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More than 20,000 Students Test their Engineering Skills at Annual Robotics Event

This week, more than 20,000 students from around the globe traveled to St. Louis, putting their engineering skills to the test at the annual FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, held at various venues throughout the city.

3 May 2016

TM Robotics, M.A.P Services Team Up to Sell Toshiba Machine Industrial Robots in Australia

Today TM Robotics and Toshiba Machine Industrial Robots announced they have partnered with M.A.P Services to sell Toshiba Machine robots in Australia.

2 May 2016

Three Robots Use Feedback Loop Concept to Blur Line Between Human and Machine Creativity

In 1953, painter Paul Klee described the creative process as a feedback loop where artists continually switch between "making a mark on canvas, perceiving the effect, and reacting with a further mark," over and over again until the completion of an artwork.

2 May 2016

XPONENTIAL 2016: Molex to Showcase Innovative UAV/UAS Solutions

Molex will feature a product showcase of innovative UAV/UAS solutions in booth 926 at XPONENTIAL 2016, the industry’s largest trade show, to be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans May 2 - 5. The show is sponsored by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).

2 May 2016

Can Robots Be Trusted to Provide Split Second Response When Safety is at Stake?

Self-driving cars, interactive children’s toys, and automated package delivery systems are entering the market rapidly, increasing the interaction between humans and robots on a greater scale. Movies such as Wall-E, Star Wars, and Ex-Machina reveal the growing fascination for sci-fi and robots.

27 Apr 2016

Zero Zero Robotics Debuts First Autonomous Flying Camera

Zero Zero Robotics, the forward-thinking robotics company pioneering the future of consumer-friendly flying smart robotics, today announced it has raised $25 Million in total funding, including a $23 Million Series A round. The funding was participated in by prominent investors including IDG, GSR Ventures, ZhenFund and ZUIG, among others.

27 Apr 2016

VEX Worlds 2016 Holds New Record for Largest Robotics Competition

More than 1,100 robotics teams from 30 nations gathered at VEX Worlds to compete during three days of intense back-to-back matches for the chance to become World Champions. In doing so, these 15,000 students broke the previously held GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the largest robotics competition! VEX Worlds, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation and the Northrop Grumman Foundation, is the culminating event of the season.

25 Apr 2016

New Goliath Crane to be Equipped with Konecranes TRUCONNECT Remote Monitoring

Konecranes will deliver a new 1,200 ton Goliath gantry crane to Meyer Turku Oy. The design, precision drive components, electrical installation and automation system and structural components will be supplied by Konecranes, while Meyer Turku will manufacture the main girder in its own hull production.

25 Apr 2016

FAA Grants Approval for First Nighttime Commercial Drone Operation to SkyBEAM UAV

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted approval for the first nighttime commercial drone operation in the U.S. to SkyBEAM unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Tremco Roofing & Building Maintenance. SkyBEAM is also approved to operate during the day.

25 Apr 2016

KUKA Small Robot Shortens Changing Times for Workpieces in Grinding Machines

While smoothly loading the grinding center of type UW I F at SAACKE, the KUKA small robot KR AGILUS WP (waterproof) ensures fast and precise transfer and unloading of workpieces.

25 Apr 2016

MIT Researchers Launch a New Decentralized Planning Algorithm for Groups of Robots

There are two categories for planning algorithms for teams of robots: decentralized and centralized algorithms. In decentralized algorithms, each robot makes individual decisions based on local observations. In centralized algorithms, a single computer is capable of making decisions for the entire team.

25 Apr 2016

Green Power EMC to Power Jackson County 4-H Clubs’ Robots

Members of the Jackson County 4-H clubs’ high school robotics team have taken their technology to a new level by using the sun’s energy to power their robots against other machines in competitions around the state. The team’s robots draw power from batteries charged by a mobile solar generator provided by Green Power EMC. The team rebranded itself from the “Chargers” to the “Solar Chargers” to reflect their solar focus.

21 Apr 2016

Auris Surgical Robotics, Hansen Medical Enter into Definitive Merger Agreement

Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc. and Hansen Medical, Inc. today announced that they have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Auris will acquire Hansen Medical for $4.00 per share in cash, or a total equity value of approximately $80 million.

21 Apr 2016

Surgeon Performs 700th Mazor Robotics Renaissance Spine Surgery Case at Tri-City Medical Center

On April 4, Dr. Payam Moazzaz performed the 700th Mazor Robotics Renaissance® Spine Surgery case at Tri-City Medical Center. The Renaissance system uses mechanical guidance to help surgeons place pedicle screws and implants with unparalleled accuracy to correct conditions such as scoliosis and degenerative disc disease.

21 Apr 2016

Drone World Expo to Focus on Latest Advancements in Commercial Drone Industry

Drone World Expo has announced partnerships with several leading groups whose members are commercial users, or are enabling commercial use of drones including the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA), American Farm Bureau Federation, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and MAPPS.

21 Apr 2016