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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 as defined in the Institute’s Mission Statement.The Cooperative Agreement Notice can be accessed at: http://nspires.nasaprs.com

CAN Release Date: January 8, 2008
Notices of Intent Due: February 22, 2008
Proposals Due: April 11, 2008

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Posted under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Biology, Exploration, Research, Space

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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Posted under Inventions, Research, Robotics, 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. 

Videos of systems using CLARAty can be found here.
Presentations on CLARAty can be found here.
Publications can be found here.

Kevin Knuth
Albany NY

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Posted under Computation, Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Robotics, Software, Solutions, Space, Technology