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University of Limerick Team Awarded Funding for Exoskeleton Development for Industrial Applications

A University of Limerick research team have been awarded funding as part of a €5.8 million EU project. The project ‘Robomate’, aims to develop an exoskeleton for industrial applications. The UL research team have been awarded €480,000 to support their study on human-robot interaction for high frequency manual handling to minimise the risk of lower back injury in industry.

28 May 2013

Use of Drones Raises Several Troubling Legal Questions

As President Obama gives a speech on national security — including defending U.S. use of drones to combat terrorism — Leila Sadat, JD, international law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, argues that such targeted killing by unmanned planes may violate international humanitarian law. Legalities aside, she also questions whether it promotes U.S. interests abroad.

27 May 2013

Neuroproject Places Order for Mazor Robotics’ Renaissance System

Mazor Robotics Ltd., a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, today announced that its Russia distribution partner, Neuroproject, placed an order for a Renaissance™ system to be used at the N. N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center, located in Moscow.

From Medtronic 27 May 2013

New Report Sheds Light on Market for Military Robots

WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study on Military Ground Robot Mobile Platform Systems of Engagement. The 2013 study has 600 pages, 262 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as platforms of engagement leverage mobile device capability worldwide.

27 May 2013

Mount Sinai and RPI to Develop Robot-Assisted System for Paralyzed People

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced an affiliation agreement to collaborate on educational programs, research, and development of new diagnostic tools and treatments that promote human health. The alliance was commemorated in a signing ceremony on May 22, 2013.

24 May 2013

BIOTRONIK’s IMPACT Study Evaluates Home Monitoring for Early Detection of Atrial Fibrillation

BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of innovative medical technology, announced today that enrollment has been completed for the highly anticipated IMPACT study. The study aims to investigate whether the use of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring® in conjunction with anticoagulation can reduce the risks of stroke, systemic embolism and major bleeding in cardiac device patients.

From BIOTRONIK 24 May 2013

Navy's Triton UAV Powered by Rolls-Royce AE 3007 Engine Achieves First Flight

Rolls-Royce congratulates the US Navy for achieving its first flight with the Northrop Grumman Corporation-built MQ-4C Triton aircraft.

24 May 2013

Northrop Grumman and Davidson Technologies Enter U.S. Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Agreement

Northrop Grumman Corporation has signed a U.S. Department of Defense mentor-protégé agreement with Davidson Technologies, a teammate on Northrop Grumman's Joint National Integration Center Research and Development Contract (JRDC). Under the JRDC, Northrop Grumman has led a world-class team to conduct ballistic missile defense system-level modeling and simulation, ground and flight test, wargame, training exercise, mission-critical operation and related analysis for more than 15 years.

24 May 2013

Hansen Medical's Magellan Robotic System to be Showcased at Annual Meeting of Vascular Surgeons

Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced that it will exhibit its Magellan™ Robotic System at the 2013 Vascular Annual Meeting® of the Society for Vascular Surgery from May 30 - June 1 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, CA. The Company will be exhibiting the Magellan Robotic System and conducting product demonstrations at Booth 301.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 24 May 2013

AV&R Vision & Robotics Announces Participation in the 50th International Paris Air Show

AV&R Vision & Robotics will be present during the 50th International Paris Air Show Le Bourget which will be held in Paris on June 17th to June 23rd 2013. Come meet AV&R’s team in the Hall 3 - Canadian Pavilion at the booth C-80 - D-79.

From AV&R 23 May 2013

Tandem Diabetes Care to Utilize JOT Automation Robotic Assembly Based Manufacturing Solution

The partnership with Tandem Diabetes Care is part of JOT Automation's growth strategy to use its mass production know-how, originated from the telecom industry, to serve the needs of the leading life science manufacturers.

23 May 2013

IMRIS’ SYMBIS Microsurgical Robot System Receives US Patent Allowance

IMRIS Inc. ("IMRIS" or the "Company") today announced the allowance of a US patent defining the foundational technologies for its SYMBIS™ Surgical System - a minimally invasive and MRI-compatible microsurgical robot system.

23 May 2013

Triton High-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft Built by Northrop Grumman Completes First Flight

The Northrop Grumman Corporation-built MQ-4C Triton high-altitude unmanned aircraft successfully completed its first flight today from the company's manufacturing facility in Palmdale.

23 May 2013

Fire Ant Inspires Subterranean Search and Rescue Robots

Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect whose painful bites and extensive networks of underground tunnels are all-too-familiar to people living in the southern United States.

23 May 2013

Robotics Competition for Computer Scientists at iAAMCS Event

Carnegie Mellon University has joined Clemson University and five other university partners to launch the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Science (iAAMCS), a U.S. resource for increasing African-American participation in computing.

22 May 2013

Robotics News

University of Limerick Team Awarded Funding for Exoskeleton Development for Industrial Applications

Use of Drones Raises Several Troubling Legal Questions

Neuroproject Places Order for Mazor Robotics’ Renaissance System

New Report Sheds Light on Market for Military Robots

Mount Sinai and RPI to Develop Robot-Assisted System for Paralyzed People

BIOTRONIK’s IMPACT Study Evaluates Home Monitoring for Early Detection of Atrial Fibrillation

Navy's Triton UAV Powered by Rolls-Royce AE 3007 Engine Achieves First Flight

Northrop Grumman and Davidson Technologies Enter U.S. Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Agreement

Hansen Medical's Magellan Robotic System to be Showcased at Annual Meeting of Vascular Surgeons

AV&R Vision & Robotics Announces Participation in the 50th International Paris Air Show

Tandem Diabetes Care to Utilize JOT Automation Robotic Assembly Based Manufacturing Solution

IMRIS’ SYMBIS Microsurgical Robot System Receives US Patent Allowance

Triton High-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft Built by Northrop Grumman Completes First Flight

Fire Ant Inspires Subterranean Search and Rescue Robots

Robotics Competition for Computer Scientists at iAAMCS Event

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