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LONDON, September 19 -- Autonomy is the latest buzzword in
the field of emerging robotics technologies.
"In the future, robots are going to be highly beneficial for reducing
human /manual intervention in high-risk activities such as detecting
explosives and landmines," explains Frost + Sullivan Research Analyst
Amreetha Vijayakumar.
"This was especially true when the manufacturing industry started to look for
robot workers particularly during an economic crunch.

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"Spaceward is pleased to expand on our prior collaboration with NASA to
conduct this competition," said Spaceward President, Metzada Shelef.

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"The Telerobotic Challenge may directly affect how exploration is
conducted on the moon," said NASA's Associate Administrator for the
Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, Scott Horowitz.
Competition rules will be finalized in early 2006.org

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latest trends in emerging robotics technologies.

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The robots must be smart enough to
work together with only intermittent human direction to be successful.gov

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This Challenge will be conducted in an arena containing scattered
structural building blocks. Military is also keen on offering financial support to
universities and firms to introduce surgical robots into the medical arena,
which can aid physicians in treating wounded soldiers in the battlefield.

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The competition takes place over two years, the first in August 2007.

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The task is to assemble the structure using
multiple robotic agents remotely controlled by humans. Upon receipt of the above information, an overview will be sent
to you via e-mail.

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It is designed to tap the nation's ingenuity to
make revolutionary advances to support the Vision for Space Exploration and
agency goals.technicalinsights.

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"Because
of the high degree of student interest in robotics , it is a great fit with our
mission to advance space science and technology in educational curriculums .foster@frost.

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The competition awards
$250,000 to teams to develop technologies enabling robots to perform complex
tasks with minimal human intervention.
"Varied software components are available for synthesizing voice to make
robots respond to vocal commands, or for processing the images captured by
the robot's camera eye," says Vijayakumar."
There are industry wide initiatives toward standardization of software
solutions.
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Spaceward is a non-profit corporation dedicated to furthering space
science and technology through education and engineering competitions.
The U. "However, these tools cannot
function simultaneously due to the lack of a common platform.

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Now, market participants such as iRobot and Evolution
Robotics, Inc.

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NASA's Centennial Challenges promotes technical innovation through a novel
program of prize competitions.
For instance, autonomy is crucial for defense applications such as ground
warfare where robotics plays a vital role.
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"Most employees fear that robots that work faster and require no
remuneration, could replace them in the long run," points out Vijayakumar."
Nonetheless, the increase in demand for miniaturization fuelled by
breakthroughs such as nanobots, neural networks, and prosthetics, combined
with advances in artificial intelligence (AI) is likely to propel growth of
robotics technology and guarantee its incorporation into routine life.com with the following information: your full name,
company name, title, telephone number, fax number, e-mail and source of
information.frost.

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"If the Challenge can
successfully demonstrate the remote assembly of simple and complex structures,
many aspects of exploration in general will be affected for the better. For
information about the Spaceward Foundation on the Web, visit:

http://www.

Drive for Robot Autonomy Key Trend in Global Emerging Robotics Technology

Researchers world over are
directing their efforts toward incorporating greater autonomy to enable
robots to make more coherent decisions independently. are working toward creating more autonomous and intelligent
machines as companies move robots from indoor to outdoor environments .
As technical advancements surge, participants must also overcome social
issues, which are restricting adoption of robotics. It also focuses on research efforts of various vendors and the
needs of the end users.

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For information about
Centennial Challenges on the Web, visit:

http://centennialchallenges.S. The study throws light on
worldwide technology developments in this field and analyzes applications in
different verticals such as manufacturing, defense, healthcare , and consumer
robotics.

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NASA Announces Telerobotic Construction Competition

The operators may only
see and talk to the robots through communications' equipment that simulates
Earth-moon time delays and restrictions.

Besides being incapable of survival in an outdoor environment, robots
cannot make decisions out of the matrix of choices available in their
internal programs.
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Sites about specific robots or types of robots.

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WASHINGTON, NASA's Centennial Challenges program
office, in collaboration with the Spaceward Foundation, Mountain View, Calif.

"The Telerobotic Construction Challenge is directly linked to NASA's focus
on lunar exploration ," said Brant Sponberg, NASA's Centennial Challenges
program manager.nasa. Executive summaries and interviews are available to
the press.oberland@frost.com

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"Spaceward has shown their capability to conduct a successful
prize competition, and we look to them to help advance this new technology.nasa.

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,
announced the new Telerobotic Construction Challenge. The Exploration Systems Mission Directorate manages the program. For example, Evolution Robotics' 'Evolution robotics software
platform' (ERSP) enables developers to effortlessly assimilate different
software components and hardware to create customized personal robots.

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With a single robot performing multiple functions, there is also an
urgent need for a standardized platform to integrate the different software
modules.com
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