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Structural Strength of Triton UAS Wing Successfully Demonstrated

Northrop Grumman Corp. and Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, a subsidiary of Triumph Group, Inc., have successfully demonstrated the structural strength of the U.S. Navy's Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) wing. This is a key capability that will allow the aircraft to descend from high altitudes to make positive identification of targets of interest during surveillance missions.

5 Nov 2013

senseFly’s Ultralight Drones Help Model the Matterhorn in 3D

Two EPFL spin-offs, senseFly and Pix4D (IC), 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.

5 Nov 2013

New Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines Launched at Georgia Tech

The Georgia Institute of Technology has announced the launch of its Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM), the newest of Georgia Tech’s ten Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs). IRIM brings together robotics researchers from across campus—spanning colleges, departments and individual labs—to support and connect research initiatives, enhance educational programs and foster advances for the National Robotics Initiative (NRI), first announced by President Obama in 2011, and officially established in 2012.

5 Nov 2013

Animal Mechanics to Control Mutually Opposing Forces Inspire Improved Control Systems for Small Robots

A quirk of nature has long baffled biologists: Why do animals push in directions that don’t point toward their goal, such as the side-to-side sashaying of a running lizard or cockroach? An engineer building a robot would likely avoid these movements because they seem wasteful. So why do animals behave this way?

5 Nov 2013

CSIRO’s Museum Robot Brings Together Body of Australia’s Famous Racehorse

For many years Australia's most famous horse has been in pieces. Phar Lap's heart — currently preserved in a jar of formaldehyde - is at the National Museum of Australia (NMA) in Canberra, his hide is in the Melbourne Museum, and his skeleton is at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

4 Nov 2013

Festo Introduces Autonomous Jellyfishes with Improved Communications Technology and Condition Monitoring

Festo presented the AquaJellies for the first time at the Hanover Fair in 2008. Now, Festo presents the AquaJellies 2.0 with improved communications technology and condition monitoring of the individual jellyfish on a smartphone.

From Festo Corporation 4 Nov 2013

Corindus Vascular Robotics Presents Live Robotic-Assisted Coronary Angioplasty During TCT Conference

Corindus Vascular Robotics the leader in precision vascular robotics, presented a live percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), or coronary angioplasty, during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference on Oct. 29.

4 Nov 2013

New Forecast Report on Machine Vision Systems & Components Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2013 Report on the Machine Vision Systems & Components Market - with Forecast to 2018" report to their offering.

4 Nov 2013

First Flight of Next-Generation MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Completes Successfully

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy successfully completed the first flight of the next-generation MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif.

4 Nov 2013

Swinburne Robotics Students to Develop Dual Seater Electric Powered Parachute

Swinburne University of Technology is entering the flying electric vehicle research space with work about to begin on building a dual seater electric powered parachute.

4 Nov 2013

Ground-breaking Project to Create New Generation of Cardiac Surgery Robots

A ground breaking project in Poland to create a new generation of advanced cardiac surgery robots is utilising the latest in portable analysers to improve electrical safety testing during product development.

From Rigel Medical 1 Nov 2013

Carnegie Mellon University's Autonomous Navigation Software used on NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity to Cover Ground Faster

Using autonomous navigation software first developed at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity this week completed its first two-day autonomous drive, a new technique tha...

1 Nov 2013

New CorPath One Stent Program Launched by Corindus Vascular Robotics

Corindus Vascular Robotics, a leading provider of precision medical robotics, today announced the launch of its CorPath One Stent Program. The goal of the program is to raise awareness of the potential to decrease longitudinal geographic miss (LGM) caused by sub-optimal stent placement, as well as the patient safety and financial benefits that can result from using the CorPath Vascular Robotic System to place just one stent per lesion in coronary angioplasty procedures.

31 Oct 2013

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