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LEGO Group and X PRIZE Foundation Announce MoonBots 2.0 Challenge

The MoonBots 2.0: A Google Lunar X Prize LEGO MINDSTORMS Challenge has been announced by the LEGO Group and the X PRIZE Foundation.

25 May 2011

World Robot Olympiad Arabia Brings Together 300 Teams

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.

5 May 2011

Engineering Design Day at the University of Arizona to Showcase Innovations

Engineering Design Day at the University of Arizona in 2011 is set to display more than 50 design projects at the UA Student Union Memorial Center. The 9th edition of the Engineering Design Day is being sponsored by the University of Arizona College of Engineering.

3 May 2011

Analogue Space Suit and Rover Successfully Tested in Simulated Mars Mission

The Austrian Space Forum and the European Space Agency (ESA) have completed successful testing of their simulated Mars mission in the Rio Tinto semi-desert in Spain.

30 Apr 2011

US Army Awards Contract to iRobot for SUGVs

iRobot, a leading robotic technology solutions provider, has announced that it has obtained a $7.6 million for supply of 50 numbers of 310 SUGV (small unmanned ground vehicles) tactical mobile robots along with spare parts from the U.S. Army Contracting Command-Warren in Michigan.

29 Apr 2011

Insitu Pacific Partners iRobot for UGV Distribution in Australia

Insitu Pacific, a UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) manufacturer and service provider, has been appointed as the distributor of iRobot’s range of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in Australia.

21 Apr 2011

College Students to Develop Robotic Rovers

Robotic Rovers will be developed at a NASA Center by 80 students selected from community colleges in Puerto Rico and in 28 states.

16 Apr 2011

Goodrich Acquires Microtecnica to Boost Flight Control Actuation Business

Goodrich declared that it has signed an acquisition agreement with SSCP Aero Holdings S.C.A. to purchase Microtecnica, a company that produces flight control actuation systems for helicopter, for a total value of approximately $462 million.

7 Apr 2011

Intelsat Signs Satellite Servicing Contract with Canadian Robotics Company

Satellite 2011’s opening session in Washington D.C. saw a group of executives from four of the biggest satellite operators sitting on one panel talking about the future of the industry.

24 Mar 2011