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ABB and MeteoGroup to Equip 140 Maersk Line Container Ships with Onboard Advisory Software

ABB, the leading power and automation group, is working with MeteoGroup to equip 140 container ships from Maersk Line with advisory software to optimize routes, boost maritime safety and protect precious cargo based on factors including the hull design and the weather; helping them avoid conditions that could be harmful to the ship, its crew or its cargo.

18 Aug 2015

World UAV Systems Market to Grow to $14 Billion in the Next Ten Years

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) continue as the most dynamic growth sector of the world aerospace industry this decade, report Teal analysts in their latest market analysis.

17 Aug 2015

Students Learn to Design, Engineer and Operate Drone Aircraft at RCEL Drone Camp

What do former Air Force pilots, Rice faculty members, drone experts and industry engineers have in common? A passion for educating future generations of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students.

17 Aug 2015

LoRaWAN mDot Module Remotely Monitors Multitech-Stream IoT-x Activated Building Automation Application

Stream Technologies, a global leader in connectivity solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced it will work collaboratively with MultiTech, a leading global manufacturer of M2M and IoT infrastructure.

17 Aug 2015

Worldwide Telehealth Market Forecast to be Worth $6.5 Billion by 2020

Worldwide telehealth market is forecast to be worth $6.5 billion by 2020 with an estimated CAGR of 24.2% from a value of $2.2 billion in 2015 with healthcare industry undergoing a fundamental transformation of value based business from volume based business.

14 Aug 2015

Hansen Medical Completes 30th Robotic Prostatic Artery Embolization Procedure for BPH at Inova Alexandria Hospital

Hansen Medical, Inc., the global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced the completion of the 30th Robotic Prostatic Artery Embolization (PAE) procedure for the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. The procedures have been performed by Sandeep Bagla, MD, Interventional Radiologist, using the Magellan Robotic System. Dr. Bagla is one of the world leaders in the development of PAE and is at the forefront of applying the Magellan Robotic System to this expanding procedure.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 14 Aug 2015

Extensively New Capabilities for Award-Winning WebNMS IoT Application Platform Increase ROI for Enterprises

WebNMS, a leading provider of scalable software platforms for IoT and multi-vendor network management solutions, will introduce its location and vehicle management capabilities at IoT Evolution Expo. These new capabilities for the WebNMS IoT Application Platform make it the industry’s first open IoT platform to combine remote monitoring and energy management with location and vehicle management.

14 Aug 2015

Global Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Market Forecast to Grow at Almost 21% CAGR: Technavio

Technavio has published a new report on the global unmanned underwater vehicles market, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of almost 21% from 2015-2019.

14 Aug 2015

Michael Baker International Receives FAA Certification to Operate Fixed-Wing, Vertical Take-Off and Landing Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, consulting, planning, technical and professional services, announced today that the company is one of the first in its industry to receive certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate several types of fixed-wing and vertical take-off and landing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

14 Aug 2015

New Machine Vision System Counts Number of Citrus Fruit Dropped Early

As citrus greening continues to impact Florida’s groves, growers have found that they need a way to quickly and accurately count the amount of fruit dropped early to help identify problem areas, which will save time and money.

14 Aug 2015

International Drone Expo and Business Conference Announces IDE 2015 Drone Pitchfest

The second International Drone Expo (IDE) and Drone Business Conference, the largest global commercial drone gathering today announced the IDE 2015 Drone Pitchfest, a once in a lifetime opportunity for drone entrepreneurs to get in front of the most influential venture capitalists dominating the powerful drone community with $150,000 of funding to be won.

14 Aug 2015

NASA Researchers Develop Gecko-Inspired Grippers for Space Applications

A piece of tape can only be used a few times before the adhesion wears off and it can no longer hold two surfaces together. But researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are working on the ultimate system of stickiness, inspired by geckos.

14 Aug 2015

Researchers Discover New Way to Improve Human and Robot Safety in Manufacturing Scenarios

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered a new way to improve human and robot safety in manufacturing scenarios by developing a method for robots to project their next action into the 3D world and onto any moving object.

13 Aug 2015

Fruit Fly-Inspired Artificial Eye to Help Drones Detect and Prevent Obstacles

Inspired by the compound eyes of fruit flies, a team of researchers from EPFL has developed an artificial eye that allows robots to detect and avoid obstacles. From E-textiles to cars, the potentials applications are numerous.

13 Aug 2015

ABB Technology to Upgrade its GIS Substations to Maximize Electricity Transmission Capacity

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $150 million from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) to expand five existing substations, helping to ready the country’s transmission system for a 50 percent expansion of power generation capacity to accommodate a growing economy.

13 Aug 2015

Robotics News

ABB and MeteoGroup to Equip 140 Maersk Line Container Ships with Onboard Advisory Software

World UAV Systems Market to Grow to $14 Billion in the Next Ten Years

Students Learn to Design, Engineer and Operate Drone Aircraft at RCEL Drone Camp

LoRaWAN mDot Module Remotely Monitors Multitech-Stream IoT-x Activated Building Automation Application

Worldwide Telehealth Market Forecast to be Worth $6.5 Billion by 2020

Hansen Medical Completes 30th Robotic Prostatic Artery Embolization Procedure for BPH at Inova Alexandria Hospital

Extensively New Capabilities for Award-Winning WebNMS IoT Application Platform Increase ROI for Enterprises

Global Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Market Forecast to Grow at Almost 21% CAGR: Technavio

Michael Baker International Receives FAA Certification to Operate Fixed-Wing, Vertical Take-Off and Landing Unmanned Aircraft Systems

New Machine Vision System Counts Number of Citrus Fruit Dropped Early

International Drone Expo and Business Conference Announces IDE 2015 Drone Pitchfest

NASA Researchers Develop Gecko-Inspired Grippers for Space Applications

Researchers Discover New Way to Improve Human and Robot Safety in Manufacturing Scenarios

Fruit Fly-Inspired Artificial Eye to Help Drones Detect and Prevent Obstacles

ABB Technology to Upgrade its GIS Substations to Maximize Electricity Transmission Capacity

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