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Spacecraft Could be Equipped With Tiny Thrusters That Use Water for Propellant

Engineers working with the European Space Agency have developed a new thruster design smaller than the tip of your finger. Despite its small size, this mini-thruster designed for CubeSats appears to be highly efficient without the use of toxic chemicals. Called the Iridium Catalysed Electrolysis CubeSat Thruster (ICE-Cube Thruster), it allows CubeSats to maneuver without …

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What’s New in Robotics? 09.06.2023

News briefs for the week take a look at Squishy Robotics and its soft-landing robots that went from NASA Moon project to first responder aids on Earth; then how Locus Robotics upgraded its product line of LocusBots to offer new-age solutions to ever-accelerating warehouse demands; then China’s newly developed, robot-assisted, laparoscopic surgical system scheduled to …

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