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Butterfleye Wireless Home Monitoring Camera System Launched on Indiegogo

Butterfleye is launching today on Indiegogo to bring their smart, simple, and wireless home monitoring camera to life. Using infrared technology to sense activity and prompt recording, Butterfleye lets you see and hear what's happening in your home when you are away.

26 Aug 2015

NASA Goddard Enters CRADA with YYESIT to Enhance Video and Audio Monitoring Technology

The Innovative Technology Partnerships Office (ITPO) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, signed a five-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with YYESIT LLC of Baltimore to co-develop a product that will offer an innovative way to provide monitoring, interpreting and reporting activities against safety and quality protocols, with an initial focus in the area of safety and quality compliance.

25 Aug 2015

Ohio UAS Conference: Cubic Global Defense to Highlight Manned/Unmanned Live, Virtual and Constructive Technology

Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a business unit of Cubic Corporation, today announced that Gary Kaczmarek, senior program manager of CGD, will highlight results from a report on manned/unmanned live, virtual and constructive (LVC) technology at the fourth annual Ohio UAS Conference held in Dayton, Ohio from August 25 – 26.

25 Aug 2015

AeroVironment Receives $47.1 Million Sustainment Orders for Raven and Puma UAS

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced receipt since May 1, 2015 of ten orders from the United States Army totaling $47.1 million for RQ-11B Raven® and RQ-20A Puma™AE unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) sustainment. This total value includes seven orders awarded on July 23 totaling $35,196,388.

25 Aug 2015

Meggitt to Provide Support to Canadian Armed Forces for Small Arms and Indirect Fire Trainers

Meggitt Training Systems (Quebec) Inc. has been awarded a $25 million, three-year contract from Public Works Government Services Canada on behalf of the Department of National Defence, to provide in-service support to the Canadian Armed Forces for Meggitt’s Small Arms Trainer (SAT) and Indirect Fire Trainer (IFT).

25 Aug 2015

Global Machine Vision Technology Market Forecast to Grow at 8.4% CAGR to Reach $28.50 Billion by 2021

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Machine Vision Technology Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2015 - 2021" the market was valued at USD 15.70 billion in 2014, which is expected to reach USD 28.50 billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 8.4% from 2015 to 2021.

25 Aug 2015

Optimization Algorithm Reduces Energy Consumption by Minimizing Acceleration of Industrial Robots

By minimizing the acceleration of industrial robots, energy consumption can be reduced by up to 40 percent – while retaining the given production time. This is the result of a new optimization algorithm that was developed by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology.

25 Aug 2015

Aerosense Selects Mitsui Chemicals’ POLYMETAC Metal Resin for Autonomous UAV

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. announced that the Group’s unique metal resin integral technology, POLYMETACTM has been selected for use in the frames of new autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles which are currently being developed by Aerosense Inc., a joint venture of Sony Mobile Communications Inc. and ZMP Inc.

25 Aug 2015

NASA's Johnson Space Center Awards $101.9 Million Contract Extension to Raytheon

NASA's Johnson Space Center has awarded to Raytheon Company a contract extension with a potential value of $101.9 million. Raytheon will continue to provide operations, maintenance and engineering services for up to four years to NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL) and Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF), facilities that are critical to safe human spaceflight.

24 Aug 2015

New Report on Semiconductor Factory Automation Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Semiconductor Factory Automation: Technology Issues and Market Forecasts" report to their offering.

24 Aug 2015

Original ADAM Robot Scientist at London’s Science Museum

Children will be given the chance to meet the original Robot Scientist in a series of demonstrations at London’s Science Museum next week.

24 Aug 2015

Tetraplegic to Take Part in Tough Mudder Challenge on a Special Wheelchair

Student Rob Camm will be the first tetraplegic in the world to take part in a Tough Mudder challenge – navigating the gruelling course on a special wheelchair which he controls with his chin. The 21-year-old, who studies politics and philosophy at the University of Bristol, was left paralysed from the neck down and is reliant on a ventilator after a car crash two years ago.

24 Aug 2015

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Market Forecast to Grow at 13.42% CAGR Between 2015 and 2020

According to a new market research report "Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Market by Type (Shallow, Medium, Large), Application (Commercial, Scientific Research, Defense) & Geography (North America, Europe, APAC, RoW) - Analysis & Forecast to 2020", published by marketsandmarkets, the total Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Market is expected to reach USD 343.4 Million by 2020, at an estimated CAGR of 13.42% between 2015 and 2020.

24 Aug 2015

MAG Acquires BOSH to Integrate C4ISR Manned and UAS Services

The Momentum Aviation Group (MAG) has acquired privately-held BOSH Global Services, a world leader in C4ISR services and solutions related to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The two companies will integrate their C4ISR services businesses, resulting in an expansion of both companies' capabilities to provide and enable real time situational awareness worldwide using fixed wing, rotary wing, and unmanned aircraft.

24 Aug 2015

UAV System for Delivering SPLAT Pheromone-Infused Wax to Cranberry Fields

It's no fun being a male moth in one of Shawn Steffan's cranberry research plots in central Wisconsin. When the time comes to mate, it's tough to find a partner.

21 Aug 2015

Robotics News

Butterfleye Wireless Home Monitoring Camera System Launched on Indiegogo

NASA Goddard Enters CRADA with YYESIT to Enhance Video and Audio Monitoring Technology

Ohio UAS Conference: Cubic Global Defense to Highlight Manned/Unmanned Live, Virtual and Constructive Technology

AeroVironment Receives $47.1 Million Sustainment Orders for Raven and Puma UAS

Meggitt to Provide Support to Canadian Armed Forces for Small Arms and Indirect Fire Trainers

Global Machine Vision Technology Market Forecast to Grow at 8.4% CAGR to Reach $28.50 Billion by 2021

Optimization Algorithm Reduces Energy Consumption by Minimizing Acceleration of Industrial Robots

Aerosense Selects Mitsui Chemicals’ POLYMETAC Metal Resin for Autonomous UAV

NASA's Johnson Space Center Awards $101.9 Million Contract Extension to Raytheon

New Report on Semiconductor Factory Automation Market

Original ADAM Robot Scientist at London’s Science Museum

Tetraplegic to Take Part in Tough Mudder Challenge on a Special Wheelchair

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Market Forecast to Grow at 13.42% CAGR Between 2015 and 2020

MAG Acquires BOSH to Integrate C4ISR Manned and UAS Services

UAV System for Delivering SPLAT Pheromone-Infused Wax to Cranberry Fields

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