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NASA Advances State-of-the-Art Airborne Capabilities and Platforms with New Drone Aircraft

NASA scientists are always known to be on the quest for new platforms from which they can carry out their research. These scientists can now obtain benefits from two agency-developed unmanned aerial systems (UASs), that according to a few represent the future for drone aircraft.

8 Nov 2017

‘Smart Home’ Design Based on Robotics Wins First Place in Global Competition

Visualize an apartment tower capable of expanding — and downsizing — to respond to the rapidly varying lifestyles. This very out-of-the-box smart building design has won UB architecture professor Jin Young Song the first place in a global competition for design in a “self-evolving city.”

8 Nov 2017

Soft Robotics-Powered Glove to Interact with Virtual Reality Environments

UC San Diego Engineers are employing soft robotics technology to create light, flexible gloves that enable users to feel tactile feedback when they interact with virtual reality situations.

31 May 2017

Researchers Successfully Demonstrate First-Ever Basic Operation of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence

Researchers at Tohoku University have, for the first time, successfully demonstrated the basic operation of spintronics-based artificial intelligence.

21 Dec 2016

Carv, World’s First Wearable for Ski Coaching, Benefits from Robotae’s Experience

Carv, the world’s first digital ski coach that uses a smart boot insert to capture motion and pressure, has been developed by Motion Metrics Ltd, with the support of Robotae, a robotics and mechatronics consultancy. It is an example of a new generation of consumer electronics that uses sensor fusion.

30 Nov 2016

Autonomous Robots Battle it Out to Win MIT Contest

A revolution was taking place at MIT on Thursday evening. The battleground was set, the targets were marked, the munitions were stocked, but the soldiers here were none other than robots.

9 May 2016

First Solar Certifies Ecoppia Autonomous, Waterless Cleaning Technology

Capping off what has been a fantastic year for Ecoppia, First Solar today certified the autonomous, waterless cleaning technology for use on solar sites deploying First Solar's PV modules.

6 Jan 2016

SMAC Moving Coil Actuators Display Micro SCARA Robot at iREX International Robotics Show

SMAC Moving Coil Actuators, a leader in 21st century mechatronics, presented their new Micro SCARA Robot (MSR) to a standing room only at the iREX International Robotics Show in Tokyo, Japan, this December.

5 Jan 2016

Disabled People Control Robot with Their Thoughts

Using a telepresence system developed at EPFL, 19 people – including nine quadriplegics – were able to remotely control a robot located in one of the university laboratories. This multi-year research project aims to give a measure of independence to paralysed people. This technology has shown that it works well and is easy to use.

11 Dec 2015

Ekso Bionics Acquires Equipois' Gravity Balancing Arm Technologies

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., a leading global robotic exoskeleton company, announced today it acquired the gravity balancing arm technologies of Equipois, LLC, including the zeroG™ and X-Ar™ products. The all-stock transaction is a strategic acquisition for Ekso Bionics that is intended to expand the company's exoskeleton capabilities in the industrial market.

From Ekso Bionics 7 Dec 2015