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Mobile Teledermoscopy Feasible and Effective for Short-Term Monitoring of Atypical Moles

Allowing patients to use mobile devices to capture skin images appears to be a feasible and effective method for short-term monitoring of atypical nevi (moles), according to an article published online by JAMA Dermatology.

29 Jan 2015

Cloverbud Activities Help Bring Robotics into the Michigan 4-H Experience

The need to spark youth’s interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is significant. What better way to spark this involvement than through a Michigan State University Extension 4-H experience? Michigan 4-H has endless opportunities to engage youth in STEM activities.

29 Jan 2015

Fusion Joins Virginia Tech and News Media Coalition to Test Small UAS

The coalition of news media partnering with Virginia Tech to test small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is pleased to announce that Fusion has joined its ranks.

29 Jan 2015

H2O Innovation to Implement Proprietary SPMC Remote Monitoring Solution at a Florida Municipality

H2O Innovation Inc. ("H2O Innovation" or the "Company") announces today that it was awarded, at the end of its second quarter and in January 2015, six (6) new contracts for an aggregate amount of $14 million, mainly for the supply of drinking water systems to municipal customers. With the addition of these new contracts, the backlog for water treatment projects has reached $38.2 M at the beginning of the third quarter.

28 Jan 2015

Germ-Zapping Robots Producer, Xenex, Secures $25 Million in New Funding

Xenex Disinfection Services, the world leader in automated environmental disinfection technology for healthcare facilities, today announced it has secured $25 million in new funding. The financing includes new participation from Brandon Point Industries Limited (Brandon Point) and continued investment from existing investors including Battery Ventures, Targeted Technology Fund II and RK Ventures. The financing will be used for product development, international expansion and increasing the company's U.S. sales force.

28 Jan 2015

Global Articulated Robot Market Forecast to Grow at 5.48% CAGR

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Articulated Robot Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

28 Jan 2015

UBC Students to Showcase Engineering Talents in Driverless Robotic Vehicle Competition

UBC students will showcase their engineering design talents in a robotic vehicle competition on Wednesday, January 28. Driverless, remotely controlled vehicles not much larger than a cereal box will navigate the playfield in search of magnetic devices representing buried unexploded bombs and land mines.

28 Jan 2015

UAVs are the Newest Instruments in Precision Agriculture

Comparing an unmanned aerial vehicle to a magnetic resonance imaging machine may seem odd, but that is how the director of the Mississippi State University Geosystems Research Institute sees it.

28 Jan 2015

First Clinical Procedure with Magellan Robotic System in Australia Performed at The Alfred Hospital

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced the completion of the first clinical procedure with the Magellan™ Robotic System in Australia. Interventional radiologists Dr. Gerard Goh and Dr. Jim Koukounaras, assisted by Professor Ken Thomson, performed the procedure at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 28 Jan 2015

Leidos Prototype Maritime Autonomy System for DARPA's ACTUV Completes First Self-Guided Voyage

Leidos, a national security, health, and engineering solutions company, announced today that its prototype maritime autonomy system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program recently completed its first self-guided voyage between Gulfport and Pascagoula, Mississippi.

27 Jan 2015

Dana Announces Launch of Mechatronics Technology Center in Rovereto, Italy

Dana Holding Corporation today announced that it will launch the Dana Mechatronics Technology Center in Rovereto, Italy, later this year to support advanced engineering programs for the off-highway market.

27 Jan 2015

New Forecast Report on Commercial Drones Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Commercial Drones: Highways in the Sky, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2015 to 2021" to their offering.

27 Jan 2015

Robotic Flight Controllers Successfully Install NASA’s Cloud Aerosol Transport System Aboard the ISS

On Jan. 22, 2015, robotic flight controllers successfully installed NASA’s Cloud Aerosol Transport System (CATS) aboard the International Space Station through a robotic handoff — the first time one robotic arm on station has worked in concert with a second robotic arm. CATS will collect data about clouds, volcanic ash plumes and tiny airborne particles that can help improve our understanding of aerosol and cloud interactions and improve the accuracy of climate change models.

27 Jan 2015

Raytheon Acquires Leading UAS Solutions Provider, Sensintel

Raytheon Company has acquired privately-held Sensintel, Inc., a leading provider of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) solutions to the intelligence and special operations markets.

27 Jan 2015

Researchers Prepare Drones for Commercial Applications in Agriculture

Mississippi State University researchers are preparing for the day when unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, can be used commercially in agriculture.

27 Jan 2015

Robotics News

Mobile Teledermoscopy Feasible and Effective for Short-Term Monitoring of Atypical Moles

Cloverbud Activities Help Bring Robotics into the Michigan 4-H Experience

Fusion Joins Virginia Tech and News Media Coalition to Test Small UAS

H2O Innovation to Implement Proprietary SPMC Remote Monitoring Solution at a Florida Municipality

Germ-Zapping Robots Producer, Xenex, Secures $25 Million in New Funding

Global Articulated Robot Market Forecast to Grow at 5.48% CAGR

UBC Students to Showcase Engineering Talents in Driverless Robotic Vehicle Competition

UAVs are the Newest Instruments in Precision Agriculture

First Clinical Procedure with Magellan Robotic System in Australia Performed at The Alfred Hospital

Leidos Prototype Maritime Autonomy System for DARPA's ACTUV Completes First Self-Guided Voyage

Dana Announces Launch of Mechatronics Technology Center in Rovereto, Italy

New Forecast Report on Commercial Drones Market

Robotic Flight Controllers Successfully Install NASA’s Cloud Aerosol Transport System Aboard the ISS

Raytheon Acquires Leading UAS Solutions Provider, Sensintel

Researchers Prepare Drones for Commercial Applications in Agriculture

News Categories

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Robots to Revolutionize Textile Recycling with Efficient Sorting

ABB Robotics and Mettler-Toledo International Inc. Join Forces to Accelerate Global Adoption of Flexible Lab Automation

AI Governance Frameworks for Scientific Applications

Inside the Cross-Sector Collaborations Driving AI in Biotech

Drone Regulations Around the World: What You Need to Know

Thought Leaders

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