MOSCOW, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Friday successfully put the U.S. communications satellite Intelsat 31 (Intelsat DLA-2) onto a designated orbit, the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos said.
"The separation of the satellite from the booster took place on time, at 01:40 a.m. Moscow time, today," the agency said.
According to Roscosmos, Russia's Proton-M rocket, carrying the U.S. satellite, blasted off from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:10 a.m. Moscow time Thursday.
The U.S. communications satellite is expected to provide telecom services for Latin America.
BEIJING Women's Cyrus Jones Jersey , Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- They can help with the housework and even kick around a football, but robots aren't coming for your jobs just yet.
That was the reassurance from robot experts gathered at an international conference that kicked off in Beijing on Monday. The three-day event includes a forum, an exhibition and a robot contest for youth.
A human-like "female" robot named Genminoid F became the queen of the event.
With long silken black hair falling over her shoulder, the attractive android, who appeared to be in her early 20s, was sitting in the exhibition hall and answering questions from a Xinhua reporter in a smooth Women's Danny Etling Jersey , natural voice.
"I like Beijing very much," it said.
"I'm an emotional robot from Japan. I can talk, sing and dance. And I'm a good listener," she said, looking satisfied by the shock on the audience's face when they were told she was not a real human.
"I wish I could marry her!" one visitor said jokingly.
A robot football game was also held at the event. Robot cleaners, robots that wipe glass Women's Jordan Richards Jersey , deliver food, teach infants and help the handicapped were all exhibited.
Decades after the first working robot was invented in 1961, "we are now in a new era of robotics," said Arturo Baroncelli, president of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
According to Baroncelli's estimation, some 1.5 million robots are in use in factories worldwide Women's Malcom Brown Jersey , with the total number poised to reach 2.3 million in the next three years.
Robotics scientists envision a future where robots will look like human beings that can listen, see, talk and identify different environments. They will also have memories that allow them to think and make decisions.
But is it possible?
Although robotics are far from entering people's everyday life, scientists estimate that mankind will one day create robots with language, expressions and even thought.
Furthermore, service robots will become the next booming robotic industry Women's Joe Thuney Jersey , with sales surpassing industrial robots, which account for 80 percent of the global market, in the next five to 10 years.
The Republic of Korea is planning a service robot for every family by 2020, and the United