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UTA's Frank Lewis Honored for Contributions to Advancing Autonomous Aircraft Systems

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics will honor professor Frank Lewis, head of the University of Texas at Arlington's Advanced Controls and Sensors Group, with the society's 2016 Intelligent Systems Award in recognition of his work to advance the capabilities of autonomous aircraft systems.

25 Nov 2015

Fenox Venture Capital Announces Investment in Jibo Social Robot

Fenox Venture Capital announces its investment in Jibo – the World’s First Social Robot. With this investment, Jibo plans to expand its global reach and further develop Jibo’s skills.

25 Nov 2015

NASA Selects Proposals for Early Stage Innovations Space Technology Research Grants

NASA has selected 15 university-led proposals for the study of innovative, early stage technologies that address high priority needs of America's space program.

25 Nov 2015

MIP Robotics Introduces ‘MIP Junior’ Industrial Robot with New Type of Gear Reducer

MIP robotics is a startup founded in 2015 and based on research conducted for many years. The company aims to provide accessible, industrial robots, especially for SMIs (small and medium industries). In other words, like 3D printing in recent years, MIP wants to democratize industrial robotics.

25 Nov 2015

Rockwell Automation Debuts New Batch Application Toolkit to Reduce Risk for Batch Control Systems

Rockwell Automation has introduced a batch application toolkit to help manufacturers and solution providers reduce the risk, time and cost of implementing batch control systems. The toolkit contains a collection of application examples, videos, documentation and ISA-88 compliant sample code to provide technical guidance when designing and automating a batch system using Rockwell Automation systems.

From Rockwell Automation, Inc. 25 Nov 2015

Row-Bot Robot Feeds on Rich Organic Matter in Dirty Water

Polluted water can at times make swimming in the sea or a pool risky, on the other hand aquatic organisms such as water boatman need the nutrients in dirty water to feed on. Taking inspiration from water beetles and other swimming insects, academics at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) have developed the Row-bot, a robot that thrives in dirty water. The Row-bot mimics the way that the water boatman moves and the way that it feeds on rich organic matter in the dirty water it swims in.

24 Nov 2015

Construction of Complex Bridges by Army Ants Could Inspire Autonomous Robotic Swarms

Army ants construct complex bridges from their own bodies to span gaps and create shortcuts in the floor of the tropical forests of Central America, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

24 Nov 2015

Trash Trek FIRST LEGO League Robotics Competition Winners Announced

Southeast Missouri State University recently hosted a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) robotics competition with a theme of “Trash Trek.” Twenty teams of fourth- to eighth-grade students from across the region participated in the event.

24 Nov 2015

Soloshot Launches Third Generation of Robot Cameraman

Soloshot Inc., creator of the first-of-its-kind Robot Cameraman, today announced the launch of their third generation product, SOLOSHOT3, the easiest way to automatically capture, edit, share and manage professional-quality content. SOLOSHOT3 automatically tracks subjects up to 2,000 feet away so users can film themselves from the perspective of the spectator, for hours at a time, without the help of another person.

24 Nov 2015

Global Shipments of Consumer Robots Forecast to Increase to 31.2 Million Units by 2020

Consumer robots have been a mainstay of popular culture for more than 50 years, fueling the notion that, eventually, robots would be an important part of our daily lives. While the vision of robotic companions and servants has remained largely unfulfilled, the industry is now in a period of renewed interest in consumer robotics, as the market evolves beyond the traditional realm of household cleaning robots and into an era that will be filled with increasingly capable toy and educational robots, robotic personal assistants, and family companions.

24 Nov 2015

Consumer Technology Association Comments on Completion of FAA UAS Registration Task Force Report

The following statement is attributed to Douglas Johnson, vice president, technology policy, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM - formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® - and member of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) UAS Registration Task Force regarding completion of the Task Force's report with recommendations concerning drone registration:

24 Nov 2015

Researchers Create Plant-Inspired Microbots Powered Exclusively by Humidity Changes

Most efforts to develop bio-inspired robots center on mimicking the motions of animals: but plants move too -- even if most of their motions are so slow they can't be detected by the naked eye.

23 Nov 2015

Raytheon Completes Program Planning Review on Future Multi-Object Kill Vehicle Concept

Raytheon Company completed the first Program Planning Review with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on the future Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV) concept, a key step toward defining critical aspects of its design.

21 Nov 2015

Cambridge Medical Robotics Completes Robotic Surgical System Prototype

Cambridge Medical Robotics Ltd, the private company developing a next-generation robotic system for universal minimal access surgery, today announces the completion of its surgical system prototype.

21 Nov 2015

Midea Deploys Over 800 Robots and Achieves 4% Worker-Machine Ratio

As a global leader in residential and commercial air conditioning industry, Midea's Industry 4.0 strategy has successfully transformed and upgraded the company's manufacturing bases to improve the production efficiency by reducing 70 percent of total labor costs.

21 Nov 2015

Robotics News

UTA's Frank Lewis Honored for Contributions to Advancing Autonomous Aircraft Systems

Fenox Venture Capital Announces Investment in Jibo Social Robot

NASA Selects Proposals for Early Stage Innovations Space Technology Research Grants

MIP Robotics Introduces ‘MIP Junior’ Industrial Robot with New Type of Gear Reducer

Rockwell Automation Debuts New Batch Application Toolkit to Reduce Risk for Batch Control Systems

Row-Bot Robot Feeds on Rich Organic Matter in Dirty Water

Construction of Complex Bridges by Army Ants Could Inspire Autonomous Robotic Swarms

Trash Trek FIRST LEGO League Robotics Competition Winners Announced

Soloshot Launches Third Generation of Robot Cameraman

Global Shipments of Consumer Robots Forecast to Increase to 31.2 Million Units by 2020

Consumer Technology Association Comments on Completion of FAA UAS Registration Task Force Report

Researchers Create Plant-Inspired Microbots Powered Exclusively by Humidity Changes

Raytheon Completes Program Planning Review on Future Multi-Object Kill Vehicle Concept

Cambridge Medical Robotics Completes Robotic Surgical System Prototype

Midea Deploys Over 800 Robots and Achieves 4% Worker-Machine Ratio

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