The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been pioneering antenna measurement methods for decades, but a new robot may be the ultimate innovation, extending measurements to higher frequencies while characterizing ...
Engineering
Nov 30, 2015
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An underwater robot initially built to help astronauts train for life in weightlessness is now being tested in the Mediterranean Sea. One day, robots like this may carry out sophisticated missions on our ocean floors, from ...
Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2015
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Researchers have developed a robot that adjusts its movements in order to avoid colliding with the people and objects around it. This provides new opportunities for more friendly interaction between people and machines.
Robotics
Oct 23, 2015
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Early September will see the very first force-feedback-based teleoperation of a rover-based robotic arm system on Earth from the International Space Station, orbiting 400 km above our heads.
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2015
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NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped a stunningly beautiful, one of a kind 'belly selfie' amidst the painstaking 'Buckskin' drill campaign at the Martian mountain base marking the third anniversary since her touchdown on the ...
Space Exploration
Aug 21, 2015
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In an open letter I helped publish on July 28 – which has now been signed by more than 2,700 artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics researchers from around the world – we stated that "starting a military AI arms race ...
Robotics
Aug 14, 2015
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Canada committed Tuesday to flying two astronauts to space within the next decade as part of its renewed participation with the International Space Station program.
Space Exploration
Jun 2, 2015
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A robotic arm that can bend, stretch and squeeze through cluttered environments has been created by a group of researchers from Italy.
Robotics
May 13, 2015
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Cargo has arrived at the International Space Station to support approximately 40 of the more than 250 science and research investigations that will be performed during Expeditions 43 and 44, including numerous human research ...
Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2015
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NASA says the robotic arm on the Curiosity rover is moving again after a short circuit temporarily halted its work on Mars.
Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2015
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