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Two Teams Emerge Victorious in SPHERES Challenge
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology played host to over 200 high-school students competing in the third annual NASA-sponsored Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge. Two teams of students — one US-based and one European team — earned bragging rights as the winners...
Students to Compete in Robotics Challenge
A group of high school students will compete in the third annual Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge on Monday January 23rd. They will be operating under the aegis of some high-flying sponsors, namely NASA, DARPA, and MIT. (That’s the National Aeronautics...
Liquid Robotics Welcomes NASA, Google Vet Lu
Liquid Robotics, Inc., developer of the wave-powered Wave Glider marine robot, has announced that Edward (Ed) T. Lu, has joined the company as chief of innovative applications. Lu, whose resume lists positions at Google and NASA, will be tasked with...
Discovery Set to Carry Robonaut 2 to ISS
As we reported in April, Robonaut 2 is headed to the International Space Station (ISS). The NASA and General Motors (GM)-designed humanoid robot is packed and ready for the scheduled November 1 launch aboard the space shuttle Discovery. Robonaut 2 weighs...
ISS: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
NASA is making plans to send their Robonaut (or R2) robotic assistant to the International Space Station where it will become a permanent fixture, in preparation for eventually working alongside humans be it in space-based research activity or back on...
