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Textron Systems Unmanned Systems Takes Part in The Commercial UAV Show

Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. business, announced today that it will make its debut appearance at The Commercial UAV Show, scheduled for October 21-22 at London's Level 2 at Olympia.

20 Oct 2014

Zodiac Releases Upgraded Pool and Spa Automation System

iAquaLink™ 2.0, the newest version of the company’s award-winning, pool and spa control system from Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. (@ZodiacPool_USA), has been introduced to simplify installation of mobile pool control for both pool professionals and home automation specialists.

20 Oct 2014

Hysterectomy via Robotic Surgery Successfully Performed Using Single-Site Wristed Needle Driver

Dwight D. Im, M.D., FACOG, Director of The Gynecologic Oncology Center at Mercy and The National Institute of Robotic Surgery at Mercy in Baltimore, became the first surgeon in the world to successfully perform a minimally-invasive hysterectomy via robotic surgery using the new Single-Site Wristed Needle Driver, developed by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG).

20 Oct 2014

Second Triton UAS Successfully Completes First Flight

The U.S. Navy's second MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has successfully completed its first flight. Operating out of a manufacturing facility in Palmdale, a Navy and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) flight test team conducted the 6.7-hour flight Oct. 15. The flight is a critical first step in preparing the aircraft to fly to a Navy facility in Maryland later this month.

17 Oct 2014

Annual Automation Fair 2014 to Take Place in Anaheim, California

The manufacturing sector is on the cusp of unprecedented change, when operations and information technology seamlessly and securely converge to generate actionable data that leads to more profitable decisions.

17 Oct 2014

Man-Made 'Fishes' May Eventually Out-Swim Real Fishes

Few things move with the agility or grace of a fish. Using subtle, waving movements, they slip silently through water. Yet, look closely and you can see that not all fish swim alike. Great white sharks with forked tails are built for bursts of speed.

17 Oct 2014

GE Automated Solution Helps Turkish Geothermal Power Plants Analyze Data and Save Water

Three geothermal power plants in Turkey, owned by Kipaº Holding, have significantly reduced water usage, lowered CO2 emissions, decreased corrosion and are using the Industrial Internet to analyze data with help from GE’s water treatment technology.

17 Oct 2014

New Piranha4 2k Quadlinear Line Scan Camera for Multispectral Imaging from Teledyne DALSA

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, today introduced its Piranha4 2k quadlinear line scan camera featuring red, green, and blue (RGB) outputs plus a Near Infrared (NIR) channel for multispectral imaging.

17 Oct 2014

Opportunities and Challenges Discussed at Contextual Robotics Technologies International Forum

After the industrial revolution and the Internet revolution, we are now poised for the robotics revolution. Influential robotics researchers and industry leaders made this prediction in many different ways Friday at the Contextual Robotics Technologies International Forum at UC San Diego.

17 Oct 2014

Clearpath’s Kingfisher Unmanned Surface Vessel Wins 2014 Game Changer Awards

Clearpath Robotics was announced a winner of the 2014 Game Changer Awards for Kingfisher unmanned surface vessel, today, at RoboBusiness - a leading business development event for the global robotics market.

From Clearpath Robotics Inc. 17 Oct 2014

Global Service Robotics Market Estimated to Grow at 21.5% CAGR to Reach $19.41 Billion by 2020

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Service Robotics Market (Professional and Personal), by Application (Defense, Agriculture, Medical, Domestic & Entertainment), & by Geography - Analysis Forecast (2014 - 2020)" report to their offering.

17 Oct 2014

Global Smart Factory Market/Factory Automation Industry Forecast to Grow at 8.08% CAGR from 2013-2018

Global smart factory market / factory automation industry is expected to generate revenues of $246.03 billion by 2018, growing at an estimated CAGR of 8.08% from 2013-2018.

17 Oct 2014

Tier 1 Automotive Supplier Purchases Evana Automation’s Custom Assembly and Test System

Evana Automation Specialists, a leading Systems Integrator and builder of custom, automated assembly and test systems, recently shipped a custom assembly and test system to a leading Tier 1 automotive supplier that will assemble and test ABS brake control modules.

16 Oct 2014

RoboBusiness Announces Winners of 2014 Game Changer Awards

RoboBusiness (Oct. 15-17, Hynes Convention Center, Boston), the leading business development event for the global robotics market, is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2014 Game Changer Awards, honoring the robotics industry's remarkable technical accomplishments and their makers.

16 Oct 2014

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Places Order for Three Ekso GT Robotic Exoskeletons

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., a robotic exoskeleton company, announced today that the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago has ordered three Ekso GT™ robotic exoskeletons for use in general neuro-rehabilitation of patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, and incomplete spinal cord injury.

16 Oct 2014

Robotics News

Textron Systems Unmanned Systems Takes Part in The Commercial UAV Show

Zodiac Releases Upgraded Pool and Spa Automation System

Hysterectomy via Robotic Surgery Successfully Performed Using Single-Site Wristed Needle Driver

Second Triton UAS Successfully Completes First Flight

Annual Automation Fair 2014 to Take Place in Anaheim, California

Man-Made 'Fishes' May Eventually Out-Swim Real Fishes

GE Automated Solution Helps Turkish Geothermal Power Plants Analyze Data and Save Water

New Piranha4 2k Quadlinear Line Scan Camera for Multispectral Imaging from Teledyne DALSA

Opportunities and Challenges Discussed at Contextual Robotics Technologies International Forum

Clearpath’s Kingfisher Unmanned Surface Vessel Wins 2014 Game Changer Awards

Global Service Robotics Market Estimated to Grow at 21.5% CAGR to Reach $19.41 Billion by 2020

Global Smart Factory Market/Factory Automation Industry Forecast to Grow at 8.08% CAGR from 2013-2018

Tier 1 Automotive Supplier Purchases Evana Automation’s Custom Assembly and Test System

RoboBusiness Announces Winners of 2014 Game Changer Awards

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Places Order for Three Ekso GT Robotic Exoskeletons

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