Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.14
September 01, 2021
…turbopump for its high-performance, closed-cycle liquid rocket engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The company is now working with Velo3D to 3D-print its fuel pump, flight turbine housing parts, and Orbiter pressure vessels. It will make these vessels with the second Velo3D Sapphire metal AM system. “Velo3D really delivered on our turbopump, including its 3D-printed rotating impeller, all of which functioned perfectly the very first time at 30,000 rpm, using the first prototype,” said Haot. The sky's the limit for Velo3D “We’re very excited about working with innovative companies like Launcher,” said Benny Buller, founder and CEO of Velo3D. “Not…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.41
August 30, 2021
…providing the launch opportunity, on-orbit operations, and data downlink. NASA astronauts will install the arm inside the airlock. It will conduct intra-vehicular activity (IVA) such as swich and cable operations. The GITAI arm will also autonomously assemble structures and panels to demonstrate its capability for in-space assembly (ISA). “In the current space market, there are many players trying to solve the space transportation problem, but very few standing up to the challenge to provide an alternative option for getting work done in space,” said Sho Nakanose, founder and CEO of GITAI. “However, in today’s booming space industry, there is a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.86
August 24, 2021
…and habitats on the moon and eventually Mars with NASA. “We're treating this like the Apollo program for the future of the way we build and the future of the way we meet one of our most basic needs,” said Ballard. “We're going to accelerate the growth of an elite and diverse team of scientists, engineers, architects, operators, and leaders that is now over 100 and growing. We anticipate more rapid progress in the years ahead to help bring housing and construction into the modern world and in-line with humanity's highest hopes and values.” ICON investment now totals $266M In…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.57
August 16, 2021
…for small and general aviation class of aircraft for NASA and Siemens, among others. The company said it was the first to fly an electric two-seater in 2007, and it has designed nine experimental and serially produced electric aircraft. Pipistrel won the NASA Green Flight Challenge in 2011 with a four-seat electric airplane. It participates in standards committees for hybrid-electric aviation. Research and development division Pipistrel Vertical Solutions is developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi, as well as a hydrogen fuel cell-powered 19-seat miniliner/microfeeder. Honeywell brings SATCOM to smaller UAVs Satellite communications, or SATCOM, refers to technologies…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.55
July 19, 2021
…BlackRock, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Moderna, and Pfizer. In addition, NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York use the language, said Julia Computing. The company has recently focused on creating a suite of machine learning-enhanced modeling and simulation tools, such as JuliaSim for multi-physics simulation, and JuliaSPICE for circuit simulation, and the Pumas framework for pharmaceutical simulation with partner company Pumas-AI. Since Julia was introduced to the public in 2012, the community around it has grown, said Julia Computing. The annual JuliaCon event is online and free this year, and it takes place July 28…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.89
July 13, 2021
…Founder Institute today announced that it has partnered with NASA Ames Research Center and MassRobotics to create the Founder Institute AI & Robotics Accelerator program in Boston. The new initiative will support entrepreneurs in robotics, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, drones, aerospace, augmented and virtual reality, and related technologies. “In the past year or so, everyone has experienced firsthand how fragile our world is and how normal can change in the blink of an eye, so that’s why it is so important that founders focus on impact-driven ventures,” stated Ignacio Castro, managing director of the Boston Founder Institute. “Our partnership with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.41
June 09, 2021
…the DoD and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are interested in developing robots to build structures for deployment in space. The goal is to reduce reliance on high-touch labor, shorten design and production times, and increase throughput while reducing costs. Autonomy in robotics for manufacturing: Most industrial robots still require specialized workers to be set up, and most operate in constrained settings. ARM is seeking systems that factories could use without prior robotics experience and that could adapt to dynamic or unstructured environments. The request for proposals mentioned navigation but did not specify that the capability to operate…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.26
May 27, 2021
…2020 and 2024. Artemis is a joint effort by NASA, U.S. commercial aerospace providers, and international partners. These include including the European Space Agency (which itself has 22 member countries), Canada, Japan, and Russia, said the IFR. There are plenty of other bright spots in the global robotics constellation, including AI research in France, customer-service robots in Singapore, drones and assistive systems in Israel, marine systems in the Netherlands, and collaborative robot arms and mobile robots from Denmark. And that's not even counting the billions of dollars currently flowing into autonomous vehicle development, with China and the U.S. as early…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.27
May 23, 2021
…and civilian customers. Last year, Near Earth won a NASA contract to develop technology for industrial infrastructure inspection. The company provided its systems to the K-MAX TITAN, which Kaman Air Vehicles described as “the world's first heavy-lift, unmanned helicopter for the commercial market.” The U.S. Marine Corps planned to test the K-MAX TITAN this month. Understand the applications “Users don't care how you got the data. Nobody wants a point cloud for its own sake,” said Barry Rabkin, director of marketing at Near Earth Autonomy. “We realized that it's not about the drones or the autonomy but the customer value…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.55
May 12, 2021
…the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL) and is academic co-lead of Black in Robotics. “Ayanna Howard is a trailblazer in vital research areas, including topics such as trust and bias in AI, which will continue to be front and center in society in the coming years,” said Gabriele Kotsis, president of ACM. “The quality of her research has made her a thought leader in developing accessible human-robot interaction systems. Both as an entrepreneur and mentor, Ayanna Howard has worked to increase the participation of women and under-represented groups in computing.” “It's nice to be in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.63
May 11, 2021
…than directly piloting,” he noted. “We've even run with NASA or the European Space Agency, managing terrestrial vehicles from space or vice versa.” “Connext 6.1 is available with an annual subscription or for free for evaluation, research, and academic use,” Barnett said. “Some of our customers in marine and mining applications have been working with beta versions. We definitely expect interest in oil and gas, and agriculture and construction have similar use cases.” “By providing support for mobility, scalability, and heterogeneity, Connext 6.1 allows for control by phone, cloud, or remote operations center,” he said. “By empowering operators and decision…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.67
May 02, 2021
…set in the drone's third flight on April 25. NASA took more pictures with Ingenuity's black-and-white navigation camera and its color camera. The agency said it plans to use some stereo images to create 3D imagery of the Martian surface. Now that Ingenuity has proven that that powered, controlled flight is possible in the thin atmosphere of Mars, its mission will shift. In a new operations demonstration phase, the drone will explore how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds. Ingenuity to test capabilities This new phase will begin after the helicopter completes…
