Three nanosatellites, known as Cubesats, are deployed from a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD) attached to the Kibo laboratory's robotic arm at 7:10 a.m. (EST) on Nov. 19, 2013.
Space Exploration
Nov 25, 2013
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Engineering has always taken cues from biology. Natural organisms and systems have done well at evolving to perform tasks and achieve objectives within the limits set by nature and physics.
Engineering
Nov 11, 2013
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For most healthy bipeds, the act of walking is seldom given a second thought: One foot follows the other, and the rest of the body falls in line, supported by a system of muscle, tendon, and bones.
Engineering
Oct 24, 2013
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Highly deformable materials are now being engineered to create soft robots that can interact safely with humans and other living systems. But this rapidly advancing field requires more than high-tech materials. Innovation ...
Robotics
Sep 25, 2013
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO is partner in the Robo-Mate project, starting in September 2013. Together with 11 European partners this research project aims at designing a human-guided exoskeleton ...
Engineering
Sep 11, 2013
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A research team from the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Faculty of Engineering has created efficient artificial, or "robotic" muscles, which could carry a weight 80 times its own and able to extend to five times ...
Materials Science
Sep 3, 2013
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A recent University of Auckland study has revealed a preference for humanlike features on a robot's display screen.
Robotics
Aug 29, 2013
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Few are more excited about Lego's new Mindstorms sets rolling out next month than Silicon Valley engineers.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 18, 2013
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Mechanical engineers at the University of California, San Diego invented a robot designed to scoot along utility lines, searching for damage and other problems that require repairs. Made of off-the-shelf electronics and plastic ...
Robotics
Aug 6, 2013
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A robotic toy car first developed as a class project is now the basis of a business startup by a group of Arizona State University engineering students.
Engineering
Jul 15, 2013
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