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State of Montana Awards Funds for Next Generation Machine Vision Research

Hyperspectral Imaging technology got a boost from the State of Montana when Governor Steve Bullock and Montana Department of Commerce Director Meg O'Leary announced research grant awards. "These state-of-the-art projects will significantly and positively impact Montana's opportunities for economic growth," said Bullock. "Through investments in innovative research and commercialization, we're not only supporting cutting-edge projects and jobs today, but we're also helping to define what Montana's economy looks like for years to come."

20 Aug 2015

Clare Controls Provides Smart, High-Performance Automation Solutions for Lexar Homes

Clare Controls and Lexar Homes are partnering to include smart automation packages as standard amenities in homes offered by the company's network of franchised builders in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and North Dakota.

20 Aug 2015

Researchers Deploy AUV System for Sampling Planktonic Larvae in Ocean Waters

A group of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers and engineers have developed and tested an innovative new system for sampling small planktonic larvae in coastal ocean waters and understanding their distribution.

20 Aug 2015

RE2 Awarded $2.7 Million Contract to Develop Underwater Dexterous Manipulation System for EOD Applications

RE2, Inc., a leading developer of mobile manipulation systems, announced today that the company was awarded a $2.7 Million contract by the Office of Naval Research to develop an Underwater Dexterous Manipulation System for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Applications (DMEA).

20 Aug 2015

Duke University Opens Marine Conservation Ecology Unmanned Systems Facility

Duke University has opened a new research and training facility for the use of unmanned aircraft systems -- commonly referred to as drones -- in marine science and conservation.

19 Aug 2015

AMX by HARMAN's Enterprise Automation Solutions Recognized with 2015 European Frost & Sullivan Award

Based on its recent analysis of the building automation (BA) market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes AMX by HARMAN's enterprise automation solutions with the 2015 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Growth Excellence Leadership.

19 Aug 2015

Smart Robots Market Estimated to Reach USD 7.85 Billion by 2020

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Smart Robots Market by Component (Software, Hardware), Application (Collaborative Industrial Robots, Personal Service Robots, Professional Service Robots), by Geography (North America, Europe, APAC, RoW) - Analysis & Forecast to 2020" report to their offering.

19 Aug 2015

Unfors RaySafe and Corindus Vascular Robotics Announce Distribution Agreement

Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc., a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, and Unfors RaySafe, Inc., a Fluke Biomedical Company, today announced a distribution agreement allowing Corindus to offer the RaySafe i2 real-time radiation dose monitoring system in conjunction with the CorPath System, enabling catheterization lab physicians and staff to better protect themselves from, and monitor for, excessive radiation exposure.

19 Aug 2015

Robotics Takes Center Stage at RoboBusiness 2015

As drones buzz, robots glide and entrepreneurs connect, the rise of robotics will take center stage during RoboBusiness at the San Jose Convention Center September 23-24.

19 Aug 2015

First-Ever Robotic Butler Officially Reports for Duty at Aloft Silicon Valley

Aloft Hotels, the innovative hotel brand for today’s hyper-connected global traveler, today announced that its second robotic butler, or Botlr, is officially reporting for full-time duty at Aloft Silicon Valley, effective immediately.

19 Aug 2015

Stampede's DVS Solutions Now Available in Commercial Drone Market

As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) begins to evolve its drone flight regulations, albeit slowly, the technology driving the drone revolution forward is increasing at an accelerated rate.

19 Aug 2015

Savioke Makes Intel RealSense Camera More Accessible to Robot Operating System Developers

During Intel CEO Brian Krzanich’s opening keynote at the Intel Developer Forum today, Savioke announced it is making the Intel® RealSense™ Camera more accessible to the worldwide robotics community by developing a wrapper for the Robot Operating System (ROS).

19 Aug 2015

Scientists Develop Brain-Computer Control Interface for Lower Limb Exoskeleton

Scientists working at Korea University, Korea, and TU Berlin, Germany have developed a brain-computer control interface for a lower limb exoskeleton by decoding specific signals from within the user's brain.

19 Aug 2015

Michigan 4-H Tech Wizards Program Uses Mazes to Teach Youth About Robotics

Robotics is a popular project area for youth to try out, but it doesn’t come without its challenges. Robotics involves a lot of content and learning around the topics of building, engineering and programming which takes a lot of initial time investment with youth.

18 Aug 2015

ReportBuyer's New Study on North America Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market

The UAV market is very dynamic and new technologies have evolved over the years to reduce the overall weight and size of UAVs. Light-weight and compact UAV lead to better usage, ultimately leading to improved operating efficiency, required for military applications.

18 Aug 2015