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Space mining: Robots in the final frontier
Kris Zacny
01 Jul 2013
Over the past two decades, robotic planetary exploration has generated an incredible wealth of knowledge about our neighbors in the Solar System. We now realize that celestial bodies within our reach...
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...
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...
A visual history of robotic Mars probes | Wired UK
Hallie Siegel
11 Mar 2013
Check out Paul Butt's beautifully illustrated infographic on the history of Mars exploration by robotic probes, and the many successes and failures along the way.
See on Wired UK.
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Know your robot space torsos: Justin, Robonaut, SAR-400, & AILA
Reno Tibke
04 Mar 2013
Astronauts: awesome, but only human
It's cold out there beyond the blue. Full of radiation. Low on breathable air. Vacuous. It's hard to keep machines and organic creatures functioning and/or alive....
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...
Curiosity lands safely and In working order
John Payne
06 Aug 2012
Depending on which time zone you're in, either yesterday evening or early this morning, a rocket-powered sky crane lowered the Curiosity rover gently to the surface of Mars, just in time for Curiosity...
JPL Open House 2012, with Tod Litwin, Megan Richardson, Kit Kennedy, Mike Watkins and Dimitri Zarzhitsky
Podcast team
27 Jul 2012
Link to audio file (28:07)In today’s show we bring you to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Open House, just in time to prepare for the landing of the Curiosity Mars Rover in less tha...
Curiosity update with Scott Maxwell
John Payne
08 Jul 2012
http://youtu.be/AVqsV4rQ4bE
Would you like to watch Curiosity pile up sand behind its wheels as it struggles up a slope, this video is about as close as you're likely to get, at least until Curiosity...
Cooperative modular satellites
Sabine Hauert
02 Jan 2012
In Modular Space Robotics, modules self-assemble while in orbit to create larger satellites for specific missions. Modular satellites have the potential to reduce mission costs (small satellites are c...
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50 years of robotics (Part 2), with Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dan Kara, Kristinn Thórisson, Andrea Thomaz and Terry Fong
Podcast team
07 May 2010
Link to audio file (49:54)Welcome to the second part of our 50th episode special! To celebrate 50 episodes of Robots, we’re doing a review of some of the greatest advances in robotics during the...
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Swarming satellites, with Alvar Saenz-Otero
Podcast team
26 Feb 2010
Link to audio file (40:03)In today’s episode we speak with the lead scientist of the SPHERES project, Dr. Alvar Saenz-Otero from MIT, which aims at developing autonomous formation flight and doc...
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Planetary exploration, with Julie Townsend and Sebastian Gautsch
Podcast team
04 Dec 2009
Link to audio file (52:59)Take the 5-minute survey to help us improve ROBOTS!
Today’s show is a special episode on space robots. We start by speaking with Julie Townsend from the Jet Propulsio...
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The race to the moon, with William “Red” Whittaker
Podcast team
10 Apr 2009
Link to audio file (36:33)In this episode, we take-off for the moon with Prof. William “Red” Whittaker who is the director of the Field Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon University in the...
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2008 New Year’s special, with Dan Kara, Terry Fong, Dario Floreano, Steve Rainwater and Minoru Asada
Podcast team
02 Jan 2009
Link to audio file (34:17)For our New Year’s episode, we’ll be giving you an overview of the trends in robotics for 2008 and an insight into next year’s developments with five expert...
