Robotics News

RSS

BIOTRONIK Announces Launch of CardioMessenger Smart in the United States

BIOTRONIK, a global leader in cardio- and endovascular medical technology, today announced the launch of CardioMessenger Smart in the United States.

25 May 2016

Drone-Detection Method Could Help Detect Sharks in Coastal Waterways

Scientists from UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University are analyzing the capability of drones to sense sharks in coastal waterways. The drone-detection technique could notify swimmers to the presence of sharks in the future.

24 May 2016

Adelaide Environmental Researchers Call for ‘Code of Best Practice’ in Using Drones for Wildlife Research

University of Adelaide environmental researchers have called for a ‘code of best practice’ in using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for wildlife monitoring and protection, and other biological field research.

24 May 2016

Two U.S. Based Offshore Operations Companies Set Sights on AeroLift eXpress Transport Drone

Valmie Resources Inc. (VMRI) announces two U.S. based offshore operations companies have set their sights on AeroLift eXpress, Valmie’s joint venture partner, and have invited AeroLift to meet this Thursday.

24 May 2016

CTTSO Evaluating AeroVironment's New Tethered Unmanned Aircraft System for ISR and Security Applications

At Special Operations Forces Industry Conference - AeroVironment, Inc., a world leader in unmanned aircraft systems, today announced the United States Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) is evaluating the company's new tethered unmanned aircraft system, named Tether Eye™, for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) and security applications. The CTTSO funded the development program under a US government contract.

24 May 2016

Global Channel Partners Come Together Discuss on Rapidly Growing Collaborative Robotics Industry

This week, Rethink Robotics and its network of more than 30 strategic global channel partners are coming together in Boston to discuss market trends in the rapidly growing collaborative robotics industry as part of the company's inaugural Global Channel Partner Summit.

24 May 2016

Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot Deployed at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital

Vidant Edgecombe Hospital recently added a Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot™ to their work processes to destroy deadly pathogens and bacteria lurking on hospital surfaces that can cause hospital acquired infections.

24 May 2016

Novel Cable Robot Makes Entirely New Experiments Possible

In the Cyberneum at the Tübingen-based Max Planck Campus, people are transported into virtual worlds in order to investigate how our brain processes impressions.

24 May 2016

EPFL Spin-Off Gamaya Develops Agricultural Drone System

EPFL spin-off Gamaya has just raised 3.2 million francs for its agricultural drone system. The system combines a miniature hyperspectral camera and artificial intelligence to give farmers very precise information on the health of their crops. It can also be used to ensure fertilizer, pesticides and other treatments are used sparingly.

24 May 2016

Georgia Tech Researchers Devise MPPI Method to Control Autonomous Vehicles

A Georgia Institute of Technology research team has devised a novel way to help keep a driverless vehicle under control as it maneuvers at the edge of its handling limits. The approach could help make self-driving cars of the future safer under hazardous road conditions.

24 May 2016

Robotic Surgery Reduces Blood Loss in Obese Prostate Cancer Patients

Robotic-assisted surgery to remove the prostate reduces the risk of blood loss and an extended hospital stay in obese prostate cancer patients, a study from Loyola Medicine has discovered.

23 May 2016

New AHA/ASA Guidelines Support Robot-Assisted Gait Training and Virtual Reality for Stroke Rehabilitation

For patients and therapists, believing in the benefits state-of-the-art robotic medical devices bring to the table is one thing. But having your beliefs incorporated into the official practice guidelines by associations of experts and authorities in the field is something entirely different.

23 May 2016

Researchers Develop Flying Microrobots that Perch During Flight to Save Energy

Call them the RoboBats. In a recent article in Science, Harvard roboticists demonstrate that their flying microrobots, nicknamed the RoboBees, can now perch during flight to save energy - like bats, birds or butterflies.

20 May 2016

Norton Audubon Hospital Deploys Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots to Fight Against Hospital-Acquired Infections

A new army of robotic soldiers is striking back against germs and bacteria at Norton Audubon Hospital. The hospital has invested in three Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots™, a not-so-secret weapon in its fight against hospital-acquired infections caused by pathogens like methicillin-resistant Staph (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile (C. diff).

20 May 2016

SBRA Invites Developers to Gain Access to Next Level Interactive Humanoid Robot

SoftBank Robotics America (SBRA), the newly established North American headquarters of SoftBank Robotics Holdings, today invites developers into its new global Developer Portal, to gain access to the next level of interactive high-tech: Pepper, the humanoid robot.

20 May 2016