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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

Fisnar have Announced Launch of a Multi-tasking Robot F9960N

Fisnar Europe has just announced the launch of a new multi-tasking robot model F9960N and will be showcasing it this November at Europe’s leading trade fair for electronic production.

From Fisnar Inc. 24 Oct 2013

London Global Laboratories Develops New Biomedical Robotics Solution for Beckman Coulter

Robert M Wenzel, Director of London Global Laboratories, has designed and developed the AutoMate® 2500 Series software innovation for Beckman Coulter, world-leading manufacturer of biomedical laboratory instruments. Wenzel is a specialist in medical laboratory automation and drew from over 15 years of experience in software development, machine learning, and intelligent pattern recognition in designing the software for this successful robotics system.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences 24 Oct 2013

AeroVironment’s New Receiver Provides Remote Access to Video and Data from DDL-Enabled UAS

Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting - AeroVironment, Inc. today unveiled its new Pocket DDL™ secure digital video and data receiver. The four-ounce device enables remote viewing of video and data from AeroVironment small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as well as from helicopters, airplanes, other unmanned aircraft and ground robots equipped with the company's Digital Data Link.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 24 Oct 2013

Rethink Robotics Enhances its Open Source Platform, the Baxter Research Robot

Rethink Robotics today announced at RoboBusiness that it is enhancing its open source research platform, the Baxter Research Robot, as major global corporations begin to join numerous American and European Universities already developing innovations using the platform.

24 Oct 2013

Making More Efficient Robots Using Engineering Expertise

More than 200,000 ABB robots are in use in industry worldwide. One of the main areas of future growth is China. In order to utilise these growth prospects, ABB Robotics has joined forces with companies whose global engineering competence can serve as a basis for development. Festo is one of these partners.

From Festo Corporation 24 Oct 2013

Corindus Vascular Robotics to Showcase CorPath System at TCT 2013

Corindus Vascular Robotics, the leader in precision vascular robotics, will showcase its FDA-approved CorPath System at the upcoming Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2013 annual meeting, Oct. 27 – Nov. 1 in San Francisco, CA.

24 Oct 2013

DENSO Robotics Releases New WINCAPS III How-To Videos

DENSO Robotics announced three new videos that show viewers how to use DENSO’s WINCAPS III offline robot programming software.

From DENSO Robotics 24 Oct 2013

Festo’s Inspiring Solutions to Achieve More Efficient Mechatronic Solutions

Users often select drive technology – pneumatic or electric – over hastily and on the basis of experience alone. In order to identify the most energy-efficient automation solution, however, a technology-neutral comparison is required. This is exactly the approach that Festo takes to achieve the most efficient mechatronic solutions for its customers.

From Festo Corporation 24 Oct 2013

Genetec’s New Cloud-Based Video Monitoring Service Helps Restaurants Protect Patrons and Inventory

Genetec™, a leading provider of unified IP security solutions, announced today that its new cloud-based video monitoring service, Stratocast, is offering restaurants throughout North America an affordable way to help them safeguard their patrons and inventory.

23 Oct 2013

Robot Expert Noel Sharkey to Discuss Ethical Use of Unmanned Drones

Artificial Intelligence and robot expert, Professor Noel Sharkey, is amongst the prestigious guest speakers at Leeds Metropolitan University's annual Festival of Politics and Applied Global Ethics next month.

23 Oct 2013

SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Features End-to-End Remote Monitoring and Spectrum Analysis Tools

ZCorum, Hitron and MaxLinear announced today at the SCTE Cable Tech Expo they are demonstrating a new application that can gather spectrum analysis data and other performance diagnostics remotely from Hitron cable modems based on Intel and MaxLinear front-end receiver chips.

23 Oct 2013

Santerno Highlights New PV Power Plant Controller at SPI 2013

At Solar Power International this week, Santerno, the Carraro Group company that specializes in alternative energy electronics and industrial automation, will display its new Santerno PV Power Plant Controller (PPC).

23 Oct 2013

Robotics News

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

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

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Begins Climbing Solander Point

Fisnar have Announced Launch of a Multi-tasking Robot F9960N

London Global Laboratories Develops New Biomedical Robotics Solution for Beckman Coulter

AeroVironment’s New Receiver Provides Remote Access to Video and Data from DDL-Enabled UAS

Rethink Robotics Enhances its Open Source Platform, the Baxter Research Robot

Making More Efficient Robots Using Engineering Expertise

Corindus Vascular Robotics to Showcase CorPath System at TCT 2013

DENSO Robotics Releases New WINCAPS III How-To Videos

Festo’s Inspiring Solutions to Achieve More Efficient Mechatronic Solutions

Genetec’s New Cloud-Based Video Monitoring Service Helps Restaurants Protect Patrons and Inventory

Robot Expert Noel Sharkey to Discuss Ethical Use of Unmanned Drones

SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Features End-to-End Remote Monitoring and Spectrum Analysis Tools

Santerno Highlights New PV Power Plant Controller at SPI 2013

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