Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS), novel autonomy software that has been operating on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity since...Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA From ACM News | December 9, 2011
After months of patiently snoring away in its storage bag, Robonaut 2—the first dexterous humanoid robot in space—finally got its wakeup call on Monday.NASA From ACM News | August 24, 2011
After a journey of almost three years, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet’s Endeavour crater to study rocks never seen before...NASA From ACM News | August 10, 2011
NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet's Gale crater. The car-sized Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosity, is scheduled...NASA From ACM News | July 22, 2011
Getting into space isn't necessarily easy for astronauts, and it's not much easier for a robotic astronaut, either.NASA From ACM News | August 11, 2010
Software uploaded to NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity gives the rover the ability to make its own choices about whether to make additional observations...NASA From ACM News | March 26, 2010