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USPTO Grants Trademark to Unmanned Vehicle University

The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted Unmanned Vehicle University (UVU) trademark number 4,293,678 for unmanned systems education and training. The trademark covers training and education in unmanned air, ground, sea and space vehicles. The trademark also covers the specific service of conducting seminars in the field of design and operation of unmanned vehicles, providing online classes in the field and design and operation of unmanned vehicles and providing webinars in the field of design and operation of unmanned vehicles.

21 Feb 2013

FIRST LEGO League Robot Teams Participate in FLL Championships

More than 80 FIRST LEGO League teams brought their robots, inventions and innovations to the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Championships held in Oshawa and Waterloo. “Senior Solutions”, this year’s challenge, asked teams of nine to 14 year olds to develop innovative ways to help senior citizens maintain their independence and quality of life.

21 Feb 2013

Student Robotic-Building Teams to Compete in Annual NYC FIRST Celebration

Over 200 student teams will compete in the 13th Annual NYC FIRST Celebration, March 7-9, 2013 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. A series of competitions will occur throughout the three day event culminating with teams advancing to compete in the FIRST Championship, April 25-27, in St. Louis.

21 Feb 2013

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Extracts First Sample of Powdered Rock

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet. No rover has ever has drilled into a rock beyond Earth and collected a sample from its interior.

21 Feb 2013

Remote Patient Monitoring Solutions Provider AMC Health Announces Tenth Anniversary Celebration

AMC Health announced the celebration of its 10-year anniversary and the ongoing growth and development that have made it a leader in effective, innovative remote patient monitoring services. Over the past decade, AMC Health programs have produced dramatic improvements in patient health and quality of life, 30-day hospital readmission rates, and healthcare utilization.

20 Feb 2013

Major Tier 1 Automotive Supplier to Use Evana Automation’s Semi-Automated Assembly Cells

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 contract from a Tier 1 automotive supplier to provide two custom, semi-automated assembly cells that will simplify the production of automobile seat rail link arms.

20 Feb 2013

Northrop Grumman to Highlight Triton UAS Capabilities at Australian International Air Show

Northrop Grumman Corporation will be holding a media briefing during the Australian International Air Show focused on the Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The briefing will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 2 to 3 p.m.

20 Feb 2013

Numerex Widens Critical Remote Monitoring Capabilities through Asset Acquisition

Numerex Corp, a leading provider of on-demand and interactive machine-to-machine (M2M) enterprise solutions, announced the acquisition of certain assets, technology, and intellectual property – including a portfolio of patents - that will support and widen its M2M platform capabilities in real-time monitoring of critical assets and events.

20 Feb 2013

Lockheed Martin Successfully Completes Demonstration of Satellite-Controlled SMSS UAV

Lockheed Martin completed a successful demonstration at Camp Grayling, Mich., recently in which its Squad Mission Support System (SMSS™) was being controlled via satellite from more than 200 miles away.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 20 Feb 2013

Study Finds Increased Use of Robotic-Assisted Hysterectomy for Benign Gynecologic Disorders

Between 2007 and 2010, the use of robotically-assisted hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disorders increased substantially, although, when compared with laparoscopic hysterectomy, the robotic procedure appears to offer little short-term benefit and is accompanied by significantly greater costs, according to a study appearing in the February 20 issue of JAMA.

20 Feb 2013

Northrop Grumman Provided Fiber-Optic, Gyrocompassing LCR-100 AHRS for nEUROn UCAV Demonstrator

Northrop Grumman Corporation, in cooperation with Saab Aerosystems, has provided the attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) for the nEUROn Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator, which recently completed a successful first flight.

20 Feb 2013

Artificial Neuronal Network Enables iCub Humanoid Robot to Learn

This technological prowess was made possible by the development of a "simplified artificial brain" that reproduces certain types of so-called "recurrent" connections observed in the human brain.

20 Feb 2013

Insitu Reports Successful First Flight of Integrator Unmanned Aircraft System

Insitu announced today the successful first flight of Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Block 2, the latest technology release of the system.

19 Feb 2013

Novel Robotic Rehabilitation Helps Paralyzed Rats Move Voluntarily

In the lab, rats with severe spinal cord injury are learning to walk—and run—again. Last June in the journal Science, Grégoire Courtine, of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), reported that rats in his lab are not only voluntarily initiating a walking gait, but they were sprinting, climbing up stairs, and avoiding obstacles after a couple of weeks of neurorehabilitation with a combination of a robotic harness and electricalchemical stimulation.

18 Feb 2013

Oshkosh to Debut TerraMax Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology at IDEX 2013

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, announced today the international debut of its Oshkosh TerraMax™ unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) technology, which is available to support militaries globally and will be demonstrated at IDEX (International Defense Exhibition and Conference) 2013 (booth #03-C10), on Feb. 17-21 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

18 Feb 2013

Robotics News

USPTO Grants Trademark to Unmanned Vehicle University

FIRST LEGO League Robot Teams Participate in FLL Championships

Student Robotic-Building Teams to Compete in Annual NYC FIRST Celebration

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Extracts First Sample of Powdered Rock

Remote Patient Monitoring Solutions Provider AMC Health Announces Tenth Anniversary Celebration

Major Tier 1 Automotive Supplier to Use Evana Automation’s Semi-Automated Assembly Cells

Northrop Grumman to Highlight Triton UAS Capabilities at Australian International Air Show

Numerex Widens Critical Remote Monitoring Capabilities through Asset Acquisition

Lockheed Martin Successfully Completes Demonstration of Satellite-Controlled SMSS UAV

Study Finds Increased Use of Robotic-Assisted Hysterectomy for Benign Gynecologic Disorders

Northrop Grumman Provided Fiber-Optic, Gyrocompassing LCR-100 AHRS for nEUROn UCAV Demonstrator

Artificial Neuronal Network Enables iCub Humanoid Robot to Learn

Insitu Reports Successful First Flight of Integrator Unmanned Aircraft System

Novel Robotic Rehabilitation Helps Paralyzed Rats Move Voluntarily

Oshkosh to Debut TerraMax Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology at IDEX 2013

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