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Teradyne Introduces ETS-800 Test System for Linear, Power and Automotive Markets

Teradyne, Inc. announced the availability of the ETS-800 test system designed to further drive down the cost of test in the linear, power and automotive markets. The system introduction coincides with the availability of a suite of instruments to address the requirements of the analog test market. System shipments began in the third quarter of 2014 and are in production at multiple customers.

16 Apr 2015

Research to Help Robotic Explorers Prepare for Future Mars Missions Among Cargo to the ISS

Research that will help prepare NASA astronauts and robotic explorers for future missions to Mars is among the two tons of cargo now on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. The spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket at 4:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

16 Apr 2015

Brunel University London to Train Women to Deliver Robo-Code Sessions at Secondary Schools

Female students at Brunel University London will teach schoolchildren to programme robots in a new bid to balance the gender divide in STEM subjects.

16 Apr 2015

MathWorks Debuts Robotics System Toolbox

MathWorks today announced the introduction of Robotics System Toolbox, a new product as part of Release 2015a. With ready-to-use algorithms and hardware connectivity for developing autonomous mobile robotics applications, Robotics System Toolbox provides an interface and complete integration between MATLAB and Simulink, and the Robot Operating System (ROS).

16 Apr 2015

Floyd Medical Center Deploys Portable Tru-D SmartUVC Automated Disinfection Robot

Floyd Medical Center recently bolstered its patient safety arsenal by deploying Tru-D SmartUVC, the only portable automated disinfection robot to accurately measure and deliver a pathogen-eliminating dose of UV light to terminally disinfect patient rooms, ICUs, surgery suites and other patient spaces.

16 Apr 2015

Unmanned Systems 2015: UAV Turbines to Showcase New-Generation Technology

UAV Turbines, Inc. (UAVT) will be exhibiting at Unmanned Systems 2015, the industry's premier conference and exhibition, in Atlanta on May 5-7.

16 Apr 2015

ONR Demonstrates Swarming Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

A new era in autonomy and unmanned systems for naval operations is on the horizon, as officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced today recent technology demonstrations of swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) -- part of the Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program.

15 Apr 2015

Safety System for Car Monitors Driver's Movements to Anticipate Mistakes

It may be a while yet before we have cars that drive themselves, but in the near future your car may help you drive. In particular, it could warn you when you’re about to do something stupid.

15 Apr 2015

VEX Robotics World Championship: U.S. Army to Showcase Cutting-Edge STEM Technology

The U.S. Army, a leader in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) announced today that it will showcase top Army scientists and engineers and cutting-edge STEM technology to thousands of students from around the world at the 2015 VEX Robotics World Championship, taking place April 15-18, 2015, in Louisville, Ky.

15 Apr 2015

New Deep-Learning Algorithm Enables Robot to Operate a Machine that it has Never Seen Before

In the near future we may have household robots to handle cooking, cleaning and other menial tasks. They will be teachable: Show the robot how to operate your coffee machine, and it will take over from there.

15 Apr 2015

Germ-Zapping Robot Effectively Cleans Hospital Rooms

Can a robot clean a hospital room just as well as a person? According to new research out of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, that is indeed the case. Chetan Jinadatha, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Medicine and chief of infectious diseases at the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System in Temple, is studying the effectiveness of a germ-zapping robot to clean hospital rooms, which could hold the key to preventing the spread of "superbugs" - in turn, saving countless dollars and, most importantly, lives.

15 Apr 2015

Hansen Medical’s Magellan 10Fr Robotic Catheter Receives CE Marking for Use in Peripheral Vasculature

Hansen Medical®, Inc., the global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced the Company's Magellan™ 10Fr Robotic Catheter has received European Conformity (CE) Marking for use in the peripheral vasculature. Achieving this milestone allows the company to market the Magellan 10Fr Robotic Catheter in Europe and other countries that require the CE Mark.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 15 Apr 2015

ECA Group to Design AUVs for Detecting Sea Mines and Underwater Improvised Explosive Devices

ECA Group, subsidiary of Groupe Gorgé, is a partner in the MMCM programme, which OCCAR awarded to Thalès (in partnership with BAE Systems) on 27 March 2015. Aimed at the British and French navies, this programme will develop a prototype autonomous system for the detection and neutralisation of sea mines and underwater improvised explosive devices.

13 Apr 2015

Hannover Messe 2015: Stäubli Robotics to Present Next Generation TX2 6-Axis Robots and SP2 Teach Pendant

Stäubli Robotics welcomes you to join the presentation of the next generation of fast and precise TX2 6-axis robots and the SP2 teach pendant. The new range of high performance six-axis robots are redefining performance with the optimum balance of speed, rigidity, size and envelope. Stäubli Robotics will also exhibit the next CS9 controller generation.

13 Apr 2015

ABB Presents Innovative Solutions Aimed at Internet of Things, Services and People

ABB, the global power and automation technology group, will present new products and solutions for tomorrow’s industries that can be networked via the Internet at this year’s Hanover Fair, all aimed at the “Internet of Things, Services and People.” The company will also present innovative solutions that support Germany’s shift to renewable energy.

13 Apr 2015

Robotics News

Teradyne Introduces ETS-800 Test System for Linear, Power and Automotive Markets

Research to Help Robotic Explorers Prepare for Future Mars Missions Among Cargo to the ISS

Brunel University London to Train Women to Deliver Robo-Code Sessions at Secondary Schools

MathWorks Debuts Robotics System Toolbox

Floyd Medical Center Deploys Portable Tru-D SmartUVC Automated Disinfection Robot

Unmanned Systems 2015: UAV Turbines to Showcase New-Generation Technology

ONR Demonstrates Swarming Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Safety System for Car Monitors Driver's Movements to Anticipate Mistakes

VEX Robotics World Championship: U.S. Army to Showcase Cutting-Edge STEM Technology

New Deep-Learning Algorithm Enables Robot to Operate a Machine that it has Never Seen Before

Germ-Zapping Robot Effectively Cleans Hospital Rooms

Hansen Medical’s Magellan 10Fr Robotic Catheter Receives CE Marking for Use in Peripheral Vasculature

ECA Group to Design AUVs for Detecting Sea Mines and Underwater Improvised Explosive Devices

Hannover Messe 2015: Stäubli Robotics to Present Next Generation TX2 6-Axis Robots and SP2 Teach Pendant

ABB Presents Innovative Solutions Aimed at Internet of Things, Services and People

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