Search results for robotics

Astronomy Dec 12, 2022

UK-led robotic sky scanner reveals its first galactic fingerprint

A major telescope upgrade has peered through to the distant universe to reveal the spectra of a pair of galaxies 280 million light years away from Earth.

Planetary Sciences Dec 1, 2022

NASA researcher's AI 'eye' could help robotic data-gathering

When it comes to making real-time decisions about unfamiliar data—say, choosing a path to hike up a mountain you've never scaled before—existing artificial intelligence and machine learning tech doesn't come close to ...

Space Exploration Nov 9, 2022

Engineers ready innovative robotic servicing of geosynchronous satellites payload for launch

Engineers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST) recently completed robotic payload component level testing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotic ...

General Physics Oct 21, 2022

Robotic insect toys build undergraduate research skills in physics

Although the sudden switch to remote and hybrid learning was seen as an enormous challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic, academic and commercial interest in creative online lab class development has since skyrocketed.

Bio & Medicine Oct 17, 2022

Robotic intracellular electrochemical sensing for adherent cells

A research team from Southern University of Science and Technology developed an automated intracellular sensing system, which provides a high-efficiency approach to reveal cellular intrinsic characteristics and heterogeneity ...

Space Exploration Oct 11, 2022

JPL's Venus aerial robotic balloon prototype aces test flights

A scaled-down version of the aerobot that could one day take to the Venusian skies successfully completed two Nevada test flights, marking a milestone for the project.

Space Exploration Sep 21, 2022

Mars is littered with 15,694 pounds of human trash from 50 years of robotic exploration

People have been exploring the surface of Mars for over 50 years. According to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, nations have sent 18 human-made objects to Mars over 14 separate missions. Many of these missions ...

Planetary Sciences Sep 20, 2022

For the first time, robots on Mars found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves

Since 2018, NASA's InSight mission to Mars has recorded seismic waves from more than 1,300 marsquakes in its quest to probe the internal structure of the red planet. The solar panels of the car-sized robotic lander have become ...

Space Exploration Sep 13, 2022

Harpoons, robots and lasers: How to capture defunct satellites and other space junk and bring it back to Earth

More than half of the thousands of satellites in orbit are now defunct, and this accumulation of floating space debris has been described as a "fatal problem" for current and future space missions and human space travel.

Biotechnology Sep 12, 2022

Carnivorous plants inspire smart slippery surfaces and bionic robots

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances discusses how carnivorous plants inspire smart slippery surfaces and bionic robots.

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