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Spanish Robot That Could Establish Visual and Linguistic Interaction with Human Interlocutor

The aim of the research carried out by the Computational Cognitive Robotics Group from the Department of Artificial Intelligence of the School of Computing Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is the development of a Spanish pioneering robot that can establish visual and linguistic interaction with a human interlocutor.

15 Jun 2015

ACHEMA 2015: Festo to Showcase Autonomous, Swimming Jellyfish and Floating eMotionSpheres

Festo‘s bionic projects illustrate how networking and real-time communication can work in process automation. At ACHEMA 2015, the 31st international trade fair for process industry taking place from the 15th to the 19th of June in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Festo will present two of those projects at once. In hall 8, stand C72 Festo shows the autonomous, swimming jellyfish AquaJellies 2.0; in hall 11, stand G44 the floating eMotionSpheres. Both projects use principles from nature and demonstrate how these can be applied in automation technology.

15 Jun 2015

SAVIC Selects Elbit Systems of America's Enhanced Vision System for COMAC C919 Aircraft

Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the Shanghai Avionics Corporation (SAVIC) to provide the Kollsman Enhanced Vision System-Superior Performance (EVS-SP™) for the COMAC C919 aircraft. Elbit Systems of America, working with official sales representative, East Wonder, Inc. secured the contract with SAVIC which enables future operators of the C919 to select the EVS-SP through the aircraft manufacturer.

15 Jun 2015

DENSO Robotics Provides Three Robots for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Movie

DENSO robots have made it onto the big screen and can be seen in Marvel Studio’s latest release “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, a blockbuster movie that has already grossed 1.3 billion US dollars in theaters around the world since its release on May 1st. Marvel’s "Avengers: Age of Ultron" is the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time.

15 Jun 2015

Festo Advances Implementation of Industry 4.0

Festo is actively advancing the implementation of Industry 4.0: besides carrying out intensive research into intelligent components and decentralised automation, the automation producer is setting out to meet the requirements of Industry 4.0 with specific solutions in process automation as well.

From Festo Corporation 12 Jun 2015

Teradyne Acquires Universal Robots

Teradyne, Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Universal Robots, the leading supplier of collaborative robots; low-cost, easy-to-deploy and simple-to -program robots that work side by side with production workers to improve quality and increase manufacturing efficiency. Collaborative robotics is a $100 million segment of the industrial robotics market growing at more than 50% per year.

12 Jun 2015

Global Industry Analysis Report on Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market- Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014-2020" report to their offering.

12 Jun 2015

Printable Origami Robot Can Swim, Climb, and Carry Loads

At the recent International Conference on Robotics and Automation, MIT researchers presented a printable origami robot that folds itself up from a flat sheet of plastic when heated and measures about a centimeter from front to back.

12 Jun 2015

Hansen Medical to Feature Magellan Robotic System at Society for Vascular Surgery 2015 Annual Meeting

Hansen Medical®, Inc., the global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced it will exhibit its Magellan™ Robotic System at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, June 18 - 20 at the McCormick Place West in Chicago, Illinois. The company expects that Magellan will be featured during several physician presentations throughout the meeting, covering a broad range of endovascular procedures.

12 Jun 2015

New Report on Global Cartesian Robot Market by Technavio

Technavio has published a new report on the global Cartesian robot market, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 5% from 2015-2019.

11 Jun 2015

MIT Team’s Control Algorithms for Solving Optimization Problems at DARPA's Robotic Contest

Last weekend was the final round of competition in the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s contest to design control systems for a humanoid robot that could climb a ladder, remove debris, drive a utility vehicle, and perform several other tasks related to a hypothetical disaster. The team representing MIT finished sixth out of a field of 25.

11 Jun 2015

NTNU Reserachers Create Robot that Learns Everything from Scratch

Two researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have made a robot that learns like a young child. At least, that’s the idea. The machine starts with nothing — it has to learn everything from scratch.

11 Jun 2015

University of Lincoln, UK Researchers are Working on Fully Automatic Robotic Harvesting System for Broccoli

A project involving 3D camera technology currently being developed at the University of Lincoln, UK, could result in a fully automatic robotic harvesting system for broccoli.

11 Jun 2015

New Robot Being Developed at University of Adelaide Features Bio-Inspired Vision System

The way insects see and track their prey is being applied to a new robot under development at the University of Adelaide, in the hopes of improving robot visual systems.

11 Jun 2015

Technavio Forecasts Growth of Industrial Robotics Market in North America at 12.26% CAGR Over the Period 2015-2019

About Industrial Robots
Industrial robotics is the technology used to automate a variety of manufacturing processes across different industries such as automotive, food and beverage, and electrical and electronics. Industrial robots are programmed to automate and control manufacturing processes such as arc welding, spot welding, materials handling, machine tending, picking, packing and palletizing, assembly, mechanical cutting, grinding, deburring and polishing, gluing, adhesive sealing and spraying materials, and other applications including inspection, water jet cutting, and soldering.

11 Jun 2015

Robotics News

Spanish Robot That Could Establish Visual and Linguistic Interaction with Human Interlocutor

ACHEMA 2015: Festo to Showcase Autonomous, Swimming Jellyfish and Floating eMotionSpheres

SAVIC Selects Elbit Systems of America's Enhanced Vision System for COMAC C919 Aircraft

DENSO Robotics Provides Three Robots for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Movie

Festo Advances Implementation of Industry 4.0

Teradyne Acquires Universal Robots

Global Industry Analysis Report on Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market

Printable Origami Robot Can Swim, Climb, and Carry Loads

Hansen Medical to Feature Magellan Robotic System at Society for Vascular Surgery 2015 Annual Meeting

New Report on Global Cartesian Robot Market by Technavio

MIT Team’s Control Algorithms for Solving Optimization Problems at DARPA's Robotic Contest

NTNU Reserachers Create Robot that Learns Everything from Scratch

University of Lincoln, UK Researchers are Working on Fully Automatic Robotic Harvesting System for Broccoli

New Robot Being Developed at University of Adelaide Features Bio-Inspired Vision System

Technavio Forecasts Growth of Industrial Robotics Market in North America at 12.26% CAGR Over the Period 2015-2019

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