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MQ-4C Triton UAS Flies from California to Maryland

The first U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed a flight from California to Maryland. The UAS flew 11 hours from the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) facility in Palmdale to Naval Air Station Patuxent River to start its next phase of testing, moving the program closer toward operational assessment. Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor for the Navy's MQ-4C Triton UAS program.

19 Sep 2014

Registration Open for NASA's Sample Return Robot Challenge

Registration is open for the fourth running of the NASA Centennial Challenge program's Sample Return Robot Challenge, which will take place June 8-13, 2015. The autonomous robot competition, which carries a prize purse of $1.5 million, will be held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, which has hosted the event since 2012.

19 Sep 2014

International Competition for KUKA Innovation Award 2015 Begins

The international competition for the KUKA Innovation Award 2015 has begun. The submission of entries from research and developer teams in the field of robot-based automation began at the beginning of September.

19 Sep 2014

Adept to Present on Advances in Collaborative Mobile Robots at RIA Workshop

Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent robots, autonomous mobile robot solutions, and services, today announced that Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Deron Jackson will present on recent advances in the mobile robotics field at the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) International Collaborative Robots Workshop. The workshop is scheduled for September 30, 2014, at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California.

19 Sep 2014

Flying Robots Equipped to Perform Complicated Manipulation Tasks Autonomously

There are many situations where it’s impossible, complicated or too time-consuming for humans to enter and carry out operations. Think of contaminated areas following a nuclear accident, or the need to erect structures such as antennae on mountain tops. These are examples of where flying robots could be used.

18 Sep 2014

Logitech’s Harmony Ultimate Home Remote Provides Control of Compatible Home Automation Devices

Today Logitech announced it is bringing its expertise and leadership in universal remotes to the home control market with new home automation product compatibility and four new products. The new Harmony® Living Home lineup gives you easy access and control over a wide library of entertainment and home automation devices, all from one centralized control system.

18 Sep 2014

Comparative Benefits of Ekso Robotic Suit Presented at WeRob2014

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., a robotic exoskeleton company, announced today that Bergmannstrost Center in Halle, Germany, a leader in rehabilitation research, presented data today at The International Workshop on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2014 in Baiona, Spain showing the benefits of the Ekso™ robotic suit compared to ReWalk and Cyberdyne.

From Ekso Bionics 18 Sep 2014

FAA Authorizes Flight-Testing for Logos Technologies’ Unmanned TEMP UAS

Logos Technologies has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin flight-testing of the unmanned Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform (TEMP) unmanned aerial system (UAS). Testing will be conducted at the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) FAA UAS test site at the Oneida County Griffiss International Airport in Rome, NY.

18 Sep 2014

New Research Report on Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Thousands of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will be deployed in the next few years for both civil and military missions. Early adoption of new technologies will be employed: from smart skin to structural components and intelligent motors with integral gearing.

18 Sep 2014

Hansen Medical's Sensei Robotic System Improves Success Rates for Treatment of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

A study, published online ahead of print in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE), concluded that using Hansen Medical, Inc.'s Sensei® Robotic System with the Thermocool® SmartTouch® Catheter (BioSense Webster, Diamond Bar, CA) for persistent atrial fibrillation is associated with statistically significant improved success rates when compared with manual ablation with Thermocool SmartTouch.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 18 Sep 2014

Orbital Delivers Purpose-Built ScanEagle UAV Propulsion System to Boeing Subsidiary

Orbital Corporation Limited (Orbital) has delivered the first purpose-built ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) propulsion system to Insitu Inc., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, for in-house testing and development.

17 Sep 2014

Major Medical Device Manufacturer Places Order for Robotic Assembly Cell with Evana Automation

Evana Automation Specialists, a leading Systems Integrator and builder of custom, automated assembly and test systems, recently received a contract to provide a robotic assembly cell for a leading medical device manufacturer. The Evana solution will help error-proof the process of assembling catheter parts, improve quality and ergonomics, as well as reduce labor.

17 Sep 2014

International Collaborative Robots Workshop to be Held September 30 in San Jose, California

Collaborative robots are the hottest topic in robotics today, but there are many implications surrounding this new technology. To help address these issues, the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) is hosting the International Collaborative Robots Workshop (#ICRW2014) on Tuesday, September 30 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California.

17 Sep 2014

Kratos Subsidiary Receives U.S. Navy Order for Unmanned Aerial Drone Control Systems

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Micro Systems, Inc. subsidiary of the Kratos Unmanned Systems Division (KUSD) recently received a delivery order from the U.S. Navy valued at $4.8 million for unmanned aerial drone system command and control systems and services.

17 Sep 2014

NIH Awards Hudson Robotics and Johns Hopkins Grant to Develop Zebrafish HTS System

Hudson Robotics, Inc., of Springfield, NJ, in cooperation with Johns Hopkins University, has recently been awarded an NIH grant to develop a commercially viable high-throughput screening (HTS) system for in vivo studies of zebrafish.

From Hudson Robotics 16 Sep 2014

Robotics News

MQ-4C Triton UAS Flies from California to Maryland

Registration Open for NASA's Sample Return Robot Challenge

International Competition for KUKA Innovation Award 2015 Begins

Adept to Present on Advances in Collaborative Mobile Robots at RIA Workshop

Flying Robots Equipped to Perform Complicated Manipulation Tasks Autonomously

Logitech’s Harmony Ultimate Home Remote Provides Control of Compatible Home Automation Devices

Comparative Benefits of Ekso Robotic Suit Presented at WeRob2014

FAA Authorizes Flight-Testing for Logos Technologies’ Unmanned TEMP UAS

New Research Report on Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Hansen Medical's Sensei Robotic System Improves Success Rates for Treatment of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Orbital Delivers Purpose-Built ScanEagle UAV Propulsion System to Boeing Subsidiary

Major Medical Device Manufacturer Places Order for Robotic Assembly Cell with Evana Automation

International Collaborative Robots Workshop to be Held September 30 in San Jose, California

Kratos Subsidiary Receives U.S. Navy Order for Unmanned Aerial Drone Control Systems

NIH Awards Hudson Robotics and Johns Hopkins Grant to Develop Zebrafish HTS System

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