Sentences with phrase «robotic arm as»

Mars rover uses a robotic arm as a «selfie stick» to capture a dramatic image of its surroundings on the Red Planet.

NASA announced that a crew member will be swung out within reach of the damaged panel on a 50 - foot boom attached to the space station's robotic arm as early as Saturday to attempt a fix, to reduce the risk of further damage that would require the panel to be jettisoned, thereby reducing the growing station's power supply.

Not exact matches

Precision reduction gears can reduce robotic movement errors to as small as 0.1 millimeters on robot arms that are 3 meters long.

But surgeons who swear by their robotic arms tend to return to the same words of praise: They tout the «speed of recovery» for patients, who typically don't need to spend days or weeks in a hospital as they might after traditional open surgery.

«The job of assembly, which may come naturally to humans, has to be broken down into different steps, such as identifying where the different chair parts are, the force required to grip the parts, and making sure the robotic arms move without colliding into each other,» Assistant Professor Pham Quang Cuong said.

When NASA wants to park a robot and film something, for instance, Astrobee can fold out a robotic arm and grab a pole, as a video by Ackerman shows.

These advances, ranging from edible sensors to cordless heart monitors to robotic arms that mirror a doctor's movements, presage sharp falls in cost just as consumers clamor for more affordable health care.

To really plunge into the ocean's dark mysteries, you need a submersible — as director James Cameron splashily demonstrated in March when he descended nearly seven miles (35,756 feet, to be exact) aboard Deepsea Challenger, a 24 - foot vessel equipped with a robotic sampling arm.

The group hatched a plan to build Barnes a robotic arm that would allow him to play just as well as any human drummer — or perhaps even better.

The monkeys didn't have to think about moving the robotic arm; they simply reached out fluidly with the prosthetic limb as if it were part of them.

«We hope to apply these findings to create prosthetic devices, such as robotic arms, that better understand and respond to a person's thoughts,» said Jaimie Henderson, MD, professor of neurosurgery.

Now, Sorto is able to execute advanced tasks with his mind, such as controlling a computer cursor; drinking a beverage; making a hand - shaking gesture; and performing various tasks with the robotic arm.

As part of its effort to find asteroids hazardous to Earth and destinations for future robotic and human exploration, NASA's NEO program will continue to search for even better potential targets for ARM.

As he watches the screen, Damiano then grasps the silvery ends of elbowed computer joysticks, which allow him to maneuver two additional robotic arms that hover over the operating table like brooding black cranes.

Computers then translate those signals into digital commands that have allowed users to control electronic devices such as computers and robotic arms by simply intending to move their own arm or hand.

The robotic component of ARM will demonstrate the world's most advanced and most efficient solar electric propulsion system as it travels to a near - Earth asteroid (NEA).

Serving as an advance scout, it will scan for noteworthy rocks so the rover's robotic arm collects only the most intriguing bits of Mars to bring onboard.

Brain - machine interfaces (BMIs) are computational systems that allow subjects to use their brain signals to directly control the movements of artificial devices, such as robotic arms, exoskeletons or virtual avatars.

As soon as two days later, Phoenix could deploy its robotic arm to begin scraping away the five - or six - inch (13 - to 15 - centimeter) layer of loose topsoil using a backhoe - like motioAs soon as two days later, Phoenix could deploy its robotic arm to begin scraping away the five - or six - inch (13 - to 15 - centimeter) layer of loose topsoil using a backhoe - like motioas two days later, Phoenix could deploy its robotic arm to begin scraping away the five - or six - inch (13 - to 15 - centimeter) layer of loose topsoil using a backhoe - like motion.

If it spots elements of interest, it will approach and use a drill on its robotic arm to collect rock samples from as deep as 5 centimetres.

It would wirelessly receive the signals from the electronic implant and do all the number crunching before sending it to an external device, such as a keyboard or robotic arm.

Deep in a laboratory tucked away in the basement of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), intern Mark Thom punched commands into a computer as two other students checked a chamber where a silver robotic arm extended from a small port.

Already, researchers have developed devices such as deep brain stimulators for treating Parkinson's disease, cochlear implants for restoring minimal hearing in profoundly deaf people, and a computer interface called BrainGate that allows fully paralyzed individuals to accomplish simple tasks via a robotic arm.

This animation depicts movements of the robotic arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity as commanded for Aug. 20, 2012, the first time the arm was used on Mars.

I am studying motor control of the long and flexible arms of Octopus vulgaris as an inspiration for soft robotics, and the neural bases of learning and memory in octopus and cuttlefish - a fascinating example of the independent evolution of highly complex cognitive behavior in molluscs.

But armed with ingenuity and determination, he invented a one - of - a-kind robotic microscope with the unique ability to track individual neurons as they grow, develop, mature and eventually succumb to disease.

In my opinion, who the real star of the show is Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa, a full - throttled, bad - ass bitch who has a robotic left arm and a lead foot.

It's easiest to think of this series as a tricked out Bond movie with as much CGI as possible with the likes of robotic dogs, bionic arms, and stylized action effects akin to The Matrix.

You're armed with a multi-tool that can be used as both a mining laser and a blaster to fend off each planet's robotic guardians, who attack if you harvest endangered resources or get too ambitious with your mining.

As a robotic narrator explains the function of the deity's many arms and weapons, Lu overlays a neurological map of the pathways associated with anger in humans.

«They might as well use robots to come up with them,» he quipped, a reference to Liu Xiaodong's exhibition at the Chronus Art Center in Shanghai's M50 district, where the artist uses three robotic arms to paint on canvases.

Human sized, in each, robotic arms hold votive objects such as animals and fruit, while on the reverse cut - out sections provide a home for the arms when the work travels.

During the procedure, the robotic arm punctured the man's intestines and, as a result, the man died.

Open letter by leaders of leading robotics & AI companies is launched at the world's biggest artificial intelligence conference as UN delays meeting till later this year to discuss the robot arms race.

Amnesty International has expressed concern that fully autonomous weapons, including «less lethal» robotic weapons that can result in deaths and serious injuries, would result in unlawful killings and injuries both in situations of armed conflict as well as in law enforcement operations.

As researchers and engineers working on artificial intelligence and robotics, we are greatly concerned by the opening of a «Research Center for the Convergence of National Defense and Artificial Intelligence» at KAIST in collaboration with Hanwha Systems, South Korea's leading arms company.