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February 24, 2016

Help NASA Create Better Vision for Robonaut
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 24, 2016
Humans use glasses to help them see better, but for robots, the fix is in their code. NASA is asking coders to create algorithms for Robonaut 2, or R2, that will improve its 3-D vision. The Robonaut Vision Tool Manipulation contest kicks off on Feb. 23, and offers a total of $10,000 in prizes for the best algorithms. R2 is the first humanoid robot in space, currently being tested on the International Space Station. Serving as an extra set of hands for station crew members, the robot is looking to ... read more

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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		NASA Report Details Expert Team Investigation of Asteroid Redirect Mission A new report chartered by NASA provides input to important areas of robotic mission requirements development and explores the science benefits and potential knowledge gain from the agency's Asteroid ... more		Underwater robots can be programmed to make independent decisions More than 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water, yet scientists know more about space than about what happens in the ocean. One way scientists are trying to improve their understandi ... more
				Fuel cells powering inner-city vehicles Inner-city deliveries in Austria may soon be powered by pollution-free fuel cell technology that is also being explored by ESA for satellites and robotic missions to Mars. Austrian transport s ... 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		When machines can do any job, what will humans do? University computer scientist Moshe Vardi expects that within 30 years, machines will be capable of doing almost any job that a human can. In anticipation, he is asking his colleagues to consider th ... more		European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market		Enabling human-robot rescue teams Autonomous robots performing a joint task send each other continual updates: "I've passed through a door and am turning 90 degrees right." "After advancing 2 feet I've encountered a wall. I'm turnin ... more
				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		Farewell Philae: Earth says goodbye to comet probe 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. ... more

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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 Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market		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
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		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		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		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

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

New social robot Nadine has a personality

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

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James Webb Space Telescope mirror halfway complete

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