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KUKA Lightweight Robot Serves as Steering Column for Autonomously Driven Car

At the Geneva Motor Show from 5 to 15 March, the Swiss car manufacturer Rinspeed is showcasing Budii, its vehicle concept study. The steering wheel is mounted on a KUKA LBR iiwa.

From KUKA Aktiengesellschaft 6 Mar 2015

RxRobots Announces Delivery of MEDi Robots to Alberta Children's Hospital

RxRobots™ announced today that it has delivered four MEDi® robots to Alberta Children's Hospital where MEDi® was developed along with plans to expand into the U.S. market this year. RxRobots builds applications for robots to interact with children while they are having painful medical procedures done, such as vaccinations and blood tests.

6 Mar 2015

Hudson Robotics and GeneThera Sign Worldwide Exclusive Collaboration Agreement

GeneThera Inc. and Hudson Robotics Inc. announced today that they have entered into a worldwide exclusive collaboration agreement to develop the next generation of Integrated Automated Robotic Systems (IARS) molecular diagnostic platform for animal testing of Tuberculosis and Paratuberculosis. As part of the exclusive collaboration agreement, Hudson Robotics will receive a 10% equity ownership of GeneThera stock.

6 Mar 2015

New Market Report on Global and China Industrial Robot Speed Reducer Industry

Speed reducer is one of three core parts of industrial robot, along with two others (drive and control device, servomotor), accounting for about 36% of the industrial robot's total cost.

5 Mar 2015

Global Hawk Program Brings Down Cost per Flight Hour of HALE Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft System

The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) had another remarkable year in 2014, with a significant decrease in cost per flight hour coupled with a sharp increase in flight hours. The Global Hawk program has brought the system's cost per flight hour down to the point of being half the cost of the manned alternative. The aircraft also saw close to a 40 percent increase in flight hours from 2013 to 2014.

5 Mar 2015

Drone Aviation Demonstrates Newly Integrated Wireless Aerostat Video Distribution Technology to U.S. Army

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a developer of specialized lighter-than-air aerostats and tethered drones, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Drone Aviation Corp. (DAC), has successfully completed a joint demonstration with a leading defense prime contractor at a U.S. Army facility.

5 Mar 2015

Ian Murray Visits MACS' Heriot-Watt Robotics Centre

Ian Murray, MP for Edinburgh South, has visited the Heriot-Watt Robotics Centre in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (MACS), hosted by Professor Ruth Aylett.

5 Mar 2015

EPFL Researchers Reveal New Interactive Robotic Tool to Improve Writing Skills

A little girl lines up plastic letters fitted with QR codes in front of a little humanoid robot. The robot struggles to reproduce them on a tablet - especially the loop of the letter p. The girl kindly steps in to help, writing out the word to show the robot how to do it. She puts in effort to teach the robot... without realizing that in reality she is the one who is improving her writing skills. Yesterday, EPFL researchers presented their new teaching tool, called CoWriter, at the "Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)", an important event in the field of interactive robotics, held in Portland, USA.

5 Mar 2015

Sikorsky Wins $8 Million DARPA Contract to Develop New Aircraft Automation Systems

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company an $8 million contract for Phase 1 of the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.

5 Mar 2015

FAA Approves Section 333 Exemption for Blue-Chip UAS Across Multiple Industries

Blue-Chip Unmanned Aerial Solutions, Inc. (Blue-Chip UAS) is the first company in the U.S. to receive Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for Section 333 exemption across multiple industries.

4 Mar 2015

Veteran Teams Mentor New Teams at FIRST Robotics Community Center

Long established FIRST Robotics teams in Flint are being given the opportunity to give back through their new unique setup at the FIRST Robotics Community Center (FRCC) on Kettering University’s campus.

4 Mar 2015

Worldwide Drone Launchers Market Forecast to Reach $1.2 Billion by 2021

ReportsnReports.com adds Drone Launchers: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2015 to 2021 industry research report that analysis drone launchers revolutionizes unmanned aircraft take-off and landing.

4 Mar 2015

AORN Surgical Conference and Expo 2015: Tru-D SmartUVC to Exhibit Cutting-Edge UV Disinfection Robot

Tru-D SmartUVC will exhibit the cutting-edge UV disinfection robot at the Association for Perioperative Registered Nurses' Surgical Conference and Expo 2015 in Denver, Colorado, during Patient Safety Awareness Week March 7 through 11. AORN provides perioperative nurses with resources for safe clinical practice and professional development.

4 Mar 2015

FAA Grants ComEd Approval to Use Aerial Robotics for Line Inspection

ComEd announced that it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to use innovative, unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), or aerial robotics, to inspect its lines.

4 Mar 2015

Communication Requirements of Micro-Drone Networks

Micro-drones are already being put to use in a large number of areas: These small aircraft face extensive requirements when performing aerial observation tasks or when deployed in the field of disaster management. A newly developed concept summarizes these challenges.

4 Mar 2015