Archives for January 2008
NASA Astrobiology Institute Cooperative Agreement Notice (Cycle-5)
Published on 13 Jan 2008 at 1:20 am.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Biology, Exploration, Research, Space.
NASA Astrobiology Institute
Cooperative Agreement Notice (Cycle-5)
The NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) announces, through the release of this Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN), an opportunity for the submission of team-based proposals for membership in the Institute. Proposals should clearly articulate an innovative, interdisciplinary, astrobiology research program, together with plans to advance the full scope of NAI objectives [...]
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Sarcos Exoskeletons to be used by Army
Published on 10 Jan 2008 at 4:11 am.
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Filed under Inventions, Research, Robotics, Technology.
Sarcos is a company that specializes in robotic systems. They have been working to develop exoskeletons that will give ordinary people super-human strength. The age of the super-hero and super-villian is upon us!
The video below shows their exoskeleton in action:
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CLARAty Reusable Robotics Software
Published on 10 Jan 2008 at 3:49 am.
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Filed under Computation, Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Robotics, Software, Solutions, Space, Technology.
CLARAty (Coupled-Layer Architecture for Robotic Autonomy) is a framework for reusable robotics software. It was developed in part by my former colleagues at NASA Ames Research Center in collaboration with Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Minnesota (my alma matter).
They are in the process of making the framework and several modules publicly available.
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