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NSA Supports Program for African American Students to Pursue Careers in Robotics

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has offered an award worth $1.5 million to Advancing Robotics Technology for Societal Impact (ARTSI) Alliance comprising nine Universities including Carnegie Mellon University and 19 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

16 Dec 2010

I’Anson Bros Includes Robotic Bagging and Palletizing Equipment

I’Anson Bros has included three Pacepacker bagging and robotic palletizing systems for reducing sack wastage. It was reported that the installation has enabled the company to reduce packing personnel by 40% and to manufacture 2 million sacks of animal feed every year.

16 Dec 2010

ATS Automation Announces Acquisition of ATW Automation Business

ATS Automation Tooling Systems has declared that one among its subsidiaries has made an agreement to procure Assembly & Test Worldwide’s (ATW) operations in Dayton Ohio, Saginaw Michigan, Livonia Michigan and Neuwied Germany for US $18.5 million.

From ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. 16 Dec 2010

Running Athlete: Artificial Musculoskeletal System

There have been running bipedal robots before, but their movement is mechanical very robot-like indeed. Ryuma Niiyama of MIT's Robot Locomotion Group wants to build a flexible, agile robot with less of a mechanical gait and more of a sprinter's-type stride, which means that it runs as human-like as possible.

By Andy Choi 14 Dec 2010

RMT Robotics Launches Programmable Sound System for ADAM Robot

RMT Robotics has released a new sound system for the company’s Autonomous Delivery and Manipulation (ADAM) mobile robot, named ADAM Reactive Audio Playback.

14 Dec 2010

PPT Vision Launches M-390 Smart Cameras for Machine-Vision Applications

PPT VISION has released M-390 Smart cameras that offer high-resolution and great precision for machine-vision applications.

14 Dec 2010

ODVA Industry Conference to Focus on Industrial Automation

ODVA has declared that the Industry Conference and 14th Annual Meeting of the Members will be held at the Wigwam Resort and Hotel in Litchfield Park, Arizona on March 2011.

14 Dec 2010

NASA Awards Scholarship for Rahway School Robotics Team

NASA has offered $5,000 worth scholarship to RoboTribe, the robotics team of the Rahway High School. This grant will help the team to develop a robot for participating in the US First regional robotics contest, which is scheduled to be held next year.

14 Dec 2010

Researchers Develop Nexi Robot

A team of researchers under the leadership of Cynthia Breazeal, Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusett Institute of Technology, have developed a robot that can interact with humans.

14 Dec 2010

Control Engineering Magazine Honors MAVERICK Technologies

MAVERICK Technologies, supplier of industrial automation solutions, has been selected by the Control Engineering magazine as ‘System Integrator of the Year’ under the category of companies reporting an annual revenue of more than $25 million.

14 Dec 2010

Frost + Sullivan Analyses Automation and Controls Market in Singapore

Frost & Sullivan has released a research report, ‘Automation and Controls Market in Singapore’. It has determined that the revenue of the automation and controls market in 2009 is $90 million and it is expected that the revenue will be around $136 million in 2016.

14 Dec 2010

EPSON Robots Establishes New Office in Brazil

EPSON Robots, global supplier of industrial robotics solutions, has declared the establishment of a new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The new facility is part of EPSON’s premeditated plan of further extension in South America.

From EPSON Robots 14 Dec 2010

Energid Partners with ITRI to Improve Roppie Robot

Energid Technologies, global supplier of robotic solutions, has collaborated with the Industrial Technologies Research Institute, a Taiwan-based R&D institution, to offer grabbing and management abilities for their humanoid robot named Roppie.

14 Dec 2010

B+R Industrial Automation Releases New Range of Stepper and Synchronous Motors

B&R Industrial Automation has declared the inclusion of accurate planetary gears to its stepper and synchronous motors family.

From B&R Industrial Automation GmbH 14 Dec 2010

Exoskeleton Robot to Help Disabled Japanese Man Fulfil Dream

The robotics firm Cyberdyne has come up with a body suit to help the disabled to walk. An exoskeleton robot device called the Hybrid Assistive Limb), or HAL, a sci-fi related coincidence sharing its name with the computer in Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey".

By Andy Choi 13 Dec 2010