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Skytron Introduces ArrayGuard Combiner Boxes with Integrated Monitoring for PV Installations

Berlin-based skytron® energy is a renowned supplier of high quality monitoring, control and supervision solutions to the renewable energy sector. Its product range includes the well-established ArrayGuard® combiner-box series for PV systems, first launched in 2006.

3 Sep 2013

Space Probes to Deflect Earthbound Asteroids

Potential asteroid impact on Earth can have disastrous consequences. In order to prevent such collisions, earthbound space objects must be deflected. This can be accomplished using a space probe to impact the asteroid.

2 Sep 2013

Europeans@Siemens Program Participants to Train in Electronics for Mechatronics Engineering

Around 2,200 young people will be starting their professional careers at about 40 Siemens locations Germany-wide at the beginning of the new training year. Once again, the new trainees will include 31 participants in the Europeans@Siemens program.

2 Sep 2013

Automated Sample Introduction Equipment Manufacturer, CETAC, Acquired by Teledyne

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments, Inc., has completed the acquisition of assets of SD Acquisition, Inc. (d/b/a CETAC Technologies).

2 Sep 2013

Implant-Based BIOTRONIK Remote Monitoring Reduces All-Cause Mortality in Heart Failure Patients

BIOTRONIK, the leading manufacturer of cardiac devices celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, announced ground-breaking results from the IN-TIME study today at the ESC (European Society of Cardiology) congress. Coordinating investigator of IN-TIME, Professor Gerhard Hindricks, MD, from the Heart Center, University Leipzig, Germany, presented the first results from the study during a hot line session at ESC.

From BIOTRONIK 2 Sep 2013

Mayo Clinic to Diagnose Football Concussions with Telemedicine Robot

There will be a new face at Northern Arizona University football games this fall – only this face will be on a robot on wheels.

31 Aug 2013

Consortium to Develop WSGI’s Argus One Lighter-Than-Air Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems ("UAS"), has signed a teaming agreement with three other companies to establish a consortium to further develop and commercialize its Argus One lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicle.

30 Aug 2013

U.S. Navy Awards FLIR Contract to Support Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, to support Naval Air Systems Command's UH-1 program and the Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program.

From FLIR Systems, Inc. 30 Aug 2013

Innovative Spherical Robots for Planetary Exploration Selected for NIAC Program

NASA has selected six technology proposals for continued study under the agency's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program.

30 Aug 2013

Icron’s USB 3.0 Spectra 3022 Extender Systems to be Distributed by Rochester Imaging and Soda Vision

Icron Technologies Corporation, a leader in USB and video extension technology, is pleased to announce that Rochester Imaging Technology Corporation, a North American distributor of imaging system solutions based in Rochester, New York and Denver, Colorado, and Soda Vision Pte Ltd., a supplier of top class machine vision components headquartered in Singapore, with additional offices in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, are enhancing their machine vision product portfolios by offering Icron’s USB 3.0 Spectra™ 3022 extender systems.

30 Aug 2013

Volkswagen Deploys Collaborative Robot in Engine Production Plant

The car manufacturing group Volkswagen has integrated an industrial robotic arm of the Danish manufacturer Universal Robots into mass production at its engine production plant in Salzgitter.

30 Aug 2013

Scientists Deploy Robotic Prey to Study Predatory Fish

Dr Christos Ioannou at the University of Bristol has been awarded a five year research fellowship by NERC for the study of predator-prey relationships, using robotic prey to lure predatory fish.

30 Aug 2013

Supply Chain Digest Features Seegrid in Article on Automated Guided Vehicle Trends

Seegrid was featured in a recent article in Supply Chain Digest regarding two new trends with AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles). According to the article, “Two trends are coming together to open up some additional applications for use of AGVs, specifically in discrete manufacturing sectors.

From Seegrid Corporation 30 Aug 2013

UAVs and Ground Robots to Detect Disease in Agricultural Crops

A team of scientists from the University of Central Florida and the University of Florida just earned a $1.2 million grant, which aims to use modern-day technology to detect disease and plant stress in agricultural crops.

30 Aug 2013

Titan Medical Successfully Develops Functional Prototype of its SPORT Robotic Surgical System

Titan Medical Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed development of a functional prototype of its Single Port Orifice Robotic Technology (SPORT™) Surgical System.

29 Aug 2013

Robotics News

Skytron Introduces ArrayGuard Combiner Boxes with Integrated Monitoring for PV Installations

Space Probes to Deflect Earthbound Asteroids

Europeans@Siemens Program Participants to Train in Electronics for Mechatronics Engineering

Automated Sample Introduction Equipment Manufacturer, CETAC, Acquired by Teledyne

Implant-Based BIOTRONIK Remote Monitoring Reduces All-Cause Mortality in Heart Failure Patients

Mayo Clinic to Diagnose Football Concussions with Telemedicine Robot

Consortium to Develop WSGI’s Argus One Lighter-Than-Air Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

U.S. Navy Awards FLIR Contract to Support Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program

Innovative Spherical Robots for Planetary Exploration Selected for NIAC Program

Icron’s USB 3.0 Spectra 3022 Extender Systems to be Distributed by Rochester Imaging and Soda Vision

Volkswagen Deploys Collaborative Robot in Engine Production Plant

Scientists Deploy Robotic Prey to Study Predatory Fish

Supply Chain Digest Features Seegrid in Article on Automated Guided Vehicle Trends

UAVs and Ground Robots to Detect Disease in Agricultural Crops

Titan Medical Successfully Develops Functional Prototype of its SPORT Robotic Surgical System

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Enhanced Confidence AI Applications in Autonomous Vehicles

Low-Cost, High-Precision Technology for Robot Motion Capture

How Robotics is Shaping the Future of Dental Implant Surgeries

Robots and Renewable Energy: Hydropower Inspections

Robots and Renewable Energy: Wind Farm Monitoring

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