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).
Mining jobs in Australian Outback mines involve spending long hours in the scorching sun and travelling long distances.
The University of Southern Indiana takes part in the Lunabotics Mining Competition organised by NASA at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Topcon Positioning Systems has released the MS Series of high precision robotic total stations in both North and South America. The senior vice president of the Topcon Positioning Systems Survey Business Unit, Denny Welch said that the MS measuring station opened a new era in ultra precision measurements.
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.
A number of research and development professionals in the field of robotics are meeting for a two day national symposium in Dighi, Pune.
OPEC, Russia and other National Oil companies have been unable to perform oil drilling due to political restrictions on international oil drilling and hence they have shifted base to drill in the more extreme environments, where the giant oil fields are most likely to be found.
A robot may be able to enter the Pike River mine this week, a mines rescue manager says. New Zealand Mines Rescue Manager Trevor Watts told the press yesterday that staff had completed a small sealing operation at the mine's portal on Friday.
ABB, provider of automation and electrical solutions, has received a purchase order worth $47 million for its gearless mill drives and electrical machinery from Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), the biggest copper mining company.
The robot Internet, called RoboEarth, is a groundbreaking project that allows robots to share information with one another.
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