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NASA Astronauts Practice Launch Into Space Aboard Orion Spacecraft

For the first time, NASA astronauts are practicing a launch into space aboard the agency's Orion spacecraft, and provided feedback on the new capsule's cockpit design.

30 Sep 2013

KAIST Team Develops Unmanned Aquatic Robot to Eradicate Jellyfish

A team led by KAIST Civil and Environmental Engineering Department’s Professor Hyeon Myeong has just finished testing the cooperative assembly robot for jellyfish population control, named JEROS, in the field.

30 Sep 2013

Cygnus Spacecraft’s Rendezvous Date with International Space Station Approved

NASA and its International Space Station partners have approved a Sunday, Sept. 29, target arrival of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft on its demonstration cargo resupply mission to the space station.

30 Sep 2013

NASA Mars Rover Completes Comprehensive Mineralogical Analysis

NASA's Curiosity rover is revealing a great deal about Mars, from long-ago processes in its interior to the current interaction between the Martian surface and atmosphere.

27 Sep 2013

Raytheon’s AI3 Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative System Destroys UAS in Test Flight

In a first-of-its-kind test for Raytheon Company's Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3 destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in flight. The intercept was part of the second guided test flights for the AI3 program and follows its first in-flight defeat of a 107mm rocket earlier in the test series.

27 Sep 2013

Supply Chain Digest Features Flexible Robotic Automated Guided Vehicles Producer, Seegrid

Supply Chain Digest recently featured Seegrid, maker of flexible robotic Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) as an innovative solution in material handling. According to the article, “As the cost of many recent AGV systems goes down the flexibility goes up. A growing number of manufacturers are starting to see if an automated approach to this repetitive materials movement task might not be the better system.”

From Seegrid Corporation 27 Sep 2013

New Feedback System Will Allow Robots to Operate with Minimal Supervision

A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology has developed a new feedback system to remotely control mobile robots. This innovative research will allow robots to operate with minimal supervision and could eventually lead to a robot that can learn or even become autonomous.

27 Sep 2013

Texas A&M Student Represents Small UAV Research at Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus Fair

Brittany Duncan, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, was featured in the press release for the Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus' Science and Technology Fair held in Washington DC on Thursday, September 19, 2013.

27 Sep 2013

LTAS to Supply Five Custom Aerostat Systems to the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lighter Than Air Systems Corp. ("LTAS"), has received an order from prime defense contractor Universal Solutions International for five custom aerostat systems and subcomponents to support the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force ("REF").

27 Sep 2013

Drone Mods Adds UAV Locator to Distribution Network

Drone-Mods.com, which specializes in the distribution of products that enhance the consumer's experience with the Parrot® AR Drone, today announced an expansion to their distribution network to include the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Locator; a simple, effective, reliable solution for retrieving the location of your aerial vehicle in the event of a fly-away.

26 Sep 2013