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Technological Advances Dramatically Improve Viability of Robotic Prostheses

Recent advances in robotics technology make it possible to create prosthetics that can duplicate the natural movement of human legs. This capability promises to dramatically improve the mobility of lower-limb amputees, allowing them to negotiate stairs and slopes and uneven ground, significantly reducing their risk of falling as well as reducing stress on the rest of their bodies.

8 Nov 2013

Rockwell Automation Fair: Teledyne DALSA to Showcase Smart Cameras and Vision Appliances

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in machine vision technology, will showcase its smart cameras and Vision Appliances in Booth 607 at the Rockwell Automation Fair, a two-day event featuring safe and sustainable solutions that will help companies improve profitability, optimize their plants, and make their operations cleaner, safer, more secure, and more energy efficient. The Fair will take place November 13-14, 2013 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.

8 Nov 2013

Glass Knifefish Achieve Better Locomotor Performance than Current Robotic Systems

For nearly 20 years, Professor Eric Fortune has studied glass knifefish, a species of three-inch long electric fish that lives in the Amazon Basin. In his laboratory he tries to understand how their tiny brains control complex electrical behaviors. But he could not help but be intrigued by the special "ribbon fin" that knifefish use to swim back and forth.

8 Nov 2013

Researchers Study Stingray Movements for Building More Agile, Maneuverable Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Recent studies show stingrays are the hybrid cars of the ocean.

8 Nov 2013

Paessler and LANAIR Introduce ControlPoint Monitor Scalable Remote Monitoring Solution

Paessler AG, the innovative network monitoring specialist, and LANAIR, a leading IT solutions provider, today announced the launch of ControlPoint Monitor, a powerful new cloud-based network monitoring solution. ControlPoint officially debuts to the public Nov. 13 at the ConnectWise IT Nation 2013 in Orlando, Fla., where ControlPoint is a Gold Sponsor.

8 Nov 2013

Global Underwater Robotics Market Forecast to Grow at 6.77% CAGR Over the Period 2012-2016

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the Underwater Robotics - 2013 Report to their offering.

8 Nov 2013

Seegrid Sales Partners to Showcase Flexible AGVs at Materials Handling Solutions Expos in 2014

Seegrid has partnered with the leading distributors, solutions providers, and integrators throughout the materials handling industry. John Hayes, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, North America recently commented on the company’s blog, “Seegrid Sales Partners (SSPs) carry the exclusive line of flexible AGVs.

From Seegrid Corporation 8 Nov 2013

Rethink Robotics Partners with Nihon Binary to Distribute Baxter Research Robot in Japan

Rethink Robotics today announced it has expanded the distribution of its Baxter Research Robot into the Asian market by signing an exclusive partnership with Nihon Binary, a leading robotics and technology supplier, to distribute the revolutionary humanoid research robot in Japan.

8 Nov 2013

Boston Engineering to Incubate Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Technology at UMass Dartmouth ATMC

Boston Engineering Corporation today announced the opening of an office at the ATMC of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA.

7 Nov 2013

NASA Awards UTSA $300,000 to Build Fourth Prototype of ‘Lab-on-a-Robot’

University of Texas at San Antonio Chemistry Professor Carlos Garcia, UTSA Physics Professor Arturo Ayon and HJ Science & Technology Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. have been awarded more than $300,000 in NASA funding to build the fourth prototype of a "lab-on-a-robot" (LOAR). The Rover-like prototype will be designed to conduct on-site planetary compositional analysis.

7 Nov 2013

MTSI to Enter Into Commercial UAS Marketplace

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI), a leading systems engineering provider in the Government Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) domain, today announced the expansion of its world-class UAS services into the Commercial UAS marketplace. This emerging market, estimated by various sources at a potential $10 billion within three years, has been inhibited by the lack of a regulatory structure for integrating UAS into the National Airspace System (NAS) as well as the absence of established Standards for airspace-enabling UAS technologies.

7 Nov 2013

Endomicroscopy with Cellvizio Successfully Used in Patients Treated With Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy

Mauna Kea Technologies announced today that Joseph C. Liao MD, associate professor of urology, Stanford University, has successfully used endomicroscopy with Cellvizio for the first time in eight patients treated with robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) procedures. Results were presented in a poster presentation at the 2013 World Congress of Endourology Meeting in New Orleans in October where the procedure was also named “Best New Innovation.”

7 Nov 2013

Exelis Awarded $20.6 M Contract to Produce Ejector Rack for MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Exelis has been awarded a $20.6 million contract by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. of Poway, Calif., to produce the BRU-71/A ejector rack for the Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft.

7 Nov 2013

Evana Automation to Supply Custom Automated Assembly System for Tier 1 Automotive Supplier

Evana Automation Specialists, a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries (PSI) and leading Systems Integrator and builder of custom, automated assembly and test systems, recently received a contract from a Tier 1 automotive supplier to provide a custom automated assembly system that will assemble and test ABS brake control modules.

7 Nov 2013

CyPhy Works Closes $7 Million Financing to Expand Development of UAVs

CyPhy Works, a leading developer of advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), today announced the close of a $7 million financing round led by Lux Capital, with participation from General Catalyst Partners, Felicis Ventures and several undisclosed prominent angel investors. As part of the financing, Lux Capital Partner Bilal Zuberi will join the CyPhy Works board of directors.

7 Nov 2013

Robotics News

Technological Advances Dramatically Improve Viability of Robotic Prostheses

Rockwell Automation Fair: Teledyne DALSA to Showcase Smart Cameras and Vision Appliances

Glass Knifefish Achieve Better Locomotor Performance than Current Robotic Systems

Researchers Study Stingray Movements for Building More Agile, Maneuverable Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Paessler and LANAIR Introduce ControlPoint Monitor Scalable Remote Monitoring Solution

Global Underwater Robotics Market Forecast to Grow at 6.77% CAGR Over the Period 2012-2016

Seegrid Sales Partners to Showcase Flexible AGVs at Materials Handling Solutions Expos in 2014

Rethink Robotics Partners with Nihon Binary to Distribute Baxter Research Robot in Japan

Boston Engineering to Incubate Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Technology at UMass Dartmouth ATMC

NASA Awards UTSA $300,000 to Build Fourth Prototype of ‘Lab-on-a-Robot’

MTSI to Enter Into Commercial UAS Marketplace

Endomicroscopy with Cellvizio Successfully Used in Patients Treated With Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy

Exelis Awarded $20.6 M Contract to Produce Ejector Rack for MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Evana Automation to Supply Custom Automated Assembly System for Tier 1 Automotive Supplier

CyPhy Works Closes $7 Million Financing to Expand Development of UAVs

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Non-Destructive Robotic Disassembly of EV Batteries

New Research Probes Effectiveness of AR to Improve Self-Driving Car Safety

Advancing Robotic Technology in Coal Mining

Automated Illumina Library Prep for Bacterial WGS

Robots and Renewable Energy: Hydropower Inspections

Robots and Renewable Energy: Wind Farm Monitoring

Robots and Renewable Energy: Solar Plant Security

Thought Leaders

Robot Chef: The Future of Automated Meal Preparation

Tiny Robotic Crab: The Smallest-Ever Remote-Controlled Walking Robot

Resurrecting Ancient Cephalopods with Robots