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University of Vermont Scientist Wins Prestigious Award for Evolutionary Robotics

The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers was awarded to Dr. Joshua C. Bongard, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont.

4 Oct 2011

Mundus Group, Whirly Bird Films to Use UAV Electric Drones in Film Shooting

Mundus Group, which is a consortium specializing in the Vertical Takeoff and Landing technology (VTOL) has entered into a partnership with Whirly Bird Films to use its UAV electric drones for shooting films.

27 Sep 2011

NASA Invites Registrations for Third Annual Lunabotics Competition

NASA has announced the third annual Lunabotics Mining Competition to be held from May 21 to 26, 2012 at NASA’s Kennedy Florida Center. Competitors will be required to conceptualize and develop an independent or a remote-controlled robot that can be used for future lunar exploration.

23 Sep 2011

Cleantech Open to Partner with NASA for Night Rover Challenge

US-based Cleantech Open has been chosen as a partner for the management of the Night Rover Challenge. This competition is part of NASA’s Centennial Challenges completion which is aimed at identifying technologies that will help in storage of energy for space robotic rover missions to be held in the future.

23 Sep 2011

NASA Invites Registrations for its Sample Return Robot Challenge

The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) agency of the US in collaboration with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has announced that the registrations for the Sample Return Robot Challenge are open.

21 Sep 2011

NASA and VASC Organise Robotic Merit Badge Events for Boy Scouts of America

NASA Langley Research Center has joined hands with the Virginia Air and Space Center in organising an event for the Boy Scouts of America to earn their robotics badges.

15 Sep 2011

Nasa Remembers 9/11, Moon Express Hires NASA-Mentored FIRST Robotics Champions

As people reflect on the 9/11 terrorist attacks after a decade NASA reminded them that the Mars Rovers carried an interplanetary memorial with them to the red planet. Two aluminum shields were fashioned out of metal that was salvaged from the pieces of the fallen World Trade Center and dispatched in 2003 with the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers to Mars.

12 Sep 2011

Google Lunar X Prize Lego Mindstorms Challenge Competition Winners Announced

Winners have been announced for the MoonBots 2.0 : A Google Lunar X Prize Lego Mindstorms Challenge. The contest was open to student teams to design, program and build robots that would simulate the lunar missions which mirrored the Lunar X Prize.

5 Sep 2011

Canadian Robot Dextre Completes Space Station Repair Mission: With Video

The Canadian Robot Dextre has completed its first maintenance task on the International Space Station (ISS) this week. The R2 robotic handyman replaced an electrical switchboard outside the complex over Sunday and Monday. The entire process took 29 hours to complete.

1 Sep 2011

Canadian Robot Dextre Performs Repair Activities on International Space Station

Dextre, the robotic handyman deployed by the Canadian Space Agency on-board the International Space Station (ISS) has succeeded in replacing a defective circuit-breaker box in on the orbiting lab.

31 Aug 2011