Nine companies have been selected to conduct early-stage studies of concepts for commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to the Red Planet. NASA has identified nine U.S. companies to perform a total of 12 concept studies of how commercial services can be applied to enable science missions to Mars. Each awardee will receive between … Read more
Construction and testing are complete on the CADRE rovers, which will map the lunar surface together as a tech demo to show the promise of multirobot missions. A trio of small rovers that will explore the Moon in sync with one another are rolling toward launch. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California … Read more
El público tendrá un asiento de primera fila y en directo para ver cómo el primer rover lunar robótico de la NASA cobra forma en la sala limpia de la Instalación de Pruebas de Integración de Segmentos de Superficie en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la agencia en Houston. Los integrantes de la misión del … Read more
The public now has a live, front row seat to see NASA’s first robotic Moon rover take shape in the Surface Segment Integration and Testing Facility clean room at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Members of VIPER — short for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover — and the Office of Communications at NASA’s Ames … Read more
The International Space Station is abuzz with the return of one of NASA’s Astrobee smart robots. The yellow Honey Astrobee, one of three free-flying robots, was unboxed in space after spending nearly a year at its home base, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Honey returned to Earth in September 2022 for maintenance … Read more
VIT founder-chancellor G. Viswanathan and Anuj Bhalla, president and global head, integrated cloud and delivery excellence, Tech Mahindra interacting with students at the 14th edition of graVITas at VIT, Vellore campus, on Friday. | Photo Credit: C. VENKATACHALAPATHY Robotics and cloud application are the key growth areas where huge employment opportunities are available for talented … Read more
The site where some youths carried out a trial blast in Shivamogga district of Karnataka in September 2022. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed its first supplementary chargesheet on June 30 against nine persons in the Islamic State (IS) conspiracy case of Shivamogga district in Karnataka. The accused had carried … Read more
London: The healthcare industry has transformed beyond conventional tools, embracing innovative technologies to enhance patient safety and care. With the seamless integration of technologies like AI, genomics, and robotics, patients can receive precise diagnoses and treatment, paving the way for a secure medical environment, says GlobalData. Kiran Raj, Practice Head, Disruptive Tech, GlobalData, commented, “The … Read more
Germany: The white-coloured humanoid “Garmi” does not look much different from a typical robot — it stands on a platform with wheels and is equipped with a black screen on which two blue circles acting as eyes are attached. But retired German doctor Guenter Steinebach, 78, said: “For me, this robot is a dream.” Not … Read more
Pohang: For a number of industries, including robotics, prosthetic limbs, healthcare, and rehabilitation, electronic skin with many senses is crucial. Stretchable pressure sensors, which can recognise different kinds of touch and pressure, are one of the main elements of this technology. POSTECH and the University of Ulsan in Korea recently collaborated to develop omnidirectionally stretchy … Read more