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ExoMars boot camp in Tenerife: Last week, I wrote about the on-board software used to control robots involved in future space missions, such as the ExoMars rover, which should be launched around 2011. But, as reports BBC News, this robot is already trained on Earth, on the slopes of the volcano El Teide in the...; Tags: rover, ExoMars, Tenerife; Blog posts 2006-05-22

NASA's Mars life-detector: With the financial help of NASA, American and European researchers have developed a new sensor to check for life on Mars. It also should be able to determine if traces of lifes molecular building blocks have been produced by anything alive. The device has already been tested in the Atacama...; Tags: Harold Urey, life-detector, NASA; Blog posts 2007-03-11
'Intelligent' robots for space exploration: In recent years, our exploration of the Solar System has involved more orbiters and rovers than human astronauts. This trend should continue in the future and this is why we need more 'intelligent' or autonomous robots. But of course, these robots will be controlled by advanced on-board software. And SciSys,...; Tags: rover; Blog posts 2006-05-17