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JPL Develops Six-Legged ATHLETE Robot

When your office environment is genuinely filled with people who are rocket scientists, chances are that you’re bound to come up a bright idea or two. Such is the case with JPL’s ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) robot, which was developed by JPL with the help of Boeing, Stanford University, and NASA’s Johnson and Ames [...]

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Woods Hole Robots to Explore Arctic Ocean Floor

According to a news release over at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a vessel (loaded with a few robotic submersibles) will soon be headed to the Arctic to search for signs of life on what WHOI dubs “…the seafloor of the world’s most isolated ocean.” The Swedish icebreaker Oden will serve as the transportation [...]

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NASA Robotics Project Turns to Linux

We’ve all heard of Muppets in Space, but will the Linux Penguin have the right stuff? Here’s why: According to a write-up over at LinuxDevices.com, NASA has turned to LINUX to power at least one of their prototype robotics projects. The Linux-powered robot (dubbed the “K-10″) has been spending some time out at that giant meteor crater [...]

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Bridget readies for Mars mission

After the failure of the Beagle 2 Mars mission in 2003, it looks like ESA isn’t ready to give up on sending a robotic explorer to the red planet so easily. According to an article by Claire Smith in the Scotsman, Bridget — a newly unveiled prototype measuring 10′ x 6′ and sporting six wheels [...]

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