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Collaborative Robots May Help Shape Smart Factories

Recently published studies all agree on the big trends that are shaping smart factories or Industry 4.0.

10 Jun 2015

AMETEK to Acquire Cognex’s Surface Inspection Systems Division

Cognex Corporation today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell the assets of its Surface Inspection Systems Division (SISD) to AMETEK, Inc. for approximately $160 million in cash. Closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. Following completion of this transaction, Cognex will schedule a conference call to discuss the sale and to provide updated financial guidance.

9 Jun 2015

ProPlus, RTDA and Zentera Demonstrate SPICE Simulation, DFY Software in the Cloud at 52nd DAC

ProPlus Design Solutions, Inc., has partnered with Runtime Design Automation (RTDA) and Zentera Systems Inc. to demonstrate its SPICE simulation and design for field (DFY) software in the cloud at the 52nd Design Automation Conference (DAC).

8 Jun 2015

UITP Milan: ABB to Highlight Innovative Technologies for Public Transport

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will showcase innovative technologies for public transport at the 2015 UITP (Union Internationale des Transports Publics/ International Association of Public Transport) World Congress and Exhibition in Milan, Italy.

8 Jun 2015

CuriosityStream to Host Live Free Streaming of DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

CuriosityStream hosts its first-ever live free streaming event with minute-by-minute coverage of the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals (DRC), as well as exclusive original programs and behind-the-scenes footage on June 5 from 7am-4pm PT and June 6 from 8am-6:30pm PT.

5 Jun 2015

Smart Tracks Embedded with Sensors and Mechatronics to be Investigated for In2Rail Programme

The Institute of Railway Research will be investigating novel switches and crossings and looking at possibilities for new kinds of track system

5 Jun 2015

New MIT System Generates Lower-Level Control Systems to Help Robots Handle Uncertainty

Decentralized partially observable Markov decision processes are a way to model autonomous robots’ behavior in circumstances where neither their communication with each other nor their judgments about the outside world are perfect.

3 Jun 2015

DARPA Robotics Challenge Finalists to Integrate HRI's Wireless Emergency Stop Technology into their Robots

Humanistic Robotics, Inc. (HRI), a robotics and technology innovator dedicated to making the world safer through engineering and design, has teamed up with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to heighten the safety at the final "showdown" of the DARPA Robotics Finals, June 5-6, 2015.

3 Jun 2015

DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals Competition to Take Place June 5-6 in Pomona, California

Summary: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)—the organization that laid the groundwork for the Internet, stealth technology, handheld GPS and much more—invites the public to attend the exciting conclusion of a three-year robotics competition focused on developing robots that can assist humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters.

2 Jun 2015

UC Merced Professor Becomes Part of Major New Robotics Initiative

UC Merced Professor Stefano Carpin will serve on the executive board of a new multidisciplinary research enterprise called the People and Robots Initiative, by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).

1 Jun 2015

Automation Electronics News

Collaborative Robots May Help Shape Smart Factories

AMETEK to Acquire Cognex’s Surface Inspection Systems Division

ProPlus, RTDA and Zentera Demonstrate SPICE Simulation, DFY Software in the Cloud at 52nd DAC

UITP Milan: ABB to Highlight Innovative Technologies for Public Transport

CuriosityStream to Host Live Free Streaming of DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

Smart Tracks Embedded with Sensors and Mechatronics to be Investigated for In2Rail Programme

New MIT System Generates Lower-Level Control Systems to Help Robots Handle Uncertainty

DARPA Robotics Challenge Finalists to Integrate HRI's Wireless Emergency Stop Technology into their Robots

DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals Competition to Take Place June 5-6 in Pomona, California

UC Merced Professor Becomes Part of Major New Robotics Initiative

New AI Model Sets Benchmark in Skin Cancer Detection with 99.8% Accuracy

Soft Robot Achieves Complex Movement Without AI or Electronics

How NASA Helped Build Autonomous AI for Critical Infrastructure

AI Tackles Air Mobility Challenges with Real-Time Chat Analysis at the U.S. Air Force's Largest Operations Center

Neuromorphic Vision Device Mimics Human Eye and Brain for Instant Processing

Global Drone Detection Market Size, Share, Trends, and Forecast 2025–2031

Building the AI Lab: A Guide for Research Institutions

Robotics in Microscopy: Key Innovations in Imaging, Diagnostics, and Drug Delivery

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