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February 18, 2016

Farewell Philae: Earth says goodbye to comet probe
Paris (AFP) Feb 12, 2016
Scientists gave up Friday trying to contact robot lab Philae, stubbornly silent on the surface of a comet streaking through space - closing a captivating chapter in an historic quest. "Time to say goodbye to Philae," announced the German Aerospace Center DLR, and said it "will no longer be sending any commands." Philae's comet host is moving further and further away from the Sun and its battery-boosting rays, and by this point "there is indeed little hope to still get a signal," project manager ... read more

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Russia Developing Remote Controlled Robot for Space Tasks Russia is developing a remote controlled robot to carry out tasks at Russia's planned national space station, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Saturday. "A combat robot may be ... more		X Prize aims to show AI is friend not foe An X Prize unveiled on Wednesday promised millions of dollars to a team that could best show that artificial intelligence is humanity's friend, not its enemy. ... more		Can fables, fairy tales teach robots morality? Researchers at Georgia Tech are attempting to give robots a sense of right and wrong by teaching them fairy tales. ... more
				A global Olympic-style competition to advance assistive and robotic technologies According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 15% of the world's population is physically impaired to some degree. In order to overcome the hurdles of everyday life, many disabled people ... more		Intelligent robots threaten millions of jobs Advances in artificial intelligence will soon lead to robots that are capable of nearly everything humans do, threatening tens of millions of jobs in the coming 30 years, experts warned Saturday. ... more

NASA Time-lapse Shows Webb Telescope Mirror Assembly NASA's latest time-lapse video shows the James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror's full assembly from start to finish. The video, which covers almost three months of work has been sped up to run ... more		Cockroach inspires robot that squeezes through cracks Our fear and disgust that cockroaches can quickly squeeze through the tiniest cracks are well justified, say University of California, Berkeley scientists. Not only can they squish themselves to get ... more		European debate over nuclear weapons gains pace UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran inspection accord 'terribly difficult' Iran says ready for nuclear compromise if US lifts sanctions		Robotically driven system could reduce cost of discovering drug and target interactions Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have created the first robotically driven experimentation system to determine the effects of a large number of drugs on many proteins, reducing the ... more
				New algorithm improves speed and accuracy of pedestrian detection What if computers could recognize objects as well as the human brain could? Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego have taken an important step toward that goal by developin ... more		Dawn now circling Ceres in its final orbit A veteran interplanetary traveler is writing the closing chapter in its long and storied expedition. In its final orbit, where it will remain even beyond the end of its mission, at its lowest altitu ... more

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Chip could bring deep learning to mobile devices In recent years, some of the most exciting advances in artificial intelligence have come courtesy of convolutional neural networks, large virtual networks of simple information-processing units, whi ... more		Arlington Capital Partners buying iRobot business unit The Defense & Security business unit of iRobot Corporation is being acquired by Arlington Capital Partners, a private equity firm. ... more		European debate over nuclear weapons gains pace UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran inspection accord 'terribly difficult' Iran says ready for nuclear compromise if US lifts sanctions		Opportunity Reaches 12 Years on Mars! Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is up on north-facing slopes for improved solar array energy production. The rover is conducting an in-situ ... more
New Tool Provides Successful Visual Inspection of ISS Robot Arm Gas station attendant, electronics installer, home inspector: is there any fix-it job that NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) can't tackle during its four-year career? As NASA takes a break in R ... more		NASA Webb Telescope mirrors installed with robotic arm precision Inside a massive clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland the James Webb Space Telescope team is steadily installing the largest space telescope mirror ever. Unlike ot ... more		Russia launches ambitious cosmic robotics project The development of state-of-the-art robots capable of operating in outer space will begin in Russia this year, media reports said. Russian scientists will begin the development of sophisticate ... more		Scientists build a neural network using plastic memristors Scientists from the Kurchatov Institute, MIPT, the University of Parma (Italy), Moscow State University, and Saint Petersburg State University have created a neural network based on polymeric memris ... more

	Thales, ASV to jointly develop unmanned surface vehicle technology Thales and ASV have signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of unmanned surface vehicle technology. ... more		NASA counting on humanoid robots in deep space exploration As humanity moves forward with space exploration, we should prepare for risky and extremely hazardous endeavors such as manned missions to Mars and asteroids. Having fully operational robotic help r ... more

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Last-chance bid to contact space robot Philae

Momentum builds for creation of 'moon villages'

Battle for digital life takes center stage at tech show

Gadgets get smarter, friendlier at CES show

Russia's Uran-9 robotic combat system hits international market

New social robot Nadine has a personality

NTU scientists unveil social and telepresence robots

U.S. Marine Corps rules out robotic dog, mule

Human-machine superintelligence can solve the world's most dire problems

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Russia Postpones Plans on Extensive Moon Exploration Until 2025

James Webb Space Telescope mirror halfway complete

Mystery of heat loss from the Earth's crust has been solved

Teaching machines to see

Magnetic nanoparticle chains offer new technique for controlling soft robots

'Robot locust' can traverse rocky terrain and assist in search and rescue

Unscheduled spacewalk likely on Monday

NASA spacewalk to fix ISS rail car

Opportunity performs a week of robotic arm at Marathon Valley

Agreement with Chinese Space Tech Lab Will Advance Exploration Goals

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