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Lockheed Martin Deploys First Components of UAS Traffic Management System

As Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) take to the skies, it is essential for safety that UAS operators and pilots are aware of each other.

4 Aug 2015

Windbot Robotic Probe Could Stay Aloft in Planet's Atmosphere Without Wings

Among designers of robotic probes to explore the planets, there is certainly no shortage of clever ideas. There are concepts for robots that are propelled by waves in the sea. There are ideas for tumbleweed bots driven by wind, rolling across Antarctica or Mars. Recently a team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, wondered if a probe could be buoyant in the clouds of Earth or a distant gas giant planet, like Jupiter.

24 Jul 2015

Energid Technologies to Develop Physics-based Robot Simulation to Support New NASA Missions

Energid Technologies Corporation has been funded by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a new robot simulation that accommodates uncertainty and discovers exceptional behaviors during mission planning.

20 Jul 2015

Astrobotic in Partnership with NASA Creates Preliminary Version of Flight Software for Griffin Lander

Astrobotic Technology, in partnership with NASA under the Lunar CATALYST initiative, has developed a preliminary version of its flight software for precision guidance. This software will direct the Griffin lander to safe touchdown on the Moon at a pit in the Lacus Mortis region on Astrobotic's first mission. Astrobotic developed the software using NASA's Core Flight Software (CFS), then validated Griffin's mission performance and fuel usage using NASA-proven modeling and simulation tools.

9 Jul 2015

Berkeley Lab Researchers Help Determine Radiation Risk of Exploring Underwater Aircraft Carrier

About 42 miles southwest of San Francisco and 2,600 feet underwater sits the U.S.S. Independence, a bombed-out relic from World War II. The aircraft carrier was a target ship in atomic weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands during the war. Then, in 1951, it was loaded up with 55-gallon drums of low-level radioactive waste and scuttled just south of the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge off the California coast.

8 Jul 2015

Global Autopilot System Market Expected to Reach $4.1 Billion by 2020

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Autopilot System Market by Platform, by Component, by Application, by Geography, Do It Yourself Autopilot - Forecasts & Analysis (2014-2020)" report to their offering.

30 Jun 2015

MathWorks Announces Names of Qualified Teams for "Mission on Mars Robot Challenge" Finals

MathWorks today announced the names of the 12 qualified teams for the finals of its robotics competition. These 12 finalists emerged from a group of 220 participating teams and will compete in Lyon, on July 3rd, during the Innorobo tradeshow. Qualifying teams include: Adeline and her little green men, Jopimara, Cyborg, Vachefolle, Esig'inno AM & UROPE4MARS, iVengers, PMCLab, duckgo, Tabula Mater, The Planners, UTMars.

27 Jun 2015

NASA Awards $100,000 to Mountaineers Team for Completing Sample Return Robot Challenge Level 2

NASA has awarded $100,000 in prize money to the Mountaineers, a team from West Virginia University, Morgantown, for successfully completing Level 2 of the Sample Return Robot Challenge, part of the agency's Centennial Challenges prize program.

15 Jun 2015

Twenty Robotics Teams to Compete in NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge

Twenty robotics teams, ranging from university students to small businesses, are preparing to compete June 8-13 in the fourth running of the NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge for a prize purse of $1.5 million.

4 Jun 2015

Alabama Astrobotics Wins NASA Robotic Mining Competition

The University of Alabama is used to having teams that win national championships. Alabama Astrobotics, a robotics team made up of Shelton State and UA students, added a different kind of title to the University’s tally with its recent performance at this year’s Robotic Mining Competition hosted  by NASA.

4 Jun 2015