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Orthopedic Institute of Santa Barbara’s Lead Surgeon and Blue Belt Technologies add Navio Robotic-Assisted Surgical System

Dr. William Gallivan, lead surgeon at Orthopedic Institute of Santa Barbara, and Blue Belt Technologies announce the addition of the Navio® robotic-assisted surgical system for partial knee replacement. Navio utilizes CT-free navigation and a handheld, robotic tool.

24 Jul 2015

New Mexico State University Offers Second Session of Beginning Summer Robotics Camp

Following a sellout robotics camp being held this week, New Mexico State University has added a second session of Beginning Summer Robotics Camp to be held July 28-30. The camp, for children ages 10-17, is provided by the Engineering New Mexico Resource Network, part of the College of Engineering.

24 Jul 2015

General Motors Donates Two Heavy-Duty Fanuc Industrial Robots to RIT Lab

General Motors donated two heavy-duty industrial robots to Rochester Institute of Technology to be installed in the Materials Laboratory located in RIT’s College of Applied Science Technology. The Fanuc R2000iA/210F robots are used in contemporary manufacturing processes and had been used in two of GM’s plants to build its Chevy Cruze automobiles as well as the larger Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Escalade luxury and utility vehicles.

24 Jul 2015

Windbot Robotic Probe Could Stay Aloft in Planet's Atmosphere Without Wings

Among designers of robotic probes to explore the planets, there is certainly no shortage of clever ideas. There are concepts for robots that are propelled by waves in the sea. There are ideas for tumbleweed bots driven by wind, rolling across Antarctica or Mars. Recently a team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, wondered if a probe could be buoyant in the clouds of Earth or a distant gas giant planet, like Jupiter.

24 Jul 2015

NASA and SVC-AUVSI to Cosponsor UAS Traffic Management Convention 2015

NASA and the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International will cosponsor the 2015 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management Convention: A New Era in Aviation. The event will be held Tuesday, July 28 through Thursday, July 30, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.

24 Jul 2015

The Hague to Host European Trade Fair on Drones

On 2 – 4 February 2016, The Hague will host the second edition of the European trade fair The Unmanned Systems Expo (TUSExpo) at the city’s World Forum.

23 Jul 2015

Petpace Remote Pet Health Monitoring Announces Integration with AVImark Veterinary Practice Management Software

PetPace, the provider of an innovative IoT smart collar for remote real-time monitoring and analysis of pet vital signs and activity, today announced its integration with AVImark- the leading veterinary Practice Management Software.

23 Jul 2015

Grand Sky Selects VirtualAirBoss for Managing UAS Flight Operations

Grand Sky, the first of its kind UAS Business and Aviation Park in Grand Forks, N.D., has chosen the VirtualAirBoss™ (VAB) to help manage its UAS flight operations. VAB, developed by SmartC2, is designed to securely manage complex aviation business operations, meeting the safety and reporting goals for Grand Sky as well as the ability to integrate with NASA's Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system.

23 Jul 2015

Final Phase of Adaptive Autonomous Ocean Sampling Network Management Systems Competition now Underway

The final phase of a competition to develop novel adaptive autonomous ocean sampling network (AAOSN) management systems for the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is now underway. Two UK consortia will move forward to develop systems capable of coordinating a suite of marine autonomous vehicles gathering data from the ocean over periods of months, and tracking and sampling dynamic features.

23 Jul 2015

Olympus Controls to Distribute Adept's Mobile Robots in Seven States in the U.S

Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent robots, autonomous mobile solutions and services, announced today that it has added a new distributor, Olympus Controls, Inc. A full-service automation provider, Olympus Controls will market and support Adept's portfolio of mobile robots in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Texas and Oklahoma.

23 Jul 2015

Research and Markets Offers 2015 Remote Monitoring & Controls Industry Directory

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2015 Remote Monitoring & Controls Industry Directory" directory to their offering.

23 Jul 2015

Yara Acquires ABB’s MNS Low Voltage Switchgear for Porsgrunn Fertilizer Plant

ABB, the global leader in power and automation technologies, announced today that it will supply MNS® low voltage switchgear to upgrade a production plant of Yara, the leading global fertilizer company in Porsgrunn, Norway.

23 Jul 2015

Blue Frog Robotics Releases Developer Program to Build Apps for BUDDY Companion Robot

Blue Frog Robotics, creator of BUDDY, the world’s first open-source companion robot, today rolled out initial details of its software development kit (SDK) and developer program that will make it easy to build apps for BUDDY.

23 Jul 2015

New Report on Global Counter UAS Technologies Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Counter UAS Technologies" report to their offering.

22 Jul 2015

Infrax Developing Security & Agricultural Drones Using IoT Technology

Infrax Systems Inc., a global provider of Internet of Things and Smart Grid Technologies for the electric utility and agricultural industries, announces today that the Company is developing security and agricultural drones using SNIC technology for its utility and agritech customers, including HempTech Corp (FWDG).

22 Jul 2015