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ABB to Acquire ABS Global Industries and Services

ABB, specialist in power and automation technologies, has declared that it is planning to purchase the operating business of ABS Global Industries and Services on April 1, 2011.

16 Mar 2011

RIA to Announce Engelberger Award Winners at International Symposium on Robotics

Åke Lindqvist and Henrik Christensen will be the recipients of the Engelberger Robotics Award this year.

22 Feb 2011

RoboEarth, Groundbreaking Project for Shared Knowledge

The robot Internet, called RoboEarth, is a groundbreaking project that allows robots to share information with one another.

14 Feb 2011

Gates Corporation Continues Support of FIRST Robotics Competition

The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) 2011 will be supported by Gates Corporation for the fourth consecutive year. Gates, a Crown Supplier for the FRC, will donate over $500,000 worth of power transmission products to be used by students to design and build robots which are then tested in competitive games.

2 Feb 2011

ABB Extends Compact Controller to Larger Robots

ABB Group, the power and automation technologies giant, has made yet another mark in its robotics achievements.

1 Feb 2011

Honda Robotics Division Scientists Develop Helmet Archetype Fitted with Brain Sensors

The Robotics Division of Honda has developed a helmet archetype that can comprehend brain signals.

1 Feb 2011

Seoul Looks to Foster Innovation in Robotics

The Yonhap News Agency in Seoul reported that the Government has announced it will spend 100 billion WON (US$89.5 million) on robotics related projects to encourage growth in the cutting edge industry.

30 Jan 2011

Northwestern University Researchers to Develop Robot Fish

Scientists at Northwestern University are working on developing Robotic Ghost Knifefish, a robot fish to enable them to easily understand navigation and sensory systems.

28 Jan 2011

Robot Parking for New Abu Dhabi Hotel

Abu Dhabi's The National is reporting on a valet parking facility with a difference...the "valet" being a mechanical robot, which will park or retrieve your car in 50 seconds - and best of all, parking will be free.

24 Jan 2011

Pneumatic Elastomers as Robotic Arms

It looks like a starfish made of soft plastic. When air is blown into it through a thin tube it comes to life and the starfish closes like a hand. It does this so gently that it can grasp a raw egg without breaking it.

23 Jan 2011