This week’s newswrap features stories that deal with exploration. Everything from underwater to climate in the arctic and beyond the Earth. One story from earlier in the week deals with robot navigation in different situations. Still, this story does cover an aspect of robotics that is important in exploration. I hope you enjoy looking over the articles linked to below. Let me know which ones you liked best.
Underwater robots to rapidly identify potential threats in murky ... - Newstrack India
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A team of scientists is developing novel underwater laser networking and imaging technologies that will be used onboard a group of small, co-operating robots, which will be able to rapidly identify and communicate potential ...
Underwater robots to rapidly identify potential threats in murky ... - Newstrack India
Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:15:00 GMT
NASA Suggests Nano Robots To Explore Mars (Slashdot)
"'We're going to have to do extensive robotic exploration,' says the director of NASA's Ames Research Center, suggesting nanotechnology to build self-replicating robots on Mars. Genetically engineering extraction and construction microbes could 'grow' electrical components, and eventually convert carbon dioxide on Mars into oxygen. 'If we really want to settle Mars, and we ...
NASA Suggests Nano Robots To Explore Mars (Slashdot)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:36:25 GMT
Robots Monitor the Melting Arctic
Earlier this year NOAA warned that increased global warming was combining with natural variability in the Arctic and could result in an ice-free Arctic in as little as 30 years, rather than the end of the century as predict by earlier models. This has created a sense of urgency among organizations studying the changes. NOAA and NASA have combined forces with Northrop Grumman to create a specially modified Global Hawk UAV that will make 6 long duration mission over the Arctic and the Pacific ocean to collect data in troposphere and lower stratosphere. .
Meanwhile, Seaglider robots have been deployed off Greenland to make more accurate measurements of Arctic sea currents. Scientist believe the Arctic runoff is already altering the density of sea water in the Labrador Sea, driving critical ocean circulation that affect the global climate. Canada is also deploying two AUVs to scan the seabed to further their claims in the coming UN Convention that will determine which nations get sovereign rights to the new ocean areas forming as the Arctic melts.
Robots Monitor the Melting Arctic
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:41:32 GMT
Human-like Vision Lets Robots Navigate Naturally
ScienceDaily (June 30, 2009) — A robotic vision system that mimics key visual functions of the human brain promises to let robots maneuver quickly and ...
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Human-like Vision Lets Robots Navigate Naturally
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:48:20 GMT
Intelligent Robot Probes to Explore Beyond Mars
Caltech scientists are working on intelligent exploratory craft which could investigate alien worlds without human instruction. While missions to MARS can be remotely controlled, as we set our sights further afield the light speed ...
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Intelligent Robot Probes to Explore Beyond Mars
Casey Kazan Daily Galaxy Editorial Staff
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:11:52 GMT
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