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HAX Accelerator Program Supports Robotic Innovation

HAX, formerly known as HAXLR8R, reveals 13 new global hardware startups and their products from HAX’s seventh Accelerator Demo Day and 10 new graduates of its first Boost program Demo Day. HAX is the world’s premier hardware investor, expediting the best hardware startups from around the world from an initial idea to a distributable product.

12 Nov 2015

SMAC to Debut Five Axes, Direct Drive Micro SCARA Robot at IREX

At the International Robotics Show (IREX) in Tokyo, Japan, SMAC Moving Coil Actuators will introduce a prototype version of the world's first five axes, direct drive micro SCARA robot. The micro SCARA robot is an evolution of SMAC’s robotic finger, adding two additional axes that emulate a wrist. SMAC expects an early 2016 release.

From SMAC 12 Nov 2015

MecklerMedia Releases Details for RoboGameChanger Startup Competition

MecklerMedia Corporation announced judges and revealed details for the upcoming RoboGameChanger Startup Competition at RoboUniverse San Diego, including a prize of $10,000 (uncapped convertible note), courtesy of leading early-stage technology venture capital firm, Asimov Ventures.

12 Nov 2015

New Alpha 2 Humanoid Robot from UBTECH Robotics

Groundbreaking humanoid robotics startup UBTECH Robotics today announced the launch of its new Alpha 2 humanoid robot, the first ever designed for practical household service and companionship.

12 Nov 2015

NSF Awards $1 Million to Develop Dynamic Robotic Brace for Treating Scoliosis

Bucknell University junior Michelle Archambault '17 knows well the good and the bad a spine brace can do. Diagnosed with scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine, while in middle school, she wore a rigid plastic brace for 16 hours a day, every day, for five years. It corrected the problem and kept her from needing surgery, but it was not an experience she'd like to repeat.

12 Nov 2015

KUKA Highlights LBR iiwa Sensitive Lightweight Robot at ‘Die Roboter’ Exhibition

In the exhibition “Die Roboter” (“The Robots”), DASA Dortmund is presenting the past, present and future of collaboration between humans and robots

From KUKA Aktiengesellschaft 12 Nov 2015

Paradise Valley Hospital Offers CT-Free Robotic Partial Knee Replacement Surgery

Paradise Valley Hospital now offers CT-free robotic partial knee replacement surgery for San Diegans. The robotic-assisted surgical system helps surgeons perform precise and accurate partial knee replacement utilizing the most advanced technologies available.

12 Nov 2015

Kickstarter Campaign Launches for Gemini Self-Balancing Robot

Gemini, a waterdrop-shaped, two-wheel, self-balancing robot with two distinct personalities, will accommodate consumers' leisure needs more than ever before. The Gemini Kickstarter campaign launches on November 10th, 2015.

12 Nov 2015

ORBCOMM’s Fleet Tracking and Monitoring System Successfully Integrated with AOS TMMi System

ORBCOMM Inc., a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, and Add On Systems, Inc. (AOS), a leading provider of real-time interfaces and applications for truckload carriers, today announced the successful integration of ORBCOMM’s fleet tracking and monitoring system with the AOS’s Trailer Monitoring and Management (TMMi) system.

11 Nov 2015

Hollysys to Provide Ground-Based High-Speed Rail Signaling System and Equipment to Chongqing-Wanzhou Line

Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that it signed a contract to provide the ground-based high-speed rail signaling system and equipment to Chongqing-Wanzhou high-speed rail line("Yuwan Line"), valued at RMB 40.60 million or approximately USD $6.40 million; it also won the bidding to provide the ground-based high-speed rail signaling system and equipment to Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed rail line ("Xicheng Line") Xi'an - Jiangyou Section Sichuan Area, valued at RMB 21.93 million or approximately USD $3.45 million. Total value is RMB 62.53 million or approximately USD $9.85 million

11 Nov 2015

CIIF 2015: Delta Introduces Vertical Multi-Joint Robot

Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, showcased solutions under the theme, "Smarter Solution, Better Tomorrow" at the 2015 China International Industry Fair (CIIF), debuting the brand-new vertical multi-joint robot DRV90L Series.

11 Nov 2015

ReVera Acquires Ultra High Vacuum Wafer Handling Robot from Trust Automation

Trust Automation, Inc., known for standard and custom motion and motor control systems and solutions, today announced that they are providing Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) Robots to ReVera, a Nova Company. Trust Automation brings their dynamic and innovative engineering capabilities to support their customers' semiconductor programs that are continually demanding increased precision and faster throughput.

11 Nov 2015

Simbe Introduces Robotic Autonomous Shelf Auditing and Analytics Solution

Global retailers lose nearly $450 billion annually as a result of out-of-stock items, empty shelves, and other in-store inconsistencies. To address this problem, Simbe Robotics today announced the availability of its first product – Tally. Tally is the world’s first robotic autonomous shelf auditing and analytics solution.

11 Nov 2015

GTRI, CNN Collaborate to Develop Protocols for Use of UAVs for Newsgathering

In June 2014, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and CNN launched a joint research initiative to study the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for newsgathering. In January 2015, CNN signed an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to share the results of the research. The project is now gaining momentum as researchers shift their focus from evaluating UAV equipment to developing potential protocols for safe operations.

11 Nov 2015

EPFL Hosts Swiss Robotics Industry Day

They fly, crawl, swim or sift through rubble after a disaster: robots from all across Switzerland were brought to EPFL on Wednesday for the first ever Swiss Robotics Industry Day (video report).

6 Nov 2015

Robotics News

HAX Accelerator Program Supports Robotic Innovation

SMAC to Debut Five Axes, Direct Drive Micro SCARA Robot at IREX

MecklerMedia Releases Details for RoboGameChanger Startup Competition

New Alpha 2 Humanoid Robot from UBTECH Robotics

NSF Awards $1 Million to Develop Dynamic Robotic Brace for Treating Scoliosis

KUKA Highlights LBR iiwa Sensitive Lightweight Robot at ‘Die Roboter’ Exhibition

Paradise Valley Hospital Offers CT-Free Robotic Partial Knee Replacement Surgery

Kickstarter Campaign Launches for Gemini Self-Balancing Robot

ORBCOMM’s Fleet Tracking and Monitoring System Successfully Integrated with AOS TMMi System

Hollysys to Provide Ground-Based High-Speed Rail Signaling System and Equipment to Chongqing-Wanzhou Line

CIIF 2015: Delta Introduces Vertical Multi-Joint Robot

ReVera Acquires Ultra High Vacuum Wafer Handling Robot from Trust Automation

Simbe Introduces Robotic Autonomous Shelf Auditing and Analytics Solution

GTRI, CNN Collaborate to Develop Protocols for Use of UAVs for Newsgathering

EPFL Hosts Swiss Robotics Industry Day

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New, Low-Cost AI Method for Faster and More Accurate Cancer Monitoring

What Big Pharma Isn’t Telling You About AI Labs

AI Governance Frameworks for Scientific Applications

Inside the Cross-Sector Collaborations Driving AI in Biotech

Thought Leaders

Robot Chef: The Future of Automated Meal Preparation

Tiny Robotic Crab: The Smallest-Ever Remote-Controlled Walking Robot

Resurrecting Ancient Cephalopods with Robots