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SDI Intelligrated to Offer Three Brazilian Students Internship Experiences in US

SDI Intelligrated, a joint venture in São Paulo, Brazil between Intelligrated® (www.intelligrated.com) and SDI Group USA (www.sdiindustries.com), announces that it will host three interns from Brazil in the U.S. this summer as part of a scholarship program sponsored by the Brazilian government for the country’s top students. The interns will be hosted in St. Louis and gain experience in engineering.

From Honeywell Intelligrated 19 Jun 2013

University of Bristol’s Free Public Event to Discuss New Home Health Surveillance Technologies

How do you feel about using surveillance technologies to keep you healthy and living independently? University of Bristol academics are keen to hear your views on a new sensor system being developed by them to monitor people’s health in the home at a free public event next month [22 July].

19 Jun 2013

New Report on Global Market for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems

Despite near-term U.S. budget cutbacks, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) continue as the most dynamic growth sector of the world aerospace industry this decade, report Teal analysts in their latest integrated market analysis, during the opening of the 50th Paris Air Show.

19 Jun 2013

E3TAM’s Innovative Machine Vision System Relies on AVT Cameras

Sisecam Pasabahce of Turkey is a world-leading manufacturer of glass tableware. The company has been producing consumer glass products since 1935 and serving international markets since 1961. Paþabahçe started automating its production lines as early as 1955, pioneering industrial automation in the glassware industry.

From Allied Vision Technologies GmbH 19 Jun 2013

AV&R Vision & Robotics Merges with IMAC Automation

AV&R Vision & Robotics and IMAC Automation, a company developing manufacturing automation, are merging to become AV&R, world’s largest engineering firm specializing in robotics for the aerospace industry.

From AV&R 18 Jun 2013

REC Foundation and Texas Workforce Commission Support VEX Robotics Competition School Teams

The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation and the Texas Workforce Commission today announced a partnership to support growth and development of 400 new and 100 existing VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) high school teams to engage approximately 5,000 students both in public school and home school settings.

18 Jun 2013

Robotic Installation and Cleaning Technologies Introduced by Alion Energy

Alion Energy, an innovative installation and maintenance service company that uses automated technologies to optimize utility scale solar plants, today unveils ROVER and SPOT, a pair of patented robotic installation and cleaning technologies. Together, they enable the fastest construction and lowest EPC costs for utility scale solar while producing more energy than standard fixed-tilt projects.

18 Jun 2013

Trimble's Debuts Next Generation Photogrammetric Aerial Mapping UAS

Trimble introduced today its next generation Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)—the Trimble® UX5 aerial imaging rover with the Trimble Access™ aerial imaging application. The new solution builds upon the strengths of its predecessor, the Trimble Gatewing X100, to offer enhanced image quality and intuitive workflows.

From Trimble Navigation Limited 18 Jun 2013

Indocement to Upgrade Cement Plants with Siemens Process Control Systems

The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has received an order to upgrade cement plants from PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk. (Indocement), Indonesia. A major part of the project will be migrating the previous process control system of a competitor to the Simatic PCS 7-based process control system Cemat.

From Siemens AG 18 Jun 2013

Seventh Annual Western National Robot Rodeo Being Hosted by Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is hosting the seventh annual Western National Robot Rodeo and Capability Exercise, a lively and challenging five-day event that draws civilian and military bomb squad teams from across the country to see who can most effectively defuse dangerous situations with the help of robots.

18 Jun 2013

Ford Develops Robotic Technology to Test Trucks

Ford engineers have developed the industry’s first robotic test driving program – now in use at the company’s Michigan Proving Grounds in Romeo, Mich. – to meet demands that Ford trucks undergo ever more strenuous Built Ford Tough testing with greater frequency.

18 Jun 2013

Global Aerospace Service Robotics Market to Grow at 24.11% CAGR till 2016

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Aerospace Service Robotics Market 2012-2016" report to their offering.

17 Jun 2013

EPFL Develops Cheetah-Cub Robot

Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully reproduces feline morphology, EPFL’s four-legged “cheetah-cub robot” has the same advantages as its model: it is small, light and fast. Still in its experimental stage, the robot will serve as a platform for research in locomotion and biomechanics.

17 Jun 2013

Raytheon to Support Ground Elements of Global Hawk UAS

Raytheon Company has been awarded a subcontract to provide contractor logistics support to the ground station elements for the U.S. Air Force's fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Raytheon continues to support the Global Hawk mission, building on its 99.8 percent ground station availability to support the warfighters.

15 Jun 2013

AVT and Initiative Bildverarbeitung Present Fokusfinder Award to Lübeck University Student

Maximilian Blendowski, B.Sc. at Lübeck University (Germany) awarded 1,000 € prize for his bachelor thesis on image processing in medical applications.

From Allied Vision Technologies GmbH 15 Jun 2013