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05/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

NASA dreams of building “astromechs” — Star Wars-like droids that can help repair spaceships in flight

NASA is working on its very own versions of astromech droids from Star Wars. These futuristic robots are expected to have their own A.I. and be able to repair spacecraft during space operations, according to a Space.com article. An engineer with the American space agency explained that such robots would possess humanoid upper bodies and […]

04/17/2018 / By David Williams

Lessons learned using robotic arm in space now being applied to the hospital surgery room

Many present-day conveniences are rooted in once-exclusive space industry innovations. As it turns out, the same can also apply to certain types of high-level medical equipment. Back in the 1980s, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) came up with Canadarm, a robotic manipulation system that was designed to be used in zero gravity environments. […]

03/11/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Could 5,000 pencil-shaped robots help solve the mysteries of our universe?

At 45 years of age, the decades-old Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope was due for an upgrade. This four-meter reflector telescope will be given just that this year. Though instead of a new eyepiece or objective lens, the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope was instead outfitted with about 5,000 fiber optic sensor-equipped, pencil-sized robots. By adding these […]

04/28/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Robots may have taken over alien civilizations, astrophysicist claims

If there is alien life out there, it might be anything but organic. According to one prominent astrophysicist, aliens could very well be machines. “My guess is that if we do detect an alien intelligence, it will be nothing like us. It will be some sort of electronic entity,” Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and […]

10/03/2016 / By roboticsnews

Russian State Tech Firm UIMC Designing ‘Dragonfly-Sized’ Spy Drones

Russia’s United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) is designing several types of drones that will come in different forms and will be fine-tuned to perform tasks depending on the landscape and weather conditions. Article by Sputnik News MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia’s United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC), a state tech firm, is working on a tiny reconnaissance drone that will […]

08/24/2016 / By roboticsnews

Space Robots Help Clear the Road for Self-Driving Cars

Nissan’s first fully self-driving car will be based on technolog that NASA developed for planetary exploration. (Article by Bob Silberg) NASA’s Ames Research Center is in the second year of a five-year partnership with Nissan to develop an autonomous electric car, targeted for release in 2020. That collaboration includes adapting software from Ames’ K-10 and […]

08/18/2016 / By roboticsnews

NASA’s Space Robotics Challenge: The Tasks, the Prizes, and How to Participate

Last year at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, NASA announced a new challenge for humanoid robots: the Space Robotics Challenge (SRC), which will “prepare robots for the journey to Mars.” Just like the DRC, the first stage of the SRC will consist of a virtual challenge, run in the Gazebo simulator, followed up by a […]

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