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Robots Get a Fleshy Face (and a Smile) in New Research

4 July 2024 at 12:57
Researchers at the University of Tokyo published findings on a method of attaching artificial skin to robot faces to protect machinery and mimic human expressiveness.

Β© via Shoji Takeuchi

Japanese researchers have used living skin cells to make to make a flexible 3D facial mold for a robot.

Why NASA and Boeing Are Being So Careful to Bring the Starliner Astronauts Home

28 June 2024 at 18:41
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will spend additional weeks in orbit as teams on the ground study malfunctioning thrusters on the Starliner spacecraft.

Β© NASA, via Associated Press

The Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station, orbiting 262 miles above Egypt’s Mediterranean coast on June 13.

Boeing’s Starliner Overcomes Malfunctioning Thrusters to Dock at Space Station

6 June 2024 at 16:00
Two NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, opened the hatch of the spacecraft and boarded the outpost in orbit.

Β© NASA Johnson

The Boeing Starliner capsule en route to docking with the International Space Station on Thursday.
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