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June 20, 2016

First teams named for shot at Level 2 Sample Return Robot Challenge
Worcester MA (SPX) Jun 20, 2016
Five teams are taking home prize money after completing Level 1 of NASA's Sample Return Robot Challenge, part of the agency's Centennial Challenges prize program. Worcester Polytechnic Institute hosted the event for the fifth year June 7-11 at its Worcester, Massachusetts, campus. Eighteen teams of citizen inventors, from universities to families to small businesses, competed in the challenge, which has a total prize purse of $1.5 million. Each winning team was awarded $5,000 for their success, an ... read more

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Researchers Gear Up Galaxy-seeking Robots for a Test Run A prototype system, designed as a test for a planned array of 5,000 galaxy-seeking robots, is taking shape at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). D ... more		Robot Assembly Kits: Training Tomorrow's Einsteins The race to train the Einsteins of tomorrow is on, beginning with toys. Continuing advances in solid state electronics, robotics, modular building blocks and graphic software are coming together to ... more		How insights into human learning can foster smarter artificial intelligence Recent breakthroughs in creating artificial systems that outplay humans in a diverse array of challenging games have their roots in neural networks inspired by information processing in the brain. I ... more
				China's Midea begins takeover bid for German robotics firm Chinese appliance firm Midea on Thursday said it had begun a cash offer for at least a 30 percent stake of German industrial robotics supplier Kuka, a tender which has stoked controversy in Europe. ... more		Cygnus space capsule departs International Space Station Orbital ATK's unmanned Cygnus space capsule departed from the International Space Station on schedule Tuesday, three months after delivering 7,500 pounds (3,400 kilos) of supplies, material for scientific experiments and equipment to the orbiting outpost. ... more

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Scientists use underwater robots to study India's monsoon Scientists from Britain and India will release underwater robots into the Bay of Bengal in a bid to more accurately predict the Indian monsoon critical to millions of farmers, they said Tuesday. ... more		Johns Hopkins team makes hobby drones crash to expose design flaws Sales of drones - small flying machines equipped with cameras - are soaring. But new research by a Johns Hopkins computer security team has raised concerns about how easily hackers could cause these ... 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		Robots to provide a steadying hand at the right time Many new robots look less like the metal humanoids of pop culture and more like high-tech extensions of ourselves and our capabilities. In the same way eyeglasses, wheelchairs, pacemakers and other ... more
				Trade disputes loom over Merkel's China visit Tensions over trade and Chinese investment in a German robotics firm dominated Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Beijing Monday, with differences about steel and China's future market status on display. ... more		German minister wants EU to curb foreign investors Germany's economy minister urged Thursday the EU to shield its key industries from foreign investors after Chinese appliance giant Midea made a controversial bid for German robotics group Kuka. ... more

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Teams to compete in 5th year of NASA's sample return robot competition Twenty-one robotics teams are returning to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) for a fifth year to compete in NASA's $1.5 million Sample Return Robot Challenge. The autonomous robotic competition ... more		Flight of the RoboBee Increasingly, researchers are designing robots with forms and functions that defy our expectation of what a machine can be or do. One of the more unexpected robotics applications in recent years com ... 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		Public private model would make DARPA's on-orbit service capability a reality The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announcement of a Robotics Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program in March is an important step towards extending the productivit ... more
EOD robot system passes critical design review The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman Corporation have completed the critical design review of a robotic system for explosive ordnance disposal. ... more		Germany says not blocking Chinese bid for robotics firm Berlin on Friday denied blocking a Chinese takeover bid for German industrial robotics supplier Kuka, ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to China. ... more		Fifty Years of Moon Dust Before humans could take their first steps on the moon, that mysterious and forbidding surface had to be reconnoitered by robots. When President John Kennedy set a goal of landing astronauts on the ... more		Airbus Defence and Space to guide lunar lander to the Moon Airbus Defence and Space and the European Space Agency (ESA), have signed a contract for the early development of a system that will ensure the safe and precise landing of the Russian Luna-Resource ... more

	RE2 Robotics contracted to support USAF airfield damage repair program RE2 Robotics is to provide manipulation and ground robotics expertise for the U.S. Air Force's Rapid Airfield Damage Repair program. ... more		Signals detected from EgyptAir black box A French navy vessel using deep-water listening devices has detected signals from one of the black boxes that could explain why the EgyptAir plane crashed into the Mediterranean, investigators said Wednesday. ... more

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Animal training techniques teach robots new tricks

Robots get creative to cut through clutter

A year of mystery swirls around latest X-37B mission

Macau shows off robot croupiers as hopes of recovery rise

Robot's in-hand eye maps surroundings, determines hand's location

AAC Microtec to develop miniaturized motion controller for space rovers and robots

China's Midea makes takeover offer for German robotics firm

Researchers teach AI system to run complex physics experiment

Hybrid hydrostatic transmission enables robots with human-like grace and precision

Soft wearable robot lightens heavy loads

Ingestible robot operates in simulated stomach

Pentagon's research agency showcases future tech

This 5-fingered robot hand learns to get a grip on its own

Bee model will help development of aerial robotics

Rover technology for space now being used on Earth

Robot built to aid astronauts nearly ready for Mars

Investigations on microscopic imaging camera continue

Johns Hopkins scientist programs robot for 'soft tissue' surgery

Newly developed EOD robot delivered to Army

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