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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

Korea Aims to be Major Robotics Player by 2018

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.

By Andy Choi 13 Dec 2010

Autonomously Guided Robot Drone

Robot drones, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are being used extensively not only for military applications, law enforcement and environmental monitoring.

By Andy Choi 13 Dec 2010

Robot Waitresses at Chinese Restaurant

The Dalu Rebot Restaurant, in Jinan, northern China's Shandong Province, has six robot waitresses and can cater for up to 100 diners.

By Andy Choi 12 Dec 2010

Researchers to Develop Robots for Hospital Emergency Room

Researchers at the Vanderbilt University have presented a new proposal for reducing the wait time at the hospital emergency room by developing exclusive robots.

10 Dec 2010

Russian Black Sea Fleet to Deploy Seaeye Panther Plus ROV

The Russian Black Sea Fleet will deploy the Seaeye Panther Plus remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to carry out rescue operations like torpedo recovery and to provide support pods for saving lives in distraught submarines.

10 Dec 2010

Alcoa Foundation Awards Grant to Rose-Hulman to Add Robotics Workstations

Rose-Hulman has announced that it has received funds worth $50,000 from the Alcoa Foundation for supporting its initiatives in robotics. This funding will help Rose-Hulman to include new project workstations resembling industrial robotic systems.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences 10 Dec 2010

Mary Washington Hospital Sponsors Public Event to Operate da Vinci Robot

The Robotics Department of Mary Washington Hospital has conducted a public event for creating awareness about robot-assisted procedure amidst common people.

10 Dec 2010

Lockheed to Develop Robotic Aircraft for the US Navy

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has received a contract worth $45.8 million from the US Navy to develop K-Max Aircraft System, a robotic aircraft, ideal for transporting alliance defense crew to the battlegrounds of Afghanistan.

10 Dec 2010

Technical Communities Partners with Hamilton Robotics

Technical Communities has made a government services collaboration contract with Hamilton Robotics, pioneer in developing laboratory automation systems.

10 Dec 2010