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Underwater Robotics Laboratory to Enable Scientists Conduct Marine Research

Norway’s Minister of Trade and Industry inaugurated the new applied underwater robotics (AUR) laboratory on the 23 August at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

25 Aug 2011

Australian National Science Agency to Deploy Floating Robots for Collecting Climate Data

Troubled by invasions from Somali pirates, international scientists are seeking help from Australian and U.S navies for deploying 19 robots in the Indian Ocean for collecting important data pertaining to climate and monsoon.

16 Jul 2011

Liquid Robotics Introduces Wave Gliders to Collect Oceanographic Data

Liquid Robotics has launched remote controlled robots, called Wave Gliders, which traverse across oceans and collect oceanographic data. They intend to make the data available to consumers on the web.

From Liquid Robotics 11 Jul 2011

Obama Announces $70 Million Robotics Initiative

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).

27 Jun 2011

Liquid Robotics Creates Robot Powered by Waves and Solar Energy

Liquid Robotics earned a good deal of funding for their innovative water robot device, called Wave Glider. The total funds generated were around $ 22 million in Series D financing.

From Liquid Robotics 9 Jun 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

Robotic Spacecraft Successfully Docks with International Space Station

European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that its robotic spacecraft has successfully landed in the International Space Station (ISS).

28 Feb 2011

WVU Students to Develop Moon-Rover Robot

WVU Lunabotics team, a team of 15 students from the West Virginia University (WVU) are working on developing a robotic rover capable of picking and dumping no less than 10 kg of ‘lunar simulant’.

28 Feb 2011

Robotics Lab Added to Discovery Museum Science and Space Center

The Discovery Museum Science and Space Center is launching a $200,000 robotics lab that will become an integral part of the center's new digs along the banks of the Sacramento River.

16 Feb 2011