All the stories tagged with rover
Opportunity Breaks 40 Year Extraterrestrial Distance Record
05/19/2013, This is a record that is 9 years in the making – after a whopping 9 years of roving around, Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity has finally breached the previous limit that was set 40 years ago where extraterrestrial travels [...]
Curiosity rover on Mars receives software update
08/13/2012, Your smartphone is not the only device hanging around that receives a software update, you know – and neither is your favorite video game console either. How about a piece of machine that is located thousands and thousands of kilometers [...]
Curiosity sends back 360-degree panoramic photo of Mars
08/09/2012, The Curiosity Rover’s landing on Mars was a successful one, and it is time to get down and dirty on the Red Planet. In fact, Curiosity has certainly lived up to its name by sending back another photo on Thursday [...]
NASA to host $1.5 million autonomous rover contest next month
05/24/2012, NASA is hosting a competition for autonomous rovers, dubbed as the Sample Return Robot Challenge, at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts next month. The challenge, one of the many projects that NASA is sponsoring, was originally announced in 2010. [...]
Astrobotic Technology Contract with NASA Aims to Improve Lunar Prospecting
04/24/2012, Astrobotic Technology has signed a contract with NASA to help conclude whether or not its own polar rover vehicle is fit to transport ice-prospecting payload to the Moon. David Gump, the president of Astrobotic Technology, said, “Astrobotic seeks the immense [...]
New Rover to attack Mars this November
11/11/2011, NASA is currently going through the final paces of introducing their most advanced rover yet, where it is set to launch in the direction of Mars this coming November 25th. The rover is aptly named Curiosity, where it will make [...]
NASA’s Mars rover: Curiosity almost complete
04/06/2011, The NASA rover, Curiosity, which had to abandon its plans to bring 3D cameras to Mars, is almost ready for its mission later this year. NASA has just announced that the exploring vehicle is nearing its final stages of completion [...]
No 3D Rover camera from NASA
03/28/2011, Here’s an expansion on our previous post about the lack of a 3D camera on the upcoming Rover to Mars – you can forget about seeing the surface of Mars in 3D – NASA has decided to stop any more [...]
3D cameras removed from Mars rover
03/28/2011, For those of you who were hoping to watch 3D footage from NASA’s Mars expedition later this year, you’re out of luck. NASA announced that they have ditched the plans to include 3D cameras on the Mars rover, Curiosity. James [...]
DFRobotShop Rover targets hobbyists
07/29/2010, Want to build a robot out of sheer fun, or do you want to further stoke your interest in this area? This is where the DFRobotShop Rover from RobotShop comes in, where it retails for all of just $89.99. This [...]
Rover Computers has interesting line up of tablets
07/06/2010, Rover Computers of Russia has just underlined its intent to make a splash in the tablet market with a range of tablets (obviously) that ought to cater to just about every market demographic. The most basic model from them would [...]
James Cameron working on 3D camera for Mars rover
04/30/2010, James Cameron is no stranger to cutting edge movie making technology, has been roped in to assist NASA in developing a high-resolution 3D camera that will see action in the next Mars rover known as Curiosity that will roll out [...]
