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Flying Robot Bumps Into and Ricochets off Obstacles

Gimball bumps into and ricochets off of obstacles, rather than avoiding them. This 34 centimeter in diameter spherical flying robot buzzes around the most unpredictable, chaotic environments, without the need for fragile detection sensors. This resiliency to injury, inspired by insects, is what sets it apart from other flying robots.

31 Oct 2013

NRL’s Reliant Heavyweight UUV Completes 100 Hour Long-Endurance Mission from Boston to New York

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), announced that the company, in support of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), has successfully completed a long-endurance UUV mission from Boston to New York totaling over 100 hours with NRL’s Reliant “Heavyweight” UUV.

31 Oct 2013

Research to Study Benefits of Robots for Assisting People with Disabilities as They Age

Imagine the obstacles a blind person who relies on sound will face if he loses his hearing as he ages. Or the difficulty a long-term wheelchair user will confront as she develops arthritis in her shoulders with age.

31 Oct 2013

Wynright’s Robotic Truck Unloader Wins NextGen Game Changer Award

Confirming its industry-leading position as a developer of innovative solutions, Wynright Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daifuku Webb and a leading U.S.-based provider of intelligent material handling systems, has been named the winner of the NextGen Game Changer Award for its Robotic Truck Unloader (RTU).

31 Oct 2013

Frost & Sullivan to Organize Complimentary Web Conference on Autonomous Vehicles

Autopilot mode and unmanned vehicles have made their footprint in the aerospace and defence industries and inspired the automotive industry to follow suit. OEMs in the automotive space are busy trying to incorporate ways to automate urban and highway commuting.

31 Oct 2013

Global UAV Market Expected to Grow at 3.17% CAGR over the Period 2012-2016

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Market 2012-2016" report to their offering.

31 Oct 2013

AutoCopter’s UAV Precision Agriculture Solution Collects Multi-Spectral Data and Creates Variable-Rate Prescriptions

Growers and Crop Consultants make decisions in the field using real-time information. The AutoCopter™ G15 Ag Solution now provides the ability to collect multi-spectral data using our patent-pending software and create Variable-rate Prescriptions within minutes from landing in the field.

30 Oct 2013

Pioneer in Digital Oilfield Implementation and Remote Operations, vMonitor, to be Acquired by Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation, Inc. today announced that it has agreed to purchase vMonitor, a global technology leader for wireless solutions in the oil and gas industry.

From Rockwell Automation, Inc. 30 Oct 2013

TOTAL Oil and Gas Company Selects GE’s Proficy SmartSignal Monitoring & Analysis Suite

GE Intelligent Platforms (NYSE: GE) today announced that TOTAL S.A., a leading global oil and gas company with operations activities in more than 50 countries, has chosen Proficy® SmartSignal for its predictive analytics and Remote Monitoring & Analysis solution.

30 Oct 2013

New Electrical and Computer Engineering High Performance Cluster Can Direct Rescue Robots

Four University of Wyoming professors have developed an Electrical and Computer Engineering High Performance Cluster (ECE-HPC) -- on which they have created computing applications ranging from directing rescue robots through burning buildings to allowing physical therapists to monitor their patients’ recovery in real time and from remote locations.

30 Oct 2013

New Report on Global Markets for Robot Cars and Trucks

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Robot Cars and Trucks: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2019" to their offering.

30 Oct 2013

Nuance's Conversational Voice Capabilities to be Integrated into Aldebaran's NAO Robot

Aldebaran Robotics and Nuance Communications, Inc, today announced that Aldebaran's renowned NAO Robot will integrate Nuance's conversational voice capabilities to deliver a more natural and compelling experience between humans and robots.

30 Oct 2013

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

Robotics News

Flying Robot Bumps Into and Ricochets off Obstacles

NRL’s Reliant Heavyweight UUV Completes 100 Hour Long-Endurance Mission from Boston to New York

Research to Study Benefits of Robots for Assisting People with Disabilities as They Age

Wynright’s Robotic Truck Unloader Wins NextGen Game Changer Award

Frost & Sullivan to Organize Complimentary Web Conference on Autonomous Vehicles

Global UAV Market Expected to Grow at 3.17% CAGR over the Period 2012-2016

AutoCopter’s UAV Precision Agriculture Solution Collects Multi-Spectral Data and Creates Variable-Rate Prescriptions

Pioneer in Digital Oilfield Implementation and Remote Operations, vMonitor, to be Acquired by Rockwell Automation

TOTAL Oil and Gas Company Selects GE’s Proficy SmartSignal Monitoring & Analysis Suite

New Electrical and Computer Engineering High Performance Cluster Can Direct Rescue Robots

New Report on Global Markets for Robot Cars and Trucks

Nuance's Conversational Voice Capabilities to be Integrated into Aldebaran's NAO Robot

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

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

RS Components Offers Raspberry Pi Infrared Camera Module

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