Students from Oelwein Middle School and other parts of the globe are designing and constructing a robot as part of the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Body Forward Challenge.
The Fraunhofer research institute, and Festo, a Germany-based control and automation company, have won a German technology award to develop a robotic arm called the Bionic Handling Assistant. Festo teamed up with Fraunhofer Institute’s Andrzej Grzesiak to execute the project.
Industrial robots make up the majority of the robotics industry. The international market is estimated to be worth around US$9.4 billion a year, with service robots making up around a third of this figure.
Harbin Electric, China-based electric motors developer, has declared the release of SGM258 Motor, the latest model of innovative micro-motors, for single-touch automatic opening car trunk, in its new production plant in Shanghai.
Heartland Robotics Inc announced it has landed $20 million in its latest round of funding. It is a series B venture round led by Highland Capital Partners and other investors namely, Sigma Partners and existing investors Bezos Expeditions and Charles River Ventures. Paul Maeder from Highland will be joining the Heartland board in conjunction with the new funding.
Emerson Process Management has received a contract from Petrobras to supply automation services and technologies for various processes in the Brazil-based Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro (Comperj) project.
Huizhong, subsidiary unit of Shanghai Huizhong Automotive Manufacturing and supplier of chassis and other automotive components, has received two significant automotive contracts. Presently, clients of Huizhong include Ford, Toyota, Fiat, General Motors, Volkswagen, Hyundai and Audi.
NASA is offering $20 million in support of the robotics non profit organisation ‘FIRST’ or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.
Adept Technology, Inc., a provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, has announced it is exhibiting at the EMBALLAGE show in Paris Nord Villepinte in France from November 22 -- 25, 2010. The Adept PAC, featuring the company's high-speed parallel robot, Adept Quattro(TM) is on display in stand 5a B 087 at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre.
As a part of its incentive for student participation in science, technology and mathematics with a focus on robotic technology, NASA is providing up to $20 million over the next five years to support a national program.
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