Abstract: In recent years, the focus on developing robot manipulators has shifted towards prioritizing safety in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Impedance control is a typical approach for interaction ...
Outer space has a trash problem. “And the problem is only going to get bigger and bigger,” says Rannveig Færgestad. Færgestad studies aerospace technology at the Norwegian University of Science and ...
China launched the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft to replace a damaged spaceship at the Tiangong space station. This mission provides a safe return vehicle for astronauts set to return in April. The launch ...
The commander of the military unit responsible for running the Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida expects SpaceX to begin launching Starship rockets there next year. Launch companies with facilities ...
Abstract: Useful robot control algorithms should not only achieve performance objectives but also adhere to hard safety constraints. Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) have been developed to provably ...
"We're now in an era where there's multiple governments, multiple companies involved in space. So the shift is not just one organization needing to think about space rescue for their own needs." China ...
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to clarify the event held by Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday was a commemorative event for the law, which had been signed earlier this year. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) ...
Germany's Nov. 19, 2025 space security strategy calls for MoD to develop a fleet of "bodyguard" satellites to inspect, and if necessary attack, adversary spacecraft. (Artist's rendering, German ...