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Rethink Robotics Announces Global Deployment of Sawyer Robot

Rethink Robotics today announced that its Sawyer robot, the company's second smart, collaborative robot designed for a wide range of factory environments, is available for purchase and is being deployed by manufacturers across the globe.

25 Sep 2015

Robotics Business Review Presents 2015 Game Changer Award to Virtual Incision

Virtual Incision Corporation, a company developing advanced robotically assisted surgical devices, is pleased to announce that it has received a 2015 Game Changer Award from Robotics Business Review in the Medical and Surgical category for its first-of-its-kind miniaturized robot for general surgery procedures.

25 Sep 2015

Researchers Use Robots to Better Understand Concept Behind Babies’ Smile

Why do babies smile when they interact with their parents? Could their smiles have a purpose? In the Sept. 23 issue of PLOS ONE, a team of computer scientists, roboticists and developmental psychologists confirm what most parents already suspect: when babies smile, they do so with a purpose—to make the person they interact with smile in return.

25 Sep 2015

Global Drones Market Estimated to Reach $16.1 Billion by 2021

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Drones: Even Trains and Planes Use Remote Control Like Drones, Market Shares, Market Strategies, and Market Forecasts, 2015 to 2021" to their offering.

25 Sep 2015

Surgical Robot Device Market Anticipated to Reach $20 Billion by 2021

WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study Surgical Robots: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2015 to 2021.

24 Sep 2015

BZ Media Announces Winners of First Annual InterDrone Film Festival

BZ Media LLC announced today the winners of the first annual InterDrone™ Film Festival which took place September 9 at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas. The grand prize and a check for $2,000 for the Best Video overall went to Scott Sporleder of Matador Network for Jordan From The Air.

24 Sep 2015

University of Pittsburgh Researchers Receive NSF Grants for Hybrid Walking Exoskeleton Projects

Outside of sci-fi, the idea of donning a bionic suit, rocketing into the sky, and saving the world hasn't quite gotten off the ground; however, two new grants totaling $500,209 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help researchers at the University of Pittsburgh make great strides in helping paraplegics walk while wearing a mechanical exoskeleton.

24 Sep 2015

Innovative Smart Robot Speeds up Research on Cancer Treatments

A new smart research robot accelerates research on cancer treatments. The new robot system finds optimal treatment combinations. Today Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) is publishing an article about the robot, authored by Dr Mats Gustafsson, Professor of Medical Bioinformatics at Uppsala University.

24 Sep 2015

Pack Expo 2015: Teledyne DALSA to Exhibit Low-Cost GigE Vision System

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, will feature its latest Sherlock™ vision software in concert with its new low-cost, high resolution GigE camera, the Genie™ Nano at Pack Expo 2015, in booth C-3236. Pack Expo is held in Las Vegas, from September 28-30.

24 Sep 2015

EnGenius Begins Shipping Photon Family of Business-Class IP Surveillance Cameras

EnGenius Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance, versatile networking and telecommunications solutions for businesses and consumers, today announced it has begun shipping the first members of its Photon family of business-class IP Surveillance Cameras.

24 Sep 2015

Global Precision Farming Market Projected to Witness CAGR of 12.64% over 2014 to 2020

Precision Agriculture involves systems, services and activities that collect, monitor, track, manipulate and analyse data pertaining to agriculture and farming namely information about the soil, crop, water, climate, yield, nutrients and other environmental factors.

23 Sep 2015

New Research Explores How Social Cues Affect Human-Robot Interaction

Robots are increasingly being considered for use in highly tense civilian encounters to minimize person-to-person contact and danger to peacekeeping personnel. Trust, along with physical qualities and cultural considerations, is an essential factor in the effectiveness of these robotic peacekeepers.

23 Sep 2015

DCRI to Implement VitalHealth’s Cloud-Based Mobile-Friendly Tool to Automate Clinical Trial Process

Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), the world’s largest academic research organization and part of the Duke University School of Medicine, to implement VitalHealth Software’s QuestLink® to support clinical trials by allowing patients to electronically report outcomes through this cloud-based mobile-friendly tool.

23 Sep 2015

New Research on Household Robots Could Lay Groundwork for Assistive Technologies

The use of household robots for healthcare or service needs could help thousands of people, but most of those people do not have the skills to program those robots.

23 Sep 2015

French-Based Company Works on Automated Workstation Employing KUKA Lightweight Robots

Thales Alenia Space builds satellites and develops components for civilian and military space technology. Shorter assembly times and effective use of labor: these are the goals of the “Tomorrow's Factory” project by Thales Alenia Space, which is scheduled to begin in the second half of the year.

23 Sep 2015