The Smithsonian Institution is acquiring nine historically significant robots from the Sandia Labs for its permanent collection at the National Museum of American History.
Microsoft’s Kinect has put robotics in the hands of the common man. The hardware is changing the robotics industry as new innovative applications for the product keep popping up.
President Obama has announced a $70 million initiative to accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States that work beside, or co-operatively with people. The proposal has been called the National Robotics Initiative and is backed by a number of government run agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The World Robot Olympiad Arabia this year saw 1,500 students form 300 plus teams to participate in the three categories. The WRO 2011 was hosted in the capital city of Abu Dhabi.
The Motorola Mobility Foundation had sponsored some teams this year for the FIRST Robotics Competition. The For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology robotics competition was founded by Dean Kamen to help inspire young students to become science and technology leaders.
Neuron Robotics, a company that develops products for reducing the developing cost of cyber-physical systems and robotics, announced that it has performed its first major sale of the Dynamic Input / Output (DyIO) modules.
A flexible solar cell that converts sunlight into electricity even when stretched is the latest breakthrough in the work of Stanford University's Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering who has created an artificial electronic "super skin" that also has applications in prosthetics, robotics and detection of harmful diseases.
German researchers have built may have just built the toughest robot hand yet. It is an anthropomorphic robot hand that can endure collisions with hard objects and even strikes from a hammer without breaking into pieces.
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.
The Chrysler Foundation continues its long time commitment to furthering science, engineering and technology education as it announces recipients of 2011 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotic grants.
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