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New Report on Global and China Industrial Robot Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global and China Industrial Robot Industry Report, 2013

5 Oct 2013

Texas A&M University-Led Research Team Develops Unmanned Air System

A research team led by Texas A&M University professor Dr. John Valasek has designed, built, operated and patented (pending) the Pegasus I Unmanned Air System (UAS).

5 Oct 2013

Northrop Grumman to Exhibit Airborne Surveillance Capabilities at Pacific 2013

Northrop Grumman Corporation is participating in the Pacific 2013 International Maritime Exposition in Sydney, where it will highlight its maritime security capabilities, including unmanned aircraft systems for maritime and coastal surveillance, marine navigation, radar and mine detection systems, and maritime domain awareness.

5 Oct 2013

Rice University Bioengineering Students Construct Long Reach Robotic Arm

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind for three Rice University bioengineering students who have spent much of the past two years constructing a robotic arm for a patient at Shriners Hospital for Children in Houston.

5 Oct 2013

US Army Network Integration Experiment to Use World Surveillance Group's Aerostat Platforms

Aerostat platforms provided by Lighter Than Air Systems Corp. ("LTAS"), a wholly owned subsidiary of World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems, will be used in the U.S. Army's Network Integration Experiment ("NIE") 14.1 set to take place at the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico during October and November.

4 Oct 2013

BBSR Researchers Demonstrate Flying Radiation Detector at NPL

A group of researchers from Blue Bear Systems Research (BBSR) recently visited the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to test and demonstrate a radiation survey system based on a small indoor aircraft. The tests took place in a specially designed, low-scatter experimental area at NPL, which is the only one of its kind in the UK.

4 Oct 2013

Sencore's VideoBRIDGE Selected for UK's Latest DTT Monitoring Solution

After a rigorous selection process carried out by Techex, the community owned local TV multiplex operator, Comux UK, has chosen Sencore's VideoBRIDGE to provide its remote monitoring solution for remote Local TV DTT transmission.

4 Oct 2013

RF Technologies to Deploy Safe Place Infant Security Solution in US Naval Hospital in Italy

RF Technologies®, a leading provider of RFID healthcare safety and security solutions, will install its Safe Place® Infant Security Solution at the U.S. Naval Hospital on the Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples support site in Gricignano, Italy.

4 Oct 2013

US Army Places Order for AeroVironment’s RQ-11B Raven UAS Gimbaled Sensor Payloads

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced it has received an order from the U.S. Army for the company's Mantis™ i23 gimbaled sensor payloads to continue upgrading the Army's fleet of RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). AeroVironment, which develops and produces advanced upgrades for its highly integrated UAS, such as Raven, was selected as the result of a competitive bid.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 3 Oct 2013

Paragon Robotics Unveils New Wireless Data Acquisition Product Line at WEEC

Paragon Robotics (paragonrobotics.com), which is developing affordable solutions to make buildings and processes cost- and energy-efficient, launched its new line of wireless data acquisition products on September 25 at the World Energy Engineering Congress (WEEC).

3 Oct 2013

Vascular InterVentional Advances Conference to Feature Hansen Medical’s Magellan Robotic System

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced that it will exhibit its Magellan™ Robotic System at the Vascular InterVentional Advances (VIVA) conference, from October 8-11 at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. The Company will be conducting product demonstrations and exhibiting the Magellan Robotic System at Booth 212.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 3 Oct 2013

Differences in Preferences Between Older and Younger People About Assistive Robot Look

A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that older and younger people have varying preferences about what they would want a personal robot to look like. And they change their minds based on what the robot is supposed to do.

3 Oct 2013

UC San Diego Health System Successfully Completes Region’s First Robotic Gastrectomy

Surgeons at UC San Diego Health System have performed the region’s first robotic gastrectomy, a potentially lifesaving procedure to remove a section of the stomach after a diagnosis of gastric cancer. Aided by a da Vinci robot, surgeons remove the diseased tissue, perform a delicate reconstruction and remove local lymph nodes for further testing.

3 Oct 2013

Two Patients Amazed with Recovery Time after Undergoing a Robotic Hysterectomy Procedure at Sydney's Westmead Private Hospital

Two patients who underwent Australia’s first ever single site, robotic hysterectomy procedure at Sydney’s Westmead Private Hospital have been left amazed by their results, with both being discharged within 24 hours...

1 Oct 2013

Low-Cost Alternative to Clean Room Robots for Coating of Glass Plates

Until now, clean room robots were used in high vacuum operation for the coating of glass plates. A low-cost alternative is now available in the form of the infinitely variable telescopic handling system "sliding fork" from Festo.

From Festo Corporation 1 Oct 2013

Robotics News

New Report on Global and China Industrial Robot Industry

Texas A&M University-Led Research Team Develops Unmanned Air System

Northrop Grumman to Exhibit Airborne Surveillance Capabilities at Pacific 2013

Rice University Bioengineering Students Construct Long Reach Robotic Arm

US Army Network Integration Experiment to Use World Surveillance Group's Aerostat Platforms

BBSR Researchers Demonstrate Flying Radiation Detector at NPL

Sencore's VideoBRIDGE Selected for UK's Latest DTT Monitoring Solution

RF Technologies to Deploy Safe Place Infant Security Solution in US Naval Hospital in Italy

US Army Places Order for AeroVironment’s RQ-11B Raven UAS Gimbaled Sensor Payloads

Paragon Robotics Unveils New Wireless Data Acquisition Product Line at WEEC

Vascular InterVentional Advances Conference to Feature Hansen Medical’s Magellan Robotic System

Differences in Preferences Between Older and Younger People About Assistive Robot Look

UC San Diego Health System Successfully Completes Region’s First Robotic Gastrectomy

Two Patients Amazed with Recovery Time after Undergoing a Robotic Hysterectomy Procedure at Sydney's Westmead Private Hospital

Low-Cost Alternative to Clean Room Robots for Coating of Glass Plates

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Non-Destructive Robotic Disassembly of EV Batteries

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

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