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  • Advances in the Robotics Industry: DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

    Advances in the Robotics Industry: DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

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    Dunya
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    Every year it seems a new movie comes out that tells a story of robots going out of control and taking over the world. In reality, some of the world’s brightest minds are developing robots and software to help assist humans in a range of important work, including surgery, bomb detection and natural disaster assistance.…

  • DARPA’s ATLAS Humanoid Robots

    DARPA’s ATLAS Humanoid Robots

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    Editorial Board
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    NASA is exploring peaceful civilian space applications for ATLAS-related technologies. Atlas is a new humanoid robot 6 foot, 2 inches tall weighing 330 pounds. Atlas is initially being designed to provide humanitarian assistance in disaster response/crisis situations. NASA’s Johnson Space Center (Valkyrie) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory(RoboSimian) teams are participating in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) focused on developing innovative…

  • Interview with lead Mars Curiosity rover driver Matt Heverly

    Interview with lead Mars Curiosity rover driver Matt Heverly

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    Alan Kerlin
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    When the Mars Science Laboratory – Curiosity – touches down on Mars today, one of the people there ready to take control of it will be Matt Heverly. Matt is an engineer with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California and has been working on the design and build of Curiosity, as well as being…