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Student Project on Unmanned Aerial and Ground Vehicles Receives Northrop Grumman Sponsorship

In a partnership with two California State University schools, Northrop Grumman Corporation recently sponsored the second year of a student project that successfully demonstrated the collaboration between unmanned aerial and ground vehicles.

15 Jul 2013

ASU Student Team Wins Second-Place at SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition

Current and future Arizona State University engineering students teamed up for a winning performance earlier this summer in an international robotics contest.

By Rosie Gochnour and Joe Kullman 15 Jul 2013

Penn State Autonomous Robot Finishes Second in IEEE Conference’s Micromouse Competition

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s electronics and computer engineering technology major recently entered projects in the IEEE Region 2 Student Activities Conference, bringing home a second-place finish.

15 Jul 2013

Autonomous Robotic Toy Car Forms Basis of Business Startup

A robotic toy car first developed as a class project is now the basis of a business startup by a group of Arizona State University engineering students.

15 Jul 2013

New Report on Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market 2013 - 2018" report to their offering.

15 Jul 2013

NASA Selects Vanderbilt Robotics Researcher as 2013 Class of Space Technology Research Fellow

Vanderbilt graduate student Electa Baker is one 65 individuals that NASA has selected for its 2013 class of Space Technology Research Fellows.

15 Jul 2013

New Model of KAIST's HUBO to Participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

The Humanoid Robot Research Center at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Rainbow Co., a spin-off venture company of the university, unveiled a new model of HUBO that will be entered in an international robotics competition scheduled later this year.

12 Jul 2013

The Imaging Source’s New USB 3.0 Cameras Interoperable with ICRON’s 100m Fiber Based USB Extender

Icron Technologies Corporation, a leader in USB and video extension technology, and The Imaging Source, a leading international manufacturer of industrial cameras for machine vision applications, confirmed today joint product interoperability between The Imaging Source’s new series of compact USB 3.0 cameras and Icron’s 100 meter fiber based USB extender, the USB 3.0 Spectra™ 3022.

12 Jul 2013

USAF Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Program Awarded 2012 Roche Sustainment Excellence Award

The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft program was officially awarded the 2012 Dr. James G. Roche Sustainment Excellence Award during a ceremony June 7 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

12 Jul 2013

Mars Rover Curiosity Covers 135 Feet in Third Drive

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove 135 feet (41 meters) on Tuesday, July 9, the third drive of a journey of many months from the "Glenelg" area to Mount Sharp.

12 Jul 2013

Carnegie Mellon NREC Team Selected to Compete in DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today announced that a team from Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) is one of six Track A teams chosen to compete this December in trials for the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

12 Jul 2013

Co-Developers of Proteus Dual Use Underwater Vehicle Win R&D 100 Awards

R&D Magazine bestowed one of its coveted R&D 100 Awards on Proteus co-developers Battelle, The Columbia Group and Bluefin Robotics.

11 Jul 2013

First Arrested Landing of X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Performed on Modern Aircraft Carrier

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have completed the first arrested landing of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) carrier demonstration aircraft on the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).

11 Jul 2013

Hollysys to Provide Distributed Control System ProfiBus Technology for Hongshan Power Plant

Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that it signed a contract to provide its proprietary Distributed Control System ("DCS") combined process fieldbus communication technology ("ProfiBus") for 2×1GW ultra-supercritical thermal power generating units in Fujian Hongshan Thermal Power Plant (Hongshan Power Plant).

11 Jul 2013

Bluefin Robotics Completes Depth Upgrade for Phoenix AUV

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. announced that the company has taken delivery of their Bluefin-21 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) after designer and manufacturer Bluefin Robotics completed a depth upgrade from a 1,500-meter to a 4,500-meter capability.

11 Jul 2013

Robotics News

Student Project on Unmanned Aerial and Ground Vehicles Receives Northrop Grumman Sponsorship

ASU Student Team Wins Second-Place at SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition

Penn State Autonomous Robot Finishes Second in IEEE Conference’s Micromouse Competition

Autonomous Robotic Toy Car Forms Basis of Business Startup

New Report on Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market

NASA Selects Vanderbilt Robotics Researcher as 2013 Class of Space Technology Research Fellow

New Model of KAIST's HUBO to Participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

The Imaging Source’s New USB 3.0 Cameras Interoperable with ICRON’s 100m Fiber Based USB Extender

USAF Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Program Awarded 2012 Roche Sustainment Excellence Award

Mars Rover Curiosity Covers 135 Feet in Third Drive

Carnegie Mellon NREC Team Selected to Compete in DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

Co-Developers of Proteus Dual Use Underwater Vehicle Win R&D 100 Awards

First Arrested Landing of X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Performed on Modern Aircraft Carrier

Hollysys to Provide Distributed Control System ProfiBus Technology for Hongshan Power Plant

Bluefin Robotics Completes Depth Upgrade for Phoenix AUV

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