| Strategy Analytics’ Neena Buck to Co-Chair, Speak at 2007 ...
BOSTON--Neena Buck, Vice President of the Strategy Analytics Intelligent Systems Implementation Strategies (ISIS) program, has been invited to co-chair the 2007 RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition, to be held May 15-16 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The RoboBusiness conference is produced by Robotics Trends and EH Publishing. More information about this event can be found at http://www.roboevent.com/. For the past three years, Ms. Buck has been on the advisory boards of both the RoboNexus and RoboBusiness conferences. In addition to her role as conference co-chair, Ms. Buck will moderate a panel discussion, "Mobile Robotics: Subsystems, Sensors and Components," and will also deliver a talk, entitled, "Intelligent Vehicles: Applying Autonomous Vehicle Technologies to Automobiles." "Autonomous robots are indicators of how many devices will act in the future: these robots represent the leading edge of smart systems that are aware of their environment, and are able to sense, perceive, recognize patterns, reason and take appropriate action under dynamically changing conditions," states Neena Buck, Vice President of the Intelligent Systems program at Strategy Analytics.
NAVY SHOWS OFF TRAINED DOLPHINS
In a world of high-tech sensors and underwater robotics, Koa the bottlenose dolphin and others like her may still be the Navy's best line of defense against terrorists in scuba gear. "They are better than anything we have ever made," said Mike Rothe, head of science for the Navy's marine mammal program, which trains dolphins and sea lions to guard military installations. -Contra Costa Times
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Drobo unboxed and dissected in one fell swoop
Just when you thought we couldn't geek out anymore about Data Robotic's new Drobo "intelligent" storage array, along comes tipster Ben with a snazzy photoset complete with unboxing shots and scandalous pics of the internals. Apparently Data Robotics was selling 'em at a "lemonade stand" outside the company HQ in Mountain View, CA for $200 off the rather pricey $700 sticker price, and Ben just couldn't pass up the opportunity to buy one and rip in. Any unconfirmed reports of Engadget editors patrolling the streets of Mountain View tomorrow in search of such "lemonade stands" will most likely be baseless and unfounded.[Thanks, Ben L] .
Test of Space Repair Robot Continues
Roland Piquepaille writes, "The launch of the Orbital Express mission, with its two satellites ASTRO and NextSat, the first one servicing the other, was widely covered a month ago. But what is happening in space now? In Robotic satellite servicer rehearsal underway in orbit, Spaceflight Now reports about the progress done. A week ago, the two satellites were able to link to each other to operate the first transfer of hydrazine fuel from ASTRO's propellant tanks into NextSat. This weekend, ASTRO's ten-foot-long robotic arm is going to be used to move objects to NextSat. But what does it mean for international satellite operators when they need help with their space birds? Will they use a system designed for U.S.'s DARPA? We'll see." For more details see Roland's blog or our previous story on the ASTRO and NextSat autonomous repair robots.
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