Archives for October 2008

Knuth: Developing Robotic Scientists for Space Exploration

Published on 21 Oct 2008 at 11:51 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under Exploration, Fun, Intelligent Systems, Internet, Lego, Research, Robotics, Space.

The University at Albany (SUNY) has highlighted Knuth’s research in a recent news piece.
Kevin Knuth has a laboratory in the physics department of the University at Albany that is filled with LEGOs. The bricks are relatively cheap and can be used to rapidly prototype a robot’s body. Knuth’s robots are being programmed to solve such [...]

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India Launches Moon Mission

Published on 21 Oct 2008 at 11:06 pm. No Comments.
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Today India launched its first moon mission.  The lunar orbiter named Chandrayaan-1, which is Sanskrit for “Moon Craft” was launched from the Sriharikota space center in southern India.  Chandrayaan-1 will join the Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya launched in October 2007 and the Chinese orbiter Chang’e-1.
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Kevin Knuth
Albany NY

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