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Prominent Global Digital Storage Companies Place Order for Adept’s Industrial Robot Products

Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent robots, autonomous mobile solutions and services, has received orders over the last several weeks totaling more than 2.5 million dollars (US Dollar) for its industrial robot products from two global companies in the digital storage industry. Shipments began in May and are scheduled to continue through October 2015.

23 Jun 2015

Touch Bionics Introduces i-limb quantum Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand at ISPO Congress

Touch Bionics, a provider of world-leading prosthetic technologies, today announced a significant addition to the company's i-limb™ range of bionic hands at the International Society of Prosthetics & Orthotics (ISPO) World Congress taking place in Lyon, France. The i-limb quantum incorporates the company's patented i-mo™ technology and is the first upper limb prosthesis that can change grips with a simple gesture.

23 Jun 2015

Mazor Robotics Receives 50th Purchase Order for Renaissance System in the US

Mazor Robotics Ltd., a developer of innovative guidance systems and complementary products, announced today that it received the 50th purchase order for the Renaissance system in the US. The system will be installed in a 160-bed acute care hospital in Virginia, making it the third Renaissance system to be installed in the state, and the second to be installed in Virginia this quarter.

From Medtronic 23 Jun 2015

CogIMon Project Aims to Teach Robots How to Interact and Work Together with Humans

From a robot’s perspective, humans are normally a nuisance: when robots and humans have to work together, it often leads to problems. Researchers on CogIMon, a new project starting at Bielefeld University, want to teach robots how to interact with humans and work together to accomplish tasks. CogIMon stands for “cognitive compliant interaction in motion.” This research group is working on humanoid as well as industrial robots.

22 Jun 2015

SurgCenter Development to Build Orthopedic Robotics Programs with Blue Belt Technologies’ Navio System

Blue Belt Technologies, a medical device company specializing in advanced technology solutions for orthopedic surgery, announces a partnership with SurgCenter Development, a leader in the launch and growth of physician owned Ambulatory Surgery Centers across the United States. The partnership will enable SurgCenter Development locations to build streamlined Orthopedic Robotics Programs with Blue Belt Technologies’ Navio Surgical System.

22 Jun 2015

Spiraling Micro-Tentacles for Microrobotics

The tiny tube circled an ant’s thorax, gently trapping the insect and demonstrating the utility of a microrobotic tentacle developed by Iowa State University engineers.

22 Jun 2015

Drone World Expo 2015: Precision Integrated and DreamHammer Announced as Gold Sponsors

Precision Integrated and DreamHammer, leading companies in the drone industry, have just been announced as Gold Sponsors for the 2015 Drone World Expo.

19 Jun 2015

GEST Scientific Meeting: Hansen Medical to Highlight Magellan Robotic System

Hansen Medical®, Inc., the global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced it will exhibit its Magellan™ Robotic System at the Global Embolization Symposium and Technologies (GEST) Scientific Meeting June 24 - June 27 at the FIBES II - New Conference Centre in Seville, Spain.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 19 Jun 2015

Alibaba and Foxconn to Each Invest JPY 14.5 Billion in SoftBank Robotics Holdings

SoftBank Corp., Alibaba Group Holding Limited and Foxconn Technology Group today announced an agreement under which Alibaba and Foxconn will each invest JPY 14.5 billion in SoftBank Robotics Holdings Corp., the SoftBank Group’s intermediate holding company responsible for its robotics business.

19 Jun 2015

InfoComm 2015: Stampede, Vidyo Collaborate to Introduce Drone-Based Video Conferencing

InfoComm – Demonstrating its singular ability to take video conferencing to a whole new level of effectiveness for a wide variety of customers involved in law enforcement, security, first responders, and emergency communications, Stampede, North America’s leading provider of custom configured ProAV solutions, today announced it was teaming up with Vidyo, Inc., a leader in visual communications and collaboration, to introduce drone-based video conferencing at InfoComm 2015. See a video of the drone in action.

19 Jun 2015

Robotic PCI using CorPath System Broadcast Live at Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics Conference

Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc., a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that a complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was broadcast live to attendees of the 2015 Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics Conference in Orlando, Florida.

19 Jun 2015

Researchers Develop Wheeled Mobile Robot and Lesson Plans for School Teachers

With even preschoolers using computers and video games, students at all levels now expect to modify and control their own experiments and receive immediate feedback. Responding to that trend, a trio of New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering researchers has developed a wheeled mobile robot and accompanying lesson plans for middle school teachers.

18 Jun 2015

New Northrop Grumman Open Mission Systems Architecture Successfully Flown on NASA Global Hawk

Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully flew a new Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture on a NASA Global Hawk, demonstrating the ability to rapidly and affordably adapt new capabilities onto unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The new architecture implementation flight took place at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.

18 Jun 2015

ULC Robotics Deploys CISBOT in Scotland for Advanced Gas Pipe Maintenance

ULC Robotics, a leading robotics, energy services, and research and development company focused on the energy and utility industries, has deployed its Cast Iron Joint Sealing Robot (CISBOT) for the first time in Scotland on iconic George Street in Edinburgh. Similar to Fifth Avenue in New York City, the visitors and high-end shop owners along George Street are not likely to notice CISBOT because the robot is virtually invisible.

18 Jun 2015

College of DuPage Invited to Participate in 2015 NASA Robotic Mining Competition

College of DuPage was one of only two community colleges invited to participate in the 2015 NASA Robotic Mining Competition held at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

18 Jun 2015

Robotics News

Prominent Global Digital Storage Companies Place Order for Adept’s Industrial Robot Products

Touch Bionics Introduces i-limb quantum Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand at ISPO Congress

Mazor Robotics Receives 50th Purchase Order for Renaissance System in the US

CogIMon Project Aims to Teach Robots How to Interact and Work Together with Humans

SurgCenter Development to Build Orthopedic Robotics Programs with Blue Belt Technologies’ Navio System

Spiraling Micro-Tentacles for Microrobotics

Drone World Expo 2015: Precision Integrated and DreamHammer Announced as Gold Sponsors

GEST Scientific Meeting: Hansen Medical to Highlight Magellan Robotic System

Alibaba and Foxconn to Each Invest JPY 14.5 Billion in SoftBank Robotics Holdings

InfoComm 2015: Stampede, Vidyo Collaborate to Introduce Drone-Based Video Conferencing

Robotic PCI using CorPath System Broadcast Live at Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics Conference

Researchers Develop Wheeled Mobile Robot and Lesson Plans for School Teachers

New Northrop Grumman Open Mission Systems Architecture Successfully Flown on NASA Global Hawk

ULC Robotics Deploys CISBOT in Scotland for Advanced Gas Pipe Maintenance

College of DuPage Invited to Participate in 2015 NASA Robotic Mining Competition

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