ABB Robotics, major provider of industrial robots, has selected Kleenline as its North American system integrator. Kleenline is involved in supplying automation solutions and integrated manufacturing equipment for various applications involved in food and pharmaceutical industries.
ZMP has released RoBoCar MEV, a new electric robot car. This automated vehicle features various sensors like speed sensor, stereo camera, laser range finders and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU).
Students of Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering have developed AutoFrost, an automated cake-frosting robot.
Mostafa Qaneyee, Iran’s Deputy Health Minister for Research Affairs, has announced that their Government will release a surgical robot for aiding brain surgery during the celebration of Ten-Day Dawn.
Hughes Pharmacy in Mold has included a new robot to assist pharmacy staff to deliver drugs. The robot was developed by ARX, a German company. In the store, customers are served downstairs whereas the dispensary has been shifted upstairs.
Health Robotics has declared that it has signed a contract with Children's Hospital of Los Angeles to install two i.v.STATION robots at the hospital.
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has launched a new robot for inspecting power lines in remote locations such as deserts and forests.
Ed Corporation has launched a new robot for selling movie tickets in mall’s Cineplex.
Surgeons at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital have used DaVinci surgical robot to perform robotic esophagectomy. The robotic surgery lasted for five hours.
Adept has announced that it has received a procurement order worth $600,000 from Golden Spring Internet of Things for their superior Python linear modules robots.
ABB has released IRB 2600ID robot, the latest addition to IRB 2600 family. The industrial robot features a reach of 2m and 8kg of payload capacity.
ISRAEL21c is reporting on the Israeli made 'Rewalk' that recently received FDA approval, and will now help the paralyzed population get back on their feet. The device is a set of mechanical legs attached to a backpack battery system that allows a paralyzed patient to "walk" all day.
Abu Dhabi's The National is reporting on a valet parking facility with a difference...the "valet" being a mechanical robot, which will park or retrieve your car in 50 seconds - and best of all, parking will be free.
It looks like a starfish made of soft plastic. When air is blown into it through a thin tube it comes to life and the starfish closes like a hand. It does this so gently that it can grasp a raw egg without breaking it.
By George M. Whitesides
23 Jan 2011
Adept Technology Pleasanton, CA, USA, a provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and autonomous mobile solutions, announced it will hold a conference call to discuss fiscal 2011 second quarter financial results. The call will be hosted by John Dulchinos, chief executive officer and Lisa Cummins, vice president and chief financial officer.