As robotics and AI become increasingly important to how we explore, build, operate, and conduct science beyond Earth, support like this helps us bring together the space and robotics communities […]
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One Way To Land Astrobiology Droids On Mars
[NASA]. This image taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover’s now-empty lander, the Challenger Memorial Station, at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The image was […]
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Robotic Lava Tube Mapping And Multimodal Data Collection Using Quadruped And LiDAR
[Frontiers in Robotics and AI]. As part of TU Delft Rhizome 2.0 and Moonshot projects, focusing on the development of extraterrestrial habitats in lava tubes, the robotic mapping of an […]
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Solid-state Propulsion for Autonomous Reconnaissance of Karst (SPARK)
[NASA/NIAC] While karst terrain and subsurface caves are sites of immense scientific value on bodies like Titan, they are difficult or impossible to safely explore using current methods.
Robotic One-Shot Exploration from Deep Ocean to Deep Space Workshop
Workshop Date: Thursday, October 1 (full day) Conference Dates: September 27 – October 1, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Many of the most compelling environments for scientific discovery are also among the […]
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NASA Awards STRIDE Contracts For Mars Advanced Surface Mobility Technology
NASA has selected seven companies for contract awards under the Mars Exploration Program’s Science Transport and Robotic Innovation for Deployment and Exploration, or STRIDE, initiative to advance next-generation commercial robotic […]
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Curiosity Rover Takes a Close Look at Martian Sulfur Crystals
[NASA] These sulfur crystals were found inside a rock after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over it and crush it on May 30, 2024, the 4,200th Martian day, […]
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Ocean Planet Exploration: New University of Rhode Island Ocean Robotics Laboratory
[URI] The University of Rhode Island celebrated a major milestone in the $300 million, multi-phase revitalization of the Narragansett Bay Campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Ocean […]
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Ocean Planet Recon: MBARI and Monterey Bay Aquarium Complete Expedition to Guide Seamount
Editor’s note: When we start to mount Astrobiology missions to explore ocean worlds we’ll need ways for our robotic submersibles to observe and interact with whatever life forms they may […]