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New Mechatronics Lab Established at RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems and New York Air Brake, working in conjunction with Rochester Institute of Technology, have created the Knorr-Bremse North America Mechatronics Laboratory at RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering.

19 Aug 2014

Innovate Precision Farming Using Drones

Since 2010, the company Quetzal Aerospace, based in the city of Queretaro, in the middle of Mexico, began manufacturing drones. A little more than four years after its birth, the company has expressed its intention to use these platforms to optimize aeronautical techniques for farmers, in order to promote "precision agriculture" in the country.

19 Aug 2014

Two Hospitals in Liberia Deploy Germ-Killing Robots to Deal Ebola Virus

Two 5-foot-5 superbug-slaying machines were deployed from the United States yesterday en route to JFK Hospital and ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Republic of Liberia, where they will aid in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus outbreak.

19 Aug 2014

Gamma 2 Robotics Enters Robot Assembly Agreement with Vergent Products

Gamma 2 Robotics ("G2R"), developers of the world's first commercially available security robot, announced today that it has signed a robot assembly agreement with Vergent Products (www.vergentproducts.com), thus completing G2R's supply chain and enabling maximum scalability over time.

18 Aug 2014

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Selects ‘Bonanza King’ as Fourth Drilling Target

The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has chosen a rock that looks like a pale paving stone as the mission's fourth drilling target, if it passes engineers' evaluation.

18 Aug 2014

New Set of Rules for 21st Century Care Robots

Isaac Asimov famously devised three laws of robotics that underpinned a number of his science fiction books and short stories, Professor Tom Sorell of the University of Warwick has helped develop a new set of rules that they believe will be needed for 21st century care robots.

18 Aug 2014

New Report on Residential Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market in Germany

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Residential Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market in Germany 2014-2018" report to their offering.

18 Aug 2014

Swisslog Debuts Continuous Remote Monitoring and Technical Support for Hospital Material Transport Industry

Swisslog Healthcare Solutions, the market-leader for hospital pneumatic tube systems, announces the opening of its Network Operations Center (NOC) for TransLogic® Pneumatic Tube Systems (PTS). The NOC is part of the advanced customer service capability available only from Swisslog and features real-time technical support 24/7/365 to ensure maximum system uptime.

18 Aug 2014

Global Automation Services Market for Process Industries Forecast to Reach $24.29 Billion in 2020

The implementation of greenfield projects in the oil and gas industry, expansion projects in the chemical industry, and integration projects in the hygienic industry are lending momentum to the global automation services market for process industries.

18 Aug 2014

Walmart Awards UT Arlington Innovation Grant to Build Robotic Small Motor System

UT Arlington has received a $229,214 grant from the Walmart Foundation to build a robotic small motors assembly and testing system that would cut the manufacturing costs of goods, allowing those goods to be produced in the United States that were formerly built overseas.

18 Aug 2014

ATEK Service Platform Wins 2014 M2M Evolution Business Impact Award

ATEK Access Technologies has received a 2014 M2M Evolution Business Impact Award from TMC and Crossfire Media for its ATEK Service Platform.

18 Aug 2014

Raytheon Awarded $130 Million Contract to Provide All Electronic Tolling System for Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation awarded Raytheon Company a $130 million contract for an All Electronic Tolling System (AETS). Raytheon and a team of Massachusetts-based companies will convert and replace all manual cash and electronic toll collection systems with an advanced system that will automatically toll vehicles as they travel under a gantry similar to an overhead sign. Drivers will be able to pass through the toll station at highway speeds without the need to slow down or stop.

14 Aug 2014

New Book on ‘Computer Vision in Robotics and Industrial Applications’

"Human-computer interfacing has become a major scientific aspect in the design of systems and machines that are capable of performing complex and possibly even autonomous tasks," said Dominik Sankowski and Jacek Nowakowski, authors of World Scientific's latest book "Computer Vision in Robotics and Industrial Applications".

14 Aug 2014

Clearpath Robotics Supports People Against Killer Robots

Canadian-based robotics manufacturer, Clearpath Robotics, is the first robotics company to sign on with the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, “an international coalition of non-governmental organizations working to ban fully autonomous weapons.”

14 Aug 2014

New Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy Procedure for Patients with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Researchers from Penn Medicine have developed a safe and effective technique for inducing sleep in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea. The new procedure, known as drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE), uses progressive doses of anesthesia to pharmacologically induce sleep to the point of the obstruction-causing apnea in a short time frame without a dip in blood oxygen level and with few side effects.

14 Aug 2014

Robotics News

New Mechatronics Lab Established at RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering

Innovate Precision Farming Using Drones

Two Hospitals in Liberia Deploy Germ-Killing Robots to Deal Ebola Virus

Gamma 2 Robotics Enters Robot Assembly Agreement with Vergent Products

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Selects ‘Bonanza King’ as Fourth Drilling Target

New Set of Rules for 21st Century Care Robots

New Report on Residential Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market in Germany

Swisslog Debuts Continuous Remote Monitoring and Technical Support for Hospital Material Transport Industry

Global Automation Services Market for Process Industries Forecast to Reach $24.29 Billion in 2020

Walmart Awards UT Arlington Innovation Grant to Build Robotic Small Motor System

ATEK Service Platform Wins 2014 M2M Evolution Business Impact Award

Raytheon Awarded $130 Million Contract to Provide All Electronic Tolling System for Massachusetts

New Book on ‘Computer Vision in Robotics and Industrial Applications’

Clearpath Robotics Supports People Against Killer Robots

New Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy Procedure for Patients with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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