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Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Demonstrate Endurance Capabilities with MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated endurance capabilities with the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. On a planned 10+ hour flight and range out to 150 nautical miles flight from Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu; the MQ-8C Fire Scout achieved 11 hours with over an hour of fuel in reserve.

27 Aug 2015

Tantalus Partners with Georgia Municipal Utility to Implement Fully-Automated, Two-Way Smart Grid Solution

Tantalus, provider of TUNet®, an award-winning smart grid enterprise communications and applications platform, announced today that it is partnering with Marietta Power and Water, Georgia’s largest municipal utility serving more than 45,000 electric and 17,000 water and wastewater customers, for the implementation of a fully-automated, two-way smart grid solution.

27 Aug 2015

Strongest Adoption of Computer Vision Technology seen in Consumer Electronics, Robotics and Machine Vision Applications

The commercialization of computer vision technology over the past few years has generated market opportunities in a variety of sectors.

26 Aug 2015

Lima Memorial Health System Acquires Tru-D SmartUVC Advanced Germ-Eliminating Robot

Lima Memorial Health System, a leader in infection prevention, today welcomed Tru-D SmartUVC, the most advanced UVC germ-eliminating robot on the market, as its most recent investment in patient safety and quality of care.

26 Aug 2015

Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper Spacecraft to Produce Detailed Map of the Moon’s Water Deposits

A spacecraft the size of a shoebox with Arizona origins will soon be orbiting our nearest neighbor to create a map of water-ice on the moon.

26 Aug 2015

Researchers Develop Radio-Tracking Drone to Locate Radio-Tagged Wildlife

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and The University of Sydney have developed a world-first radio-tracking drone to locate radio-tagged wildlife.

26 Aug 2015

Flour Bluff ISD Upgrades Surveillance Systems to Arecont Vision Megapixel IP Camera System

Delivering high quality and cost effective performance, Arecont Vision’s megapixel IP camera technology has become the go-to choice for new schools and those updating their aging analog video surveillance systems.

26 Aug 2015

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

Robotics News

Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Demonstrate Endurance Capabilities with MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter

Tantalus Partners with Georgia Municipal Utility to Implement Fully-Automated, Two-Way Smart Grid Solution

Strongest Adoption of Computer Vision Technology seen in Consumer Electronics, Robotics and Machine Vision Applications

Lima Memorial Health System Acquires Tru-D SmartUVC Advanced Germ-Eliminating Robot

Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper Spacecraft to Produce Detailed Map of the Moon’s Water Deposits

Researchers Develop Radio-Tracking Drone to Locate Radio-Tagged Wildlife

Flour Bluff ISD Upgrades Surveillance Systems to Arecont Vision Megapixel IP Camera System

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

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