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GPS Mobile Solutions to Offer ZTR’s Rugged Industrial Telematics

ZTR Control Systems announced a new partnership agreement with GPS Mobile Solutions today. GPS Mobile Solutions will now offer their customers the complete line of rugged industrial telematics from ZTR Control Systems. GPS Mobile Solutions is a privately-owned company located in Raleigh, North Carolina offering industry leading Mobile Workforce Technologies.

7 Aug 2014

Ground Robotics Capability Conference: Seegrid to Highlight Automated Guided Vehicles

Mitchell Weiss, Chief Technology Officer for Seegrid Corporation, global leader of robotic vision-guided automated guided vehicles (AGVs), will present the companys’ automation products at the Ground Robotics Capability Conference and Exhibition organized by the National Defense Industrial Association. Weiss’ presentation will take place during the panel on “Synergy and Parallel Markets” at 10 a.m. on August 13, 2014.

7 Aug 2014

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Provide IBNS and Steering Gear Systems for Guided Missile Destroyers

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded contracts from the U.S. Navy, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries to provide integrated bridge and navigation systems and steering gear systems to modernize Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers (DDGs).

7 Aug 2014

Recovery Simulation Completed for Orion Spacecraft Test Article

In a simulated ocean recovery of an Orion spacecraft test article, Lockheed Martin, NASA and the U.S. Navy practiced recovery techniques for retrieving the crew module after it splashes down at sea following its first test flight later this year. This test allowed the team to evaluate procedures, hardware and personnel responsible for the recovery.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 7 Aug 2014

Design Automation Conference Names Members of 52nd Executive Committee

The Design Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to electronic design and design automation, has named the members of the 52nd DAC Executive Committee.

7 Aug 2014

Neurotechnology Introduces SentiBotics Development Kit

Neurotechnology, a provider of robotics and high-precision object recognition and biometric identification technologies, today announced the introduction of the SentiBotics Development Kit. SentiBotics includes a mobile robotic platform with a 3D vision system, modular robotic arm and accompanying Neurotechnology-developed, ROS-based software with complete source code.

7 Aug 2014

New Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site Opened in Southern Maryland

The University of Maryland (UMD) A. James Clark School of Engineering today announced the launch of a new Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site in Southern Maryland. With support from the University System of Maryland, the site will bring together leaders in academia, industry, and government to accelerate UAS research.

6 Aug 2014

NASA Opens Next Round of CubeSat Launch Initiative

NASA is opening the next round of its CubeSat Launch Initiative, part of the White House Maker Initiative, in an effort to engage the growing community of space enthusiasts that can contribute to NASA's space exploration goals.

6 Aug 2014

Series B Financing from Omega Fund to Help Andrew Alliance Expand Reach of Novel Co-Worker Robot

Andrew Alliance announced today that the Company will be opening up a Boston office in Copley Square. The Company also announced the closing of a series B financing round from Omega Funds, a leading global healthcare fund specializing in late stage life science investments.

6 Aug 2014

NASA Successfully Flew Saucer-Shaped Test Vehicle into Near-Space in June 2014

NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project successfully flew a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space in late June from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii. Media are invited to the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) Friday, August 8, to see new video from this test and hear about early results from the mission.

6 Aug 2014

Roambotics’ Autonomous Personal Robot Wins Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award

Roambotics is the latest recipient of the Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award, a program that helps turn promising concepts into market-ready products with quick-turn manufactured parts for prototyping, design iterations, testing or pilot production. The three-man team at Roambotics was recognized for its design of an autonomous personal robot named Jr.

6 Aug 2014

Mars Curiosity Rover Celebrates Second Anniversary

NASA's most advanced roving laboratory on Mars celebrates its second anniversary since landing inside the Red Planet's Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012, PDT (Aug. 6, 2012, EDT).

6 Aug 2014

DMLogic Selected as Preferred Integration Partner for Seegrid Supervisor AGV Software

Seegrid Corporation, global leader of robotic vision-guided automated guided vehicles (AGVs), announced DMLogic as the preferred integration partner for Seegrid Supervisor, network appliance installed on-site, which communicates with AGVs over WiFi.

From Seegrid Corporation 5 Aug 2014

Small UAV Market Sector Forecast to Reach $1.33bn in 2014

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Market 2014-2024: Potential for Micro, Mini, Nano & Hand Held Drones in Military, Law Enforcement, Security & Civil Applications

5 Aug 2014

Rockwell Automation to Serve as Main Automation Contractor for LSB Industries

LSB Industries Inc. (“LSB”), a diversified industrial manufacturer of chemical and HVAC products, has awarded a $5.3 million contract to Rockwell Automation. Rockwell Automation will serve as main automation contractor, providing a $3.5 million PlantPAx process automation system with electrical, controls, and instrumentation services and a $1.8 million Ethernet motor control system.

From Rockwell Automation, Inc. 5 Aug 2014