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Omron Industrial Automation and PBC Linear to Present Live Webinar

Omron Industrial Automation and PBC Linear will offer a one hour live webinar on “Overcome the Automation Challenges Where Motion and Vision Converge,” and is scheduled to be held on December 14, 2010.

6 Dec 2010

Automation Giant Moxa Receives ABB IIT Certification for Industrial Ethernet Switches

Moxa has declared that its industrial Ethernet switches including EDS-728, EDS-828, EDS-205A/208A, EDR-P510, EDS-G308, and EDS-G509, have been certified by the ABB Industrial IT program.

6 Dec 2010

Medical Robotics Giant Hansen to Open European Headquarters

Hansen Medical, global leader in developing robotics for precise 3D control of catheter motion, has declared the inauguration of its European headquarters in London.

6 Dec 2010

Fugro Declares Acquisition of RUE

Fugro has declared the acquisition of Riise Underwater Engineering (RUE), the supplier of Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs) as well as diving services to oil and gas segment, by the end of 2010.

6 Dec 2010

EMC2 to Donate VEX Robot Kits to McDougle Middle School

EMC2 has announced that it will contribute two VEX robot kits to McDougle Middle School and the value of the contribution is $2,500.

6 Dec 2010

AIMS Researchers Explore Coral Sea Using ROV

Marine researchers at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) are working on receiving information about a distant location of the Coral Sea, which is off north Queensland.

6 Dec 2010

Remote Monitoring Giant Y-cam Selects DCS ApS as Denmark Distributor

Y-cam Solutions, leader in offering remote monitoring solutions, has declared that it has selected DCS ApS as its distributor in Denmark.

3 Dec 2010

Research Team Receives Honor in National Robot Contest

A team of researchers headed by Tzuu-Hseng S. Li, Professor of Electrical Engineering Department, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), has bagged the first prize and an award of NT$400,000 in the 2010 National Robot Competition.

3 Dec 2010

Japanese Researchers Develop Strawberry-Picking Robot

Researchers at the National Agricultural and Food Research Organization, Japan, have developed a new strawberry-picking robot. It can pick each ripe berry from the vine by accurately identifying the color of the ripe fruit.

3 Dec 2010

Keck School of Medicine Conducts First-Ever Robotic Kidney Surgery

A group of surgeons headed by Dr. Inderbir Gill, Founding Director of the USC Institute of Urology, have carried out the first ever robotic kidney surgeries at the USC Keck School of Medicine.

3 Dec 2010

Social Robotics Giant GeckoSystems Receives RFQ from FLAGMAN GRUPP

GeckoSystems, global supplier of social robots, has announced that it has received an official Request For Quote (RFQ) from FLAGMAN GRUPP for spare parts, 20 life support social robots and training.

From GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. 3 Dec 2010

Cimarron-Memorial School to Host First LEGO League Robotics Contest

The 2010 Southern Nevada First LEGO League Championship is scheduled to be held at the Cimarron-Memorial High School gymnasium. Approximately, 40 teams from various local middle and elementary schools will contend in the competition and the event is open to public.

3 Dec 2010