. ... more

Opportunity performs a week of robotic arm at Marathon Valley Opportunity is inside "Marathon Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned on a steep slope with an approximately 19-degree northerly tilt for improved solar array en ... more		Agreement with Chinese Space Tech Lab Will Advance Exploration Goals The Planetary Science Institute signed a cooperation agreement with Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology (Qian Xuesen Lab) to advance their mutual interests in facilitating the open-ended expa ... more		Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market 'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis		Scientists teach machines to learn like humans A team of scientists has developed an algorithm that captures our learning abilities, enabling computers to recognize and draw simple visual concepts that are mostly indistinguishable from those cre ... more
				SSL selected for NASA project to develop robotic on-orbit satellite assembly Space Systems Loral has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a multi-million dollar contract to develop on-orbit robotic satellite assembly technology. ... more		Tech titans pledge $1 bn for artificial intelligence research Several big-name Silicon Valley figures have pledged $1 billion to support a non-profit firm that on Friday said it would focus on the "positive human impact" of artificial intelligence. ... more

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Opportunity on west rim of Endeavour Crater within Marathon Valley The rover is positioned on steep, north-facing slopes for improved solar array energy production. On Sol 4202 (Nov. 19. 2105), the robotic arm was raised so Panoramic Camera (Pancam) color images co ... more		Robot adds new twist to NIST antenna measurements and calibrations The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been pioneering antenna measurement methods for decades, but a new robot may be the ultimate innovation, extending measurements to highe ... more		Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market 'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis		ULC Robotics AND SGN Unveil The Next Generation Of Pipeline Robotics ULC Robotics and UK Gas Utility SGN are proud to introduce the next generation of pipeline robotics - the CIRRIS XI and the CIRRIS XR Robotic Systems. These breakthrough robotic systems were strateg ... more
Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday, carrying more than 7,000 pounds (3,000 kilograms) of water, food and supplies for global astronauts. ... more		Robot arm simulates close approach of ESA's asteroid mission The final approach to an asteroid has been practised for ESA's proposed Asteroid Impact Mission using a real spacecraft camera mounted on a robot arm. The 2020 AIM mission would find its way a ... more		UW roboticists learn to teach robots from babies Babies learn about the world by exploring how their bodies move in space, grabbing toys, pushing things off tables and by watching and imitating what adults are doing. But when roboticists want to t ... more		Swimming devices could deliver drugs inside the body Engineers at the University of Sheffield have discovered that tiny spherical bead-like devices can be guided by physical structures while swimming inside fluids. This opens up a wealth of future pos ... more

	Nano-walkers take speedy leap forward with first rolling DNA-based motor Physical chemists have devised a rolling DNA-based motor that's 1,000 times faster than any other synthetic DNA motor, giving it potential for real-world applications, such as disease diagnostics. N ... more		These are the robots you're looking for It seems that every science fiction story has a robot tightly woven into its narrative. Where there are space travelers, there are robotic sidekicks - often of the clunky metal figure variety - movi ... more

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Webb Space Telescope receives first mirror installation		China dreams of electric sheep at robot conference		NASA selects Northeastern for humanoid robot research		NASA awards two robots to university groups for upgrades		Hair increases surface area for animals by 100 times

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Robotic Eyes to Assist Satellite Repairs in Orbit

How sensorimotor intelligence may develop

Robot's influent speaking just to get attention from you

'Spring-mass' technology heralds the future of walking robots

Dive of the RoboBee

Exploring the seas, thanks to space

Can ballet bugs help us build better robots

NASA's Next Sample Return Robot Challenge Open for Registration

The Martian Astrobiologist

First movie of stellar-surface evolution beyond our Solar System

Google invests in Chinese artificial intelligence firm

Friendly robot Pepper makes European debut in France

Back to the Future: Truth is stranger than sci-fi

Robots are learning to fall with grace

Robotic Laser Astronomy on the Rise

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