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NASA Robonaut 2 simulation: Placing an ISS panel in The Construct
Ricardo Téllez
24 Jun 2016
By Miguel Angel
One of the most wanted robot simulations is a robot that can be used for anything. Robonaut is one like this. NASA kindly gave this simulation for public use and we thought here in ...
Antares orb-3 accident
Ioannis K. Erripis
29 Oct 2014
A very unfortunate incident for NASA and the commercial orbital transportation services program took place yesterday. The Antares rocket that was about to send the Cygnus spacecraft on the ISS explode...
Talking robot sent into space
Frank Tobe
04 Aug 2013
Kirobo, a 13” humanoid robot, was launched today and is on its way to the International Space Station.
A mashup of the Japanese word for hope, “Kibo”, and “robot”, Kirobo is designed to b...
Astronaut on International Space Station successfully controls K10 rover on Earth, supporting use of telerobotics in future deep space missions
Terry Fong
02 Jul 2013
On June 17, 2013, Astronaut Chris Cassidy successfully drove a K10 rover on earth, via remote connection from the Surface Telerobotics Workbench on the International Space Station, showing that robo...
ISS using Linux for key functions, humanoid space robot | WIRED UK
Hallie Siegel
13 May 2013
The International Space Station is switching from Windows to Linux for functions which require increased in-house control, including the control of the R2 humanoid robot.
Designed to take over so...
Attention C++ coders: NASA/TopCoder launch $10,000 Robonaut challenge
Robohub Editors
03 Apr 2013
NASA and and the community developer platform TopCoder are launching a series of coding competitions to help Robonaut 2 learn how to interact with the types of input devices used by human astronauts o...
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...
