The robotic patents war is not over but disputes don’t have to reach court, writes Alexander Ford of Withers & Rogers, in the wake of the Ocado and AutoStore settlement. Following a three-year-long legal dispute over alleged patent infringement, Ocado and Norwegian robotic tech company, AutoStore, have reached an out-of-court settlement. But the robot patent ...
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Astrobotic has won a $34.6m Nasa Tipping Point partnership contract to demonstrate power transmission on the lunar surface. Specifically, the award will result in a demonstration on the Moon called LunaGrid-Lite, which will transmit power from a lunar lander to a tethered rover. “LunaGrid-Lite will pave the way for power generation and distribution services on ...
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Amazon has announced – for its Project Kuiper satellite constellation – that construction is underway on a new satellite-processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center. A constellation of over 3,200 LEO satellites is planned to planned to provide global broadband services. The location at the Kennedy Space Center will ...
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This Thursday, 27 July, is the last chance to enter for the Elektra Awards, the industry’s most prestigious awards and which are now in their twenty-first year. The extended entry deadline for the Elektra Awards is midnight Thursday 27 July and is the last chance to enter. Why enter for the industry’s most prestigious and ...
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Impulse Space – a Californian startup in space transportation services – has raised $45 million in a Series A funding round. The round – led by RTX Ventures – was oversubscribed, says the company, and the investment will be used for the development of Helios, Impulse’s largest vehicle. The Helios kick stage enables direct to ...
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RAL Space is helping to create a new Small Satellite Calibration Facility, which will be located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus near Didcot in Oxfordshire. As the name suggests, it will specialise in instrument calibration and characterisation, helping to ensure the required performance for both full satellite payloads and components. Who will be ...
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The U.S. Space System Command’s Moonlighter satellite has successfully reached its planned low earth orbit, ahead of an in-space hacking. competition. It will be the first on-orbit Capture the Flag, or CTF, hacking competition. In April we reported that the U.S. Air and Space Force had begun the fourth annual iteration of its Space Security ...
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has opened what it describes as a "state-of-the-art conference centre" to help support the UK space industry.
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The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) is celebrating the record success of its 2022/23 Scholarship Scheme for entering the electronics industry. It is the most successful year since the Scheme was established in 2010, the organisation reports. This year, there were 266 applications from undergraduates studying at one of the UKESF’s 27 partner universities. The ...
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HawkEye 360, the space-based RF data and analytics specialist has announced it has closed $58 million in new Series D-1 funding. The Herndon, Virginia-based company says it will be used to develop expand its analytics systems that support high-value defense missions. It plans to invest in AI “to better extract value” from the large amount ...
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