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The SpaceX Ax-1 Mission Has Futuristic Self-Assembling Tech to Try Out Moravec‘s Paradox

The SpaceX Ax-1 Mission Has Futuristic Self-Assembling Tech to Try Out

Artist's depiction of a future Tesserae self-assembling space station in orbit around Mars. MIT Space Exploration Initiative / TU Dortmund Fraunhofer Institute On Friday SpaceX launched the first fully private mission to the International Space Station, but the newly minted astronauts won't just be playing tourists in orbit. Instead, they'll…
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April 9, 2022
Miami Mayor Unveils Bullish Crypto Statue at Bitcoin Conference Moravec‘s Paradox

Miami Mayor Unveils Bullish Crypto Statue at Bitcoin Conference

Miami Mayor and extreme crypto fanatic Francis Suarez presented an 11-foot, 3,000-pound bull monument inspired by the historic Wall Street statue. But with Bitcoin laser eyes and other “ultramodern robotic” characteristics on the first day of the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. The monument, according to Suarez, is a “symbolic…
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April 7, 2022
University of Michigan researchers study robotic assistants for construction sites Moravec‘s Paradox

University of Michigan researchers study robotic assistants for construction sites

Dive Brief: A portion of a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to the University of Michigan will look at whether robots could be used as assistants to human workers on construction sites.  Working with machines and technology from Germany-based manufacturer KUKA, the project aims to allow human workers to…
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April 6, 2022
Meet Starfield’s chill robotic companion VASCO in new video Moravec‘s Paradox

Meet Starfield’s chill robotic companion VASCO in new video

Space can be ruthless and unforgiving, which is why Starfield’s adorable robot companion VASCO will make interplanetary travel less lonely. On Tuesday, Bethesda Game Studios released a behind-the-scenes trailer detailing VASCO, one of Starfield’s new companion characters. VASCO is an expeditionary robot that’ll aid you while traversing the stars.  This…
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April 6, 2022
Op-ed | Assembling America’s Future in Space Moravec‘s Paradox

Op-ed | Assembling America’s Future in Space

by Andrew Rush — April 4, 2022 llustration of (On-Orbit Servicing, Manufacturing and Assembly-2. Credit: Redwire Illustration of the On-Orbit Servicing, Manufacturing and Assembly-2 spacecraft. Credit: Redwire The benefits of in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) have long been championed. From satellite refueling, to recycling of orbital debris, to increasing…
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April 4, 2022