The European Space Agency has introduced Justin, a space android, which would be controlled by astronauts seated at the Columbus Laboratory at ESA.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has successfully tested the TaxiBot that is used for towing airplanes from the airport gate to the runway.
The University of Arizona ‘Robotic Rover’ team is proving that it’s the best in the country. The team of engineering students that built and demonstrated a planetary rover in the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston won $10,000 at the robotics competition.
President Obama has announced a $70 million initiative to accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States that work beside, or co-operatively with people. The proposal has been called the National Robotics Initiative and is backed by a number of government run agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The European Automated Transfer Vehicle 2 (ATV – 2) met a fiery demise on June 21. A planned end to the huge unmanned robotic spacecraft was recorded faithfully by a special onboard recorder and transmitted back to earth.
TopCoder is working with MIT Space Systems Lab and Aurora Flight Sciences for organising the Zero Robotics competition.
If you are a high school student fascinated with all things space this might just be the opportunity that you were waiting for. What the NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA are offering is the opportunity to design experiments that will actually be tested in space.
The Canadian Government and Bank of Canada have got together to honour the Canadian space program in a unique manner. The new five dollar bill will profile the workhorse of the International Space Station, Canadarm2 and Dexte which were developed by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associated Ltd.
William Lynn, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defence said that the US would strive to keep its lead in unmanned robotic technology despite the $400 billion reduction in defense spending. The cuts in defence budget are part of the Obama government’s goal of reducing the U.S. deficit over the next 12 years.
The U.S Deputy Secretary of Defence stated that the military would continue to be the leader in using unmanned robotic technology despite cost cutting measures of $ 400 billion in the defence budget. William Lynn, the Deputy Secretary, added that the Pentagon would continue to lead in the cyber security and long-range target striking using missiles, electronic attacks and aircraft.
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