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High School Students Develop Robots Useful for Construction and Manufacturing Industries

The students from St. Mary’s College Kisubi and Gayaza High School have developed models of a two heavy equipment robots which can be used in manufacturing and construction industries.

22 Jul 2011

European Scientists Create Octopus-Like Robotic Arm for Saving Lives Underwater

A team of European scientists have built a robotic arm similar to an octopus which can save lives underwater and can also navigate and grasp objects underwater.

22 Jul 2011

Touchence Introduces Flexible Touch Sensor for Robots

Touchence introduces Shokkaku Cube, a soft and flexible touch sensor that is to be utilized with robots.

21 Jul 2011

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Manufacturer, Hydroid Chooses Unanet for Providing Project Management Services

Hydroid, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has chosen Unanet Technologies for providing project management services.

21 Jul 2011

RobotWorx Plans to Integrate New and Used Dual Arm Robots from Motoman

RobotWorx announced that it would promote the sale of dual arm robots from Motoman. They plan to offer reconditioned models using the dual arm robots for use in assembly and handling units and also educate their customers about the uniqueness of the design.

21 Jul 2011

Researchers from NUI Galway Develop Bio-Inspired Robots Capable of Thinking Independently

Researchers from the NUI Galway and the University of Ulster are creating integrated circuit technology inspired by biology. These circuits imitate the way the neuron structure and the brain function, giving robots the ability to think independently while performing search and rescue operations or space explorations.

20 Jul 2011

Energid Technologies to Develop Commercial Robots for Nuclear Power Plant Inspection

Energid Technologies Corp. of Cambridge, Massachusetts has developed a prototype for a robot that will inspect nuclear power plants. The next generation robot was developed as part of an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd of Japan. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Mitsubishi is one of the world's leading heavy machinery manufacturers.

From Energid Technologies Corporation 18 Jul 2011

PR2 Robots Help Stroke Affected Patients Become Independent

PR2 Robots have been assisting people in carrying out daily chores like folding laundry, baking cookies or playing pool. Robots are also capable of doing critical tasks like defusing bombs, helping disabled persons etc.

From Willow Garage, Inc 18 Jul 2011

Energid Builds Robots for Nuclear Power Plant Inspection

As part of the agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Energid has developed a next-generation robot prototype for inspecting nuclear power plants.

From Energid Technologies Corporation 18 Jul 2011

Q Unveils Lightweight Fanuc M-1ia Compact Robot

Q introduces the new Fanuc M-1ia Robot. The robot is compact in size and light in weight. The Fanuc M-1ia Robot is designed for assembly applications that involve handling small parts at a high speed. A unique parallel-link structure has been used to design the robot in order to deliver high-speed and accurate movements.

18 Jul 2011