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Analog Devices Blackfin BF609 Embedded Vision Starter Kit Eases Machine Vision Surveillance Application Development

On August 5, engineers can take a bite out of Shark Week with the latest offerings related to the Analog Devices Blackfin BF609 Embedded Vision Starter Kit from Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc.

6 Aug 2013

NASA Begins Final Preparations for November Launch of Next Mars Spacecraft

NASA's next spacecraft going to Mars arrived Friday, Aug. 2, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and is now perched in a cleanroom to begin final preparations for its November launch.

6 Aug 2013

New Hardware Outfits NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission Module for Satellite-Servicing Activities

It may be called the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM), but NASA's RRM was built to demonstrate much more than the clever ways space robots can fill up satellites.

5 Aug 2013

Indiana State University to Co-Host Regional Conference Focusing on Unmanned Systems

An upcoming conference will focus on the role that unmanned systems technology will have in the future of national security and emergency response situations.

5 Aug 2013

Maritime Congressional Hearing Highlights Potential of Unmanned Technologies

During the July 31 Congressional Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation hearing entitled How to Improve the Efficiency, Safety and Security of Maritime Transportation: Better Use and Integration of Maritime Domain Awareness Data, Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Ranking Member John Garamendi (D-CA) encouraged the Coast Guard to work with commercial industry to identify the latest technologies that can meet, as well as extend, their current missions while reducing overall costs.

From Liquid Robotics 5 Aug 2013

NASA Curiosity Rover to Mark One Year on Red Planet

NASA's Curiosity rover will mark one year on Mars next week and has already achieved its main science goal of revealing ancient Mars could have supported life. The mobile laboratory also is guiding designs for future planetary missions.

5 Aug 2013

Cornell’s Ragnarök Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Wins RoboSub Student Competition

With their submarine, Ragnarök, the Cornell Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (CUAUV) project team won first place for the second consecutive year at the RoboSub student competition, which took place in San Diego July 22-28. It was CUAUV’s fifth win since 2003.

3 Aug 2013

Michigan Team Prepares for Annual International Aerial Robotics Competition

If the mission sounds impossible, that's because it is—at least with today's technology: Build a three-pound flying machine that can, under its own control, take off, fly through a window into a model building, avoid security lasers, navigate the halls, recognize signs, enter the correct room, find a flash drive in a box on a desk, pick it up, leave a decoy, exit and land in under 10 minutes.

3 Aug 2013

Water-Based Gels Hold Promise for Soft Robotics

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating devices out of a water-based hydrogel material that can be patterned, folded and used to manipulate objects. The technique holds promise for use in “soft robotics” and biomedical applications.

3 Aug 2013

Mars Curiosity Rover’s First Year Celebrated at U-M

Sushil Atreya and Nilton Renno, both professors of planetary and space science at the University of Michigan College of Engineering, have intimate connections with NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since Aug. 6, 2012.

3 Aug 2013

Biobanks Utilize Automated Sample Storage Management Systems with Robotic Interfaces

The global proliferation of disease-based regional and national biobanks for clinical research has triggered a massive interest in long-term sample storage conditions. Simultaneously, it has spawned a requirement for good storage practices and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

3 Aug 2013

Elecsys Receives $1.25 M Order for Remote Monitoring Equipment from Al Rushaid Group

Elecsys Corporation, a provider of innovative machine to machine (M2M) communication technology solutions, data acquisition systems, and custom electronic equipment for critical industrial applications, announced today that it has received a $1.25 million order from the Al Rushaid Group to supply remote monitoring equipment for deployment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

2 Aug 2013

University of Sheffield Contributes Multiple Robotic Exhibits for Living Machines Event

Scientists and technologists from around the globe are uniting to explore the future of biomimetic and biohybrid technologies this week (Monday 29 July – Friday 2 August 2013) with a focus on future life-like robots.

2 Aug 2013

SoftLayer Selected by OSRF to Host DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge

The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF), the non-profit organization charged with supporting the development, distribution and adoption of open-source software for use in robotics research, education and product development, recently relied on SoftLayer Technologies to host the DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge (VRC).

2 Aug 2013

LEGO to Commence Retailing of MINDSTORMS EV3 Consumer Robotics Platform on September 1st

The LEGO Group today announced that LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3, the new award-winning consumer robotics platform, will hit retail shelves on September 1, 2013 and may start appearing later this month at select online retailers for pre-order. To inspire tinkerers of all ages with the limitless possibilities of the platform, the company unveiled the full collection of 12 bonus models designed by an international group of MINDSTORMS community experts that join five hero models introduced earlier this year.

2 Aug 2013

Robotics News

Analog Devices Blackfin BF609 Embedded Vision Starter Kit Eases Machine Vision Surveillance Application Development

NASA Begins Final Preparations for November Launch of Next Mars Spacecraft

New Hardware Outfits NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission Module for Satellite-Servicing Activities

Indiana State University to Co-Host Regional Conference Focusing on Unmanned Systems

Maritime Congressional Hearing Highlights Potential of Unmanned Technologies

NASA Curiosity Rover to Mark One Year on Red Planet

Cornell’s Ragnarök Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Wins RoboSub Student Competition

Michigan Team Prepares for Annual International Aerial Robotics Competition

Water-Based Gels Hold Promise for Soft Robotics

Mars Curiosity Rover’s First Year Celebrated at U-M

Biobanks Utilize Automated Sample Storage Management Systems with Robotic Interfaces

Elecsys Receives $1.25 M Order for Remote Monitoring Equipment from Al Rushaid Group

University of Sheffield Contributes Multiple Robotic Exhibits for Living Machines Event

SoftLayer Selected by OSRF to Host DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge

LEGO to Commence Retailing of MINDSTORMS EV3 Consumer Robotics Platform on September 1st

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‘World’s Most Advanced’ Humanoid Robot Arrives in Scotland to Help Build Trust

Non-Destructive Robotic Disassembly of EV Batteries

New Research Probes Effectiveness of AR to Improve Self-Driving Car Safety

Advancing Robotic Technology in Coal Mining

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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