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Robohub roundtable: Robotics and space exploration

Kassie Perlongo 11 May 2016

Every few weeks, Robohub will post a roundtable chat and discuss an engaging topic relating to robotics. In this edition, we looked at how can robotics can be part of space exploration. Privatisation ...

What’s new in robotics this week? SpaceX sending Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018

Emmet Cole and Robotiq Inc. 29 Apr 2016

Musk for Mars; Mexican robotics revolution; Russia "battle bot"; MIT student's robot kitchen; Integrating automation; and more. Find out what's happening in our robotics universe this week....

SpaceX nails landing on drone ship

Kassie Perlongo 11 Apr 2016

After several unsuccessful attempts, SpaceX finally made a perfect touchdown with its Falcon 9 rocket on the drone ship, aptly named: 'Of Course I Still Love You.' A historic moment with the help...

SpaceX delivers 11 satellites and successfully lands a first stage on land

Robohub Editors 21 Dec 2015

UPDATE: SpaceX successfully completed both the primary mission of setting to orbit 11 ORBCOMM satellites and the secondary mission of landing the first stage of Falcon 9 rocket with pinpoint accuracy ...

Robotics and AI prominent in MIT’s annual 35 Innovators Under 35

Adriana Hamacher 02 Sep 2015

The MIT Technology Review’s annual list of 35 Innovators Under 35 aims to illustrate the most important emerging technologies of the moment. Released this August, the 2015 list features a number of...

Despite hard landing, Falcon 9 recovery attempt bodes well for future of reusable spacecraft

Ioannis K. Erripis 14 Jan 2015

Several hours ago, ISS astronauts opened the cargo bay of the Dragon spacecraft that was recently berthed to the space station. It was both the 7th successful Dragon mission and the 5th successful I...

SpaceX unveils its next generation Dragon V2

Ioannis K. Erripis 29 May 2014

Tonight at 7PM PT SpaceX will reveal Dragon V2 -their next generation spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to space. UPDATE: read our de-briefing of the presentation below...

SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully completes 100m lateral maneuver before returning to launchpad

Robohub Editors 14 Aug 2013

Yesterday SpaceX's Falcon 9 test rig (code name Grasshopper) successfully completed a 100m lateral maneuver, beginning at an altitude of 250m, before returning to the center of the pad from which it w...

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...