Engineers are troubleshooting a snag on NASA's Curiosity that's preventing the rover from moving its robotic arm and driving to another spot on Mars, the space agency said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2016
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Christmas gifts arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday, courtesy of Japan.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2016
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Finding the ideal position for interventional needles – as used in biopsies, for instance – is a difficult and time-consuming process. This can now be performed automatically, using a robotic arm to place a needle guide ...
Robotics
Oct 27, 2016
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A new NTU robot will soon be spray-painting the interiors of industrial buildings in Singapore, saving time and manpower while improving safety.
Robotics
Oct 26, 2016
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Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft (left) is seen from the Cupola module windows aboard the International Space Station on Oct. 23, 2016. The main robotic work station for controlling the Canadarm2 robotic arm is located inside ...
Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2016
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The nursing assistant for your next trip to the hospital might be a robot. This is the implication of research recently published by Dr. Elena De Momi and colleagues in the open access journal Frontiers in Robotics and AI ...
Robotics
Oct 5, 2016
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Deep in a laboratory tucked away in the basement of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), intern Mark Thom punched commands into a computer as two other students checked a chamber ...
Plasma Physics
Sep 26, 2016
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An SUV-sized spacecraft, loaded with instruments and an extendable robotic arm, will soon be barreling toward a space rock, on a round-trip journey that promises to return an unprecedented souvenir: extraterrestrial soil, ...
Space Exploration
Sep 8, 2016
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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 that will integrate robotic ...
Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2016
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SpaceX finally made good on its delivery of a space station docking port Wednesday morning.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2016
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