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New Family of Line Scan Cameras for Machine Vision Applications from Teledyne DALSA

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision, today introduced a new family of low-cost, high-value line scan cameras – the Linea™ series. The feature-rich Linea cameras address the mainstream market for machine vision applications by delivering high speed and flexibility in an affordable package.

8 Apr 2014

Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery May Benefit Fragile Transplant Recipients

An innovative kidney transplant technique developed by Henry Ford Hospital is credited as the first in the world to use a new set of patient safety standards coordinated by the University of Oxford in England.

8 Apr 2014

New Satellite for Observation of Earth and Environment Monitoring

Sentinel-1, a satellite dedicated to gathering ultra-precise high-resolution images of our planet, taken day and night, was launched from Kourou on April 3rd as part of the ESA Copernicus program. Some swiss industries are involved in the project.

8 Apr 2014

Novel Tool for Monitoring Milking Robot

Today Lely released the new Lely T4C InHerd tool called System. System allows the farm manager to monitor the Lely Astronaut milking robot on the dairy farm in a more efficient way on a mobile device.

7 Apr 2014

Reliability and Security of Wireless Technology Pose a Challenge to Global Industrial Wireless Automation Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Industrial Wireless Automation Market 2014-2018 with Emerson Electric, Honeywell International, Siemens & Yokogawa Electric Dominating" report to their offering.

7 Apr 2014

New Algorithm for Robots to Identify Major Orientations in 3-D Scenes

Suppose you’re trying to navigate an unfamiliar section of a big city, and you’re using a particular cluster of skyscrapers as a reference point. Traffic and one-way streets force you to take some odd turns, and for a while you lose sight of your landmarks. When they reappear, in order to use them for navigation, you have to be able to identify them as the same buildings you were tracking before — as well as your orientation relative to them.

7 Apr 2014

Automatic Guided Vehicle Suppliers Had a Record-Breaking Year 2013

For automatic guided vehicle (AGV) suppliers, 2013 was a record-breaking year, according to the Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVS) industry group Material Handling Institute (MHI). Seegrid, maker of automated guided vehicles (AGVs), sees parallel industry trends report Modern Materials Handling.

From Seegrid Corporation 7 Apr 2014

NASA Engineer, Steltzner, Meets WUSTL Lunabotics Members

When Adam Steltzner, PhD, NASA’s engineer in charge of the Mars Curiosity rover sky-crane landing, was on the Washington University in St. Louis campus recently to deliver an Assembly Series talk, a group of undergraduates was eager to meet him and talk about engineering and robots.

7 Apr 2014

Patient Treated with Robotic CyberKnife for Vocal Cord Cancer

Stephen Wiley, a lifelong cowboy from Terrell, has helped UT Southwestern Medical Center pioneer a new treatment for vocal cord cancer. Mr. Wiley volunteered to be the world’s first known patient to be treated for vocal cord cancer with CyberKnife, a surgeon-controlled robotic device that destroys tumors with highly precise doses of radiation.

7 Apr 2014

New Report on Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Electric UAVs 2014-2024" report to their offering.

7 Apr 2014

Newest Version of ASIMO Humanoid Robot to Feature on Nationally Syndicated Talk Show

Honda will introduce its newest version of ASIMO, the world's most advanced humanoid robot, to U.S. audiences on the popular nationally syndicated talk show "LIVE with Kelly and Michael," on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The newest version of ASIMO will join hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan to debut several of its new robotic abilities.

4 Apr 2014