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Forecast Report on the Chinese Industrial Robotics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2013 Report on the Chinese Industrial Robotics Market - Forecasts to 2016" report to their offering.

16 Jan 2014

QBotix to Provide Robotic Tracking System for Castillium's Ground-Mounted Solar PV Projects in the UK

QBotix, which harnesses the power of robotic tracking to optimize solar plant operation, today announced its further international expansion through a 45 MW supply contract with UK-based developer Castillium. QBotix will provide the Robotic Tracking System (RTS) for use in Castillium's pipeline of more than 200 MW of ground-mounted solar PV projects throughout the UK.

16 Jan 2014

Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk UAS Receives USAF Best Safety Record Designation

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has been designated as the platform with the best safety record in the U.S. Air Force in 2013. Detachment 1 of the 69th Reconnaissance Group contributed to that designation as they maintained exceptional vigilance during all Global Hawk aircraft operations, garnering a perfect safety record and a Commander's Flight Safety Award during the 4th quarter of fiscal year 2013. The team increased their mission rate and achieved a tenfold increase in critical secretary of defense directed on-station intelligence collection.

16 Jan 2014

Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy Minimizes Loss of Kidney Function in Kidney Cancer Patients

Patients with chronic kidney disease who received robot-assisted partial nephrectomy to treat kidney cancer have minimal loss of kidney function -- a smaller amount even than patients with normal kidney function, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital’s Vattikuti Urology Institute.

16 Jan 2014

Hunter UAS from Northrop Grumman Surpasses 100,000 Combat Flight Hours

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the U.S. Army since 1996, recently surpassed 100,000 combat flight hours in service.

16 Jan 2014

New Technical Insights Report on Innovations in Medical Robotics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Innovations in Medical Robotics (Technical Insights)" report to their offering.

16 Jan 2014

Aethon Reports Installation of 21 TUG Autonomous Smart Mobile Robots at Hospitals

Aethon grew its customer base in 2013 with 21 sites going live on their Intralogistics™ platform which automates and manages the internal supply chain logistics of hospitals. The continued growth in the adoption of Aethon’s robotic technology has clearly made the company a market leader in robotics.

From Aethon 15 Jan 2014

New Exhibit of 10 Years Roving Across Mars at Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

It’s an exploration celebration: The Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., has opened a new exhibit, “Spirit & Opportunity: 10 Years Roving Across Mars.”

15 Jan 2014

Global Surgical Robot Markets Poised to Achieve Significant Growth

Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report "Global Surgical Robot Market Report: Forecasts to 2019" to their offering.

15 Jan 2014

Training Systems Australia to Distribute Baxter Humanoid Research Robot

Rethink Robotics today announced the rollout of the Baxter Research Robot to academic and corporate researchers in Australia and New Zealand. The Company has entered into an exclusive partnership with Training Systems Australia, the leading supplier of technology-related products and training systems to universities and technical colleges in the region, to distribute the revolutionary humanoid research robot.

15 Jan 2014

Sensiotec Discusses Successful Trials of Virtual Medical Assistant at OneMedForum

Today at the OneMedForum in San Francisco, Sensiotec, a wireless digital technology leader, announces the expansion of its executive leadership team and discusses successful trials of the company's flagship product, Virtual Medical Assistant® (VMA), with Tenet Healthcare and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

15 Jan 2014

Ground Robots to Work in Dangerous Environments Compete at DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., was the place to be late last month for an unusual two-day competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. But if you went expecting high-octane cars zooming around the track at blazing speed, you might have been disappointed.

15 Jan 2014

Global Forecast & Analysis Report on International Smart Factory Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2013 Report on the International Smart Factory Market - Global Forecast & Analysis to 2018" report to their offering.

10 Jan 2014

Mitsui USA Invests $3.0 Million in Autonomous Mobile Robots Developer, Aethon

Aethon, the premier developer of autonomous mobile robots for hospitals and health systems announced today that it received a $3.0 million investment from Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. (“Mitsui USA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., a leading international trade and investment company. This augments Mitsui USA’s initial $4.0 million growth capital investment in Aethon in April 2012.

From Aethon 10 Jan 2014

FAA Designates Texas A&M-Corpus Christi as UAS Test Site

Camber Corporation is proud to be a part of aviation history as Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi has been named a test site for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

10 Jan 2014