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NASA and CSA to Present Robotic Refueling Mission Results at the Workshop

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt hosts On-Orbit Satellite Servicing, the Second International Workshop, during which NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will present results till date from the satellite-servicing Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) at Maryland from May 30 to 31, 2012.

21 May 2012

K-MAX Unmanned Aerial Cargo Hauler Achieves Deployment Extension

Within four months, over 1M pounds have been achieved with two unmanned K-MAX helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan. As a part of deployment extension, it will continue to stay in theater till September.

11 May 2012

Volz Servo’s Recent Contract Complements AAI’s Aerosonde SUAS Contract

Volz Servos has achieved orders from AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Complementing this contract, the company will deliver servos for Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS).

7 May 2012

Astrobotic Technology Secures NASA Contract for Lunar Expedition

Astrobotic Technology has received a NASA contract to validate the efficiency of its polar rover in deploying ice-prospecting payloads for lunar expedition. Space exploration can be made cost-effective as ice generates methane, water, oxygen, and rocket propellant.

From Astrobotic Technology, Inc 25 Apr 2012

Penn State Researchers Throw Light on Exobots for Discovering Extraterrestrial Life

A Penn State engineer presumes that exobots , which are autonomous, self-replicating robots can effectively carry out exploring the universe, discovering extraterrestrial life and removing space debris. This is the 50th year for the Search of extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).

20 Apr 2012

AeroVironment Delivers Modular Gimbaled Sensor Payload on RQ-11B Raven Small UAS

AeroVironment, Army Aviation Association of America recently launched a new miniature gimbaled sensor payload on the battle-tested RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft system (UAS).

From AeroVironment, Inc. 4 Apr 2012

NVIDIA to Assist 2015 Moon Mission

NVIDIA recently declared that NVIDIA Tesla GPUs has been selected for use by a German team of scientists taking part in a global competition which intends landing a robotic rover on the moon by the year 2015.

29 Mar 2012

Aurora’s Skate UAS Secures Border Security Product Challenge Award

The Skate small unmanned air vehicle system (SUAS) of Aurora secured the first place in the 2012 Border Security Technology and Product Challenge, which recently took place at the 2012 Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona. The technology or product demonstrating maximum innovation in the border security arena receives the top prize.

22 Mar 2012

Using Hand Gestures to Direct Robot Planes

Researchers at MIT are developing a system that will enable aircraft-carrier crew to guide autonomous planes on the carrier deck by using certain standard hand gestures. Due to the growing implementation of robot planes for routine air missions, the MIT researchers are developing a system based on similar gestures.

16 Mar 2012

NASA and CSA Devise Robotic Capabilities to Improve Satellite Servicing

The ability of remotely controlled robots to operate in space has been manifested through the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) experiment conducted by NASA on board the ISS. Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) robot, recently achieved the satellite-servicing tasks.

15 Mar 2012