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Expert to Lead Charter Day Panel on Robotics at Cornell University

Robotics expert Hadas Kress-Gazit, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, will speak at Charter Day: A Festival of Ideas and Imagination. Her panel, “Robotics: Today's Intertwining of Engineering and Computer Science,” will be Sunday, April 26, 9-10:30 a.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.

17 Apr 2015

Sealed Air Acquires Intellibot Robotics

Sealed Air today announced the acquisition of Intellibot Robotics LLC, a U.S.-based privately owned company that has pioneered the development of robotic commercial floor cleaning machines.

17 Apr 2015

A Robot That Can Learn Moral Behavior

In research worthy of science fiction writer Isaac Asimov’s “I, Robot,” Bertram Malle is working to design a moral robot.

17 Apr 2015

Monsanto Commits $600,000 for Sponsorship of FIRST Robotics Championship

To encourage young people’s interest and participation in science and technology, today Monsanto announced a 3-year, $600,000 commitment to sponsor the FIRST® Championship, a renowned event in the world of competitive robotic design youth programs. St. Louis hosts the 2015 championship next week, April 22-25.

17 Apr 2015

Clece Selects Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots for Hospitals in Spain and Portugal

Xenex Disinfection Services today announced that Clece, Spain’s leading healthcare provider of cleaning, maintenance, catering and social services, has chosen Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots™ for room disinfection at hospitals in Spain and Portugal. Clece has deployed Xenex robots at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona, where they will be used to supplement the hospital’s cleaning and disinfection procedures. Clece will also implement Xenex robots at Ramón y Cajal in Madrid.

17 Apr 2015

KUKA Showcases Products Ready for Industrie 4.0 at Hannover Messe

That Industrie 4.0 is not simply a trendy buzzword for KUKA will be demonstrated by the Augsburg-based robot and system builder at this year’s Hannover Messe.

17 Apr 2015

DJI and DroneDeploy to Showcase Newest Technologies at Drone World Expo

Two of the nation’s leading drone technology companies have committed their support to Drone World Expo (DWE), the defining event for commercial drone applications, as platinum sponsors. DJI and DroneDeploy will showcase their newest technologies on the exhibit floor and demonstrate the capabilities live at the event scheduled for November 17-18, 2015, at the San Jose, CA Convention Center.

16 Apr 2015

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