Watson Hops On Board Human Space Flight, IBM “CIMON is currently being developed by Airbus on behalf of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as an intelligent, mobile and interactive astronaut […]
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NASA Challenges People To Use Its Broken Robot To Fix Things on Mars
Notice of Centennial Challenges Space Robotics Challenge “The following virtual challenge scenario serves as a backdrop for developing coding advancements that enable the autonomy of humanoid robotics: In the not […]
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NASA's Multimillion Dollar Dancing Droid
Keith’s note: NASA’s R5 robot can’t complete any of the tasks it was designed to do and placed last in DARPA’s challenge in 2013. So NASA sent the robot to […]
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NASA JSC's Failed R-5 Robot Project Refuses To Explain Itself
Keith’s note: On 17 November 2015 NASA issued a press release titled “NASA Awards Two Robots to University Groups for R&D Upgrades” regarding NASA JSC’s R-5 robot. At the time […]
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Can Students Fix What NASA Can't?
This week, @NASA gave MIT a humanoid robot to develop for future space missions. https://t.co/yHzmChXRpX pic.twitter.com/SEhj2JDC7d — MIT (@MIT) November 22, 2015 Without cables this #NASA robot falls over. Hopefully […]
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Is JSC's R5 Droid Worth Fixing?
NASA wants to make a C-3PO to help colonize Mars, which may not be a super idea, Wired “OK, but why use a bipedal robot at all? “We’re talking about […]
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Using a Last Place Robot for NASA's Robotics Challenge
Hosting of Humanoid Robots and Validation of Performance for The NASA Space Robotics Challenge Appendix “In 2012, NASA began the design and development of a new bipedal humanoid robot, R5, […]
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JSC's Girl Robot Lost Competition Due to Broken WiFi
What Happened to NASA’s Valkyrie Robot at the DRC Trials, and What’s Next, IEEE “At the DRC Trials, Valkyrie experienced a “networking issue” that prevented the team from scoring any […]
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JPL Rolls Out Robosimian While JSC Hides Valkyrie
JPL’s RoboSimian “Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., was the place to be late last month for an unusual two-day competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. But if you went expecting […]
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NASA JSC's Valkyrie Robot Tied For Last Place in DARPA Competition
Handicapping the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge, Gizmodo “NASA JSC Team Valkyrie (7/1): Johnson Space Center has a 20-year legacy in humanoid robot development, and the six-foot-two, 286 lb Valkyrie, “inspired […]