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European Gravimetric Drug Vial Database for Sterile Compounding Robots Published by Health Robotics

Health Robotics recently released to the pharmacy community at large, its European Database1 of 572 supported and “Live” drug vials for Automated Sterile Compounding, corresponding to 213 active pharmaceutical ingredients [170 for chemotherapy, 35 non-hazardous, and 8 mAbs], including supported drug brands, available vial sizes, and drug vial concentrations from 102 drug manufacturers.

26 Jul 2013

Northrop Grumman Sponsors Dickson College Students for UAV Outback Challenge 2013

Northrop Grumman Corporation is sponsoring a team of high school students from Dickson College who are competing in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Outback Challenge 2013, aimed at promoting UAVs and demonstrating their utility in civilian applications.

26 Jul 2013

Global Telemedicine Market Forecast to Grow at 18.9% CAGR

TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Telemedicine market to grow at a CAGR of 18.9 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increased remote monitoring of patients.

26 Jul 2013

Adaptive Morphology for Flying Robot

At the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems we are developing a novel flying platform which has the ability to move on the ground by using its wings only. Using the wings as whegs to move on rough terrains instead of adding an additional structure to the robot allows to minimize its structural mass.

26 Jul 2013

Swisslog Healthcare Solutions Acquires New Generation of Adept Autonomous Mobile Robots

Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions and services, today announced that it has delivered a new generation of RoboCourierTM to Swisslog Healthcare Solutions (HCS) for use in hospitals, clinical laboratories and pharmacies for the transport of specimens, medications and supplies.

26 Jul 2013

Rockwell Automation Sponsors Sessions on Production Improvement Technologies at PACK EXPO 2013

Attendees at this year’s PACK EXPO 2013 can learn firsthand about innovative technologies to improve production – such as line integration, cloud computing and mobility on the plant floor – in classroom sessions sponsored by Rockwell Automation and its PartnerNetwork program in Las Vegas, Sept. 23 to 25.

From Rockwell Automation, Inc. 25 Jul 2013

NASA Deploys MATLAB and Simulink for SPHERES Project on International Space Station

MathWorks today announced that MATLAB and Simulink have been deployed to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) project.

25 Jul 2013

Team Demonstrates MOOS-IvP Payload Autonomy on Bluefin AUVs

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), and the Laboratory of Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems (LAMSS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced that the team has demonstrated the MOOS-IvP Payload Autonomy, or Backseat Driver, concept running on a field exchangeable GumstixTM computer on two Bluefin AUVs, a Bluefin-9 and Bluefin-21.

25 Jul 2013

Project on 3D Thermal RGB Mapping for Firefighting Robots Wins DRS Technologies Competition

DRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced the winners of its second annual Student Infrared Imaging Competition, a contest that allows students to showcase their innovative ideas using thermal imaging technologies. The awards ceremony was held at the DRS facilities in Melbourne, Florida.

25 Jul 2013

SIMTech and NUS Partner to Launch Joint Research Labs in Industrial Robotics

The Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Engineering inked an agreement today to launch two joint research labs in precision motion systems and industrial robotics.

25 Jul 2013

NASA's Reconnaissance Orbiter Beams Image of Curiosity Mars Rover

An image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released today shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and the wheel tracks from its landing site to the "Glenelg" area where the rover worked for the first half of 2013.

25 Jul 2013

Robots and Autonomous Mobile Solutions Provider, Adept, Celebrates 30 Years

Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions, today announced it has reached its 30th year in business.

24 Jul 2013

ITT Exelis to Maintain NASA Deep Space Network Complex Controlling Fleet of Robotic Spacecraft

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has selected ITT Exelis Information Systems, Herndon, Va., to operate and maintain the NASA Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif.; the network's Deep Space Operations Center at JPL; and a facility in Monrovia, Calif., that provides numerous support functions and coordinates among the three Deep Space Network complexes around the world.

24 Jul 2013

Astronaut in Space to Control NASA's K10 Planetary Rover at Ames Research Center

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station will control NASA's K10 planetary rover at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., from 8-11 a.m. PDT Friday, July 26, and media are invited to watch.

24 Jul 2013

NASA's Mars Rover Takes Advantage of 340th Martian Day for Long Drive

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove twice as far on July 21 as on any other day of the mission so far: 109.7 yards (100.3 meters).

24 Jul 2013

Robotics News

European Gravimetric Drug Vial Database for Sterile Compounding Robots Published by Health Robotics

Northrop Grumman Sponsors Dickson College Students for UAV Outback Challenge 2013

Global Telemedicine Market Forecast to Grow at 18.9% CAGR

Adaptive Morphology for Flying Robot

Swisslog Healthcare Solutions Acquires New Generation of Adept Autonomous Mobile Robots

Rockwell Automation Sponsors Sessions on Production Improvement Technologies at PACK EXPO 2013

NASA Deploys MATLAB and Simulink for SPHERES Project on International Space Station

Team Demonstrates MOOS-IvP Payload Autonomy on Bluefin AUVs

Project on 3D Thermal RGB Mapping for Firefighting Robots Wins DRS Technologies Competition

SIMTech and NUS Partner to Launch Joint Research Labs in Industrial Robotics

NASA's Reconnaissance Orbiter Beams Image of Curiosity Mars Rover

Robots and Autonomous Mobile Solutions Provider, Adept, Celebrates 30 Years

ITT Exelis to Maintain NASA Deep Space Network Complex Controlling Fleet of Robotic Spacecraft

Astronaut in Space to Control NASA's K10 Planetary Rover at Ames Research Center

NASA's Mars Rover Takes Advantage of 340th Martian Day for Long Drive

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Robots and Renewable Energy: Wind Farm Monitoring

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