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| January 14, 2014 |
 Cygnus Work Under Way, Normal Station Operations Continue Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2014 - Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus commercial cargo craft has arrived at the International Space Station on its Orbital-1 resupply mission. NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins captured Cygnus with the station's robotic arm at 6:08 a.m. EST Sunday. He and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio worked quickly and opened the resupply craft's hatches six hours later. The NASA astronauts were joined in the cupola ... more |  |
 The Cyborgs Era Has Started Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Jan 14, 2014 - Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great potentials, but also give rise to major ethical concerns. In their review entitled "Chemie der Cyborgs - zur Verknupfung technischer Systeme mit Lebewesen" (The Chemistry of Cyborgs - Interfacing Technical Devices with Organisms), KI ... more |  |
 Technology one step ahead of war laws London, UK (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - Today's emerging military technologies-including unmanned aerial vehicles, directed-energy weapons, lethal autonomous robots, and cyber weapons like Stuxnet-raise the prospect of upheavals in military practices so fundamental that they challenge long-established laws of war. Weapons that make their own decisions about targeting and killing humans, for example, have ethical and legal implic ... more |  |
Robots invade consumer market for play, work Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 08, 2014 - The robots are coming, and they're here to help. Help clean your windows, teach children, or even provide entertainment or companionship. This week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas highlights enormous growth in robotics in a range of fields. Meet Bo and Yana, for example - they're cute robots that can fit in your hand and help teach youngsters about programming. "It's al ... more |  |
 Wake Up Yutu Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - After two weeks of frigid lunar night, China's Yutu Moon rover and the Chang'e-3 lander that carried it will soon awake from their slumber. Surviving the lunar night is probably the last of the big challenges posed to this mission. Once China's twin lunar robots are functioning again, the mission will be on its way to a long spell of productive work. We have grown accustomed to seeing rove ... more |  |
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New Science Bound for Station on Orbital's Cygnus Houston TX (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - Delivering ants to space, sloshy fluids for robotic satellites, a study on antibiotic drug resistance and other small satellites to the International Space Station can be a tough job, and now Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., can help carry the load. In its first commercial resupply journey after completion of NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, the Orbital-1 mi ... more |  |
 Clues from Orbit Aiding Exploration Of Opportunity Rover Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 06, 2014 - The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for energy production. Opportunity is positioned on the edge of an exposed outcrop where orbital observations suggest the possible presence of small amounts of clay minerals. The rover's activities have been relatively uncomplicated over the holiday period. On Sol 3521 (Dec. 19, 2013), the robotic arm was used to collect a Microscopic Imag ... more |  |
Electronic 'mother' watches over home Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 06, 2014 - Resembling a Russian nesting doll, the pint-sized robotic device wants to be your "mother." The electronic device with wireless connectivity can transform any object in the home into a smart one. It can detect unexpected activity at the front door, keep track of watering of plants, and even ensure family members take their medicine or brush their teeth. Designed by the French startup ... more |  |
Wall-Crawling Gecko Robots Can Stick In Space Too Paris (ESA) Jan 03, 2014 - Climbing robots that mimic the stickiness of gecko lizard feet could work in space as well as on Earth, ESA has shown, raising the prospect of hull-crawling automatons tending future spacecraft. Robots crawling across spacecraft surfaces are a common sight in science fiction films from Silent Running to Wall-E. But, in reality, how might they stick in place while still remaining mobile? ... more |  |
Geckos in space: Novel robot takes a step to cosmos Paris (AFP) Jan 02, 2014 - A wall-crawling robot inspired by the gecko has taken a small but important step towards a future in space, scientists said on Thursday. The tiny legged prototype could be the forerunner of automatons which crawl along the hulls of spacecraft, cleaning and maintaining them, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. Its footpads are covered with dry microfibres modelled on the toe hair of the ... more |  |
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After Impressive Demonstrations of Robot Skill, DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials Conclude Homestead, FL (SPX) Dec 28, 2013 - On December 20-21, 2013, 16 teams were the main attraction at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trials, where they demonstrated their prototype robots' ability to perform a number of critical real-world disaster-response skills. DARPA constructed eight tasks at the Homestead Speedway in Homestead, Fla., to simulate what a robot might have to do to safely enter and effectively work inside a disa ... more |  |
Lockheed Martin Team Moves Forward In DARPA Robotics Challenge Homestead, FL (SPX) Dec 25, 2013 - Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) recently completed the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge trials at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Lockheed Martin-led team, which includes the University of Pennsylvania and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, guided an Atlas humanoid robot through a number of tasks designed to simulate disaster response s ... more | |
 Japan researcher builds device to transmit 'force' Tokyo (AFP) Dec 20, 2013 - A Japanese researcher on Friday unveiled an invention that instantly and wirelessly transmits force between two devices, in a development that could allow physical therapists to treat patients remotely. Kouhei Ohnishi said his "force transceiver" permits two-way communication of the amount of pressure being applied and the resistance it is encountering in real time. If applied to a robot ... more |  |
Astronauts Finalizing Spacewalk Preparations Houston TX (SPX) Dec 20, 2013 - NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata gathered together Thursday to review spacewalk procedures. Mastracchio and Hopkins will exit the station to replace a faulty pump module over a series of spacewalks. Wakata will operate the station's robotic arm to maneuver the spacewalkers at the worksite. The first spacewalk is scheduled for Saturday a ... more |  |
Japan robot astronaut talks Santa in first chat with spaceman Tokyo (AFP) Dec 20, 2013 - The world's first robot astronaut has begun chatting to the Japanese commander of the International Space Station, in what was being billed as the first conversation of its kind. Kirobo, a pint-sized android equipped with artificial intelligence and capable of learning how to respond appropriately to humans, even put a marker down for Christmas, telling Koichi Wakata he expected a visit from ... more |  |
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Yutu robotic rover begins lunar mission Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2013 - China's Jade Rabbit rover sent back its first pictures from the moon, as officials on Monday lauded the first lunar soft landing in nearly four decades as a step forward for "mankind as a whole". "Exploration of outer space is an unremitting pursuit of mankind," China's space agency, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) said in a stateme ... more |  |
Google buys military robot-maker Boston Dynamics for battle with Amazon Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 17, 2013 - Google has acquired robotics engineering company Boston Dynamics, best known for its line of quadrupeds with funny gaits and often mind-blowing capabilities. Products that the firm has demonstrated in recent years include BigDog, a motorized robot that can handle ice and snow, the 29 mile-per-hour Cheetah, and an eerily convincing humanoid known as PETMAN. Boston Dynamics, which contracts ... more |  |
 More Moon Missions For China Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 15, 2013 - China's upcoming Chang'e-3 Moon mission is a major step in their rapidly advancing space program. A four-legged lander will touch down and release a six-wheeled rover onto the Moon in December. That's a fairly advanced mission for a first landing, but it's also a test for greater things to come. There's a lot of interest in the robot rover that will be carried on the mission, and that's un ... more |  |
Robot herder brings the cows in for milking in Australia Sydney (UPI) Nov 15, 2013 - A four-wheeled robot known as Rover has been successfully tested as a cattle herder in Australia, easily moving a herd from a field to a dairy, researchers say. The cows, accepting the presence of the robot, were not fazed by it and the herding process was calm and effective, a team from Sydney University said. University engineers adapted Rover from a robot already being used to ... more |  |
NASA Curiosity: First Mars Age Measurement and Human Exploration Help Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2013 - NASA's Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars' past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions. In a little more than a year on the Red Planet, the mobile Mars Science Laboratory has determined the age of a Martian rock, found evidence the planet could have sustained microbial life, taken the first readings of radiation on the surface, and s ... more |  |
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