Sentences with phrase «for robotic space»

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«Once renovations are complete, Hangar One will again be home to high - tech innovation, as Planetary Ventures begins using the historic facility for research, development, assembly and testing in the areas of space exploration, aviation, rover / robotics and other emerging technologies,» NASA said in a statement.

Uber has made a play for the self - driving car space by poaching staff from Carnegie Mellon University's robotics department.

Months - long testing of the system began in November at the energy department's Nevada National Security Site, with an eye toward providing energy for future human and robotic missions in space and on the surface of Mars, the moon or other solar system destinations.

Our robotic spacecraft systems will collapse the cost of access to the Moon, introduce a new commercial paradigm for government missions, democratize lunar research and exploration, and blaze the trail for commercial space transportation and exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

So what does the future have in store for today's tech trends, like augmented reality (AR), virtual reality, robotics, artificial intelligence, genetics (CRISPR), nano - technology, space travel, cryptocurrencies, and autonomous vehicles?

Working with Yale he received funding from NASA to write algorithms for virtual surgery, so that astronauts could be cut in robotics pods for deep space flights.

In a paper published in EPJ Plus, Marco Tantardini and Enrico Flamini from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) make the case for taking part in the robotic phase of the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM).

Space shuttle Atlantis will haul supplies and a robotic experiment to the International Space Station for its final flight

Then there are space station spacewalk repairs to train for, software systems to learn and docking procedures for the international fleet of robotic and crewed spaceships that visit the orbiting lab.

For example, Altius Space Machines, based in Louisville, Colorado, is developing a sticky robotic arm to help guide spacecraft together for docking, traditionally a complex and delicate operatiFor example, Altius Space Machines, based in Louisville, Colorado, is developing a sticky robotic arm to help guide spacecraft together for docking, traditionally a complex and delicate operatifor docking, traditionally a complex and delicate operation.

On November 12th 2014 the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission will eject the small robotic lander Philae on a trajectory that should take it down to the surface of comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko (or 67P / C - P for short).

That event will feature NASA officials and crew members aboard the International Space Station as they observe the rover anniversary and discuss how its activities and other robotic projects are helping prepare for a human mission to Mars and an asteroid.

With a truck - size cargo bay, robotic arm, and — by Apollo standards — palatial crew quarters, the shuttle would be able to carry large satellites for release into orbit, haul up and piece together space - station components, and provide a temporary orbital home for scientists and engineers.

Convened last week in Sydney by the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, the event brought together mining companies, robotics experts, lunar scientists and government agencies that are all working to make space mining a reaSpace Engineering Research, the event brought together mining companies, robotics experts, lunar scientists and government agencies that are all working to make space mining a reaspace mining a reality.

Furthermore, the space advocacy group claimed the space agency's robotic program for the Red Planet is on a «troubling path of decline... and decisions must be made now in order to stop it.»

For example, the robotic arm on the International Space Station is operated by controlling the angles of its joints.

Flexible sensors have been developed for use in consumer electronics, robotics, health care, and space flight.

To develop KidsArm, SickKids partnered with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), the Canadian company that was behind the space shuttle's robotic arm and built the robotic system aboard the space station for the Canadian Space Agency (space shuttle's robotic arm and built the robotic system aboard the space station for the Canadian Space Agency (space station for the Canadian Space Agency (Space Agency (CSA).

Although specifics are meager, the new budget would bolster earth sciences, keep on track a new rocket to replace the space shuttle after 2010, and provide more funding for robotic probes to visit other planets.

For now, Stone and other scientists are excited about the robotic explorer's accomplishment on August 25, 2012 — the same date, coincidentally, that the world lost its most famous human space explorer, Neil Armstrong.

ARM will demonstrate advanced, high - power, high - throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high - speed proximity operations at a low - gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-ton mass from a low - gravity planetary body, astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack — all key components of future in - space operations for human missions to Mars.

Second, the space agency needs to respect the firewall between robotic missions and human missions, because the goals of these two wings of the space program are, for now, so distinct.

This feature means that the muscles can be used in numerous applications at multiple scales, such as miniature surgical devices, wearable robotic exoskeletons, transformable architecture, deep - sea manipulators for research or construction, and large deployable structures for space exploration.

«Orbital debris is a serious risk to spacecraft, including the International Space Station,» said Aaron Parness, a JPL robotics researcher who is the principal investigator for the grippers.

As for space probes, «the technology of robotics at that time was fairly primitive.»

Some of the savings from defunding the ISS would feed into NASA's return to the moon, chiefly a new lunar robotic exploration program as well as a «Deep Space Gateway» in lunar orbit that would serve as a staging ground for operations on the surface.

The additional funds would support the administration's directive to reinvigorate human and robotic exploration of Earth's moon and other planets in the solar system but would also come at the expense of several other big - ticket items in NASA's portfolio — namely the International Space Station (ISS) as well as the Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST), a «flagship» - class mission next in line for launch after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

The letter from the Coalition for Space Exploration thanks the committee for its support of human and robotic exploration programs (specifically mentioning the James Webb Space Telescope as an «exploration science mission»), but «we remain concerned that by flat funding SLS, Orion and other Exploration program levels... the bill would unintentionally constrain progress toward accelerating program content from Exploration Mission - 2 [EM - 2] to be included in Exploration Mission - 1 [EM - 1] in 2018.

Stephen Gorevan, chairman of Honeybee Robotics, a Brooklyn - based company best known for the work it's done to equip NASA's Mars rovers with robotic life - detection components, talks about aerospace technology and the future of space exploration.

Rebecca Barnes, HE Space Operations for ESA — European Space Agency, is the education officer for the ESA Science and Robotic Exploration Directorate.

Claudia Mignone, Vitrociset Belgium for ESA — European Space Agency, is a science writer for the ESA Science and Robotic Exploration Directorate.

The Mars Society is pleased to announce that it has joined the online Marspedia project started by two other space advocacy groups - The Mars Foundation and The Moon Society - in an effort to build out a great resource for people of all ages to learn more about the planet Mars, promote the human and robotic exploration of the Red Planet and encourage STEM education.

Before every successful manned or robotic mission has ever flown to space countless man - hours were devoted for extensive and rigorous testing on the -LSB-...]

From groundbreaking technology like LightSail ®, to policy that shapes historic missions, the global group explores space together through four core enterprises: Human Space Exploration, Robotic Exploration, Planetary Defense and the Search for space together through four core enterprises: Human Space Exploration, Robotic Exploration, Planetary Defense and the Search for Space Exploration, Robotic Exploration, Planetary Defense and the Search for Life.

Both the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearings raised questions about other priorities in the NASA budget request — especially funding for robotic Mars exploration — but the focus was firmly on commercial crew versus the Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorizationSpace and Technology Committee hearings raised questions about other priorities in the NASA budget request — especially funding for robotic Mars exploration — but the focus was firmly on commercial crew versus the Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorizationSpace Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorizationspace capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorization act.

At Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology on April 18, Mr. Bush watched a 6th grade class use robotic arms to pick up balls, saw students using technology to trace sunspots, and observed scientists from the space agency guiding students» studies.

Seek out a talented professional if your book requires a custom image — a robotic ninja flying through flaming multicolored space rings, for example — and be prepared to pay them for their services.

For those new to the series, Mass Effect is about the eventual coming of a robotic space - faring army, known as the Reapers, to wipe out the galaxy.

She also switched from physics to engineering and helped to develop a robotic arm for the space shuttle.

Question for candidates: Should we keep sending people into space when a robotic rover can take pictures of the Victoria Crater on Mars?

Boston Dynamics — the intriguing robotics company that was bought, financed, and then put up for sale by Google in the space of just two years — just published what is perhaps its creepiest robot - testing video to date.

Led development of replacement software / hardware for control of space shuttle RMS (robotic arm) integrating video and controls on a touch screen monitor.

The space between two people who've been partnered for years can be many things — lively, dull, dangerous, robotic, cozy, crazy - making, sensible.