Russian, Japanese companies plan to jointly design moon robot, TASS “Russia’s Android Technology Company and Japan’s GITAI startup plan to create a robot to operate on the lunar surface, the […]
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Hey NASA: This Is The Droid You Should Be Looking For
Keith’s note: Too bad NASA can’t buy robots like this. Instead they build clunky things like Valkyrie and Robonaut in-house – tethered droids that break often and don’t do much […]
Posted inExploration
NASA JPL Engineers Design Other-Worldly Climbing Robots
For Climbing Robots, the Sky’s the Limit, NASA “Robots can drive on the plains and craters of Mars, but what if we could explore cliffs, polar caps and other hard-to-reach […]
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The Robot NASA Should Buy To Replace Broken Valkyrie
#NASA's @nasavalkyrie can't walk unless it is held up by cables & it breaks a lot. Meanwhile over at @BostonDynamics https://t.co/9ujoiVv4n2 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 3, 2017 “Handle is […]
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NASA JSC's Expensive Custom Trailer For Val the Robot
Reader note:“I was at the DRC all week. NASA showed up with the most awesome/expensive looking tracker/trailer. Â It had a custom paint job, new custom “pelican” cases for all equipment, […]
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Robots and Parades
Neil Tyson "we do not have ticker tape parades for robots" Oops. Guess he missed Curiosity in the Inaugural Parade. — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 23, 2013
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Dryden Seeks Ethnically Diverse Cylons
NASA DFRC Solicitation: Two Different Interactive Robots With Accessories “NASA/DFRC has a requirement for (quantity 2) Interactive Robot Characters with accessories. The specifications are: Two different interactive robot characters will […]
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Humans and Robots on Mars – Two Opinions
Humans on Mars? Forget it, opinion, Simon Ramo, LA Times “But is this a worthy goal? It appears increasingly doubtful that an astronaut could accomplish something useful on Mars not […]