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Keeping Mars Contained

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

5 hours ago | not rated yet | 1

When robotic spacecraft bring a sample of Mars back to Earth, scientists will need specially-designed facilities to study the samples and prevent them from escaping to the outside world.

Sandtrapped Rover Makes a Big Discovery

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 03, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (37) | 12

Homer's Iliad tells the story of Troy, a city besieged by the Greeks in the Trojan War. Today, a lone robot sits besieged in the sands of Troy while engineers and scientists plot its escape.

Flight of fancy: MIT autonomous mini-helicopter solves one tough challenge

Technology / Engineering

Dec 03, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (13) | 2

In its first 18 years, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s annual aerial-robotics competition posed four successive challenges, which robotics researchers had to meet using entirely ...

Scientists: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts

Medicine & Health / Research

Dec 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (15) | 2

(AP) -- A group of European scientists said Wednesday they have successfully connected a robotic hand to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts.

Japan launches 5th spy satellite

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 28, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (9) | 3

(AP) -- Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said.

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