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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...
SpaceX awarded launch reservation contract with MDA Robotics for Canadian satellite program
Hallie Siegel
30 Jul 2013
The Falcon 9 rocket in the hangar at SpaceX's launch site at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Photo credit: SpaceX.
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced today that, in 2018, it will...
More space robots as Grishin funds NanoSatisfi
Andra Keay
11 Jul 2013
NanoSatisfi, a Silicon Valley based cubesat startup, today received $300,000 investment from Grishin Robotics bringing their total seed funding to $1,750,000, not including their initial successful Ki...
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...
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...
NASA rover finds conditions once suited for ancient life on mars | NASA JPL
Sabine Hauert
12 Mar 2013
An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes.See on www.jpl.nasa.gov...
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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Space business, with Stephen Gorevan
Podcast team
19 Oct 2012
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In today’s episode we speak with Stephen Gorevan from Honeybee Robotics about how he and Chris Chapman started the company and how his childhood dream...
NASA’s Ironman-like exoskeleton could give astronauts, paraplegics improved mobility and strength
Ioannis K. Erripis
11 Oct 2012
Spinoff may help astronauts stay healthier in space with the added benefit of assisting paraplegics in walking here on Earth.
See on www.nasa.gov...
Polaris Moon rover rolled out for Lunar Robot Open House | The Tartan
Andra Keay
08 Oct 2012
Pittsburgh-based space robotics company Astrobotic Technology, Inc. rolled out the first prototype of its lunar ice prospecting robot, Polaris, in the Gates Center at its first official public unveili...
NASA funds 8 robotics projects to aid space exploration
Andra Keay
19 Sep 2012
NASA will award a total of $2.7 million to eight advanced robotics projects, in an effort to push forward the frontiers of space exploration, agency officials announced Friday (Sept. 14).
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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...
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity, Mars mission
Ioannis K. Erripis
26 Nov 2011
One of the biggest steps in space exploration, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) named Curiosity was launched today with an Atlas V 541 vehicle and it is now on its way to Mars. The Curiosity rover is...
