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Thesis on Robot Using Simulated Gecko Adhesive to Stick to Outside of Satellites Wins Award

A three-minute presentation about how his research solves a problem with repairing satellites in space was a winner for Mike Henrey.

30 Mar 2013

CAMCAD Technologies Partners with Earthrise Space in Robot-landing Competition, Google Lunar X PRIZE

CAMCAD Technologies, Inc., an award-winning provider of innovative manufacturing solutions, has announced their partnership with Earthrise Space Inc. (ESI), the parent organization of the Omega Envoy team competing for the Google Lunar X PRIZE.

25 Mar 2013

NASA Astronaut to Maneuver Station’s Robotics Arm to Release SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft

More than three weeks after arriving at the International Space Station, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft is ready for the trip back to Earth, now scheduled for Tuesday, March 26. Dragon's originally scheduled March 25 return date was postponed due to inclement weather developing near its targeted splashdown site in the Pacific Ocean.

25 Mar 2013

New Approach Helps Predict How Legged Robots Move on Complex Granular Materials

Using a combination of theory and experiment, researchers have developed a new approach for understanding and predicting how small legged robots – and potentially also animals – move on and interact with complex granular materials such as sand.

22 Mar 2013

OnPoynt Flight School to Present Quadrotor Build and Fly Camp at Sci-Tech Discovery Center

Sci-Tech Discovery Center announces its inaugural Quadrotor Build and Fly Camp presented by OnPoynt Flight School to be held April 13 -14.

14 Mar 2013

ISS Crew Catches Dragon Spacecraft Using Canadarm2 Robotic Arm

Microflow, an ingenious piece of Canadian biotechnology, has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. The ISS crew used Canadarm2, the station's 17-metre robotic arm, to catch Dragon at 5:31 a.m. EST.

4 Mar 2013

NASA Selects Key Contributions to 2022 European Space Agency Mission to Study Jupiter

NASA has selected key contributions to a 2022 European Space Agency (ESA) mission that will study Jupiter and three of its largest moons in unprecedented detail. The moons are thought to harbor vast water oceans beneath their icy surfaces.

22 Feb 2013

First-of-its-Kind Robotic Refueling Demonstration by NASA

NASA has demonstrated robotic fluid transfer in space, an objective that will help inform the development of robotic technology to refuel satellites. The first-of-its-kind demonstration was performed during the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) aboard the International Space Station.

11 Feb 2013

NASA Curiosity Rover Performs First Full-Depth Drilling to Collect Martian Bedrock Sample

NASA's Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior. This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock to collect a sample on Mars.

11 Feb 2013

NASA’s MAVEN Robotic Exploration Spacecraft Undergoes Environmental Testing

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is assembled and is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colo. MAVEN is the next mission to Mars and will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere.

11 Feb 2013

Aerospace Robotics News

Thesis on Robot Using Simulated Gecko Adhesive to Stick to Outside of Satellites Wins Award

CAMCAD Technologies Partners with Earthrise Space in Robot-landing Competition, Google Lunar X PRIZE

NASA Astronaut to Maneuver Station’s Robotics Arm to Release SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft

New Approach Helps Predict How Legged Robots Move on Complex Granular Materials

OnPoynt Flight School to Present Quadrotor Build and Fly Camp at Sci-Tech Discovery Center

ISS Crew Catches Dragon Spacecraft Using Canadarm2 Robotic Arm

NASA Selects Key Contributions to 2022 European Space Agency Mission to Study Jupiter

First-of-its-Kind Robotic Refueling Demonstration by NASA

NASA Curiosity Rover Performs First Full-Depth Drilling to Collect Martian Bedrock Sample

NASA’s MAVEN Robotic Exploration Spacecraft Undergoes Environmental Testing

NASA's Curiosity Rover Just Solved Part of a Mars Mystery—Here’s What it Found Beneath the Surface

Novel Soft Robotic Design Inspired by Nematode Jumping

The WHO Launches Major Global Initiative to Set Unified Standards for AI in Healthcare

AI Uncovers Hidden Gene Function as Alzheimer's Cause

AI Breakthrough in Image Recognition with Lp-Convolution

Robotics in Microscopy: Key Innovations in Imaging, Diagnostics, and Drug Delivery

Top 5 Ethical Issues in Drone Surveillance

How Feedback Systems Make Robots Smarter, Safer, and More Human-Aware

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