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September 08, 2016

Missing comet lander Philae spotted at last: ESA
Paris (AFP) Sept 5, 2016
Europe's Rosetta spacecraft has finally spotted its tiny lander Philae, thought to be lost forever, stuck in a ditch on the surface of a comet hurtling through space, ground controllers said Monday. "THE SEARCH IS OVER! I've found @Philae2014!!" the European Space Agency (ESA) tweeted on behalf of Rosetta, orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at some 682 million kilometres (424 million miles) from Earth. The agency released a photo of the washing machine-sized robot lab on the comet's rough ... read more

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'Materials that compute' advances as Pitt engineers demonstrate pattern recognition The potential to develop "materials that compute" has taken another leap at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering, where researchers for the first time have demonstrated that ... more		Laundry-folding washing machine: eye-catching gizmos at IFA fair From curved televisions and futuristic virtual reality headsets to intelligent kitchens, Berlin's mega consumer electronics show offers a mind-boggling array of the latest in high-tech gizmos. ... more		Industrial Robots: Rethinking the Status Quo Long known as the collective mecca of cutting-edge industrial robot technology, Japanese manufacturers are now welcoming a newcomer from outside the ranks. Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) hopes that ... more
				Researchers unveil ciliated microbots Scientists in South Korea have created microbots that move and function like single cells. ... more		The evolution and future of automation The world's oldest board game still has a few moves to play. Go, a game of strategy and instinct considered more difficult to master than chess, was created roughly in the same era as the written wo ... more

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

Stretchy supercapacitors power wearable electronics A future of soft robots that wash your dishes or smart T-shirts that power your cell phone may depend on the development of stretchy power sources. But traditional batteries are thick and rigid - no ... more		Where does AlphaGo go On March 15, 2016, Lee Sodol, an 18-time world champion of the ancient Chinese board game of Go, was defeated by AlphaGo, a computer program. The event is one of the most historic in the field of ar ... more		South Korea deems building nuclear submarine at home 'reasonable' The threat of space terrorism is no longer science fiction, but we're ill-prepared to combat it Putin says Russia considers resuming nuclear tests after Trump comments		Science set to upstage fiction with Fantastic Voyage Fifty years to the day after the film Fantastic Voyage was first shown in theatres, the Polytechnique Montreal Nanorobotics Laboratory is unveiling a unique medical interventional infrastructure dev ... more
				The first autonomous, entirely soft robot A team of Harvard University researchers with expertise in 3D printing, mechanical engineering, and microfluidics has demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot. This small, ... more		China unveils 2020 Mars rover concept: report China has unveiled illustrations of a Mars probe and rover it aims to send to the Red Planet at the end of the decade in a mission that faces "unprecedented" challenges, state media said Wednesday. ... more

2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Air Pressure Makes Lifting a Breeze Advances in wearable robotics are helping to remove the physical strain of lifting heavy objects. Entrepreneurs in Tokyo hope that Japan's aging society will open new opportunities to address the ag ... more		'New port of call' installed at space station With more private spaceship traffic expected at the International Space Station in the coming years, two spacewalking US astronauts installed a special parking spot for them on Friday. ... more		South Korea deems building nuclear submarine at home 'reasonable' The threat of space terrorism is no longer science fiction, but we're ill-prepared to combat it Putin says Russia considers resuming nuclear tests after Trump comments		From Solo Cup to an asteroid: NASA's newest space mission The idea for a device that could unveil the origins of life in our solar system began with a Solo cup. ... more
NASA Space Robotics Challenge Prepares Robots for the Journey to Mars NASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston, the Official Visitor Center of NASA Johnson Space Center, and NineSigma, a global innovation consultant organization, has opened registration for a ne ... more		Natural scale caterpillar soft robot is powered and controlled with light Researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, using the liquid crystal elastomer technology, originally developed in the LENS Institute in Florence, demonstrated a bioinspired m ... more		NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission Completes Design Milestone Following a key program review, NASA approved the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) to proceed to the next phase of design and development for the mission's robotic segment. ARM is a two-part mission ... more		Legions of nanorobots target cancerous tumors with precision Researchers from Polytechnique Montreal, Universite de Montreal and McGill University have just achieved a spectacular breakthrough in cancer research. They have developed new nanorobotic agents cap ... more

	NASA to map Asteroid Bennu from the ground up How do you study the topography of an asteroid millions of miles away? Map it with a robotic cartographer! NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith E ... more		Brain-machine interfaces trigger partial neurological recovery in chronic paraplegics On June 12th 2014, the Walk Again Project (WAP), a non-profit international research consortium, performed a unique scientific demonstration, during the opening ceremony of the Soccer World Cup in B ... more

Pay to protect: Brazil pitches new forest fund at COP30

UV light holds promise for energy-efficient desalination

Cooling polymer coating enables energy-free rooftop water collection

Curiosity Has Disproved 'Old Idea of Mars as a Simple Basaltic Planet'		Transmitting energy in soft materials		CSRA explores human-machine interaction for Air Force		China's Midea grabs near-95% stake in German firm Kuka		First wave-propelled robot swims, crawls and climbs using a single, small motor
New robot overcomes obstacles		Farewell Philae: Earth severs link with silent comet probe		New remote-controlled microrobots for medical operations		SSL to provide robotic arms to DARPA for satellite servicing		Hey robot, shimmy like a centipede

NASA Mars Rover Can Choose Laser Targets on Its Own

SpaceX cargo ship arrives at space station

Minimalist swimming microrobots

Researchers build a crawling robot from sea slug parts and a 3-D printed body

Artificial muscle for soft robotics: Low voltage, high hopes

China's Midea snares near-86 percent stake in Germany's Kuka

Researchers design minimalist microrobots for tiny tasks

Robot would assemble modular telescope - in space

U.S. and U.K. to study robotic troop re-supply

The debut of a robotic stingray, powered by light-activated rat cells

Recreating ancient vertebrate's first step on dry land

Robot helps study how first land animals moved 360 million years ago

On the path toward molecular robots

Chinese firm Midea gets over 50% of Germany's Kuka

China's Midea moves step closer to acquiring German robotics firm Kuka

Grade-school students teach a robot to help themselves learn geometry

Scientists unveil light-powered molecular motors

Google buys French startup that helps machines see

China's Midea buys nearly half of German robotics firm Kuka

'Squishy' motors and wheels give soft robots a new ride

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