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Walking on Water - Robotic Insect Inspired by Water Striders

A team of researchers from the Seoul National University, Korea (SNU), the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has developed unique robots that leap off from the water's surface.

By Beth Ellison 31 Jul 2015

Researchers to Design Heat-Resistant Circuits for Proposed Venus Landsailing Rover

The surface of Venus is the most hostile environment in the solar system.

31 Jul 2015

Northrop Grumman Awards Australian Supplier Contract for MQ-4C Triton UAS Initial Production to Ferra Engineering

Northrop Grumman Corporation has awarded the first Australian supplier contract for the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) initial production lot to Ferra Engineering.

31 Jul 2015

Special Issue of Science Throws Light on Nature of Comets Based on Data Transmitted by Philae

During the first ever landing of a probe on a comet, the world held its breath as Philae survived a bouncy landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on November 12, 2014. This special issue of Science highlights seven new studies that delve further into the data that has been transmitted back by Philae.

31 Jul 2015

Scientists Use UAV Technology for Comprehensive View on Threatened Killer Whale Population

Last year, for the first time, scientists used an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, to study killer whales from above. In an article published this month in the Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems, scientists describe how they configured their UAV, turning it into a precision scientific instrument.

31 Jul 2015

Lo-Fab Pavillion Represents First Building Project Using Design Robotics Studio

Unveiled July 16 in Boston as a featured public installation in the Design Biennial Boston, the experimental Lo-Fab Pavillion, which stands for “locally fabricated,” represents the first building project produced using the newly launched Virginia Tech Center for Design Research’s Design Robotics Studio.

31 Jul 2015

Inferior Vena Cava Thrombectomy Successfully Performed Using Robotic Surgery

Surgery is required when cancer of the kidney causes a Level III thrombus, or clot, to develop in the major vein leading back to the heart. Traditionally this complicated procedure, inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy, is performed using a large open incision, primarily because the vein is often difficult to reach.

30 Jul 2015

Drone Courier System Holds Promise for Transporting Blood to Diagnostic Laboratories

In a proof-of-concept study at Johns Hopkins, researchers have shown that results of common and routine blood tests are not affected by up to 40 minutes of travel via hobby-sized drones.

30 Jul 2015

Corindus Vascular Robotics to Exhibit CorPath System at CVIT 2015

Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc., a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announces that Augusto D. Pichard, M.D., interventional cardiologist at Washington Hospital Center and Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University Medical Center, will discuss how robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) are applied in a modern cath lab during his presentation entitled “Robotic Coronary Angioplasty” at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics: CVIT 2015 in Fukuoka City, Japan, on July 30.

30 Jul 2015

Sutherland Healthcare Solutions Opens Healthcare Robotic Process Automation Center of Excellence in India

Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, a subsidiary of Sutherland Global Services, has opened a Healthcare Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Center of Excellence in Hyderabad, India.

30 Jul 2015

ROSA Robot Helps Detect Source of Seizures in Patients with Epilepsy

There is a new surgical robot in town. The ROSA robot is helping physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham detect the source of seizures in patients with epilepsy.

30 Jul 2015

Toronto Team Wins First Place in Hamlyn Robotics Symposium for Surgical Robotics Challenge

A Toronto team based at the Hospital for Sick Children took first place in the Hamlyn Robotics Symposium for the Surgical Robotics challenge.

29 Jul 2015

FDOT Awards FAU $187,000 Grant to Develop Unmanned Marine Vehicles for Bridge Inspections

The task of inspecting and maintaining Florida’s extensive network of approximately 11,450 bridges is arduous, especially since so many of the state’s bridges span rivers, canals and saltwater areas.

29 Jul 2015

Hollysys Signs RMB118.7 Million Contract to Provide Automatic Train Protection Equipment for High-Speed Trains

Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd., a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that it signed a significant contract to provide Automatic Train Protection (ATP) equipment and system for high-speed trains in 200-250km/h and 300-350km/h respectively, valued at approximately RMB 118.7 million or USD $19.4 million. The delivery of the products is expected to be finished by October 2015.

29 Jul 2015

ABB Commissions, Hands Over DolWin1 Offshore Wind Grid Connection to TenneT

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has successfully commissioned and handed over the DolWin1 offshore wind grid connection to the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT.

29 Jul 2015

Robotics News

Walking on Water - Robotic Insect Inspired by Water Striders

Researchers to Design Heat-Resistant Circuits for Proposed Venus Landsailing Rover

Northrop Grumman Awards Australian Supplier Contract for MQ-4C Triton UAS Initial Production to Ferra Engineering

Special Issue of Science Throws Light on Nature of Comets Based on Data Transmitted by Philae

Scientists Use UAV Technology for Comprehensive View on Threatened Killer Whale Population

Lo-Fab Pavillion Represents First Building Project Using Design Robotics Studio

Inferior Vena Cava Thrombectomy Successfully Performed Using Robotic Surgery

Drone Courier System Holds Promise for Transporting Blood to Diagnostic Laboratories

Corindus Vascular Robotics to Exhibit CorPath System at CVIT 2015

Sutherland Healthcare Solutions Opens Healthcare Robotic Process Automation Center of Excellence in India

ROSA Robot Helps Detect Source of Seizures in Patients with Epilepsy

Toronto Team Wins First Place in Hamlyn Robotics Symposium for Surgical Robotics Challenge

FDOT Awards FAU $187,000 Grant to Develop Unmanned Marine Vehicles for Bridge Inspections

Hollysys Signs RMB118.7 Million Contract to Provide Automatic Train Protection Equipment for High-Speed Trains

ABB Commissions, Hands Over DolWin1 Offshore Wind Grid Connection to TenneT

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