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Manchester Professor to Demonstrate Principles behind Robot Orchestra in New Interactive Show

One person’s junk can be someone else’s Robot Orchestra – an engineering pioneer from The University of Manchester will reveal how discarded technology and everyday items from around the home can be put to new and exciting uses.

17 Mar 2016

Taylor Morrison and Legrand Partner to Revolutionize Household Automation with Interactive Home 2.0

Taylor Morrison, a leading national homebuilder and developer, and Legrand®, a global leader in high-performance network infrastructure hardware, have partnered to revolutionize household automation through the launch of Taylor Morrison's newest high-tech product, the Interactive Home 2.0™.

16 Mar 2016

Scientists Develop Robotic Grafting System for Plants

A machine with hands of steel has revolutionized the speed and efficiency of the once-tedious process of plant grafting.

16 Mar 2016

Universal Robots’ UR5 Industrial Robotic Arms Perform Labelling Tasks in Prysm Industries’ Facility

For family-run businesses like Australia’s Prysm Industries, providing a high quality product while also keeping costs down can be a challenge. With many of the items produced at Prysm headed for some of Australia’s largest retailers, consistency and accuracy are paramount.

16 Mar 2016

Seminar Provides Step-by-Step Guide to Improving your Productivity with Robots

ABB’s forthcoming Switch to Robots seminar will explain how ongoing reductions in the cost and complexity of robotic automation are opening up new opportunities for UK SME manufacturing companies.

From ABB Robotics 15 Mar 2016

Innovative Humanoid Robot to Assist Children with Autism

Children with autism have special difficulty in expressing emotions, usually have no social skills and face major problems when communicating. In order to help children with this problem learn to recognize facial expressions in themselves and in others, a group of researchers at the Tec de Monterrey, in Mexico, created a robot using artificial intelligence.

15 Mar 2016

Socially Assistive Robot Helps Children Learn Through Personalized Interactions

Parents want the best for their children's education and often complain about large class sizes and the lack of individual attention.

15 Mar 2016

ABB‘s Integrated Automation Solution to Manage End-to-End Production in SCA’s Expanded Pulp Mill

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will provide integrated solutions using ABB’s market-leading automation platform System 800xA and custom-engineered software for pulp processes. The solution includes engineering for the control system and optimization of all processes at SCA Östrand's expanded pulp mill in Timrå, Sweden opening in June 2018, as well as the design of the control room.

15 Mar 2016

Researchers Create Breakthrough Mind-Controllable Prosthesis Using Electrode System

Thanks to the electrodes system a stable signal is obtained, which allows precise control like handling an egg without breaking. It also provides sensations as if it were a real hand.

15 Mar 2016

Fujifilm to Launch HF-12M Series Machine Vision Lenses in Mid-June 2016

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigehiro Nakajima) has announced that it will launch the FUJINON HF-12M series (hereinafter “HF-12M”) in mid-June 2016 as a top-of-the-range machine vision lens for use in product inspections and measurements in production lines.

15 Mar 2016

ABB to Contribute Grid Automation Technology to Digital Substation Project in Scotland

ABB has been selected to participate in the FITNESS (“Future Intelligent Transmission NEtwork SubStation”) project of SP Energy Networks, a UK-based electricity transmission and distribution network operator, along with other partners.

15 Mar 2016

Hydroid Announces Release of Advanced REMUS 100 AUV

Announcing the release of the New Generation REMUS 100 AUV. The autonomous underwater vehicle features advanced technology and capabilities that are the first of their kind in the industry, enabling customers to have increased autonomy and creativity during missions.

15 Mar 2016

New Class of Muscle-Powered Walking Bio-Bots Responds to Light

A new class of miniature biological robots, or bio-bots, has seen the light – and is following where the light shines.

15 Mar 2016

Drexel Researchers Develop Bacteria-Powered Microrobots that Move in Fluid Environment

The problem with having a microscopic robot propelled by a horde of tail-flailing bacteria is you never know where it’s going to end up. The tiny, bio-robots, which amount to a chip coated with a “carpet” of flagellated bacteria, emerged from the primordial ooze of microrobotics research a few years ago as a concept for building microscopic devices and delivering medication at the cellular level. But as with any robot, the challenge for making them useful is bridging the gap from movement to automation.

15 Mar 2016

Guthrie Announces Arrival of Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots to Disinfect Operating Rooms

Guthrie has reported the arrival of Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots, a new kind of advanced robots which utilize a unique pulsed xenon light technology to sanitize operating rooms.

15 Mar 2016