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Rockwell Automation's New Logix-Based Controller Platform Offers Better Flexibility for Process Control Applications

In today’s processing environment, modern batch systems must account for the growing need for flexible, scalable solutions, true distribution of control, and responsive functionality.

22 Jul 2016

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Launches CLAM-2000 Sample Preparation System for LCMS Analysis

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments today announces the release of the Clinical Laboratory Automation Module (CLAM-2000), a fully integrated sample pretreatment module for LC-MS.

22 Jul 2016

EchoPixel's True 3D Viewer Now Available to Clinical Users

EchoPixel announced today that its breakthrough medical imaging solution is now available to clinical users in collaboration with the HP Zvr Interactive Virtual Reality Display and workstation.

22 Jul 2016

Dielectric Elastomers for Robots Could Reduce Actuation Voltage, Increase Energy Density

Soft robots do a lot of things well but they’re not exactly known for their speed. The artificial muscles that move soft robots, called actuators, tend to rely on hydraulics or pneumatics, which are slow to respond and difficult to store.

22 Jul 2016

New Verint Robotic Process Automation Solution Could Help Optimize Customer Engagement

Verint® Systems Inc. today announced the availability of Verint Robotic Process Automation™, a set of advanced capabilities that uses software robots to automate, manage and execute high volumes of time-consuming business processes around-the-clock each day.

21 Jul 2016

LuxAI's Business Model to Develop, Construct Social Robots

The startup LuxAI was created following a research project at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the University of Luxembourg, funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) under its Proof of Concept scheme. The business model of LuxAI is developing and constructing so-called social robots.

21 Jul 2016

NAB Show New York 2016 to Feature New Drone and Virtual Reality Attractions

Produced by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and held November 9-10 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City, the 2016 NAB Show New York will feature an enhanced show floor with new attractions, pavilions and an expanded list of exhibiting companies.

20 Jul 2016

Changing External Magnetic Field Could Turn Two-Faced Magnetic Beads into Micro-Robots

Thanks to the ordering effects of two-faced magnetic beads, they can be turned into useful tools controlled by a changing external magnetic field

20 Jul 2016

Adaptive Contrast Adjustment of Lighting Could be Used for Various Robotic, Human-Interaction Applications

Vision-based face detection and recognition is one of the most rapidly growing research areas in computer vision and robotics and is widely used in several human related applications. However, vision-based face detection and recognition has been shown to be effective only under normal illumination conditions.

20 Jul 2016

New Fabrication Method for Swimming Microrobots Utilizes Minimum Geometric Requirements for Fluid Motion

When scaling down robots to the micrometer scale for tiny tasks such as incising tissue and puncturing retinal veins, minimalism is key.

20 Jul 2016

Igus Receives the Ten Thousandth Readycable Order from Robotics Company

20 Jul 2016

Clinical Data on Medrobotics' Flex Robotic System Presented at American Head & Neck Society International Conference

Medrobotics Corp, a surgical products company with core competencies in medical robotics, announced that exemplary, multicenter clinical data on its Flex® Robotic System was presented Sunday afternoon at the American Head & Neck Society International Conference in Seattle.

19 Jul 2016

Penn State Allows UAV Flights under New Program for Research, Teaching and Public Service

With those final commands from aerospace engineering doctoral candidate John Bird, the AutoSOAR unmanned air vehicle was launched into the sky above the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, releasing with it nearly a year of bottled-up anticipation among faculty, staff and graduate students across the Penn State community.

19 Jul 2016

CyPhy Works Receives Order for PARC System from U.S. Army

CyPhy Works announced today that it has received an order for its Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) System, from the U.S. Army's Rapid Equipping Force (REF). PARC, a tethered drone, addresses the need for a persistent eye-in-the-sky by flying for days at a time.

19 Jul 2016

Emma Robot to Aid in Trials for Sports Rehabilitation

Trials of a prototype robot for sports therapy have just begun in Singapore, to create a high quality and repeatable treatment routine to improve sports recovery, reducing reliance on trained therapists.

19 Jul 2016

Robotics News

Rockwell Automation's New Logix-Based Controller Platform Offers Better Flexibility for Process Control Applications

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Launches CLAM-2000 Sample Preparation System for LCMS Analysis

EchoPixel's True 3D Viewer Now Available to Clinical Users

Dielectric Elastomers for Robots Could Reduce Actuation Voltage, Increase Energy Density

New Verint Robotic Process Automation Solution Could Help Optimize Customer Engagement

LuxAI's Business Model to Develop, Construct Social Robots

NAB Show New York 2016 to Feature New Drone and Virtual Reality Attractions

Changing External Magnetic Field Could Turn Two-Faced Magnetic Beads into Micro-Robots

Adaptive Contrast Adjustment of Lighting Could be Used for Various Robotic, Human-Interaction Applications

New Fabrication Method for Swimming Microrobots Utilizes Minimum Geometric Requirements for Fluid Motion

Igus Receives the Ten Thousandth Readycable Order from Robotics Company

Clinical Data on Medrobotics' Flex Robotic System Presented at American Head & Neck Society International Conference

Penn State Allows UAV Flights under New Program for Research, Teaching and Public Service

CyPhy Works Receives Order for PARC System from U.S. Army

Emma Robot to Aid in Trials for Sports Rehabilitation

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