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CHINA-HOSPEQ 2013: Accuray to Highlight Robotic CyberKnife and TomoTherapy Systems

Accuray Incorporated, announced today its participation in the 22nd China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition and Seminar (CHINA-HOSPEQ), taking place from Friday, August 16 to Sunday, August 18, 2013.

17 Aug 2013

New Series of Sky-Watching Images of Mars Moon from NASA's Curiosity Rover

The larger of the two moons of Mars, Phobos, passes directly in front of the other, Deimos, in a new series of sky-watching images from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.

17 Aug 2013

NASA Selects Possible Flight Demonstration Proposals for Future Space Missions

NASA has selected for possible flight demonstration 10 proposals from six U.S. states for reusable, suborbital technology payloads and vehicle capability enhancements with the potential to revolutionize future space missions.

17 Aug 2013

Digi Wireless Module Used to Control Robonaut Aboard the International Space Station

NASA is using Digi International’s ConnectCore® Wi-i.MX53 wireless module to Wi-Fi enable its Robonaut, a humanoid-type robot that will perform routine maintenance tasks on the International Space Station (ISS).

17 Aug 2013

NASA Provides Mission Status Report on Mars Rover Opportunity

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is studying the area of contact between a rock layer formed in acidic wet conditions long ago and an even older one that may be from a more neutral wet environment.

17 Aug 2013

New Maritime RobotX Challenge to Take Place in October 2014, in Singapore

RoboNation is gearing up for a larger, more competitive, global event that is entering the field of student robotics competitions, U.S. Navy officials announced Aug. 14.

16 Aug 2013

US Army Places Order for AeroVironment’s Raven UAS

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced that on August 13, 2013 the company received a $13,487,240 order from the United States Army. The order — the final portion of a contract valued at $59.6 million — includes RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), miniature gimbaled payloads and initial spares packages, and is funded from the Army's fiscal 2012 procurement budget. Delivery of systems, spares and payloads is scheduled for completion by September 15, 2013.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 16 Aug 2013

Delaware Researchers Aid Aegean Sea Exploration with Underwater Robot

In recent years, numerous ancient shipwrecks have been discovered off the coast of Turkey at the bottom of the Aegean Sea.

16 Aug 2013

ABB to Provide Total Plant Automation System for Eastern Botswana Water Facility

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order to provide an instrumentation, control system and electrical equipment (ICE) package for a new water pipeline and pump station to be constructed in eastern Botswana to support growing demand driven by new mining ventures, power sector developments and a growing population around the capital, Gaborone.

16 Aug 2013

Three Companies Selected to Provide CubeSat Integration for Athena Launch Services

Lockheed Martin has chosen three world-class companies to provide CubeSat integration for Athena launch services. Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems LLC of Irvine, Calif., TriSept Corporation of Chantilly, Va., and Spaceflight, Inc. of Tukwila, Wash. will provide turnkey CubeSat integration services for multi-payload and RideShare missions using Athena launch services beginning in 2015.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 16 Aug 2013

AUVSI 2013: Arotech to Highlight Battery Solutions for Advanced Robotics

Arotech Corporation, a provider of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland security markets, announced today that it will be showcasing its battery solutions for robotics and unmanned vehicles at the AUVSI Unmanned Systems' show which is being held in Washington DC.

16 Aug 2013

Industrial Machine Vision Market Forecast to Reach $2 Billion by 2018

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Machine vision technology & market trends

16 Aug 2013

Proposals Invited for NASA’s CubeSat Nanosatellite Launch Initiative

NASA is now accepting proposals for the CubeSat Launch Initiative. Proposals must be submitted electronically by 4:30 p.m. EST Nov. 26.

14 Aug 2013

EMCORE Expands Precision Fiber Optic Gyro Modules Platform for UAVs

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optics and space solar power markets, today announced the release of the new EMP-3, EMP-4 and EMP-7 Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) modules, expanding the Company's EMP FOG platform with the latest generation navigational grade fiber optic gyro technology.

14 Aug 2013

ABB Launches Hoist Performance Monitoring Service

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, launches a new service product for hoist systems: Hoist Performance Monitoring Service. With this state-of-the-art solution ABB experts can monitor and analyze the hoist system remotely.

14 Aug 2013