SDI Intelligrated, a joint venture in São Paulo, Brazil between Intelligrated® (www.intelligrated.com) and SDI Group USA (www.sdiindustries.com), announces that it will host three interns from Brazil in the U.S. this summer as part of a scholarship program sponsored by the Brazilian government for the country’s top students. The interns will be hosted in St. Louis and gain experience in engineering.
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Sisecam Pasabahce of Turkey is a world-leading manufacturer of glass tableware. The company has been producing consumer glass products since 1935 and serving international markets since 1961. Paþabahçe started automating its production lines as early as 1955, pioneering industrial automation in the glassware industry.
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AV&R Vision & Robotics and IMAC Automation, a company developing manufacturing automation, are merging to become AV&R, world’s largest engineering firm specializing in robotics for the aerospace industry.
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Alion Energy, an innovative installation and maintenance service company that uses automated technologies to optimize utility scale solar plants, today unveils ROVER and SPOT, a pair of patented robotic installation and cleaning technologies. Together, they enable the fastest construction and lowest EPC costs for utility scale solar while producing more energy than standard fixed-tilt projects.
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Recent studies show the time of pure functional designs is over, even for robotic systems. According to a study published in 2012 by Hiroshima University, looking at cute images can enhance concentration and even promote more careful behavior. Furthermore, recent research results published by Leiden University Netherlands underpin the apparent trend of Japanese cuteness culture among the western societies.
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Industrial Robotics Market in Food and Beverage Industry 2012-2016" report to their offering.
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Compressor and turbine blades are important components in aircraft engines and gas turbines. When they become damaged, it is often cheaper to repair them than to buy replacements. Now there is a new robotassisted technique that is boosting efficiency.
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Evana Automation Specialists, a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries (PSI) and leading Systems Integrator and builder of custom, automated assembly and test systems, recently delivered a lean clutch assembly line to American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM).
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Cyclone Power Technologies, developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, announced that Paul D. Ronney, Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at University of Southern California, has joined as a consultant to Cyclone's team that will study and develop alternative combustion systems for micro-sized power units.
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A University of Limerick research team have been awarded funding as part of a €5.8 million EU project. The project ‘Robomate’, aims to develop an exoskeleton for industrial applications. The UL research team have been awarded €480,000 to support their study on human-robot interaction for high frequency manual handling to minimise the risk of lower back injury in industry.
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