Stanford engineers design a robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris

Researchers combined gecko-inspired adhesives and a custom robotic gripper to create a device for grabbing space debris.

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Facebook's Aquila drone nails second test flight

Facebook's plan to bring the entire world online using a solar-powered, internet-beaming aircraft has taken another step forward

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Sit behind the wheel of a self-driving race car

RoboRace is shaping up as an intriguing motorsport category, but there's still plenty of work to be done before autonomous racers are trading paint like their human-driven counterparts. This fact is resoundingly proven by

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Airbus new copter concept has wings

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2016, it generated revenues of € 67 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 se

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Researchers train drones to use Wi-Fi to look through walls

University of California, Santa Barbara researchers have proposed a new method for 3D through-wall imaging that utilizes drones and WiFi.

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Open source desktop bot is aimed at makers young and old

The Qbo One open source robot is designed primarily for kids, educators, developers and robot enthusiasts

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Concept vehicle is made for Mars

The Mars rover concept vehicle makes its debut at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

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Railless train debuts in China

According to China's CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co Ltd, most smaller cities can't afford to build light rail systems – even though they would still benefit from having them. That's why the company has built and demonstrated what it's billing as "the world's f

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Shape-shifting ‘4D’ printed objects could pave the way for outer space structures

This technology could eventually be used on a wide range of devices from space structures and robotics to biomedical needs.

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Robot Uses Deep Learning and Big Data to Write and Play its Own Music

Robot creating compositions using database of well-known pop, classical and jazz artists.

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