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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Laptop computers essential to the day-to-day operations of the International Space Station (ISS) crew will be switching operating systems from Windows XP to Linux, according to published reports. The laptops, which are on the space station’s “opsLAN” network, are used by astronauts to interface with onboard cameras and complete several other routine tasks, Joel Gunter of The Telegraph explained on Friday. While Linux...
Competition Platform Building on Measureable Successes, High Value Returns from Previous Challenges, Puts Sights on Visual Recognition for Robonaut 2 GLASTONBURY, Conn., April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TopCoder®, Inc., the world's largest open innovation platform and competitive community of 470,000 digital creators, today announced two new marathon competitions hosted through the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL) that will look to continue delivery of output-based high value returns in the...
HOUSTON, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the Wyle-led team, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been selected by NASA's Johnson Space Center to provide biomedical, medical and health services in support of all human spaceflight programs. These services under the Human Health and Performance Contract (HHPC) monitor astronaut health and enable bioastronautics research that benefits life on Earth. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/PH85737LOGO-b) The potential...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In the movie, Avatar, humans suit up in the Amplified Mobility Platform (AMP) suits to stomp around through Pandora's rainforest and to work in the loading bays. In The Matrix Revolutions, they used Armored Personnel Units. Whatever you call them, science fiction has been inspiring robotic exoskeletons for years, and an announcement on Thursday from NASA tells us that they might not be that far away. NASA'S Robonaut 2, the first...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new robotic space technology spinoff derived from NASA's Robonaut 2 project someday may help astronauts stay healthier in space and aid paraplegics in walking here on Earth. Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space, currently is working with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) NASA and The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) of...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected eight advanced robotics projects that will enable the agency's future missions while supporting the Obama administration's National Robotics Initiative. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The projects, ranging from technologies for improving robotic planetary rovers to humanoid robotic systems, will support the development and use of robots for space exploration, as well as by...
NASA has selected eight advanced robotics projects that will enable the agency's future missions while supporting the Obama administration's National Robotics Initiative. The projects, ranging from technologies for improving robotic planetary rovers to humanoid robotic systems, will support the development and use of robots for space exploration, as well as by manufacturers and businesses in the United States. Robots can work beside, or cooperatively, with people to enhance individual...
HOUSTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Johnson Space Center has partnered with the Houston Independent School District's Booker T. Washington High School to inspire the next generation of explorers through hands-on science and engineering projects. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The partnership will enable students in the school's engineering magnet program to work on NASA projects associated with the Astromaterials Research and...
HOUSTON, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and General Motors are jointly developing a robotic glove that astronauts and autoworkers can wear to help do their respective jobs better while potentially reducing the risk of repetitive stress injuries. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The Human Grasp Assist device, known internally in both organizations as the K-glove or Robo-Glove, resulted from NASA and GM's Robonaut 2 - or R2 - project,...
[ Watch the Video ] Daniel Burbank, current commander of the International Space Station crew, has taken a new step in orbit by becoming the first human to shake hands with a humanoid robot in space. Burbank shook hands with Robonaut after ground controllers activated computer software that enabled the robot to extend its right hand, fingers outstretched. "The first human-humanoid handshake in space," Burbank said as the months of testing the Robonaut finally came to an end....
