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"RoboLog" Created for Logging Physician Experience in Robotic Surgery

Physicians at Loyola Medicine have suggested a simple new system to enhance the reporting of robotic surgeries done by surgeons in training.

27 Sep 2017

Trimble Launches New GNSS-Inertial Systems for Direct Georeferencing on UAVs

Trimble introduced today three new GNSS-Inertial Systems for Direct Georeferencing on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: the Trimble® APX-15-EI UAV, Trimble APX-18 UAV, and Trimble APX-20 UAV.

27 Sep 2017

Commercial UAV Expo Europe to Take Place at Amsterdam in April, 2018

The organizers of Commercial UAV Expo Europe, the pan-European exhibition and conference focused on UAS integration and operation for large enterprise industrial applications, announced that the 2018 event will be held 10-12 June 2018 at the RAI Amsterdam in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

27 Sep 2017

Undergraduate Students Conduct Research with Summer Research Grants

Courtney Owen, when she was a student in high school, started thinking about how robots could help humans. She met Zeno, a robot capable of helping children with autism improve their social communication, while working a summer job in a research lab in Fort Worth, Texas.

26 Sep 2017

Researchers Examine the Mechanism of Click Beetles to Engineer Self-Righting Robots

Robots perform a number of tasks that humans cannot or do not want to perform, getting around on intricately designed limbs and wheels. However, if they tip over, they are considered to be almost useless.

26 Sep 2017

Milwaukee Students Interact with Honda's Advanced Humanoid Robot

Louisa Wood and Yanni Ma had a vision of how robots could improve the future. Now, after bringing that vision to life to win the 2017 Honda Robotics Contest, the Bayside (Wisc.) Middle School students got to interact first-hand with the future of robotics.

26 Sep 2017

New Forecast Report on Global Inspection Robotics in Oil and Gas Market

WiseGuyReports announced addition of new report, titled "Inspection Robotics in Oil & Gas Industry:Global Market 2017-2025 by Robot Type,Sub-system and Region".

26 Sep 2017

New Algorithms Improve Natural Walking of Humanoid Robots

Walking on two legs may seem to be easy, but that is not so. And mainly for robots, a natural stride is a major challenge. Researchers at EPFL’s Biorobotics Laboratory are testing innovative systems to enhance the ability of humanoids to interact and walk.

22 Sep 2017

UC San Diego Researchers to Participate in IROS

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have a variety of papers and workshop presentations at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) scheduled from Sept. 24 to 28 in Vancouver, Canada.

22 Sep 2017

ROBOLOCO Seeks to Make STEM Education Affordable to Schools

ROBOLOCO, Inc., an educational technology company, with headquarters in Santa Clara, CA, announces a strategic distribution and licensing partnership with RoboTerra Inc., a Silicon Valley & Beijing global educational robotics company.

22 Sep 2017

Kraken Wins $2 Million Contract to Deliver Underwater Robotics and Software

Kraken Robotics Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Robotic Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract valued at over $2,000,000.

22 Sep 2017

World's First Programmable 'Molecular Robot' Capable of Building Molecular Cargo

The world’s first ‘molecular robot’ has been created by a team of scientists at The University of Manchester. This robot can perform basic tasks as well as build other molecules.

21 Sep 2017

New Research Suggests Wide Variation in Risk Associated with Drone-Human Collisions

New Virginia Tech research suggests there’s wide variation in the risk that unmanned aircraft pose to people on the ground.

20 Sep 2017

Untethered Soft Robots Could Help Mimic Natural Biological Systems

A self-contained soft actuator three times stronger than natural muscle, without the need of externals, signals a breakthrough in soft robotics.

20 Sep 2017

NXT Robotics Launches Smart Autonomous Rugged All-Weather Outdoor Security Robot

San Diego-based NXT Robotics has introduced Scorpion 2, a rugged all-terrain and all-weather outdoor security robot designed to provide organizations with round-the-clock physical security monitoring and reporting capabilities.

20 Sep 2017