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  Boston MA (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 When moving through a crowd to reach some end goal, humans can usually navigate the space safely without thinking too much. They can learn from the behavior of others and note any obstacles to avoid. Robots, on the other hand, struggle with such navigational concepts. MIT researchers have now devised a way to help robots navigate environments more like humans do. Their novel motion-planning model lets robots determine how to reach a goal by exploring the environment, observing other agents, and ex ... read more |
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NTU Singapore scientists develop smart technology for synchronized 3D printing of concreteSingapore (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a technology where two robots can work in unison to 3D-print a concrete structure. This method of concurren ... more  
See the future at ESA's IAC Start-up Space ZoneParis (ESA) Oct 04, 2018 From Lego-style satellites that plug together to robot avatars for lunar exploration, satellite maps for Arctic navigation to a DNA-analysing 'tricorder': next week 24 of planet Earth's top start-up ... more 
Increasingly human-like robots spark fascination and fearMadrid (AFP) Oct 6, 2018 Sporting a trendy brown bob, a humanoid robot named Erica chats to a man in front of stunned audience members in Madrid. ... more 
Lockheed Martin to marry machine learning with 3-D printingDenver CO (SPX) Oct 02, 2018 Today, 3-D printing generates parts used in ships, planes, vehicles and spacecraft, but it also requires a lot of babysitting. High-value and intricate parts sometimes require constant monitoring by ... more |
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Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at onceBoston MA (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 MIT computer scientists have developed a system that learns to identify objects within an image, based on a spoken description of the image. Given an image and an audio caption, the model will highl ... more  
NASA sees its stalled Martian robot, but still no signalsWashington (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 NASA scientists can now see their solar-powered probe that was lost in a Martian dust storm more than 100 days ago - but the vintage robot hasn't shown any signs of life. ... more 
Spray coated tactile sensor on a 3D surface for robotic skinSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 Robots will be able to conduct a wide variety of tasks as well as humans if they can be given tactile sensing capabilities. A KAIST research team has reported a stretchable pressure insensitive stra ... more
Amazon aims to make Alexa assistant bigger part of users' livesSeattle (AFP) Sept 21, 2018 From the kitchen to the car, Amazon on Thursday sought to make its Alexa digital assistant and online services a bigger part of people's lives with an array of new products and partnerships. ... more  
Japan space robots start asteroid surveyTokyo (AFP) Sept 22, 2018 A pair of robot rovers have landed on an asteroid and begun a survey, Japan's space agency said Saturday, as it conducts a mission aiming to shed light on the origins of the solar system. ... more |
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'Robotic skins' turn everyday objects into robotsNew Haven CT (SPX) Sep 24, 2018 When you think of robotics, you likely think of something rigid, heavy, and built for a specific purpose. New "Robotic Skins" technology developed by Yale researchers flips that notion on its head, ... more  |
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Russian scientists send FEDOR robot to Roscosmos for launchMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 21, 2018 The demonstration model of Russia's humanoid robot FEDOR will be transferred to the Roscosmos state space corporation, which plans to send it into space on the new Federation spacecraft, Russia's Fo ... more 
Multi-joint, personalized soft exosuit breaks new groundBoston MA (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 In the future, smart textile-based soft robotic exosuits could be worn by soldiers, fire fighters and rescue workers to help them traverse difficult terrain and arrive fresh at their destinations so ... more 
Google Mini captures top spot in connected speaker market: surveyWashington (AFP) Sept 19, 2018 Google Home Mini has vaulted to the top spot in the global market for connected speakers, edging out a rival device from Amazon, a survey showed Wednesday. ... more 
Machines will do more tasks than humans by 2025: WEFParis (AFP) Sept 17, 2018 Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said Monday. ... more  
Understanding deep-sea images with artificial intelligenceKiel, Germany (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 The evaluation of very large amounts of data is becoming increasingly relevant in ocean research. Diving robots or autonomous underwater vehicles, which carry out measurements independently in the d ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Oct 09, 2018 
The Air Force has designated the GOLauncher1 hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A. The vehicle is being developed by Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate, High Speed Systems Division.
It is an air-dropped liquid rocket, specifically designed for hypersonic flight research to mature technologies incl ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2018 
Scientists have identified a pattern of genetic mutation among the children of soldiers exposed to radar.
Prior to the 1990s, most radar systems were poorly insulated. Those operating and working in close proximity to the systems were regularly exposed to the unconfined radiation.
Today, the radiation emitted by radar systems is well-contained and soldiers are better protected. H ... more |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 
The prevalence of electronic devices has transformed life in the 21st century. At the heart of these devices is the movement of electrons across materials. Scientists today continue to discover new ways to manipulate and move electrons in a quest for making faster and better functioning devices.
Scientists from the Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit led by Prof. Keshav Dani at the Okinawa Insti ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Oct 08, 2018 
The test piece machining workshop on the Le Creusot site, or CFE, has been using a latest-generation dimensional inspection tool since the spring.
A test piece is a sample of steel taken from the solid part of a forging or casting and machined to be used for the purposes of a given mechanical test. Before being sent to an in-house laboratory on the Le Creusot site - the Vulcain laboratory ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 2, 2018 
The US-led military alliance battling the Islamic State group faces "a tough fight" to oust the jihadists from their last holdouts in Syria, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday.
While the extremists have lost almost all of the self-declared "caliphate" they held across Iraq and Syria four years ago, Mattis warned that destroying the group completely was "still going to take some tim ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 
A new study suggests the power industry is underestimating how climate change could affect the long-term demand for electricity in the United States.
The research, published in the journal Risk Analysis, was led by the University at Buffalo and Purdue University.
It describes the limitations of prediction models used by electricity providers and regulators for medium- and long-term e ... more |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 
An international joint research group led by Osaka University demonstrated that it was possible to efficiently heat plasma by focusing a relativistic electron beam (REB) accelerated by a high-intensity short-pulse laser with the application of a magnetic field of 600 tesla (T), about 600 times greater than the magnetic energy of a neodymium magnet (the strongest permanent magnet). Their research ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Oct 01, 2018 
China launched its Centispace-1-s1 satellite on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:13 p.m. Saturday.
This is the second commercial launch by the Kuaizhou-1A rocket. The first launch in January 2017 sent three satellites into space.
The Kuaizhou-1A was developed by a rocket technology company under the China Aerospace Science and Industr ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 
Three members of the Expedition 56 crew returned safely to Earth Thursday from the International Space Station, where they spent months providing hands-on support for scientific research in low-Earth orbit, working to keep the orbiting laboratory fully operational, and performing three spacewalks.
NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of the Russian spa ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 04, 2018 
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, this week commanded the agency's Curiosity rover to switch to its second computer. The switch will enable engineers to do a detailed diagnosis of a technical issue that has prevented the rover's active computer from storing science and some key engineering data since Sept. 15.
Like many NASA spacecraft, Curiosity was de ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 5, 2018 
NASA has announced the first crewed flight by a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) is expected to take place in June 2019.
It will be the first manned US launch to the orbiting research laboratory since the space shuttle program was retired in 2011, forcing US astronauts to hitch costly rides aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
A flight on Boeing spacecraft is set to fol ... more |
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 Marseille (AFP) Oct 8, 2018 
The American captain of a massive cruise ship faces trial in Marseille on Monday accused of using fuel with sulphur levels above European limits, as the Mediterranean port city grapples with the polluting effect of its drive to increase boat tourism.
The Azura, capable of carrying more than 3,000 passengers, is one of the largest in the fleet operated by P&O Cruises, whose parent company Car ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 5, 2018 
Under dazzling autumn sunshine in the heart of Paris, Marc Fiot steps out of a new Zoe, Renault's flagship all-electric hatchback, and readily declares it "the future".
Does that mean the 70-year-old retiree, who says he hasn't missed an edition of the Paris Motor Show since 1966, is ready to join what carmakers insist will be the electric revolution?
"Not right away," Fiot says. "What's ... more |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 
From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of the future. However, there are still gaps in understanding the properties of these tiny plastic-like particles.
Now, Hojin Kim, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, together with a team of collaborating scientists at the Max Planck ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2018
Scientists have identified a pattern of genetic mutation among the children of soldiers exposed to radar.
Prior to the 1990s, most radar systems were poorly insulated. Those operating and working in close proximity to the systems were regularly exposed to the unconfined radiation.
Today, the radiation emitted by radar systems is well-contained and soldiers are better protected. H ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 5, 2018 
Farmers in drought-stricken parts of Australia are celebrating after the heavens opened up this week, inundating parched lands with more than a month's rain in one day following the country's driest September on record.
Eastern Australia has been suffering from an extended dry period - in some regions stretching across several years - leaving farmers struggling to keep their sheep and cat ... more |
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