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Schiaparelli, are you there? The high risks of space robotics again crash home

Alex Kirkpatrick 20 Oct 2016

In Darmstadt, Germany, European Space Agency (ESA) teams are scrambling to confirm contact with the Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM), Schiaparelli—the spectre of Philae still hau...

Philae: A proof of concept for cometary landing

Alan Winfield 01 Dec 2014

We asked Alan Winfield what the first successful landing on a comet means for the future of space mining. Find out his answer below. The successful landing of Philae on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasim...

Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae makes first ever landing on a comet

Ioannis K. Erripis 12 Nov 2014

UPDATE: ESA's Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The signal confirming the successful touchdown arrived on Earth at 16:03 GMT (17:03...

ESA confirms primary landing site for Rosetta | ESA News

Robohub Editors 15 Oct 2014

ESA has given the green light for its Rosetta mission to deliver its lander, Philae, to the primary site on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November, in the first-ever attempt at a soft touchdown o...

Parrot AR.Drone app harnesses crowd power to fast-track vision learning in robotic spacecraft

Guido de Croon 26 Mar 2013

Astrodrone is both a simulation game app for the Parrot AR.Drone and a scientific crowd-sourcing experiment that aims to improve landing, obstacle avoidance and docking capabilities in autonomous spac...

Volare robotics challenge, robot helpers for ISS competition by ESA

Ioannis K. Erripis 27 Feb 2013

ESA is organizing the first robotic competition on a mock-up of the International Space Station (ISS). The competition is open for young people from ESA member states who can compete in three age grou...

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