Since entering the North American market in 2012, Universal Robots has become the trailblazer of lightweight, user-friendly robots that can operate right alongside employees. The increase in demand for this new type of robot has led the robot manufacturer to increase distribution on both east and west coasts.
Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its smaller diameter Magellan™ 6Fr Robotic Catheter for peripheral vascular interventions.
Festo has been a reliable partner of Dutch industry for more than 45 years. Mechanical and plant engineering, as used by highly specialised medium-sized companies, is the fastest-growing sector of industry in the Netherlands. With its automation and qualification solutions, Festo has become the market leader in this country with over 5,000 customers from a wide range of sectors.
iRobot Corp., a client of Fish & Richardson, was recently recognized by the Patent Board™ for having one of the top patent portfolios overall within the competitive electronics and instruments industry. iRobot ranked #5 overall on the list, putting the company ahead of many other major electronics and instruments companies. iRobot’s patent portfolio ranked #2 in the category of “Science Strength” and #3 in the category of “Industry Impact” among the list of 50 industry leaders.
Writing a program to control a single autonomous robot navigating an uncertain environment with an erratic communication link is hard enough; write one for multiple robots that may or may not have to work in tandem, depending on the task, is even harder.
Intelligent Hospital Systems (IH Systems), maker of the RIVA fully-automated IV compounding system, today announced a distribution agreement with Tel Aviv-based Nevo Medical Ltd. The healthcare and medical equipment supplier will serve as IH Systems’ exclusive distributor in Israel and the Palestine Authority, further increasing the reach of RIVA systems globally.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Micro Systems, Inc. subsidiary of its Advanced Drone and Targets Systems (ADTS) Division recently received a four-year Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) from the U.S. Navy valued at up to $29.6 million for unmanned aerial drone command and control systems and services.
Advantech (2395.TW), a global embedded computing leader who provides embedded and intelligent platform solutions across multiple vertical markets, has just released the AIIS-1240 & AIIS-1440, new PoE and USB3 camera controllers for vision inspection.
Robots have feelings too, right? Well, maybe not, but FlowerDeliveryExpress.com is delivering flowers and romantic feelings of love via drone just in time for Valentine's Day.
Before long, robots will be giving us helpful advice, but we don’t want them to be snippy about it. Research at Cornell and Carnegie Mellon universities suggests that if they sound a little less sure of themselves and throw in a few of the meaningless words humans are fond of, listeners will have a more positive response.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is continuing its traverse toward enticing science destinations after climbing over a dune spanning a gap in a ridge.
HRH The Duke of York, KG, travelled to Bristol today [10 February] to meet with entrepreneurs in the city’s innovative new Engine Shed and to visit the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) to gain an insight into the latest advances in robotics research.
The development of drugs to treat acute stroke or aid in stroke recovery is a multibillion-dollar endeavor that only rarely pays off in the form of government-approved pharmaceuticals. Drug companies spend years testing safety and dosage in the clinic, only to find in Phase III clinical efficacy trials that target compounds have little to no benefit. The lengthy process is inefficient, costly, and discouraging, says Hermano Igo Krebs, a principal research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.
By Jennifer Chu
11 Feb 2014
Worldwide rehabilitation robot markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the rehabilitation robots, active prostheses, and exoskeletons are used inside rehabilitation treatment centers and sports facilities providing rehabilitation for all patients with injuries or physical dysfunction.
Comau Inc., a global leader in the development and implementation of engineering solutions for sustainable automation and production, has been selected by Elio Motors as its automation partner. Comau will provide Elio with powertrain and automated assembly systems to build its revolutionary three-wheel, high efficiency vehicle. Slated to begin production in the fourth quarter of 2014 and available in the U.S. by the first quarter of 2015, the Elio will be built in a plant in Shreveport, LA.