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VIRES Aeronautics Announced $1 Million Series AA Round of Financing for UAVs

VIRES Aeronautics, developers of a revolutionary airplane wing design, today announced a $1 million Series AA round of financing. The funding will enable VIRES Aeronautics to meet increasing customer demand for extended flight time in the rapidly growing industry for unmanned aerial vehicles. Draper Associates led the round with participation from Lemnos Labs, VegasTechFund, Promus Ventures, Lance White, Don Hutchison, and Toivo Annus.

3 Mar 2014

St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital Receives Designation as National Robotic Epicenter for General Surgery

St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital has received the designation as a national Robotic Epicenter for General Surgery, becoming the first San Antonio-area hospital to receive the recognition.

3 Mar 2014

Research and Markets Adds Report on Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market 2013 - 2018" report to their offering.

3 Mar 2014

University of Sheffield Sign Land Deal for Developing Factory 2050 for Advanced Manufacturing

The first development on the new site will be Factory 2050, a stunning circular building which will combine a range of technologies, including advanced robotics, flexible automation, unmanned workspace, off-line printing in virtual environments linked to plug-and-play robotics, 3D printing from flexible automated systems, man-machine interfaces, and new programming and training tools.

3 Mar 2014

Douglas Merrill Former Google CIO to Deliver Keynote at Automation Nation 2014

LabTech Software, the only powerful, robust-featured remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform developed by a managed service provider (MSP) for managed service providers, today announced Douglas Merrill, former CIO and VP of Engineering at Google, will deliver the keynote at this year's Automation Nation. The fifth annual event will be held June 2-4, 2014 at the Hilton Bonnet Creek in Orlando, FL.

3 Mar 2014

Corindus Vascular Robotics to Attend MDG Forum on Advances in Human-Robotic Interaction

Corindus Vascular Robotics, a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, will participate in the upcoming Medical Development Group (MDG) forum focusing on advances in human-robotic interaction. Jerry Jennings, Vice President of Research and Development for Corindus, will be speaking at the March 5 forum about the interaction between humans and the CorPath system, and the benefits that vascular robotics provides. The forum will take place at Constant Contact in Waltham, Mass. beginning at 5:30 p.m.

28 Feb 2014

UB’s Engineering Week Features Rockets, Robots and More

Hundreds of students crowded around a makeshift arena in the Student Union, excited as a battle between two robots ended with one being hauled off, a smoking hulk.

28 Feb 2014

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Provides Close-up Look at Striated Ground

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has reached an area where orbital images had piqued researchers' interest in patches of ground with striations all oriented in a similar direction.

28 Feb 2014

ATCi Announces Lawful Interception Warrior Satellite Monitoring System

MilSatCom Middle East and Africa 2014 -- Antenna Technology Communications Inc. a provider of satellite and digital communications systems, today announced from the MilSatCom Conference being held in Dubai, its complete all-inclusive Lawful Interception Warrior Satellite Monitoring System designed for the Middle Eastern region's applications.

27 Feb 2014

Aerial Images from Unmanned Aircraft Help Create 3D Model of Coal Ash Spill

With a 3D model created using aerial images from an unmanned aircraft, Wake Forest researchers are providing a new look at the extent of coal ash contaminants leaked into a North Carolina river earlier this month. The approach holds promise as an effective means to monitor environmental contamination in the case of similar incidents.

27 Feb 2014

New Report on Global Industrial Automation Control Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Industrial Automation Control Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

27 Feb 2014

Control4 Offers Increased Surveillance Camera and NVR Support for Home Security Solutions

Control4 Corporation, a leading provider of automation and control solutions for the connected home, today announced that it is now providing customers with a much broader array of home security personalization options through simple integration with the top brands of security cameras and network video recorders (NVRs) on the market.

27 Feb 2014

RoboBusiness Seeks Qualified Presenters for 2014 Conference Program

RoboBusiness is currently seeking qualified presenters for the conference program to be offered at RoboBusiness, October 15-17, 2014 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA.

27 Feb 2014

Industrial Machine Vision Market Forecast to Reach Nearly $2B by 2018

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Executive Summary of Machine Vision Technology & Market Trends" report to their offering.

27 Feb 2014

iSchool NEXIS Discusses Drone Technology with Lockheed Martin

As a part of National Engineers Week last week, members of the New Explorations in Information and Science lab (NEXIS) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) spoke to employees at Lockheed Martin in Syracuse about developments in unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) technology and policy.

27 Feb 2014