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Ziyan UAV’s Unmanned Helicopter Set to Redefine Aerial Logistic Platform

A new Chinese unmanned helicopter might be the industry's first critical step to a functional aerial logistic platform in the near future. This unmanned helicopter, produced by Ziyan UAV (ziyanuav.com), excelled its counterparts by its outstanding performance in load-bearing, safety and speed.

13 Jul 2016

UBTECH Robotics Launches JIMU Robot Interactive Robotic Building Block Sets

UBTECH Robotics, the company that created the cutting edge Alpha Series of humanoid robots, today announced two of its exciting new JIMU Robot interactive robotic building block sets, The MeeBot Kit and Animal Add-On Kit, are both available at Apple.com and at Apple stores in select countries.

13 Jul 2016

Persistent Systems, Endeavor Robotics to Integrate MPU5 Radios in Battle-Proven Ground Robots

Endeavor Robotics, the leading U.S.-based ground robotics company focused on the defense, public safety, and industrial markets, and Persistent Systems, LLC, the leader in Mobile Ad hoc Network Technology (MANET) and developers of the Wave Relay® system, today announced an agreement to integrate the MPU5, a robust communication system, into Endeavor Robotics’ family of battle-proven ground robots.

13 Jul 2016

Obi Robotic Dining Companion for Physically-Challenged People

The simple act of eating a meal will become more dignified and enjoyable for many people with physical challenges with the launch of Obi™, a revolutionary robotic dining device. Obi blends cutting-edge robotics, elegant design, intuitive controls and a friendly personality to give individuals who are fed by others the ability to take control of their meals at home and in public.

13 Jul 2016

MSU Professor Speaks About Unmanned Aircraft Systems at NOAA Media Briefing

A Mississippi State University professor of electrical and computer engineering and expert in unmanned aircraft systems will take part in a NOAA media briefing hosted by the American Meteorological Society Thursday [July 14].

13 Jul 2016

Georgia Tech Researchers Create Most Efficient-Walking Humanoid

What do you give a robot when it takes it first steps like a human? Its first pair of shoes.

13 Jul 2016

Researchers Describe a New Approach to Advance Semi-Autonomous Systems

University of Massachusetts Amherst computer science graduate students Kyle Wray and Luis Pineda, with their professor Shlomo Zilberstein, today described a new approach to managing the challenge of transferring control between a human and an autonomous system, in a paper they presented at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in New York City.

13 Jul 2016

Honeywell Joins Hands with IAI to Develop Sense-and-Avoid Capability for Unmanned Aerial Systems

Honeywell is partnering with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to jointly develop a sense-and-avoid capability for IAI's Heron family of unmanned aerial systems (UASs).

12 Jul 2016

Kratos Awarded $40.8 Million Contract for Low-Cost Attritable Strike Unmanned Aerial System Demonstration

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider announced today that its Unmanned Systems Division (KUSD) recently received a competitive, $40.8 million single award, cost-share contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the Low-Cost Attritable Strike Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Demonstration (LCASD).

12 Jul 2016

Newest Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot Deployed at Camden Clark Medical Center

As hospitals across the nation and around the world look for new and innovative ways to battle bacteria and eliminate multi-drug resistant organisms that can cause Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs), Camden Clark Medical Center has again committed to improving patient care with its purchase of a second high tech Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot™.

12 Jul 2016

PARC Develops Vanishing Autonomous Air Vehicles through Funds from DARPA

PARC is a Xerox company that has received funds from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) through its Inbound, Controlled, Air-Releasable, Unrecoverable Systems (ICARUS) program.

12 Jul 2016

Accenture Joins Hands with RoboValley to Advance Development of Next-Generation Robotics Technology

Accenture and RoboValley, an innovation hub for robotics located at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, have announced a five-year collaboration designed to advance the development of the next generation of robotics technology.

11 Jul 2016

NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance System to be Presented at 2016 NATO Summit

Just four years after signing the contract at the 2012 Chicago NATO Summit, the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system will be presented to heads of state and senior NATO and national officials at the 2016 Warsaw Summit.

11 Jul 2016

Using Wearable Neuromuscular Device Could Reduce Risk of ACL Injury in Female Soccer Athletes

Using a wearable neuromuscular device can reduce the risk of ACL injury in female soccer athletes, according to new research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, CO. The study showed functional improvements in athletes who used the devices in combination with a regular training program.

11 Jul 2016

Morehead State University's 21st Century Education Enterprise Concludes Robotics Summer Institute Camp

Morehead State University’s 21st Century Education Enterprise has completed a three-day “Robotics Summer Institute” professional learning experience for teachers from middle schools in the service region.

11 Jul 2016