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ABB Supplies Inverters for Costa Rica’s ‘La Catedral’ Solar-Powered Football Stadium

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been the inverter supplier of choice for a joint project with Enertiva Energia Alternativa. The project is unique for Central America: for the first time, a solar installation on the roof of a football stadium – and not just any football stadium, but the iconic Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, locally called “La Catedral (the Cathedral) of Costa Rican football”, home of the La Liga Deportiva Alajuelense football club.

10 Aug 2015

ManTech to Provide Full Lifecycle Services for U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Maritime Systems Support Capabilities

The U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSCPAC) has awarded ManTech International Corporation a prime contract to provide a broad array of technical and professional services in support of unmanned maritime systems, both surface and subsurface, engaged in waterborne and underwater mine countermeasures.

10 Aug 2015

New, Less Expensive, Soft Robotic Glove for Rehabilitation of Post-Stroke Patients

Initial rehabilitation therapy for many stroke victims may focus on regaining the ability to walk. But when hands also are affected, therapy focused only on the legs can leave hand muscles contracted, a condition that can be difficult to overcome.

10 Aug 2015

LeeSar Selects Aethon’s MedEx TraySafe Product to Streamline Medication Tray and Kit Processing

Aethon is pleased to announce LeeSar in Fort Myers, Florida has selected Aethon’s MedEx TraySafe™ product to streamline their medication tray and kit processing for improving safety and compliance of preconfigured trays used in crash carts. LeeSar provides supply chain and operational services to multiple hospitals in the region.

10 Aug 2015

Xcel Energy Contracts ABB for Two Static Var Compensators for New Mexico Transmission Grid Expansion

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been contracted by Xcel Energy, a major US electricity and natural gas company, to deliver two SVCs to support its transmission grid expansion in New Mexico.

10 Aug 2015

RedSky Expands Emergency Location Information Service Product with New Patent

RedSky Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of software solutions for E9-1-1 and emergency response, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued U.S. Patent No. 9,094,816 which expands on RedSky's innovative Emergency Location Information Service (E-LIS) product patents.

7 Aug 2015

Insitu’s ScanEagle UAS Successfully Demonstrates Search and Rescue Operation in Arctic Environment

Launching its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft from Oliktok Point at the North Slope of Alaska, Insitu conducted flight operations for the U.S. Coast Guard 13-15 July.

7 Aug 2015

New Low-Altitude Traffic Management System Could Ensure Safe Drone Delivery

Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno are now working on a new, low-altitude traffic management system to keep fast-moving flyers safer as they cruise through increasingly crowded skies.

7 Aug 2015

Scientists Use Artificial Evolution and Robotics Simulations to Evolve Complex Robot Behaviors

Darwinian selection can be used to evolve robot controllers able to efficiently self-organize their tasks. Taking inspiration from the way in which ants organise their work and divide up tasks, Eliseo Ferrante and colleagues evolved complex robot behaviors using artificial evolution and detailed robotics simulations.

7 Aug 2015

Online Exploring Tools Enables Next-Generation Users to Travel with NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover

On the three-year anniversary of the Mars landing of NASA's Curiosity rover, NASA is unveiling two new online tools that open the mysterious terrain of the Red Planet to a new generation of explorers, inviting the public to help with its journey to Mars.

6 Aug 2015

Ontegrity President to be Panelist in “Lessons in Building Automation” and “Disaster Recovery” Sessions at IoT Evolution Expo

Ontegrity, provider of remote monitoring with predictive analytics, site-management services, and power solutions for organizations that cannot afford power interruptions, today announced that its president, Dr. Richard Scott, will participate in two panels at the 14th IoT Evolution Expo in Las Vegas. Both will take place on August 19.

6 Aug 2015

Research and Markets Adds Report on Global UAV/Drones Market Opportunities to its Offering

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV/Drones) Market Opportunities: Focus on Application, Components & Region - 2015 to 2020" report to their offering.

6 Aug 2015

2015 Annual Meeting of HFES to Feature Over 400 Presentations Including Human-Robot Interaction

The program for the 2015 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society features more than 400 presentations from leading HF/E experts across multiple domains on topics including patient safety, product design, driver distraction, emergency response, human-robot interaction, and more.

6 Aug 2015

API Technologies to Manufacture Blighter A400 Series Ku Band Doppler Air Security Radar

API Technologies Corp. ("API" or the "Company"), a leading provider of high performance RF, microwave, millimeterwave solutions, has extended its long running manufacturing partnership with Blighter Surveillance Systems (www.blighter.com), an electronic-scanning radar and sensor solution provider, with the announcement that it is to partner on the production of Blighter's latest radar, the Blighter®A400 Series.

6 Aug 2015

Nestlé USA Honours Rockwell Automation with 2014 North America Procurement Supplier of the Year Award

Citing its ability to develop innovative solutions and provide extensive support to commission new factory lines, Nestlé USA awarded Rockwell Automation its 2014 North America Procurement Supplier of the Year award for technical procurement - maintenance, repair and operations (MRO).

6 Aug 2015

Robotics News

ABB Supplies Inverters for Costa Rica’s ‘La Catedral’ Solar-Powered Football Stadium

ManTech to Provide Full Lifecycle Services for U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Maritime Systems Support Capabilities

New, Less Expensive, Soft Robotic Glove for Rehabilitation of Post-Stroke Patients

LeeSar Selects Aethon’s MedEx TraySafe Product to Streamline Medication Tray and Kit Processing

Xcel Energy Contracts ABB for Two Static Var Compensators for New Mexico Transmission Grid Expansion

RedSky Expands Emergency Location Information Service Product with New Patent

Insitu’s ScanEagle UAS Successfully Demonstrates Search and Rescue Operation in Arctic Environment

New Low-Altitude Traffic Management System Could Ensure Safe Drone Delivery

Scientists Use Artificial Evolution and Robotics Simulations to Evolve Complex Robot Behaviors

Online Exploring Tools Enables Next-Generation Users to Travel with NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover

Ontegrity President to be Panelist in “Lessons in Building Automation” and “Disaster Recovery” Sessions at IoT Evolution Expo

Research and Markets Adds Report on Global UAV/Drones Market Opportunities to its Offering

2015 Annual Meeting of HFES to Feature Over 400 Presentations Including Human-Robot Interaction

API Technologies to Manufacture Blighter A400 Series Ku Band Doppler Air Security Radar

Nestlé USA Honours Rockwell Automation with 2014 North America Procurement Supplier of the Year Award

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