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Researchers Test Enhanced Pediatric Version of Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton

Watch a very young infant for a few minutes and you’ll see a lot of what looks like random arm flapping.

17 Dec 2013

Science Foundation Arizona Provides AZFirst Grant to Support FIRST Robotics Competition

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced that AZFirst, an Arizona 501(c)3 organization supporting FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) after-school programs in Arizona, is the recipient of a $260,000 grant funded over three years from Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz).

17 Dec 2013

Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition to Kickoff on Jan. 4, 2014

Even though this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition game is still under wraps, regional FIRST Robotics teams from Rochester and the Northeast are preparing for another season of competitions.

17 Dec 2013

Hollysys ZPW-2000s Track Circuit Successfully Applied in Beijing Trial Railway Line

Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that its proprietary ZPW-2000s Track Circuit was successful applied in Beijing's Xiaohongmen - Baiziwan trial railway line ("this line"), and passed the trail operation examination by Beijing Railway Bureau.

16 Dec 2013

High Hopes for Carnegie Mellon's CHIMP Robot at DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

It's only been a few weeks since Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) completed assembly of its four-limbed CHIMP robot, but the Tartan Rescue Team has high hopes for the robot's performance at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trials Dec. 20-21.

16 Dec 2013

Global Residential Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market Forecast to Grow at 16.06% CAGR over the Period 2013-2018

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Residential Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

16 Dec 2013

Endeavor to Make Robots Learn More Like Humans

In an effort to better understand the evolution of learning, Kai Olav Ellefsen is working to make robots learn more like humans. Specifically, he is studying how more modular brains allow robots to learn new tasks without forgetting what they learned from previous tasks.

16 Dec 2013

New Robotic Trolley System Provides Added Security for Recovering Stroke Patients

The risk and fear of falling often affects patients who are recovering from a stroke, spinal cord or brain injury, and orthopaedic injuries, and that fear may inhibit their progress in rehabilitation. The University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute is offering a new robotic trolley system providing patients added security and allowing them to overcome that fear, thereby maximizing benefit from therapy.

15 Dec 2013

Seegrid Captures Significant Marketshare for Flexible Automated Guided Vehicles in Europe

According to Seegrid Guest Blogger, Thomas R. Cutler, manufacturing journalist, “Having solidified the new flexible AGV role in North America, Seegrid is quickly on pace to capture significant European marketshare.

From Seegrid Corporation 15 Dec 2013

VITRONIC Machine Vision Awarded Contract to Automate Manual Processing of Flats and Small Parcels

VITRONIC Machine Vision LTD is proud to announce it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to automate the manual processing of flats and small parcels from a large parcel and post customer.

13 Dec 2013

Sikorsky Innovations Wins Contract for Phase 1 of DARPA’s VTOL X-Plane Program

Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today announced it has won a contract for Phase 1 of the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Experimental Aircraft (VTOL X-Plane) program by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

13 Dec 2013

AMBER Lab Helps NASA Valkyrie Humanoid Robot to Move and Walk

The advanced humanoid robot, Valkyrie, unveiled by NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) moves and walks, thanks to Texas A&M University’s Dr. Aaron Ames.

13 Dec 2013

Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market to Reach Over One Billion Dollars by 2023

The total market value for electric unmanned aerial vehicles will reach over one billion dollars by 2023 according to findings in the new IDTechEx report, “Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) 2013-2023”.

13 Dec 2013

Control4 to Open New Technical Center in Bangalore, India

Control4, a market leader in home automation solutions, today announced the opening of its new Technical Center in Bangalore, India.

13 Dec 2013

Tauriga Reports Strong Interest for Commercialization of Pilus Energy’s Wastewater-to-Value BactoBot

Tauriga Sciences, Inc. or ("Tauriga" or "the Company"), a diversified company focused on generating profitable revenues through license agreements and the development of a proprietary technology platform in the nanorobotics space, today announced that it is experiencing very strong levels of international interest for the commercialization of Pilus Energy LLC's ("Pilus Energy") proprietary wastewater-to-value BactoBot™ ("the technology").

12 Dec 2013

Robotics News

Researchers Test Enhanced Pediatric Version of Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton

Science Foundation Arizona Provides AZFirst Grant to Support FIRST Robotics Competition

Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition to Kickoff on Jan. 4, 2014

Hollysys ZPW-2000s Track Circuit Successfully Applied in Beijing Trial Railway Line

High Hopes for Carnegie Mellon's CHIMP Robot at DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

Global Residential Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market Forecast to Grow at 16.06% CAGR over the Period 2013-2018

Endeavor to Make Robots Learn More Like Humans

New Robotic Trolley System Provides Added Security for Recovering Stroke Patients

Seegrid Captures Significant Marketshare for Flexible Automated Guided Vehicles in Europe

VITRONIC Machine Vision Awarded Contract to Automate Manual Processing of Flats and Small Parcels

Sikorsky Innovations Wins Contract for Phase 1 of DARPA’s VTOL X-Plane Program

AMBER Lab Helps NASA Valkyrie Humanoid Robot to Move and Walk

Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market to Reach Over One Billion Dollars by 2023

Control4 to Open New Technical Center in Bangalore, India

Tauriga Reports Strong Interest for Commercialization of Pilus Energy’s Wastewater-to-Value BactoBot

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