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EPFL’s 6th Edition of Robotics Festival Receives 17000 Visitors

This Saturday 20 April, 17 000 visitors attended the 6th edition of the Robotics Festival held at EPFL. Outer space was this year's theme, with a great share of surprises in store.

22 Apr 2013

NASA Aims to Find, Capture and Redirect an Asteroid Robotically

The following are statements from the associate administrators of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, Science Mission Directorate and Space Technology Mission Directorate on the administration's budget request for the 2014 fiscal year.

11 Apr 2013

Global Aerospace Service Robotics Market to Grow at 24.11% CAGR over the Period 2012-2016

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Aerospace Service Robotics Market 2012-2016

10 Apr 2013

New Industry Association and Flight School Certification Program for Aerial Robot Operators

After a positive meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the entrepreneurs behind Hoverfly Technologies are moving forward to create a new industry association and a Flight School certification program for aerial robot operators across the nation

5 Apr 2013

US Navy Approves Bluefin Robotics’ Subsea Lithium Battery

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related subsea technologies, announced that the US Navy has granted a safety approval for its standard 1.5 kWh Subsea Battery for use with the HAUV system including transport aboard Naval aircraft.

3 Apr 2013

New Marathon Competitions to Improve NASA's Space Robot, Robonaut 2

TopCoder®, Inc., the world's largest open innovation platform and competitive community of 470,000 digital creators, today announced two new marathon competitions hosted through the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL) that will look to continue delivery of output-based high value returns in the most cost-effective and measurable software development process currently available to government agencies.

2 Apr 2013

MDA to Provide Support for Robotic Elements on International Space Station

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. ("MDA" or the "Company"), a global communications and information company, announced today that it has signed a contract with the Canadian Space Agency valued at CA$81 million (excluding GST/PST) to provide sustaining engineering and operational support for its robotic elements on the International Space Station (ISS) through December 2015.

30 Mar 2013

Thesis on Robot Using Simulated Gecko Adhesive to Stick to Outside of Satellites Wins Award

A three-minute presentation about how his research solves a problem with repairing satellites in space was a winner for Mike Henrey.

30 Mar 2013

CAMCAD Technologies Partners with Earthrise Space in Robot-landing Competition, Google Lunar X PRIZE

CAMCAD Technologies, Inc., an award-winning provider of innovative manufacturing solutions, has announced their partnership with Earthrise Space Inc. (ESI), the parent organization of the Omega Envoy team competing for the Google Lunar X PRIZE.

25 Mar 2013

NASA Astronaut to Maneuver Station’s Robotics Arm to Release SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft

More than three weeks after arriving at the International Space Station, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft is ready for the trip back to Earth, now scheduled for Tuesday, March 26. Dragon's originally scheduled March 25 return date was postponed due to inclement weather developing near its targeted splashdown site in the Pacific Ocean.

25 Mar 2013