Amanda Bienz, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at The University of New Mexico, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for a project that seeks to ensure that the performance of parallel computer applications.
Among the cargo that blasted off from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, bound for the ISS, were two firsts: the world's first metal 3D printer for space and the first miniaturized surgical robot to be sent to the station.
A surgeon’s hands could stretch 250 miles above Earth, should an upcoming test of a miniaturized surgical robot aboard the International Space Station prove s
A miniaturized surgical robot developed by a UNL professor and others blasted into space Tuesday. It will rendezvous with the International Space Station to undergo tests.