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MetraLabs and Roth & Rau – Ortner Debut New Mobile Robot at SEMICON West 2013

Roth & Rau - Ortner, a factory automation specialist, and its partner MetraLabs Automation, Inc., a provider of freely navigating autonomous mobile robots, today introduced their jointly-developed mobile robot, SCOUT® at SEMICON West.

10 Jul 2013

Science Definition Team Proposes Mission Concept for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover

The rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate technology for future human exploration of the Red Planet, according to a report provided to the agency.

10 Jul 2013

ABB Receives Order for Offshore Automation

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from Statoil for the upgrade of safety and automation systems at the important Heimdal platform in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway. The agreement with Statoil was signed in the second quarter of 2013.

10 Jul 2013

Cavotec to Manufacture Fully Integrated Automated Mooring and Shore Power Systems

Port systems innovator Cavotec has won a unique order to engineer and manufacture fully integrated MoorMaster™ automated mooring and Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) electrical supply systems for two Norled frequent-use ferry berths in western Norway, servicing the world's first fully battery powered ferries.

10 Jul 2013

Intelligrated to Exhibit Alvey Robotic Palletizing and Depalletizing Solutions at PACK EXPO

Intelligrated®, a North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, announces its show lineup for PACK EXPO 2013, Sept. 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. With a focus on mixed-load order fulfillment for manufacturing and direct-to-retail distribution, Intelligrated will feature its Alvey® robotic palletizing and depalletizing solutions in booth #2036.

From Honeywell Intelligrated 10 Jul 2013

Hollysys to Provide Ground-Based High-Speed Rail Signaling System to Mudanjiang-Suifenhe Project

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 the ground-based high-speed rail signaling system to Mudanjiang-Suifenhe high-speed rail line ("this line") with a designed traveling speed of 200 km/h and 138.82 km in length. The contract is valued at approximately RMB 33.77 million or US $5.47 million.

9 Jul 2013

RSS Manufacturing & Phylrich Quickens Production with UR5 Robot

Before the faucet maker RSS Manufacturing & Phylrich put the UR5 robot to work, bending 1500 units on a tube bender using manual labor would take 3 days. With the Universal Robot, the same job took four hours.

9 Jul 2013

Brittmore Introduces Structural Balance-of-System for Large Scale PV Installations

Brittmore Group LLC, provider of Structural Balance-of-System (SBOS) components and automated installation solutions for large-scale PV site construction, today announced its turnkey Brittmore System™, an SBOS solution for large scale and distributed generation PV installations.

9 Jul 2013

Ultra Clean Holdings Expands Partnership with DWFritz Automation

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc., a leading developer and supplier of critical systems & subsystems for the semiconductor capital equipment, flat panel, medical, energy, and research industries announced today that it has expanded its partnership with DWFritz Automation Inc., a Portland, Oregon based leader in precision automation.

9 Jul 2013

Haber Dermatology Installs ARTAS Robotic System for Hair Transplantation

Restoration Robotics, Inc. today announced that Robert Haber, MD, of Haber Dermatology has installed the revolutionary ARTAS® Robotic System — the first and only FDA-cleared, physician-controlled, computer-assisted technology for hair transplantation.

9 Jul 2013

NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Departs Last Science Target in Glenelg Area

With drives on July 4 and July 7, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has departed its last science target in the "Glenelg" area and commenced a many-month overland journey to the base of the mission's main destination, Mount Sharp.

9 Jul 2013

People Express Positive Feelings Toward Robots That Provide Care

If you tickle a robot, it may not laugh, but you may still consider it humanlike -- depending on its role in your life, reports an international group of researchers.

9 Jul 2013

Frost & Sullivan Presents 2013 European Product Line Strategy Award to Control Techniques

Based on its recent research on the electric drives market for manufacturing automation, Frost & Sullivan presents Control Techniques with the 2013 European Product Line Strategy Award.

8 Jul 2013

IDENT’s Surveillance Solution for Border Patrol

I made a special trip to Prescott, Arizona last week to meet with Richard McCreight (Co-Founder) of IDENT a manned and unmanned aerial intelligence services company to get a peek preview of Team Mosquito's proprietary human recognition system being tested for border patrol.

6 Jul 2013

ABB Receives Order for Terminal Automation at Sadara Chemical Complex

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a project from Foster Wheeler for the automation of bulk inventory operations management of the chemical complex that is under construction by Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) in Jubail Industrial City II, Saudi Arabia. The order was booked in the first quarter of 2013.

6 Jul 2013

Robotics News

MetraLabs and Roth & Rau – Ortner Debut New Mobile Robot at SEMICON West 2013

Science Definition Team Proposes Mission Concept for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover

ABB Receives Order for Offshore Automation

Cavotec to Manufacture Fully Integrated Automated Mooring and Shore Power Systems

Intelligrated to Exhibit Alvey Robotic Palletizing and Depalletizing Solutions at PACK EXPO

Hollysys to Provide Ground-Based High-Speed Rail Signaling System to Mudanjiang-Suifenhe Project

RSS Manufacturing & Phylrich Quickens Production with UR5 Robot

Brittmore Introduces Structural Balance-of-System for Large Scale PV Installations

Ultra Clean Holdings Expands Partnership with DWFritz Automation

Haber Dermatology Installs ARTAS Robotic System for Hair Transplantation

NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Departs Last Science Target in Glenelg Area

People Express Positive Feelings Toward Robots That Provide Care

Frost & Sullivan Presents 2013 European Product Line Strategy Award to Control Techniques

IDENT’s Surveillance Solution for Border Patrol

ABB Receives Order for Terminal Automation at Sadara Chemical Complex

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