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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has kicked off the Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) to tackle the lack of clear, widely accepted technical and safety standards for responsible performance of on-orbit activities involving commercial satellites.

iRobot Corp., Bedford, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $23,437,879 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contra

Foster Miller Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $10,253,933 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Man

Foster-Miller, Waltham, Massachusetts, was awarded a $35,400,000 modification (P00013) to contract W56HZV-11-D-0057 for tactically adaptable light ordnance

Robots in the real world are becoming more like Ultron, with once-unthinkable levels of intelligence and decision-making ability. And in the real world, any injuries or damage these robots cause will have consequences.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a robotic arm that is being used to measure the properties of antennas rapidly and accurately. The robot, formally named the Configurable Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna facility, may be the ultimate innovation.