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Tauriga and Bacterial Robotics to Jointly Develop Nuclear Industry-Specific Bacterial Robot

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 nano-robotics space, has today announced the execution of a comprehensive Strategic Alliance Agreement ("the Agreement") with Cincinnati, Ohio-based synthetic biology pioneer Bacterial Robotics, LLC. ("Bacterial Robotics"). This agreement with Bacterial Robotics was unanimously ratified by the Company's Board of Directors ("BOD").

30 Oct 2013

NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Completes First Two-Day Autonomous Drive

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed its first two-day autonomous drive Monday, bringing the mobile laboratory to a good vantage point for pictures useful in selecting the next target the rover will reach out and touch.

30 Oct 2013

RS Components Offers Raspberry Pi Infrared Camera Module

RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, is now selling the latest innovative product to emerge from the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

29 Oct 2013

Novel Method for Mapping Landscapes Using Machine Vision Technology

Using computer technology to map patterns of land cover reveals types of landscapes and holds applications for numerous fields in research and planning.

29 Oct 2013

Hansen Medical's Magellan Robotic System to be Utilized in Live EVAR Case at TCT Conference

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced that Dr. Barry Katzen, founder and Medical Director of Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute (Baptist Hospital of Miami), is scheduled to utilize the Magellan™ Robotic System in a live endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) case at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in the Main Arena II at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, October 30th at 2:30 PM ET.

29 Oct 2013

Students Present University of Cincinnati’s Achievements and Activities in Robotics

Dan Humpert, University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) mechanical engineering professor, director of both the UC Center for Robotics Research and the Collaboratory for Medical Innovation and Implementation (CMII);

28 Oct 2013

Grant to Provide Complementary Situational Awareness for Surgical Robots

Providing surgical robots with a new kind of machine intelligence that significantly extends their capabilities and makes them much easier and more intuitive for surgeons to operate is the goal of a major new grant announced as part of the National Robotics Initiative.

28 Oct 2013

i-Free Provides Artificial Intelligence Technology for World's First Bionic Man

i-Free, a Russian innovation company, provided the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology used in the world's first bionic man, a bio-robot named Frank, created by the UK's Shadow Robot Co. Thanks to i-Free's Artificial Intelligence, the robot recognizes human speech and can easily converse with people. Frank can conduct meaningful conversations, and even has a sense of humor.

28 Oct 2013

FANUC’s Industrial Robots and Automation Help EMP Compete Globally

FANUC America Corporation has released a new YouTube video highlighting Engineered Machined Products (EMP), an Escanaba, Michigan-based manufacturer competing globally with the help of robotic automation.

28 Oct 2013

Researchers Measure Ankle Stiffness Using ‘Anklebot’ Robot

For most healthy bipeds, the act of walking is seldom given a second thought: One foot follows the other, and the rest of the body falls in line, supported by a system of muscle, tendon, and bones.

28 Oct 2013

NIH Grant to Develop Innovative Assistive Robots

Robots enhance mobility for visually and physically impaired, improve treatment for atrial fibrillation

25 Oct 2013

UAS Manufacturer AeroVironment Signs Cooperative Agreement with Eurocopter

AeroVironment, Inc., the world's highest volume manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and Eurocopter, the leading global helicopter manufacturer, today announced at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting that they have signed a cooperative agreement to explore opportunities for expanding their respective military and commercial product portfolios.

25 Oct 2013

Carnegie Mellon Research Projects Receive Over $7 Million Through National Robotics Initiative

Robotic rotorcraft for inspecting bridges and other infrastructure, tools for minimally invasive surgery that guide surgeons by creating 3D maps of internal organs and assistive robots for blind travelers are among seven new Carnegie Mellon University research projects sponsored through the National Robotics Initiative.

25 Oct 2013

Universal Robots Earns Game Changer Award in Human-Machine Interaction Category at RoboBusiness

It has just been announced that Universal Robots’ UR5 robot arm will take home Robotics Business Review’s inaugural award for best product in the collaborative class featuring human-friendly design, unique safety features, and user-friendly interfaces.

25 Oct 2013

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Begins Climbing Solander Point

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover has begun climbing "Solander Point," the northern tip of the tallest hill it has encountered in the mission's nearly 10 Earth years on Mars.

25 Oct 2013