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New Webinar Series on Using Drones for Agricultural Purposes

The UAS in Agriculture Learning Network, an eXtension network for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in agriculture, has made available a webinar series on using drones or UAS for agricultural purposes.

3 Jun 2016

Robots Carry out Tasks More Safely if Controlled by Another Technology

Robots carry out their tasks more safely if they are controlled by another technology. This makes them much more suitable for use in the care sector, as revealed by a study conducted at the Robotics and Mechatronics department at the University of Twente. On 2 June, researcher Stefan Groothuis is being awarded his PhD for this work.

3 Jun 2016

New Muscle-Inspired Actuators Hold Potential to Build Safer, Soft-Bodied Robots

Robots should be safer and softer in order to make them more cooperative and execute tasks in close contact with humans. George Whitesides, Ph.D., a Core Faculty member at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), along with his team, has created a new actuator that moves like human skeletal muscles by using vacuum power for automating soft, rubber beams.

3 Jun 2016

New Marketing Alliance to Introduce Unmanned Vehicle Technology to Railway Safety and Security Operations

Harsco Corporation announced today that its Protran Technology unit, part of the Company’s Harsco Rail division, has formed a marketing alliance with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to introduce unmanned vehicle technology to traditional railway safety and security operations.

2 Jun 2016

Drone USA and BRVANT Technologic Solutions Enter Joint Venture Agreement

Drone USA, Inc. (“Drone USA” or the “Company”), a developer and manufacturer of low altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and related technologies, announced today that the Company has entered into a joint venture agreement with BRVANT Technologic Solutions (“BRVANT”), a Brazil based developer and manufacturer of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems, USV and UGV systems, embedded systems and simulators for civil and military customers.

2 Jun 2016

Let’s Go Robotics Receives US Patent for Robotic Gripper

Let's Go Robotics today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent #9,327,411 for a robotic gripper that eliminates common points of failure in robotics used in life sciences and other applications.

2 Jun 2016

AeroLift eXpress Presents Revolutionary Drone-Based Delivery Platform to Two U.S. Offshore Operations

Valmie Resources Inc.'s (VMRI) joint venture partner -- AeroLift eXpress -- presented its groundbreaking drone-based delivery platform to two U.S. offshore operations companies. The responses from the companies were positive and AeroLift has begun making preparations for a live demonstration.

1 Jun 2016

Gaming and Robotics Program Helps Boost Math Scores, Enhance Students’ Interest in STEM Careers

With a large number of at-risk students, Jill Outka-Hill says a gaming and robotics program is helping to spark her students’ imagination and creative thinking skills that carry over into the classroom.

1 Jun 2016

KUKA to Showcase Innovative Solutions and Concepts Regarding Industrie 4.0 at Automatica 2016

Under the slogan “Hello Industrie 4.0 - we go digital”, KUKA is showcasing real application examples for the production of the future at the Trade Fair for Automation and Mechatronics in Munich.

1 Jun 2016

MST to Showcase Image-Guided Robotic Laparoscope Positioning System at EAES 2016

MST Medical Surgery Technologies is heading for EAES 2016 International Congress in Amsterdam. The company will be at Booth 18 showcasing AutoLap™, the image-guided robotic laparoscope positioning system that is taking its place in the robot-assisted surgical suite worldwide.

1 Jun 2016

DRS Technologies, Autonomous Solutions to Develop Automated Solutions for US Military's Route-Clearance Vehicles

DRS Technologies Inc., a Leonardo-Finmeccanica Company, announced today that it has signed a strategic teaming agreement with Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a leading provider of robotic vehicle technologies, to develop automated solutions for the US military's route-clearance vehicles.

30 May 2016

ST Electronics Announces Release of Agilis HALE UAV Communication Solution

ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) Pte Ltd, a leading manufacturer and supplier of VSAT products and solutions, today announced the release of the Agilis HALE UAV Communication Solution.

30 May 2016

Deployment of LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot Helps US Healthcare Facilities Destroy Deadly Bacteria

Hospitals are engaged in a ferocious battle against the deadly pathogens and multi drug-resistant organisms (MDROs) which cause healthcare associated infections (HAIs). Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) has arrived in the U.S., and fortunately hundreds of healthcare facilities have deployed LightStrike™ Germ-Zapping Robot™ room disinfection technology to destroy CRE and other deadly bacteria before they pose a risk to patients and healthcare workers.

30 May 2016

UTA Aerospace Engineer Receives Air Force Grant to Improve Ability of Unmanned Vehicle Systems

A University of Texas at Arlington aerospace engineer has won an Air Force Research Laboratory grant to improve the ability of unmanned vehicle systems to work together and better analyze data collected within an environment.

30 May 2016

ST Robotics Forms New Collaboration to Deliver Easy-to-Use ST Robot Systems across North America

ST Robotics is pleased to announce new distribution agreements with RobotShop and SuperDroid Robots to deliver its low-cost, easy-to-use ST R Series articulated and cylindrical robot arm systems across North America.

26 May 2016

Robotics News

New Webinar Series on Using Drones for Agricultural Purposes

Robots Carry out Tasks More Safely if Controlled by Another Technology

New Muscle-Inspired Actuators Hold Potential to Build Safer, Soft-Bodied Robots

New Marketing Alliance to Introduce Unmanned Vehicle Technology to Railway Safety and Security Operations

Drone USA and BRVANT Technologic Solutions Enter Joint Venture Agreement

Let’s Go Robotics Receives US Patent for Robotic Gripper

AeroLift eXpress Presents Revolutionary Drone-Based Delivery Platform to Two U.S. Offshore Operations

Gaming and Robotics Program Helps Boost Math Scores, Enhance Students’ Interest in STEM Careers

KUKA to Showcase Innovative Solutions and Concepts Regarding Industrie 4.0 at Automatica 2016

MST to Showcase Image-Guided Robotic Laparoscope Positioning System at EAES 2016

DRS Technologies, Autonomous Solutions to Develop Automated Solutions for US Military's Route-Clearance Vehicles

ST Electronics Announces Release of Agilis HALE UAV Communication Solution

Deployment of LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot Helps US Healthcare Facilities Destroy Deadly Bacteria

UTA Aerospace Engineer Receives Air Force Grant to Improve Ability of Unmanned Vehicle Systems

ST Robotics Forms New Collaboration to Deliver Easy-to-Use ST Robot Systems across North America

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