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.
A Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot, or BEAR, has been tested over the past year by soldiers at the U.S. Army Infantry Centre Manoeuvre Battle Lab at Fort Benning. BEAR may soon have the ability to rescue wounded Soldiers under fire without risking additional lives.
As a part of its incentive for student participation in science, technology and mathematics with a focus on robotic technology, NASA is providing up to $20 million over the next five years to support a national program.
GeckoSystems announced their CEO’s interview this week on one of the UK’s BBC radio stations. The topic was the benefits of using personal service robots for elder care. GeckoSystems has been conducting elder care robot trials for about a year now. GeckoSystems has developed a personal robot, the CareBot, to be created for the mass consumer marketplace. Conspicuous in the market since 1997, the suite of primary inventions includes: GeckoNav, GeckoChat and GeckoTrak.
Computer science and philosophy will go hand in hand if attempts made at the University of Hartford and the University of Connecticut of creating an ethical robot come true.
Thompson Friction Welding has deployed the KUKA Titan robot for automated loading and unloading, unwelded and welded axle parts from the Thompson friction welding machine.
Yingli Green Energy, a global supplier of vertically integrated photovoltaic systems, has chosen Reis Robotics to supply its latest technology systems and install significant components.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade department has decided to procure robots for extinguishing fire and has given up the previous idea of acquiring water monitors which can be remotely operated.
A team of Michigan University students have won the Multi Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge and have received a research grant worth $750,000.
Cardica, a supplier of automated anastomosis systems, has declared that Bernard A. Hausen, 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.
Beckman Coulter, a global leader of automated biomedical testing solutions, has declared that Paul Glyer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy of the company, is scheduled to be present at the Piper Jaffray 22nd Annual "Unplugged" Health Care Conference, which will be held on December 1, 2010.
Amplicon has launched the Atop single-port MB5001C Modbus gateways, the latest addition to MB5001C series, ideal for interfacing production and industrial automation equipment like HMIs, PLCs and various measuring and sensor devices.
At the Pike River coal mine, north east of Greymouth 29 miners are trapped and at least two of them are said to be Australians. The men have been trapped since an underground explosion occurred over the weekend. Rescue efforts are being hampered by a possibility of poisonous gases in the mine.