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New Project Aims to Develop Next-Generation Nuclear Robots for Use in Harsh Environments

The cost of cleaning up the UK’s existing nuclear facilities has been estimated to be between £95 billion and £219 billion over the next 120 years or so. The harsh conditions within these facilities means that human access is highly restricted and much of the work will need to be completed by robots.

28 Feb 2017

NDIA to Host Ground Robotics Capability Conference and Exhibition at The Waterford in Springfield

The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) will hold its annual Ground Robotics Capability Conference and Exhibition, the only robotics conference focused solely on meeting the ground robotics needs for all services of the military and first responders, at The Waterford in Springfield, VA from March 22-23, 2017.

28 Feb 2017

Samsung Electronics Launches New Gear VR Headset with Controller

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the Samsung Gear VR with Controller powered by Oculus, the company’s first-ever Gear VR headset with a controller.

27 Feb 2017

ST Robotics Introduces New High-Speed Robot Arm

ST Robotics has launched the new ST R17HS, a high-speed version of their five-axis vertically articulated R17 robot arm.

From ST Robotics 24 Feb 2017

Training Programs Tie How to Fly Drones Together with Data Collection and Geographic Data Analysis

If you haven’t noticed that Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), otherwise known as drones, have been impacting the agriculture industry lately, it may be time to crawl out of your winter hibernation.

24 Feb 2017

Universal Robots Introduces New Robot Training Curriculum

Learning how to set up and program a collaborative robot – or cobot – no longer depends on real life access to a robot or a training class.

23 Feb 2017

Nevada Drone Industry Sets New Long-Distance Record for UAV Package Delivery

The Nevada Drone Industry set a new long-distance record for aerial package delivery flying a fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) under beyond line of sight conditions.

23 Feb 2017

RIA Announces Winners of Engelberger Robotics Awards

Today the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s trade organization, announced the winners of the Engelberger Robotics Awards, the world's most prestigious robotics honor.

23 Feb 2017

Western Reserve Hospital Installs Xenex's LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot

As hospitals around the world look for new and innovative ways to battle deadly pathogens and kill multi-drug resistant organisms that can cause Hospital Acquired Infections, Western Reserve Hospital has taken a leap into the future with the installation of a LightStrike™ Germ-Zapping Robot™ that destroys hard-to-kill bugs in hard-to-clean places.

22 Feb 2017

UPS Successfully Tests Drone Delivery

UPS announced today that it has successfully tested a drone that launches from the top of a UPS® package car, autonomously delivers a package to a home and then returns to the vehicle while the delivery driver continues along the route to make a separate delivery.

22 Feb 2017

Researchers Use Drones to Remotely Evaluate, Predict Timing of Pod Maturity

When plant breeders develop new crop varieties, they grow up a lot of plants and they all need to be checked. Repeatedly.

21 Feb 2017

Study Proves Gait of Six-Legged Robots is Faster than Nature-Inspired Gait

A team of scientists from EPFL and UNIL have discovered a swifter and more efficient gait, which has never been witnessed in nature, for six-legged robots walking on flat ground.

20 Feb 2017

Researchers Share Design for Building Walking and Swimming Bio-Bots at 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting

Creating tiny muscle-powered robots that can walk or swim by themselves -- or better yet, when prompted -- is more complicated than it looks.

20 Feb 2017

DRI-led Research Team Records Longest Unmanned, Cross-Country Round-Trip Flight in Nevada History

Nevada's unmanned cloud-seeding research team has realized another fundamental capability in their effort toward enhancing snowfall in mountainous regions of the West.

17 Feb 2017

Montreal Heart Institute Performs Ablation Procedures Using Stereotaxis' Niobe ES and Vdrive Robotic Systems

Stereotaxis, Inc., a global leader in innovative robotic technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, and the Montreal Heart Institute, an internationally recognized research leader and specialty hospital dedicated to the advancement of cardiology, today announced that the hospital is now performing ablation procedures using its newly installed Niobe® ES and the Vdrive® robotic systems.

17 Feb 2017

Robotics News

New Project Aims to Develop Next-Generation Nuclear Robots for Use in Harsh Environments

NDIA to Host Ground Robotics Capability Conference and Exhibition at The Waterford in Springfield

Samsung Electronics Launches New Gear VR Headset with Controller

ST Robotics Introduces New High-Speed Robot Arm

Training Programs Tie How to Fly Drones Together with Data Collection and Geographic Data Analysis

Universal Robots Introduces New Robot Training Curriculum

Nevada Drone Industry Sets New Long-Distance Record for UAV Package Delivery

RIA Announces Winners of Engelberger Robotics Awards

Western Reserve Hospital Installs Xenex's LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot

UPS Successfully Tests Drone Delivery

Researchers Use Drones to Remotely Evaluate, Predict Timing of Pod Maturity

Study Proves Gait of Six-Legged Robots is Faster than Nature-Inspired Gait

Researchers Share Design for Building Walking and Swimming Bio-Bots at 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting

DRI-led Research Team Records Longest Unmanned, Cross-Country Round-Trip Flight in Nevada History

Montreal Heart Institute Performs Ablation Procedures Using Stereotaxis' Niobe ES and Vdrive Robotic Systems

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