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New Discovery May Completely Change Regard for Human Control of Vehicles

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have solved a 70 year old mystery in traffic research: an until now inexplicable jerkiness when we steer a vehicle. The discovery may lead to safety systems in cars that can correct dangerous steering movements before they occur.

5 Jan 2015

FIRST® Founder Launches RECYCLE RUSH 2015 Robotics Game

Inventor and FIRST®Founder Dean Kamen launched the 2015 FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) season today with the Kickoff of a new robotics game called RECYCLE RUSHSM before a crowd of more than 800 people at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., hometown of FIRST Headquarters. Nearly 75,000 high-school students on approximately 3,000 teams at 107 venues around the globe joined the 2015 Kickoff via live Comcast NBCUniversal broadcast.

5 Jan 2015

Empire Robotics to Demonstrate VERSABALL Gripper Playing Beer Pong at CES 2015

Attendees at International CES in Las Vegas, January 6-9, will encounter a new industrial robotic gripper archetype as Empire Robotics demonstrates the precision, gentle touch, and safe human interaction of its VERSABALL gripper by competing with any attendee up for the challenge at a game of beer pong, culminating in a competition between professional beer pong players and robot on the opening day. All of this takes place in the Empire Robotics’ booth #75183 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.

5 Jan 2015

PG&E Deploys Innovative Gas Pipeline Inspection Robots in 2014

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) helped to advance natural gas industry safety by testing and deploying more than 30 new, innovative gas safety tools in 2014.

5 Jan 2015

MSU Extension’s Junk Drawer Robotics Program Introduces STEM Concepts Using Engineering Design Process

Michigan 4-H Youth Development bases all its programs and activities on experiential, inquiry based, hands-on learning. The model being used for this is the Experiential Learning Model: do, reflect and apply which is described in a series of articles by Michigan State University Extension.

2 Jan 2015

Makers of Ghost Drone Close $10 Million in Series A Funding

Today EHANG, makers of the world's most intuitive personal drone, is announcing the company has closed $10 million in Series A funding led by GGV Capital. Angel investors in the round are Xiaoping Xu and Nick Yang, two of China's most successful entrepreneurs.

31 Dec 2014

Ozobot Receives 2015 Kids at Play Interactive Award for Best Robot at International CES

Who's that tiny dancer in the aisles of the Consumer Electronics Show? It's Ozobot, the world's smallest programmable robot with the intuitive color-based language. Ozobot's capacity for fun and learning are endless.

31 Dec 2014

International CES 2015: smanos to Showcase Smart Home Hub and WiFi, Cellular Portfolio

smanos, a trendsetting innovator and dynamic developer of wireless smart home and DIY security systems, is proudly bringing its brand new Smart Home Hub as well as its highly acclaimed WiFi and cellular portfolio to International CES 2015.

31 Dec 2014

AVT Launches Dynamic New Automated Retailing System, Receives New Patent Approval

AVT, Inc., a manufacturer of automated retailing systems and technology-infused smart vending machines, announced today that they have received approval on their latest patent claims, which will be incorporated into the company's newest systems. AVT also announced the introduction of a dynamic new system – the Multi-Shopper Plus.

31 Dec 2014

FIRST® Robotics Competition 2015 Season to be Launched with Worldwide Kickoff Event

FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) will be joined by numerous public figures to launch the 2015 season of the FIRST®Robotics Competition with a worldwide Kickoff event originating from Manchester, N.H.

30 Dec 2014

St. Cloud Surgical Center Enhances Patient Safety with Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot

Xenex Disinfection Services today announced that St. Cloud Surgical Center is the first ambulatory surgery center (ASC) in the U.S. and the first healthcare facility in St. Cloud to utilize a Xenex germ-zapping robot to enhance patient safety by destroying the deadly pathogens that can cause healthcare associated infections (HAI). St. Cloud Surgical Center is using Xenex’s full-spectrum UV disinfection system to disinfect its surgical suites daily.

30 Dec 2014

Expansion within Telehealth Market to Boost U.S. Patient Monitoring Market

According to a report by iData Research, the leading global authority in medical device market research, the U.S. patient monitoring market is projected to grow to over $5 billion by 2020, due to the most notable expansion within the telehealth market.

30 Dec 2014

Increase in Drone Sales May Create a Mass Safety Risk

With thousands of drones given as holiday gifts this year, thousands more untested operators are about to launch their gifts into the sky, creating a mass safety risk of unknown proportions, according to Darrell Slaughter, Director of Business Development at Phoenix, Arizona-based Unmanned Vehicle University (UVU).

30 Dec 2014

Kettering University Offers LEGO NXT Class Through Oxford Virtual Academy

Homeschool families interested in supplementing their in-home educational offerings can now do so with courses through Oxford Virtual Academy (OVA) at Kettering University.

29 Dec 2014

FAA Certification Enables Sensurion's MAGPIE MP-1 UAS to Fly in Nevada Test Range

Sensurion Aerospace became the first manufacturer to receive a Special Airworthiness Certificate (SAC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under its new procedures, which designate authority to the Test Range for SAC review and guidance.

26 Dec 2014

Robotics News

New Discovery May Completely Change Regard for Human Control of Vehicles

FIRST® Founder Launches RECYCLE RUSH 2015 Robotics Game

Empire Robotics to Demonstrate VERSABALL Gripper Playing Beer Pong at CES 2015

PG&E Deploys Innovative Gas Pipeline Inspection Robots in 2014

MSU Extension’s Junk Drawer Robotics Program Introduces STEM Concepts Using Engineering Design Process

Makers of Ghost Drone Close $10 Million in Series A Funding

Ozobot Receives 2015 Kids at Play Interactive Award for Best Robot at International CES

International CES 2015: smanos to Showcase Smart Home Hub and WiFi, Cellular Portfolio

AVT Launches Dynamic New Automated Retailing System, Receives New Patent Approval

FIRST® Robotics Competition 2015 Season to be Launched with Worldwide Kickoff Event

St. Cloud Surgical Center Enhances Patient Safety with Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot

Expansion within Telehealth Market to Boost U.S. Patient Monitoring Market

Increase in Drone Sales May Create a Mass Safety Risk

Kettering University Offers LEGO NXT Class Through Oxford Virtual Academy

FAA Certification Enables Sensurion's MAGPIE MP-1 UAS to Fly in Nevada Test Range

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