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Flying, Rolling Robot Might Make a Great Titan Explorer

January 6, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter The HyTAQ (Hybrid Terrestrial and Aerial Quadrotor) robot developed at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Ever since the Huygens probe landed on Titan back in January 2005, sending us our first tantalizing and oh-so-brief glimpses of the moon’s murky, pebbly surface, [...]

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Google Honors Canadarm’s 31st Anniversary

November 13, 2012

Canada’s most famous robot is on the front page of Google.ca today. The Google doodle honors the 31st anniversary of the first use of Canadarm in space. Canadarm is a robotic arm that flew on virtually every shuttle mission. The technology is still being used today in space. Remove this ad

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NASA’s Mighty Eagle Takes Flight; Finds Its Target

August 17, 2012

No, it’s not a UFO — it’s NASA’s “Mighty Eagle”, a robotic prototype lander that successfully and autonomously found its target during a 32-second free flight test at Marshall Space Flight Center yesterday, August 16. You have to admit though, Mighty Eagle does bear a resemblance to classic B-movie sci-fi spacecraft (if, at only 4 [...]

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Robotics Refueling Research Scores Huge Leap at Space Station

March 24, 2012

A combined team of American and Canadian engineers has taken a major first step forward by successfully applying new, first-of-its-kind robotics research conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to the eventual repair and refueling of high value orbiting space satellites, and which has the potential to one day bring about billions of dollars in [...]

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NASA Channels “The Force” With Smart SPHERES

January 5, 2012

In an interesting case of science fiction becoming a reality, NASA has been testing their SPHERES project over the past few years. The SPHERES project (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites) involves spherical satellites about the size of a bowling ball. Used inside the International Space Station, the satellites are used to test autonomous [...]

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