Han-Tek, a global leader in supplying system automation systems, has declared that it has acquired the North Carolina- based PowerLab Control Technologies.
Beckhoff Automation has released TwinCAT automation software to offer high-end automation solutions for blow and injection moulding systems.
Advantech’s Industrial Automation Group has released a new range of small Ethernet switches, ideal for factory and machine automation applications.
Accuray, manufacturer of CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system, has declared that Euan S. Thomson, President and CEO of the company, will take part in the 22nd Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference, which will be held in New York on November 30, 2010.
Volpara, a subsidiary of Matakina Technology, has obtained the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Volpara breast imaging software.
Russian scientists are working on releasing robot-tanks. These tanks are scheduled to be showcased at the 2011 International Exhibition of Military Equipment, Technologies and Ground Force Armaments, in Russia.
MidWest Research Institute (MRI) is undertaking the phase IIa of the Individual Protection Ensemble Mannequin System (IPEMS) project, to develop a Mannequin humanoid for examining war-fighter protection equipment against chemical combat elements.
Hollysys Automation Technologies, a global supplier of automation and control systems, has declared that its nuclear joint enterprise named China Techenergy (CTEC), which was constructed with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding (CGNPC), has received automation and control systems contract from Fangchenggang nuclear power station.
Dalsa has launched a new range of GigE cameras in its Genie product line. The Genie HC family includes 3 color camera models with high-speed performance. They are utilized in several applications including monitoring electronic manufacturing operations.
Suraj Verma, a Master’s of Science student at Bradford University’s School of Engineering, Design and Technology, has developed a vision-controlled wire-free robot. It works on the eye-tracking technology in which navigation of the robot is controlled by human eye.
Baxa, a leading supplier of pharmacy automation solutions, has launched an improved version of its DoseEdge Pharmacy Workflow Software, an automated pharmacy workflow management tool.
Adept Technology, a leading supplier of robotics solutions, has partnered with Lyon Civil Hospitals to take part in the Lyon Auvergne Rhone-Alpes Cancer cluster (CLARA) program, to develop an innovative robotic concept for smaller tumors treatment.
Sight capable robots seem to be flooding the market ever since Microsoft's Kinect motion controller went open source. Now, Willow Garage, a team of researchers and robotics experts, has paired Xbox 360's Kinect with a robot that is capable of gesture control.
By Joel Scanlon
25 Nov 2010
NASA wants students to come up with an excavator for working on the surface of the moon. It is issuing a challenge to US and international undergraduates and graduates to team up to design and build this excavator.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
25 Nov 2010
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.