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Cub Cadet Launches RG3 Robotic Greens Mower for Golf Courses

Improved greens surfaces for golf course superintendents and better putting games for golfers are now teed up with Cub Cadet's official launch of the RG3 – the world's first robotic greens mower for golf courses.

10 Feb 2015

KUKA Small Robot Entertains Travelers at Aursnes Ferry Dock

Anyone in Norway wishing to travel from Sykkylven to Spjelkavik is well advised to take the ferry. At the moment, a KUKA small robot of the KR AGILUS series is even shortening the wait time at the ferry dock in Aursnes, near Sykkylven.

10 Feb 2015

Robotic Replicas Help Explore Information Flow Involved in Collective Animal Behaviors

Living in groups affords several benefits for animals, including better feeding opportunities and reduced risks from predators--situations in which critical information is transmitted nonverbally throughout the group.

10 Feb 2015

Kirobo Robot Astronaut to Return to Earth from the International Space Station

Dentsu Inc. (TOKYO: 4324) (ISIN: JP3551520004) (President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 74,609.81 million yen) announced today that Kirobo, the robot astronaut that spent eighteen months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), is scheduled to return to Earth tomorrow.

10 Feb 2015

Three Research Groups Obtain President's BRAIN Initiative Funding to Improve Artificial Limb Technology

Three groups of researchers who have received support from the National Institutes of Health will obtain funding from the President's BRAIN Initiative to improve artificial limb technology. The new awards will be funded and administered by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and will build on the fundamental discoveries that were made possible by NIH support.

10 Feb 2015

Research Team Wins $2.5 Million DARPA Contract Through Hand Proprioception and Touch Interfaces Program

A research team led by Paul Marasco, Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute, has won a $2.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

10 Feb 2015

Winners of First 'UAE Drones for Good Award' Announced

The winners of the first 'UAE Drones for Good Award', the largest award of its kind in the world, were announced today in the presence of His Highness Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE ministers and international dignitaries.

9 Feb 2015

Keynote Speakers Announced for RoboUniverse Conference and Expo

MecklerMedia Corporation announced the keynote speakers for RoboUniverse Conference and Expo, taking place on May 11-13, 2015 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.

9 Feb 2015

New Plan to Study How Reporters Could Use Unmanned Aircraft for Gathering News

Leaders with the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia Tech have outlined a research plan to study how reporters could use unmanned aircraft to gather news.

9 Feb 2015

Hansen Medical Receives FDA Approval for Expanded Protocol for ARTISAN-AF IDE Study

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced FDA approval of an expanded protocol for the ARTISAN-AF IDE Study. The amended protocol now includes the use of the Thermocool® SmartTouch® Catheter (BioSense Webster, Diamond Bar, CA) and the EnSite Velocity Cardiac Mapping System (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN).

6 Feb 2015