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Engineering Lunar Network 2.0

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A memorable feature of the Apollo communication system was the S-band erectable antenna , which was connected to the lunar module’s radio system. By day, Baysinger, who had an interest in radio astronomy, was the station engineer at WHAS AM in Louisville.

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Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

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Deep below the Louisville, Ky., By the time teams reached the SubT Final Event in the Louisville Mega Cavern, the focus was on autonomy rather than communications. Shipping containers connected end-to-end formed complex networks, and many of them were carefully sculpted and decorated to resemble mining tunnels and natural caves.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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This week, we're at the DARPA SubTerranean Challenge Finals in Louisville KY, where more than two dozen Systems Track and Virtual Track teams will compete for millions of dollars in prize money and being able to say "we won a DARPA challenge," which is of course priceless. This is it!

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AI-Guided Robots Are Ready to Sort Your Recyclables

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My company, Amp Robotics , based in Louisville, Colo., Here, a tandem robot system operates at a Waste Connections recycling facility [top], and a single robot arm [bottom] recovers a piece of corrugated cardboard. This article appears in the July 2022 print issue as “AI Takes a Dumpster Dive.”.

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