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Hammacher Schlemmer’s New Kit Teaches Children About Robotics and Mechanics

Continuing its 166-year history of offering the Best, the Only and the Unexpected, Hammacher Schlemmer introduces The Build Your Own Jumping Robot, a kit that teaches children about robotics and mechanics via a robot that jumps.

27 Aug 2014

Successful Test Flights Illustrate RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS’ Expanded Mission Capabilities

With several test flights this summer, the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Wide Area Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) proved its ability to operate with an expanded variety of intelligence exploitation ground stations and collect mission data in more places.

27 Aug 2014

Ozobot Announces Availability of Product Pre-Orders Online at Company’s Website

Ozobot, the world’s smallest intelligent robot, announced that product pre-orders are available online at Ozobot.com now through October 3rd. Ozobot is also currently available for purchase at the MOMA museum store in New York City. Ozobot’s first free apps, OzoDraw and OzoLuck, are available for download on Android devices and will be available soon on iOS devices.

27 Aug 2014

VALERI Project Aims to Make Robots that Work Alongside Humans

Trying to squeeze into small enclosed areas, carrying out highly repetitive tasks, retiring with back injuries even while your expertise is needed: these everyday realities of working in aviation construction may become a thing of the past.

27 Aug 2014

ABB Robotics to Host Combined Seminar and Workshop Event for SMEs

Seminar and workshop from ABB Robotics provides you with the know-how to assess the potential of robotic automation, and shows how a switch to robots can help transform your profitability

From ABB Robotics 27 Aug 2014

Universal Robots Presents the Next Generation of Lightweight Robots

Universal Robots, the Danish manufacturer of flexible industrial robot arms, has released the third generation of the lightweight robots UR5 and UR10. Special features of the revised robot arms are the true absolute enco...

26 Aug 2014

Pointer Telocation to Provide Advanced Cargo Tracking Solutions to African Customer

Pointer Telocation Ltd. - a leading developer, manufacturer and operator of Mobile Resource Management (MRM), announced today that it has been awarded a supply contract to provide cargo tracking solutions for a customer in Africa. The contract is worth approximately $1.3 million with revenues expected to be recorded in the second half of 2014.

26 Aug 2014

First RQ-4 Global Hawk Makes History with 100th Flight

The first completed Global Hawk has made history again with its 100th flight in support of NASA environmental research. The milestone occurred on a flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California more than 16 years after its first flight in 1998. The aircraft is now at Wallops Island for a two month deployment to conduct hurricane research missions.

26 Aug 2014

Heriot-Watt University Hosts 2014 International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

A major international symposium at Heriot-Watt University this week will be considering the future development of robots as they provide care for the elderly and infirm, conduct emergency rescue and security work in inhospitable environments, learn to work increasingly independently and react to human body language to become more effective human companions.

26 Aug 2014

New Insight on Future of US Government Robotics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Future of US Government Robotics" report to their offering.

26 Aug 2014

Costs of Robot-Assisted Prostate Removal Surgery Decreasing Over Time

A new study reveals that the U.S. has experienced widespread adoption of robot-assisted prostate removal surgery to treat prostate cancer in recent years. The BJU International study also found that while such surgeries are more expensive than traditional surgeries, their costs are decreasing over time.

26 Aug 2014

Scientists Restore Voyager's Historic Footage of Triton

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft gave humanity its first close-up look at Neptune and its moon Triton in the summer of 1989. Like an old film, Voyager's historic footage of Triton has been "restored" and used to construct the best-ever global color map of that strange moon.

25 Aug 2014

Bonanza King Rock on Mars Not Stable Enough for Safe Drilling

Evaluation of a pale, flat Martian rock as the potential next drilling target for NASA's Curiosity Mars rover determined that the rock was not stable enough for safe drilling.

25 Aug 2014

Space-Inspired Robotic Surgical Arm for Delicate Pediatric Specialties

Children love robots. In all shapes, sizes, "personalities" and "smarts," these electronic wonders have been found under Christmas trees by kids and unwrapped on birthdays for years.

25 Aug 2014

First Australia/New Zealand VEX Robotics Exhibition and Workshop Launched

The Northrop Grumman Foundation, in partnership with the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation, is launching the first Australia/New Zealand VEX Robotics Exhibition and Workshop. Existing teams from New Zealand will join newly formed teams from Australia at an educational experience event being hosted at Dickson College, Aug. 23-24 as part of National Science Week.

25 Aug 2014