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Researchers Work on Developing Intelligent Robotic System for Tunnel Inspection

Currently, maintenance and safety inspection of tunnels used for vehicular traffic is carried out by direct in situ observation. This process, which is slow and requires intensive labor, requires that traffic be stopped on entire streets or sections of the underground passageways, resulting in an inconvenience for users.

19 Nov 2013

Metso Dedicates New Automation Service Center in Lappeenranta, Finland

Metso has opened a new service center in the City of Lappeenranta, Finland. It was officially inaugurated on October 24, 2013, in connection with a customer seminar and in the presence of about 120 guests.

19 Nov 2013

Swisscube Continues Mission Even After 22,000 Trips Around the Planet

Four years after its launch, Swisscube, the small satellite developed by EPFL’s Space Center, is still in operation. Some of the technological choices made and considered audacious at the time have yielded valuable lessons for building future spacecraft.

19 Nov 2013

Northrop Grumman, HCT Sign MOU for Fourth Annual Unmanned Aircraft Innovation Challenge

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the United Arab Emirates' Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue their highly successful science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) partnership known as Innovation Challenge into 2014.

19 Nov 2013

KUKA Robotics Introduces Triple Lift Mobile Lift Platform at InterAirport Trade Fair

KUKA, the Augsburg-based robot manufacturer and automation specialist, introduced its “Triple Lift” mobile lift platform at the InterAirport trade fair in Munich. The vehicle is designed to accommodate four workers, including their service equipment, and can raise its infinitely adjustable platform to a maximum height of eight meters, which makes it ideal for performing maintenance work on wide-body aircraft.

From KUKA Aktiengesellschaft 19 Nov 2013

Aviation Week Presents Excellence Awards to Three Northrop Grumman Programs

Three Northrop Grumman Corporation programs have received Program Excellence awards from Aviation Week for being among the top-performers in the aerospace and defense industry.

18 Nov 2013

Xenex’ Pulsed UV Light Helps Germ-Zapping Robots Improve Patient Safety at University Hospital

It’s been called a germ-zapping robot — and there’s a passing resemblance to R2D2 if you squint your eyes.

18 Nov 2013

Design Automation Conference Names Members of 51st DAC Industry Liaison Committee

The Design Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to the design and automation of electronic systems, has named the members of the 51st DAC Industry Liaison Committee (ILC). These volunteers advise the DAC Executive Committee as it plans the trade show component of DAC. The 51st DAC will be held at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California from June 1-5, 2014.

18 Nov 2013

Lincoln Electric Dedicates New Automation Center of Excellence in Brazil

Last week, the Cleveland-based Lincoln Electric Company opened its new Automation Center of Excellence – Brazil before a large group of customers, supplier partners and employees. A welcome was extended by Reinaldo Nogueira, Mayor of the city of Indaiatuba, who stressed the importance of creating an environment for businesses to grow and in which their employees could feel comfortable making their home.

From Lincoln Electric UK (Ltd) 18 Nov 2013

KUKA Robotics to Exhibit Latest Solutions at Fabtech 2013

KUKA Robotics to debut the latest in robotic welding innovations for the welding and fabricating industry at FABTECH 2013.

From KUKA Aktiengesellschaft 18 Nov 2013

NASA to Launch MAVEN to Explore Martian Atmosphere

On Monday, November 18, NASA is set to launch MAVEN [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/overview/index.html] (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), a small scientific satellite, to do some chemical meter-reading in the Martian atmosphere.

18 Nov 2013

Penguins Inspire Novel Spherical Joint Mechanism for Propulsion Systems

Back in 1991, Nature published a picture from the IMAX movie Antarctica, along with the caption: “Emperor penguins may be waddling jokes on land, but underwater they can turn into regular rockets…accelerating from 0 to 7 m/s in less than a second.”

16 Nov 2013

Northrop Grumman Integrates Miniature Electronic Attack Payload on Bat Unmanned Aircraft

Northrop Grumman Corporation has integrated and employed an internal miniature electronic attack payload on the Bat unmanned aircraft, marking the first time that such a system was used in operation on a Group III (small, tactical) unmanned aircraft system.

15 Nov 2013

Semi-Autonomous ARM Drone Can Help Monitor Radiation After Release of Nuclear Material

University of Bristol researchers have unveiled a large semi-autonomous drone called the ARM system which could be used to provide visual and thermal monitoring of radiation after a release of nuclear material.

15 Nov 2013

First Responder Robot Mobile Platform Systems Markets to Reach $12.0 Billion by 2019

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "First Responder Robot Mobile Platform Systems of Engagement: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2019" to their offering.

15 Nov 2013

Robotics News

Researchers Work on Developing Intelligent Robotic System for Tunnel Inspection

Metso Dedicates New Automation Service Center in Lappeenranta, Finland

Swisscube Continues Mission Even After 22,000 Trips Around the Planet

Northrop Grumman, HCT Sign MOU for Fourth Annual Unmanned Aircraft Innovation Challenge

KUKA Robotics Introduces Triple Lift Mobile Lift Platform at InterAirport Trade Fair

Aviation Week Presents Excellence Awards to Three Northrop Grumman Programs

Xenex’ Pulsed UV Light Helps Germ-Zapping Robots Improve Patient Safety at University Hospital

Design Automation Conference Names Members of 51st DAC Industry Liaison Committee

Lincoln Electric Dedicates New Automation Center of Excellence in Brazil

KUKA Robotics to Exhibit Latest Solutions at Fabtech 2013

NASA to Launch MAVEN to Explore Martian Atmosphere

Penguins Inspire Novel Spherical Joint Mechanism for Propulsion Systems

Northrop Grumman Integrates Miniature Electronic Attack Payload on Bat Unmanned Aircraft

Semi-Autonomous ARM Drone Can Help Monitor Radiation After Release of Nuclear Material

First Responder Robot Mobile Platform Systems Markets to Reach $12.0 Billion by 2019

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