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Team Demonstrates MOOS-IvP Payload Autonomy on Bluefin AUVs

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), and the Laboratory of Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems (LAMSS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced that the team has demonstrated the MOOS-IvP Payload Autonomy, or Backseat Driver, concept running on a field exchangeable GumstixTM computer on two Bluefin AUVs, a Bluefin-9 and Bluefin-21.

25 Jul 2013

NASA's Reconnaissance Orbiter Beams Image of Curiosity Mars Rover

An image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released today shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and the wheel tracks from its landing site to the "Glenelg" area where the rover worked for the first half of 2013.

25 Jul 2013

Robots and Autonomous Mobile Solutions Provider, Adept, Celebrates 30 Years

Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions, today announced it has reached its 30th year in business.

24 Jul 2013

ITT Exelis to Maintain NASA Deep Space Network Complex Controlling Fleet of Robotic Spacecraft

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has selected ITT Exelis Information Systems, Herndon, Va., to operate and maintain the NASA Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif.; the network's Deep Space Operations Center at JPL; and a facility in Monrovia, Calif., that provides numerous support functions and coordinates among the three Deep Space Network complexes around the world.

24 Jul 2013

Astronaut in Space to Control NASA's K10 Planetary Rover at Ames Research Center

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station will control NASA's K10 planetary rover at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., from 8-11 a.m. PDT Friday, July 26, and media are invited to watch.

24 Jul 2013

NASA's Mars Rover Takes Advantage of 340th Martian Day for Long Drive

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove twice as far on July 21 as on any other day of the mission so far: 109.7 yards (100.3 meters).

24 Jul 2013

Unmanned Aircraft Manufacturer, Halberd, Seeks New Location for Further Expansion

Halberd Corporation is actively and aggressively seeking out a new office and R&D location for further expansion. In addition to the office and R&D search, Halberd has a variety of highly trained personnel ready to be implemented.

23 Jul 2013

Persistent Systems to Display Advances in Machine to Machine Communication at AUVSI Unmanned Systems Conference

PERSISTENT SYSTEMS, a revolutionary technology company that specializes in mission critical communications, will be displaying their industry-leading developments in machine to machine communication at AUVSI 2013.

23 Jul 2013

NASA's Cassini Spacecraft and MESSENGER Probe Capture Images of Earth

Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space.

23 Jul 2013

Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Universities Secure Funding for Robotics, Autonomous Systems Research

Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh have jointly secured £6 million of UK government funding for research into robotics and autonomous systems.

22 Jul 2013