Discovery chasing space station, survey up next
(AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery is chasing the International Space Station after lifting off for its final mission.
Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2011
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Astronauts board shuttle Discovery for last flight
NASA's most traveled space shuttle, Discovery, was fueled Thursday for its final voyage after nearly three decades of service.
Space Exploration
Feb 24, 2011
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NASA begins countdown for Thursday launch try
(AP) -- After a four-month grounding of the space shuttle fleet, NASA's countdown clocks started ticking again Monday for Discovery's final ride into orbit.
Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2011
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Football-playing Japanese robots in Peru exhibit
Eight robots that play football, engage in sumo wrestling and play music have been unveiled at a Peruvian university by the creator, Japanese scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro.
Robotics
Feb 18, 2011
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Japan may send chatty humanoid tweet-bot to space
(AP) -- Lonely astronauts on the International Space Station may soon be getting an android friend from Japan. And for the folks back home, it will tweet.
Robotics
Feb 17, 2011
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NASA fuels shuttle Discovery in test for cracks
(AP) -- NASA fueled space shuttle Discovery at the launch pad Friday, not for flight but rather for testing to understand the mysterious cracking that occurred last month.
Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2010
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Hundreds of Internet fans expected at annual tech-fest in Spain
Some 800 Internet enthusiasts from across Europe are expected to attend the four-day Campus Party, one of the world's biggest online entertainment events, which gets underway Wednesday in Spain, organisers said.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 12, 2010
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Hertfordshire team wins Humanoid Simulation League in Robot Football Cup
The Bold Hearts, a student team from the University of Hertfordshire, has just won the Humanoid Simulation League in the Robocup German Open 2009. The team is now preparing for the Robocup World Championships in Austria, ...
Engineering
May 6, 2009
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Robotics researcher discusses robot evolution
Concha Monje is a researcher in the Robotics Lab of the Department of Systems Engineering and Automation at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). There, she is one of the people in charge of TEO, a 60-kilo humanoid ...
Robotics
Apr 8, 2015
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Posture affects infants' capacity to identify objects, study finds
Generally taken for granted, our capacity to immediately recognise, name and associate thousands of objects with memories – under various viewing conditions – still remains a mystery. It is well-known that top-down knowledge ...
Robotics
Apr 1, 2015
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