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New Off-The-Shelf Solution for Monitoring and Conserving Energy Usage

Green Mountain Energy Company and EnTouch Controls now offer small businesses in Texas an off-the-shelf solution for monitoring and conserving energy use. Newly launched Green Mountain Energy® Smart for Small Business™enables small commercial customers to sign up for a renewable energy plan and, at the same time, get EnTouch Controls’ simple, self-implementing solution for managing energy use.

28 Jun 2013

Smart Buildings Made More Smarter Through M2M Technologies

Smart buildings are leveraging emerging machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies to become even smarter. According to the latest Global Sustainability Perspective from Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), six advances in smart building technology are enabling a new era in building energy efficiency and carbon footprint reduction, yielding a return on investment for building owners within one to two years.

27 Jun 2013

Zero Robotics Opens Algorithm Competition for Controlling Space Satellites

TopCoder®, Inc., the world's largest competitive Community of nearly 500,000 digital creators, today announced registration has opened for an algorithm competition from Zero Robotics which seeks computationally efficient code solutions to control a satellite in space.

27 Jun 2013

Robot Fish Mimics Movements of a Carp

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering has developed a robot fish that mimics the movements of a carp.

27 Jun 2013

Benchmark Electronics and KeyMe Partner to Manufacture Key Cutting Kiosks

Benchmark Electronics, Inc., a leading integrated product design and manufacturing service provider, is pleased to announce today its partnership with KeyMe, a company focused on advancing the locksmith industry with innovative robotics technology.

26 Jun 2013

Researchers Remotely Control Roaches on Autopilot Using Video Game Technology

North Carolina State University researchers are using video game technology to remotely control cockroaches on autopilot, with a computer steering the cockroach through a controlled environment. The researchers are using the technology to track how roaches respond to the remote control, with the goal of developing ways that roaches on autopilot can be used to map dynamic environments – such as collapsed buildings.

26 Jun 2013

Hollysys Automation Technologies Signs Supply Contract for Ground-Based High-Speed Rail Signaling System

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 ground-based high-speed rail signaling system to Datong-Xi'an high-speed rail line Yuanping-Xi'an section ("this section") with a designed traveling speed of 250 km/h and a total length of 678.44 km. The contract is valued at approximately US $14.72 million or RMB 90.99 million.

26 Jun 2013

Researchers Test Rover Zoe in Atacama Desert for Future Mars Mission

A film director looking for a location where a movie about Mars could be shot might consider the Atacama Desert, one of the harshest landscapes the planet has to offer. Due to the accidents of its geography, Atacama is the driest place on Earth. Some scientists believe there was no rain to speak of in part of the Atacama between 1570 and 1971. With little moisture in the air its salt lakes, sand dunes and lava flows broil or freeze and are blasted by ultraviolet radiation.

26 Jun 2013

JOT Automation Receives 2013 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Leadership

Based on its recent analysis of the production automation testing market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes JOT Automation Ltd. with the 2013 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Leadership.

26 Jun 2013

New Market Report on Smart ROV`s for Deep-Sea Services

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Automated Next Generation Deep-Sea Services: Smart ROV`s Create a Blue Ocean Market

26 Jun 2013

Robot Astronaut Kirobo to go to the International Space Station

Dentsu Inc. (President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 58,967.1 million yen) announced today that the robot astronaut Kirobo will be aboard the Kounotori 4 cargo spacecraft that is scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center to the International Space Station (ISS) on August 4 this year.

26 Jun 2013

Regional Unrest Expands Market for Military UAVs in the Middle East

Growing demand supported by strong intent and investment capability is expanding the market for military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Middle East. The region is already considered a lucrative market for defence. UAV development efforts by some Middle East nations coupled with imports from the U.S. will strongly bolster market expansion.

26 Jun 2013

ROMaN Project Launches All-Inclusive Remote Monitoring Platform for Viewing Clinical Study Documents

The ROMaN Project, Inc. announced its global launch of LORACIS™ today, the first all-inclusive remote monitoring platform utilizing a web portal for remotely viewing clinical study documents.

25 Jun 2013

Evana Automation to Provide Custom Assembly and Test Systems for Tier 1 Automotive Supplier

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 multi-year contract from a Tier 1 automotive supplier to provide six custom assembly and test systems that will simplify the production of automobile steering assemblies.

25 Jun 2013

Health Robotics’ i.v.STATION Robot Helps Improve Patient Safety in Seven Florida Hospitals

Gannett’s News Press yesterday released a news article including a video of how Health Robotics’ i.v.STATION Robot customer LeeSar Compounding Services in Fort Myers, improved patient safety and reliability and reduced costs with the i.v.STATION Robot for seven Florida hospitals, after it started to use it in 2011: http://www.health-robotics.com/en/testimonials/

25 Jun 2013

Robotics News

New Off-The-Shelf Solution for Monitoring and Conserving Energy Usage

Smart Buildings Made More Smarter Through M2M Technologies

Zero Robotics Opens Algorithm Competition for Controlling Space Satellites

Robot Fish Mimics Movements of a Carp

Benchmark Electronics and KeyMe Partner to Manufacture Key Cutting Kiosks

Researchers Remotely Control Roaches on Autopilot Using Video Game Technology

Hollysys Automation Technologies Signs Supply Contract for Ground-Based High-Speed Rail Signaling System

Researchers Test Rover Zoe in Atacama Desert for Future Mars Mission

JOT Automation Receives 2013 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Leadership

New Market Report on Smart ROV`s for Deep-Sea Services

Robot Astronaut Kirobo to go to the International Space Station

Regional Unrest Expands Market for Military UAVs in the Middle East

ROMaN Project Launches All-Inclusive Remote Monitoring Platform for Viewing Clinical Study Documents

Evana Automation to Provide Custom Assembly and Test Systems for Tier 1 Automotive Supplier

Health Robotics’ i.v.STATION Robot Helps Improve Patient Safety in Seven Florida Hospitals

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Novel AI Method Identifies Early ASD Indicators in Children

Researchers Create Magnetic Soft Millirobot That Moves and Senses Its Surroundings in Real Time

A Brain-Inspired Robot Navigation System Cuts Energy Use By 99 Percent

A New AI Tool Accelerates and Enhances Early Dementia Diagnosis

What Big Pharma Isn’t Telling You About AI Labs

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

Tiny Robotic Crab: The Smallest-Ever Remote-Controlled Walking Robot

Resurrecting Ancient Cephalopods with Robots