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Intuitive Surgical Hosts Open-house Workshop for FIRST Robotics Students

Preparing and inspiring youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is vital to industry growth and the continued success of our region. Intuitive Surgical is hosting an open house for our local FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics High School teams on Saturday, October 19.

From Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 21 Oct 2013

Siemens Receives Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award for Designing Dedicated Building Automation System

Based on its recent analysis of the building automation systems (BAS) market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Siemens Building Technologies with the 2013 European Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award. Siemens's Desigo (a BAS), an excellent business model and strategic positioning in Europe have all come together to firmly cement its leadership position in the BAS market.

21 Oct 2013

Humanoids 2013 Conference Displays World’s Sophisticated Robots

Some of the most sophisticated and advanced robots in the world have arrived on campus for the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2013) at the Historic Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech. The international event is focused on trends and technology for humanoids in the real world. The three-day conference, from October 15-17, features demonstrations, lectures and tours of Georgia Tech robot labs.

21 Oct 2013

Raytheon Professor Features in List of 25 Women in Robotics

Dr. Robin R. Murphy, Raytheon Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and director of the Center for Robot Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR), was named one of the 25 women in robotics that everyone should know about by Robohub.

21 Oct 2013

Researchers to Design Life-Like Autonomous Robotic Jellyfish

Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers are part of a national study that has cracked how jellyfish move with the lowest cost of transport of any animal. The findings will be used as researchers continue to design bio-inspired jellyfish for the U.S. Navy.

19 Oct 2013

New Report on Global Industrial Robotics Market in the Food and Beverage Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Industrial Robotics Market in Food and Beverage Industry 2012-2016" report to their offering.

19 Oct 2013

Teledyne DALSA Releases Ruggedized Fanless, Embedded Industrial Vision System for Factory Floor Applications

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in machine vision and smart camera technology, today announced the release of GEVA 3000, the newest addition to the GEVA line of Vision Systems.

19 Oct 2013

Automated Cleaning System with Hundreds of Flying Mini-Robots Wins Electrolux Design Lab Competition

What does the future of the home hold? Flying mini-robot cleaners, expanding walls that filter the air and 3D food printers are just some of the visions in the Electrolux Design Lab competition, arranged now for the 11th consecutive year. The flying robot concept “Mab” was awarded first prize in competition finals at the Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.

19 Oct 2013

Research and Markets Releases 2013 Edition of Robotic Surgery Market Report

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Robotic Surgery Market Report: 2013 Edition" report to their offering.

19 Oct 2013

5D Robotics Demonstrates Plug and Play Technology at Army Event in Fort Benning

5D Robotics, Inc., a robotics software company that integrates human behaviors with leading robotics hardware, understands that the future success of robots for the Department of Defense (DoD) must be built with interoperable and flexible software.

18 Oct 2013

‘Ebees’ Flying Robots Photograph the Matterhorn

Two EPFL spin-offs, senseFly and Pix4D, have modeled the Matterhorn in 3D, at a level of detail never before achieved. It took senseFly’s ultralight drones just six hours to snap the high altitude photographs that were needed to build the model.

18 Oct 2013

Flying Robot Helps Study Effects of Climate Change on Coral Reefs

Like undiscovered groves of giant redwoods, centuries-old living corals remain unmapped and unmeasured. Scientists still know relatively little about the world’s biggest corals, where they are and how long they have lived.

18 Oct 2013

Atmosat Manufacturer, Titan, gets Aerospace Veteran as CEO

Titan Aerospace, a producer of solar-powered “atmospheric satellites” (atmosats), today announced that Vern Raburn has joined the company as Chairman and CEO.

18 Oct 2013

Researchers Map Unknown Environments Using Swarms of Insect Cyborgs

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments – such as collapsed buildings – based on the movement of a swarm of insect cyborgs, or “biobots.”

18 Oct 2013

Robots to Drive Future Cars to Work

Technological advancements are gaining pace and coalesce to create an all-encompassing future mobility concept, which today still sounds as if taken from a sci-fi movie. Artificial intelligence (AI), Internet multi-sensory trends as well as robotics are developing their footprint in the mobility industry.

17 Oct 2013