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Wave2Wave Solution Unveils ROME Robotic Optical Management Engine Platforms

Wave2Wave Solution, the leader and innovator that connects key network elements in the world’s largest data centers, today announced its ROME® Robotic Optical Management Engine platforms.

12 Feb 2016

AFCEA WEST Conference to Feature CACI’s Solutions to Address UAS Threats and Secure Mobile Communications

CACI International Inc will showcase solutions for addressing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) threats and securing smartphones and wireless communications at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) WEST 2016 Conference and Exposition on February 17-19 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Ca.

12 Feb 2016

Rockwell Automation Announces Acquisition of Intelligent Conveying Systems Manufacturer, MagneMotion

Rockwell Automation today announced that it has agreed to purchase MagneMotion, a leading manufacturer of intelligent conveying systems. MagneMotion systems are used across a broad range of industrial applications including automotive and general assembly, packaging and material handling. This acquisition will complement Rockwell Automation’s iTRAK to create the broadest portfolio of independent cart solutions in this emerging technology area.

From Rockwell Automation, Inc. 12 Feb 2016

KUKA Palletizing Robot Appears as Art Exhibit at Paratissima Art Fair

After 14 years of continuous operation, a KUKA palletizing robot took up a new function in 2015, appearing as an art exhibit at the Italian art fair Paratissima in Turin.

12 Feb 2016

Federal Agencies Select UB Students to Build Microsatellite for Analysis of Space Junk

Too bad there is no frequent flier program for microsatellites. If there was, University at Buffalo students would accrue serious points.

11 Feb 2016

Remote Monitoring Technology not Suitable for Reducing Readmissions of Heart Failure Patients

FINDINGS: Increasingly patients and providers are interested in using remote monitoring devices to help with their health care. The researchers sought to determine if these devices could be useful in preventing 180-day all-cause hospital readmissions for heart failure patients. They enrolled 1437 patients from UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC San Francisco, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles who were randomized into two groups.

11 Feb 2016

Telemedicine Robot Assists Player Showing Signs of Concussion

When the UA Wildcats hosted Northern Arizona University at the teams’ 2013 football season opener in Tucson, a new NAU “team member” stood on the sidelines, ready to make a bit of medical history.

11 Feb 2016

artec technologies Recognized by US Magazine CIO Review for Video Security Technology

artec technologies AG belongs to the top 20 most promising companies on the video security technology market. This is the result of a current study of the renowned US magazine CIO Review.

10 Feb 2016

CMU Researchers Create Robotically Driven System to Help Reduce Cost of Drug Discovery

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have created the first robotically driven experimentation system to determine the effects of a large number of drugs on many proteins, reducing the number of necessary experiments by 70%.

10 Feb 2016

High Point Regional Purchases Tru-D SmartUVC Robots to Enhance Patient and Staff Safety

After participating in the CDC-funded, large-scale, multi-hospital study, Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection (BETR-D), High Point Regional has invested in the very product validated in the landmark study. Adding to its already strict infection prevention protocols, High Point Regional purchased three Tru-D SmartUVC robots in an effort to reinforce its commitment to patient and staff safety.

10 Feb 2016

I/O Command-Slave Function in RC8 Controller Enables Robot Control Using PLCs or PACs

DENSO Robotics announced that its latest RC8 robot controller features a built-in I/O command-slave function that allows DENSO robots to be controlled directly by Rockwell and Omron PLCs or PACs. Beta testing for Siemens and Mitsubishi PLCs and PACs is in progress.

10 Feb 2016

Bristow Invests $4.2 Million in Sky-Futures and Enters UAV Services Business

Bristow Group Inc. and Sky-Futures today announced that Bristow has invested $4.2 million in Sky-Futures, the leading provider of drone inspection data services for the oil and gas industry. This investment gives Bristow immediate entry to the fast-growing UAV services business and bolsters Bristow's offerings to include drone inspection services.

10 Feb 2016

U-M Neurosurgeons Developing Image-Guided Technology to Improve Neurological Surgery

It can be difficult to see everything necessary, and in great detail, during brain tumor surgery. Often, a neurosurgeon is choosing between breadth (microscope glasses known as “loupes”) and depth (a microscope sitting outside the surgical field) as the surgery goes on.

9 Feb 2016

Micro Systems Gets $2 Million in Contract Modifications from the U.S. Army for AGATCS

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Micro Systems, Inc. subsidiary of the Kratos Unmanned Systems Division (USD) recently received a series of contract modifications from the U.S. Army totaling $2.0 million in additional engineering services option hours and hardware production in support of the Army Ground Aerial Target Control System (AGATCS), Target Vehicle Control Equipment, and associated ancillary equipment. These modifications further extend the impressive capabilities of the AGATCS control system which provides command and control of unmanned air, ground, and sea surface target vehicles.

9 Feb 2016

Robotic Nephrectomy for Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Achieves More Favorable Outcomes than Open Surgery

Renal cell carcinoma can sometimes spread to the inferior vena cava (IVC), the body's largest vein, posing a threat to the heart and brain. Robotic nephrectomy for inferior vena cava tumor thrombus has favorable outcomes in selected patients compared with open surgery, which can have a high rate of complications, report surgeons in The Journal of Urology.

9 Feb 2016

Robotics News

Wave2Wave Solution Unveils ROME Robotic Optical Management Engine Platforms

AFCEA WEST Conference to Feature CACI’s Solutions to Address UAS Threats and Secure Mobile Communications

Rockwell Automation Announces Acquisition of Intelligent Conveying Systems Manufacturer, MagneMotion

KUKA Palletizing Robot Appears as Art Exhibit at Paratissima Art Fair

Federal Agencies Select UB Students to Build Microsatellite for Analysis of Space Junk

Remote Monitoring Technology not Suitable for Reducing Readmissions of Heart Failure Patients

Telemedicine Robot Assists Player Showing Signs of Concussion

artec technologies Recognized by US Magazine CIO Review for Video Security Technology

CMU Researchers Create Robotically Driven System to Help Reduce Cost of Drug Discovery

High Point Regional Purchases Tru-D SmartUVC Robots to Enhance Patient and Staff Safety

I/O Command-Slave Function in RC8 Controller Enables Robot Control Using PLCs or PACs

Bristow Invests $4.2 Million in Sky-Futures and Enters UAV Services Business

U-M Neurosurgeons Developing Image-Guided Technology to Improve Neurological Surgery

Micro Systems Gets $2 Million in Contract Modifications from the U.S. Army for AGATCS

Robotic Nephrectomy for Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Achieves More Favorable Outcomes than Open Surgery

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