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Grabit Introduces New Line of Electroadhesion-Based Robotic Grippers

Grabit Inc., a manufacturing automation and material handling solutions company, announced today that it is launching a new line of robotic grippers based on the company's electroadhesion technology. Electroadhesion is a highly-flexible, ultra-low energy technology that enables the handling of delicate, and difficult to grasp parts. Grabit grippers are simple to operate and eliminate the need for bulky, energy-intensive, and costly vacuum pumps or custom mechanical gripper attachments.

12 Feb 2015

Third ASU Rehabilitation Robotics Workshop to Take Place on Tempe Campus

Organizers of the first Rehabilitation Robotics Workshop at Arizona State University in 2013 hoped it would generate at least enough interest to justify a second workshop two years later.

11 Feb 2015

Bio-Inspired Robotic Sock May Help Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis

Patients who are bedridden or unable to move their legs are often at risk of developing Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), a potentially life-threatening condition caused by blood clots forming along the lower extremity veins of the legs. A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Faculty of Engineering has invented a novel sock that can help prevent DVT and improve survival rates of patients.

11 Feb 2015

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity to Surpass Marathon Race Distance

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is nearing a location on Mars at which its driving distance will surpass the length of a marathon race.

11 Feb 2015

Adoption of Advanced Robots to Boost Industrial Productivity, Lower Total Labor Costs

The use of advanced industrial robots is nearing the point of takeoff, a development that could power a new wave of productivity growth in many industries and lead to changes of up to 5 percentage points in the cost competitiveness of major export economies relative to the U.S., according to new research by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

11 Feb 2015

New Report on the Future of Mobile Robots

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Future of Mobile Robots " report to their offering.

11 Feb 2015

New Four-Axis Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm for Life Science Research

Life science researchers seeking to bolster their automated workflows with a self-correcting, learning robot can now employ a new four-axis “selective compliance articulated robot arm,” or SCARA, from Thermo Fisher Scientific.

11 Feb 2015

SOLIDWORKS Industrial Design Enables Design of Complex 3D Shapes for Future Drones

Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Parrot, developer and marketer of advanced technology wireless products for consumers and professionals, has used its SOLIDWORKS Industrial Design application to successfully design complex 3D shapes for a future line of drones.

11 Feb 2015

Fetch Robotics to Bring Inaugural Robots to Market with $3 Million in Series A Financing

Fetch Robotics today announced that it has raised $3 million in Series A financing from O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV) and Shasta Ventures. Fetch Robotics will use the funding to bring their inaugural robots to market. The robots will provide solutions for the logistics and light industrial markets, as well as for other human-robot collaboration opportunities.

10 Feb 2015

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