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Valtronic Ships its First Intelligent VERASENSE Knee System by OrthoSensor

Valtronic, an electronic contract manufacturer, ships its first VERASENSE™ Knee System created by OrthoSensor™ from its new bioburden ISO Class 8 clean room.

25 Nov 2013

AAC Successfully Demonstrates Mine-Hunting Capabilities During 2013 FLEX Unmanned Systems Campaign

Advanced Acoustic Concepts (AAC), a joint venture between DRS Technologies and Thales, successfully demonstrated advanced mine-hunting capabilities with the US Navy during the 2013 Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) Unmanned Systems (UxS) Campaign. By towing the unmanned high resolution synthetic aperture sonar (T-SAS), the system detected all exercise mines with increased area clearance rates.

22 Nov 2013

Robotic Drone to Study Biodiverse Ecosystems in Peru’s Tropical Cloud Forest

As U.N. climate talks continue in Warsaw, soon a flying, insect-like robot developed by scientists at Wake Forest University will give an unprecedented look at Peru’s tropical cloud forest, one of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems and a key indicator of global climate change.

22 Nov 2013

Payload Orbital Delivery System for DARPA Phoenix Mission to be Developed by MDA

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. ("MDA" or the "Company"), a global communications and information company, announced today that it has been authorized to proceed with development of a Payload Orbital Delivery system (POD) for the DARPA Phoenix mission. The expected contract value for full development of the flight system is US$6 million.

22 Nov 2013

Engineers Run Tests to Check Causes of Voltage Change on Mars Rover Curiosity

Science observations by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity have been suspended for a few days while engineers run tests to check possible causes of a voltage change detected on Nov. 17.

22 Nov 2013

Report Analyses US DoD Unmanned Aerial Systems Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Analysis of the US DoD Unmanned Aerial Systems Market" report to their offering.

22 Nov 2013

NRL Reliant AUV Completes Record Setting Endurance Travel Mission

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Acoustics Division, with Bluefin Robotics, executed a record setting 507 kilometer (315 mile), long-endurance autonomy research mission using its heavyweight-class mine countermeasures autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), Reliant.

21 Nov 2013

New EndoWrist Robotic Stapler Demonstrated by Overlake Colorectal Surgeons

On Wednesday, Nov. 20, Overlake colorectal surgeons demonstrated the new EndoWrist Robotic Stapler, a surgical device used to repair a variety of conditions affecting the colon.

21 Nov 2013

Warning Signs to Avoid Urinary System Damage During Robot-Assisted Prostate Cancer Surgery

There may be warning signs to help surgeons avoid damaging part of the urinary system during robot-assisted surgical removal of prostate cancer, ultimately preventing the expense of additional surgery, according to researchers at Henry Ford's Vattikuti Urology Institute.

21 Nov 2013

Rockwell Automation Contributes $200,000 to NAED Education and Research Foundation

Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, is giving back to the electrical distribution industry with an initial contribution of $200,000 to the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) Education and Research Foundation.

From Rockwell Automation, Inc. 21 Nov 2013

Plant Expansions Will Lead to Increased Use of AGVs for Food and Beverage Operations

Seegrid, maker of flexible automated guided vehicles (AGVs), welcomed guest blog contributor and food manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler. Cutler explained that AGVs in food and beverage operations will see dramatic increases in 2014 due to plant expansion.

From Seegrid Corporation 21 Nov 2013

Global Welding Robots Market Forecast to Grow at 5.73% CAGR Over the Period 2012-2016

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the Global Welding Robots Market 2013 Report to their offering.

21 Nov 2013

U.S. DHS Improves Border Patrol Operations with TCOM Aerostat Systems

TCOM, the global leader in airborne persistent surveillance solutions, is supporting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to improve U.S. Border Patrol operations in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.

20 Nov 2013

Lincoln Electric Acquires Ownership Interest in Burlington Automation

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. announced today that it has acquired an ownership interest in Burlington Automation Corporation.

20 Nov 2013

Siemens Expands Comprehensive Industrial Wireless LAN Portfolio

Siemens is expanding the applications of wireless data transmission in cabinets and in equipment at the field level with two new product lines for industrial wireless LAN (WLAN). With the especially compact Scalance W761-1 RJ45 access point and the Scalance W721-1 RJ45 client module, users can implement wireless machine networking out of the cabinet, with cost and space savings, for example, in conjunction with the Simatic ET 200SP distributed I/Os.

From Siemens AG 20 Nov 2013