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School Students Build Robots in Stanford FabLab

It had a promising start: The first model car caught fire, just as it was designed to. But as the car lurched forward it veered wildly to the right, missing its target. Which meant the robotic controller to set loose the pendulum balls would have to be triggered manually. And when the second car spun out, a collective groan went up among the 12 high school students gathered around the workshop table.

5 Mar 2013

Robotics Innovation Challenge in Sweden 25th April - Commercial Success of New Robot Ideas

On April 25, entrepreneurs, robot developers and end-users meet at the event Robotics Innovation Challenge (RIC) in Eskilstuna, Sweden, to share thoughts and ideas on the challenges and opportunities for successful comme...

From STMicroelectronics 4 Mar 2013

ISS Crew Catches Dragon Spacecraft Using Canadarm2 Robotic Arm

Microflow, an ingenious piece of Canadian biotechnology, has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. The ISS crew used Canadarm2, the station's 17-metre robotic arm, to catch Dragon at 5:31 a.m. EST.

4 Mar 2013

Dragon Spacecraft Berths with the International Space Station

The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station at 8:56 a.m. EST Sunday. The delivery flight was the second contracted resupply mission by the company under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract.

4 Mar 2013

Neato Introduces Smart Robot Vacuum Featuring Laser-Guided Navigation

What’s the number one complaint people have about vacuuming their floors? According to new research from Neato Robotics®, it’s maneuvering the vacuum around table and chair legs and underneath furniture – along with getting close enough to edges and corners.

4 Mar 2013

New Research Report on Global Robotics Market

The economics of the global robotics sector has slowed in the past several years due to transnational upsets in the global financial community but the industry remains a substantial and growing enterprise. There have been two clear signals that a fundamental change in the industry has begun.

2 Mar 2013

Jenoptik Laser Robot with Integrated Beam Guide Wins 2013 Vision Award

Jenoptik announces its Laser Processing Systems business unit of the Laser & Material Processing division received the 2013 Vision Award for the JENOPTIK-VOTAN® BIM. This machine is well suited for cutting complex 3D metal parts.

2 Mar 2013

Texas A&M FLEYE SPY Team Selected as Finalist in SUAS Competition

A team from Texas A&M University has been named finalist in the Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) Competition, announced the BORDERS National Center for Border Security and Immigration, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

2 Mar 2013

Intek Products Chooses CADENAS PARTsolutions as Global Provider for Online Sales Configurator

Intek Products, a manufacturer and distributor of motion control and mechanical systems for industrial automation, has selected CADENAS PARTsolutions as exclusive global provider for their 3D parts catalog and online sales configurator.

2 Mar 2013

Z Microsystems to Supply Intelligent Displays for Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems

Z Microsystems, a leading provider of mission-ready computing systems, today announced its has been selected by the Naval Surface Warfare Center to supply its Intelligent Display Series for use in the Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (STUAS RQ-21A) program onboard amphibious ships (LHD, LHA and LPD classes).

1 Mar 2013

DARPA Awards $6M Grant to Develop Protective Software for Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Carnegie Mellon University's Franz Franchetti has received a 4.5-year, $6 million grant from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop software for protecting unmanned ground vehicles and high-end cars from cyber attack.

1 Mar 2013

China Explosive Turn Key Service Provider Acquires Adept Robots to Upgrade Automated Packaging Lines

Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions and services, today announced that Shenzhen King Explorer Science & Technology Co., Ltd., the largest China Civil Explosive Turn Key Service Provider, plans to upgrade more than 100 customer emulsion explosive lines they have built worldwide with fully automated packaging lines by using multiple Adept Quattro s650 parallel robots in the next three years.

1 Mar 2013

Students Receive a Glimpse of Sophisticated Technology in Manned and Unmanned Aircraft

Northrop Grumman Corporation introduced more than 200 students to the company's technologies today, as part of an Australian educational program to provide insight into working in the aerospace and defense industries.

1 Mar 2013

Dentsu Selects Names for Humanoid Communication Robots

Dentsu Inc. (President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 58,967.1 million yen) announced today the selection of the names "Kirobo" and "Mirata" for the two humanoid communication robots being developed under the KIBO ROBOT PROJECT, a joint research project being carried out in collaboration with the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo; ROBO GARAGE Co., Ltd.; and Toyota Motor Corporation.

1 Mar 2013

Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System-Assisted Hip Replacement Surgery Webcast by BroadcastMed

ORLive.com, BroadcastMed’s premier surgical broadcasting website, is proud to present a webcast on a patient-specific total hip replacement brought to you by Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Watch orthopedic surgeon David Padden, MD, perform a MAKOplasty® Total Hip Replacement.

28 Feb 2013

Robotics News

School Students Build Robots in Stanford FabLab

Robotics Innovation Challenge in Sweden 25th April - Commercial Success of New Robot Ideas

ISS Crew Catches Dragon Spacecraft Using Canadarm2 Robotic Arm

Dragon Spacecraft Berths with the International Space Station

Neato Introduces Smart Robot Vacuum Featuring Laser-Guided Navigation

New Research Report on Global Robotics Market

Jenoptik Laser Robot with Integrated Beam Guide Wins 2013 Vision Award

Texas A&M FLEYE SPY Team Selected as Finalist in SUAS Competition

Intek Products Chooses CADENAS PARTsolutions as Global Provider for Online Sales Configurator

Z Microsystems to Supply Intelligent Displays for Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems

DARPA Awards $6M Grant to Develop Protective Software for Unmanned Ground Vehicles

China Explosive Turn Key Service Provider Acquires Adept Robots to Upgrade Automated Packaging Lines

Students Receive a Glimpse of Sophisticated Technology in Manned and Unmanned Aircraft

Dentsu Selects Names for Humanoid Communication Robots

Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System-Assisted Hip Replacement Surgery Webcast by BroadcastMed

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