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Send Your Name To Mars
NASA is working on creating a new mars rover to be launched in October 2011 called Curiosity or Mars Science Laboratory rover. Overall, Curiosity is about the size of a small SUV. Curiosity, will carry many different instruments such as cameras, spectrometers, radiation detectors and other instruments. Using a radioisotope power system, Curiosity will be [...]
Missing Soviet Robot Found on The Moon
Lunokhod 1 was a robot type of rover that the Soviets landed on the moon in 197o thanks to the Luna 17 lander. Using solar panels during the day and a radioisotope powered heater at night, the rover was able to explore the moon for 322 Earth days. From NASA: This first successful Soviet rover [...]
Robocosmonaut From Nasa & GM
The world’s first robotic cosmonaut has been unveiled by NASA and GM. Would that be called a robocosmonaut? Wow, NASA ok, but GM and cutting edge technology? Sorry, when I think of GM all I can think of is clunkers. All that aside, this robot looks impressive. The robot is ambidextrous and can lift up [...]
NASA Lunar Robot Competition
NASA has unveiled another robotic competition called the inaugural Lunabotics Mining Competition. This time registration is limited to 30 teams from a college or university and they already have 24 teams signed up. Hurry up and enter already as the entry deadline is Feb 28, 2010. Last year NASA had The Regolith Excavation Challenge. This [...]
Swarm SPHERES In Space
MIT and NASA have sent a bunch of robotic spheres to the space station for a test. The small robots use thrusters with compressed air to maneuver along with sensors and a wireless connection to tell them where they are. Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) are bowling-ball sized spherical satellites. They will [...]