Sep 28, 2016 @ 18:49 | Researchers are testing self-supervised learning technology using monocular vision with SPHERES drones for navigation in space. A small drone taught itself to judge distances using only one eye during trials aboard the International Space Station, ESA-backed researchers have reported. Although humans can effortlessly estimate distances with a single eye, robots […]
Sep 8, 2016 @ 02:38 | NASA has set a new launch opportunity, beginning May 5, 2022, for the InSight mission to Mars. InSight’s primary goal is to help us understand how rocky planets formed and evolved. NASA is moving forward with a spring 2018 launch of its InSight mission to study the deep interior […]
Aug 5, 2016 @ 17:37 | The main objective of Yutu moon rover mission was to achieve China’s first soft-landing on the moon, as well as to explore the surface. China’s State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) announced on August 3 that its Yutu moon rover, or Jade Rabbit, has […]
Jul 24, 2016 @ 16:08 | by Ms Ashley Lovell | The new white paper led by Professor Yang Gao on behalf of the UK-RAS Network, presents the technical roadmap of space RAS (robotics and autonomous systems) for the coming decades where space robots are hoped to be able to offer a range of biomimetic mobility […]
Jul 21, 2016 @ 18:46 | NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is now selecting rock targets for its laser spectrometer — the first time autonomous target selection is available for an instrument of this kind on any robotic planetary mission. Using software developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, Curiosity is now frequently choosing multiple […]
Jul 18, 2016 @ 18:44 | The Mars 2020 rover is the first step in a potential multi-mission campaign to return carefully selected and sealed samples of Martian rocks and soil to Earth. After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of […]
Jul 14, 2016 @ 18:06 | A new concept in space telescope design uses a modular structure and an assembly robot to build an extremely large telescope in space, performing tasks in which astronaut fatigue would be a problem. The design is detailed in a paper published this week by SPIE, the international society for […]
Jul 7, 2016 @ 15:54 | The Curiosity rover put itself into safe mode on July 2, ceasing most activities other than keeping itself healthy and following a prescribed sequence for resuming communications. But till now NASA engineers are not sure about the reason of safe-mode entry. Engineers are working to determine the cause of […]