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Robotic Care Bed for Monitoring Patients in Hospitals

It can be rotated and attain 12 different positions to achieve permanence and transfer of patients with specific requirements

4 Sep 2015

ABB to Provide Kårstø Gas Plant with Upgraded 800xA Automation Software

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a $15 million contract by Norwegian oil operator Gassco and the Technical Service Provider Statoil to provide Kårstø gas-processing complex with an upgraded version of the control system software. The order reflects the importance of this facility, which receives gas and condensates from 28 fields in the North Sea, and is the third largest producer of natural gas liquids in the world.

4 Sep 2015

Leica Geosystems Releases Autonomous GNSS Monitoring Solution Integrated into Stand-Alone Receiver

Leica Geosystems has released Leica VADASE, the world’s first GNSS monitoring solution integrated into a stand-alone receiver detecting fast movements of man-made and natural structures in real time.

4 Sep 2015

DENSO Offers Small Assembly Robots with Unbeatable Value

DENSO Robotics, a global supplier of advanced robotic technology, knows firsthand what customers want in their assembly robots. Speed, accuracy, ease of operation, high reliability, low maintenance, durability and energy efficiency are all part what makes "The DENSO Difference" – small industrial robots of the highest quality with the lowest total cost of ownership.

3 Sep 2015

Measure Granted FAA Approval to Fly More Than 300 Different Types of Drones

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made Measure the only company with permission to fly more than 300 different types of drones for a broad range of commercial applications.

3 Sep 2015

NASA Completes Performance Envelope Expansion Flights for X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed

Marking a milestone for the X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed (MUTT), researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, completed a series of performance envelope expansion flights on August 11.

3 Sep 2015

Engineers Perform Final Decontamination on Orion Crew Module

The Orion crew module flown 3,600 miles into space during Exploration Flight Test-1 has arrived to the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company headquarters in Littleton, Colorado.

3 Sep 2015

Insitu Successfully Launches ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft to Demonstrate Fire Monitoring

While more than 625,000 acres of wildfires burned throughout the Pacific Northwest, crew members of the Insitu Rapid Response team launched a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft into the hazy skies above the Paradise Fire in Washington's Olympic National Park.

3 Sep 2015

Global Programmable Robots Market Forecast to Grow at 14.94% CAGR from 2015 to 2020

According to a new market research report "Programmable Robots Market by Component (Hardware and Software), Application (Education & Research and Hobbyist and Entertainment), and Geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and RoW) - Global Forecast to 2020", published by MarketsandMarkets, the market for Programmable Robots was valued 1,050 Million in 2014 and is expected reach USD 2,381.5 Million by 2020, at a CAGR of 14.94% from 2015 to 2020.

2 Sep 2015

Neato Robotics Introduces Wi-Fi Enabled Neato Botvac Connected Robot Vacuum

Neato Robotics today announced the Neato Botvac™ Connected robot vacuum, calling the new Wi-Fi enabled model the best cleaning robot the company has ever designed.

2 Sep 2015

In-Depth Analysis of the Global Market for Medical Robotics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Robotic Surgery Market Report: 2015 Edition" report to their offering.

2 Sep 2015

Stereotaxis Awarded U.S. Patent for Management of Live Remote Medical Display

Stereotaxis, Inc., a global leader in innovative technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 9,111,016 to the Company entitled "Management of Live Remote Medical Display."

2 Sep 2015

Patent for IRL Smart Controller Enables Real Time, Online, Continuous Decisions

UT Arlington electrical engineers have patented an innovative method that improves a controller's ability to make real-time decisions.

2 Sep 2015

Self-Driving Golf Carts Ferry Tourists Around Winding Paths in Large Singaporean Public Garden

At the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in September, members of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and their colleagues will describe an experiment conducted over six days at a large public garden in Singapore, in which self-driving golf carts ferried 500 tourists around winding paths trafficked by pedestrians, bicyclists, and the occasional monitor lizard.

2 Sep 2015

Rockwell Automation to Host 2015 Automation Fair Event in November

The world of manufacturing and production is undergoing unprecedented change with the convergence of information and operations technology, along with the emergence of modern technologies associated with the Internet of Things. The opportunity to learn about the latest integrated control and information portfolio of products, services and solutions that can enable a Connected Enterprise will be the focus of this year’s Automation Fair event from Rockwell Automation.

1 Sep 2015