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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

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