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Winners of First 'UAE Drones for Good Award' Announced

The winners of the first 'UAE Drones for Good Award', the largest award of its kind in the world, were announced today in the presence of His Highness Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE ministers and international dignitaries.

9 Feb 2015

Keynote Speakers Announced for RoboUniverse Conference and Expo

MecklerMedia Corporation announced the keynote speakers for RoboUniverse Conference and Expo, taking place on May 11-13, 2015 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.

9 Feb 2015

New Plan to Study How Reporters Could Use Unmanned Aircraft for Gathering News

Leaders with the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia Tech have outlined a research plan to study how reporters could use unmanned aircraft to gather news.

9 Feb 2015

Hansen Medical Receives FDA Approval for Expanded Protocol for ARTISAN-AF IDE Study

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced FDA approval of an expanded protocol for the ARTISAN-AF IDE Study. The amended protocol now includes the use of the Thermocool® SmartTouch® Catheter (BioSense Webster, Diamond Bar, CA) and the EnSite Velocity Cardiac Mapping System (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN).

6 Feb 2015

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Performs Low-Percussion Drilling

The second bite of a Martian mountain taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover hints at long-ago effects of water that was more acidic than any evidenced in the rover's first taste of Mount Sharp, a layered rock record of ancient Martian environments.

6 Feb 2015

Deformable Octopus-Like Robot Zooms Through Water with Ultra-Fast Propulsion

Scientists have developed an octopus-like robot, which can zoom through water with ultra-fast propulsion and acceleration never before seen in man-made underwater vehicles.

6 Feb 2015

Helper Robot Does Laundry Without Specific Knowledge of Clothes to be Washed

People typically consider doing the laundry to be a boring chore. But laundry is far from boring for artificial intelligence (AI) researchers like Siddharth Srivastava, a scientist at the United Technologies Research Center, Berkeley.

6 Feb 2015

Prototype Social Robot May Support Independently Living Elderly People

Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire have developed a prototype of a social robot which supports independent living for the elderly, working in partnership with their relatives or carers.

6 Feb 2015

Festo’s Automation Solutions Help Laboratories Handle Large Number of Samples

The pressure on laboratories is continuing to grow: in the age of high-throughput methods, not only do results need to be obtained quickly, but traceability and reproducibility must also be guaranteed.

5 Feb 2015

Valmie to Supply Autonomous Unmanned Devices to MEA for Agricultural Applications

Valmie Resources Inc., a technology solutions company that brings to market state-of-the-art products for rapid commercialization, today announced it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Monitoreo Especializado Agrícola de Jalisco, SA (MEA), a crop monitoring solutions provider.

5 Feb 2015

QinetiQ North America’s DriveRobotics Transforms Manned Industrial Vehicles into Unmanned Robots

QinetiQ North America (QNA) announced today the launch of a new, commercial robotic system that transforms manned industrial vehicles into unmanned robots.

From QinetiQ North America, Inc 5 Feb 2015

Flexible, Microscopic Hand-Like Gripper Holds Potential for Medical Applications

Many people imagine robots today as clunky, metal versions of humans, but scientists are forging new territory in the field of 'soft robotics.' One of the latest advances is a flexible, microscopic hand-like gripper.

5 Feb 2015

SIMM 2015 to Feature Exhibition and Seminars on Robotics Applications

The 16th Shenzhen International Machinery Manufacturing Industry Exhibition (SIMM) is scheduled to take place in Shenzhen -- China's most dynamic manufacturing hub -- on March 30 to April 2, 2015.

5 Feb 2015

Study Discusses Benefits of Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy Surgery for Kidney Cancer Patients

A new study, published in the February issue of Health Affairs, found that in terms of quality-adjusted life-years gained, the benefits of robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy surgery for kidney cancer patients outweighed the health care and surgical costs to patients and payers by a ratio of five to one.

4 Feb 2015

Comprehensive Research Report on USA Factory Automation Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "USA Factory Automation Market: Top 100 Mechanical Components Analysis and Forecast (2014-2020)" report to their offering.

4 Feb 2015