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SMAC Launches Z-theta Robotic Screwdriver for Automated Assembly of Small Screws

SMAC Moving Coil Actuators has launched sales of Z-theta linear rotary actuators capable of automated assembly of small screws, size range M0.6-M1.6, with real-time feedback on the process to ensure 100% quality feedback.

10 Aug 2016

Pilot Labs Releases Unique One Eyed Animated Robot for Businesses, Office Use

Pilot Labs today announced the Moorebot via IndieGoGo. Please visit our IndieGoGo page at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/moorebot-the-coolest-animated-personal-assistant-robot--2/x/14734329#/ to order yours.

10 Aug 2016

Total Safety U.S. Announces Further Expansion of Commercial UAS Solutions

Total Safety U.S. Inc., the world’s premier provider of industrial inspection and integrated safety solutions, today announced the further expansion of its commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS) solutions and an exclusive alliance and collaboration agreement with Era Group Inc., a leading helicopter transport operator.

9 Aug 2016

Drones Improve Healthcare Delivery in Rural Communities

The adoption of drones is increasing in our society, for example, drones are extensively used by the military for surveillance. There is also a national drone racing championship and a national drone film festival.

8 Aug 2016

Mapping Solutions with Drones Outlined in Workshop

The growth in improved mapping solutions provides new opportunities to carry out research work in the monitoring of built and natural environments. Obtaining access to high quality data on the territory enhances the understanding of complex phenomena, such as the influence of climate change on the environment.

8 Aug 2016

Carrier Transicold’s New Telematics Solution to Help Fleets Manage Their Refrigerated Assets

Carrier Transicold today announced it will offer a customized telematics solution that will deliver advanced capabilities for its transport refrigeration units (TRUs).

5 Aug 2016

Valmie Resources’ AeroLift eXpress Prepares for Demo UAV Flight

Valmie Resources Inc. (VMRI) announces its joint venture partner – AeroLift eXpress – is preparing to head to Trinidad and Tobago for a meeting with that nation’s civil aviation authority to finalize plans for a demonstration flight of its unmanned aerial transport service.

5 Aug 2016

Envelop VR Unveils Fully Immersive Computing Platform, Envelop for Windows

Envelop VR, a software company enabling new ways to use virtual reality as a platform to work, create and play, introduces their initial product, Envelop™ for Windows®, the only fully immersive computing platform that enables all of your Windows applications while in a VR headset.

5 Aug 2016

Integration of Dolby Atmos into Littlstar Application Across All Major VR Platforms

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. and Littlstar, a premier global network dedicated to immersive virtual reality (VR) and 360-degree video, today announced that Dolby Atmos® audio is expected to be available through the Littlstar™ VR application in the Oculus®store, SteamVR™, Apple® App Store®, and Google Play™ store this fall.

5 Aug 2016

Altia Systems Announces Availability of Virtual Reality Mode for PanaCast 2

Altia Systems – a CES 2016 Award Honoree and recipient of the 2016 Frost and Sullivan New Product Innovation Award – today announced the availability of a Virtual Reality mode for its award-winning PanaCast 2 Panoramic-4K real-time video camera.

5 Aug 2016

McGill University Team Programs Tiny Drones to Create Dot Drawings

You may have heard of plans to use drones for delivering packages, monitoring wildlife, or tracking storms.

5 Aug 2016

Group of Middle School Girls Learn About Robotics, 3D Printing at SEAS Workshop

A group of middle school girls saw firsthand how science and technology are changing the world during a hands-on workshop hosted by the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).

5 Aug 2016

Self-Propelling Liquid Metals Pave Way for Autonomous, Highly Reconfigurable Electronics

A new method has been developed by researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, which allows liquid metals to move and autonomously organize themselves in response to different external conditions. The electronics obtained, are soft, free-flowing, and highly reconfigurable.

5 Aug 2016

Ben-Gurion University Researchers Develop Single Actuator Wave-like Robot

Dr. David Zarrouk, a senior lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), has developed the first Single Actuator Wave-like Robot (SAW) capable of producing a pure wave motion with the help of a single motor.

4 Aug 2016

Raytheon’s Deep Red Team to Compete in DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge Finals

Deep Red, a team of cyber experts from Raytheon Company, will be one of seven teams competing in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Cyber Grand Challenge finals during the DEF CON conference, August 4 in Las Vegas. DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge is the first competition to pit unmanned, fully automated systems against cyberattacks.

4 Aug 2016