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Battle between Student-Designed Autonomous Robots

Thirteen autonomous robots will go head-to-head Saturday, May 18, as their student designers vie for a $1,000 cash first prize at the 22st annual Undergraduate Design Competition at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University.

14 May 2013

Underwater Innovation Studied Through STEM Programming with Robots

The United States is surrounded by water. Living in the Great Lakes State, it seems reasonable that many colleges and universities would have programs designed to provide a practical, safe and economically feasible means of performing deep underwater work, or “underwater interventions,” especially when considering the length of time that humans have been using the Great Lakes as a transportation blue-way, as well as a main source of food.

14 May 2013

FDA Approves Sorin Smartview Remote Monitoring Solution

Sorin Group, a global medical company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, today announced it received FDA approval for and is beginning the U.S. launch of the SMARTVIEW™ remote monitoring solution for patients with implanted cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices.

13 May 2013

St. Anthony Hospital Improves Patient Safety with Xenex Robotic UV-C Room Disinfection System

St. Anthony Hospital’s newest approach to disinfecting a room looks a little like a science fiction character.

13 May 2013

Development Projects Selected to Manage NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft System Challenge Prize Competition

NASA has selected Development Projects Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, to manage a new Centennial Challenge prize competition involving unmanned aircraft systems in 2014.

13 May 2013

Liquid Hydrogen-Fueled UAV Completes Record Flight Time

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory flew their fuel cell powered Ion Tiger unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for 48 hours and 1 minute, April 16 to 18, by using liquid hydrogen (LH2) fuel in a new, NRL-developed, cryogenic fuel storage tank and delivery system.

13 May 2013

UAV Technology for Campus Security Being Developed at University of Alabama

With campus safety and security in mind, engineering students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville are working with the campus police department to perfect unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies for use on-campus.

13 May 2013

New Remote Patient-Monitoring Platform Improves Care Management for Chronically Ill Members

Healthx now offers a new remote patient-monitoring platform to improve outcomes for chronically ill members with diabetes, hypertension, congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease (CAD) and multiple co-morbidities.

10 May 2013

New Market Research Report on Advanced Remote Patient Monitoring Systems

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Advanced Remote Patient Monitoring Systems

10 May 2013

Robotic Hand Recreates Sense of Touch of Real Hand

In a study recently published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, neurobiologists at the University of Chicago show how an organism can sense a tactile stimulus, in real time, through an artificial sensor in a prosthetic hand.

10 May 2013

Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Robot Receives Endorsement in Canary Islands

Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Robot continued on its undeterred path to collect endorsements and customer testimonials from pharmacists all over the world, documenting its unprecedented cost savings and patient safety benefits.

From Health Robotics 10 May 2013

Unmanned WaveRider Hypersonic Vehicle Makes Longest Supersonic Combustion Ramjet-Powered Flight

The X-51A WaveRider hypersonic vehicle, powered by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's SJY61 scramjet engine, achieved aviation history on May 1 by making the longest-ever supersonic combustion ramjet-powered flight, flying full duration and achieving mission success. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. company.

10 May 2013

Robot-Assisted Surgery to Remove Kidney Cancers Safer, but Expensive

Robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancers has seen a rapid increase in use, and has both replaced and proven safer than laparoscopic procedures for the same purpose, according to a study by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

9 May 2013

Universal Robots’ Lightweight Robot Arms now Distributed in US and Canada

Collaborative robots from Danish manufacturer Universal Robots are now distributed nationwide in both United States and Canada. The lightweight robot arms are quickly becoming sought after solutions by companies that previously viewed automation as too costly and complex, but now see the robot as a game changer.

9 May 2013

Aurora's Optionally Piloted Aircraft Receives C4ISR Innovation Award

Aurora Flight Sciences' Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft was awarded the "Big 25 Award" from C4ISR Journal on April 26 during the annual C4ISR Journal Conference. Centaur was selected under the "Innovations" category due to its unique design that permits both manned and unmanned flight with the same aircraft.

9 May 2013