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Good Shepherd to Receive New Variable Assist Software for Ekso Bionic Exoskeleton

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network, an Allentown, Pennsylvania-based innovator in the rehabilitation of physical and cognitive disabilities, will soon be the first health-care organization in North America to receive new Variable Assist software for the Ekso bionic exoskeleton.

17 Jul 2013

Robomotive Humanoid Robot Utilizes Neon-CLB PCIe Frame Grabber for 3D Structured-Light Imaging

BitFlow, the leading manufacturer of Made In America frame grabbers for machine and medical imaging, announced today that its Neon-CLB PCIe frame grabber is a key component of the 3D structured-light imaging system deployed in the Robomotive™ humanoid robot, jointly developed by Yaskawa Motoman, Beltech and Robotiq.

17 Jul 2013

VRTX Introduces Wireless Remote Monitoring System for Cooling Water Treatment Solutions

VRTX Technologies, a global technology leader in controlled hydrodynamic cavitation, today announced V-SURE™ – a new, wireless remote monitoring system for VRTX cooling water treatment solutions.

16 Jul 2013

Evana Automation to Provide Lean Manufacturing System for Assembling Lane Departure Warning System

Evana Automation Specialists, a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries (PSI) and leading Systems Integrator and builder of custom, automated assembly and test systems, recently received a contract from a Tier 1 automotive supplier to provide a multi-station lean manufacturing system to assemble and test a lane departure warning system (LDWS).

16 Jul 2013

Robotic Frog Tricks Female Túngara Frog in Selecting Potential Mate

With the help of a robotic frog, biologists at The University of Texas at Austin and Salisbury University have discovered that two wrong mating calls can make a right for female túngara frogs.

16 Jul 2013

OPS+ Unit for Effective Protection of Robot End Effector by Schunk

The OPS+ effectively protects the robot and end effector from being damaged during a crash.

From SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG 16 Jul 2013

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

Robotics News

Good Shepherd to Receive New Variable Assist Software for Ekso Bionic Exoskeleton

Robomotive Humanoid Robot Utilizes Neon-CLB PCIe Frame Grabber for 3D Structured-Light Imaging

VRTX Introduces Wireless Remote Monitoring System for Cooling Water Treatment Solutions

Evana Automation to Provide Lean Manufacturing System for Assembling Lane Departure Warning System

Robotic Frog Tricks Female Túngara Frog in Selecting Potential Mate

OPS+ Unit for Effective Protection of Robot End Effector by Schunk

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

News Categories

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New Soft Robotic Add-On Provides Safer, More Comfortable Colonsocopy

Nidec Drive Technology’s Omnidirectional Drive Unit to be Adopted for Use in Honda’s New “UNI-ONE”

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AI Governance Frameworks for Scientific Applications

Inside the Cross-Sector Collaborations Driving AI in Biotech

Thought Leaders

Robot Chef: The Future of Automated Meal Preparation

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Resurrecting Ancient Cephalopods with Robots