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Wireless Health System Using Smartphones Helps Monitor Wheelchair Usage

A wireless personal health monitoring system using smartphones to upload data via the Internet will revolutionize the U.S. healthcare industry, its pioneering creators say.

26 Mar 2013

Trimble Licenses Plexus Control's Wireless SCADA and Mobile Monitoring Technologies

Trimble and Plexus Controls Corporation of Ottawa, Canada announced today that they have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of solutions that leverage positioning technology, wireless supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) solutions and mobile field management tools to enhance productivity for consultants and professionals in the environmental industry.

From Trimble Navigation Limited 26 Mar 2013

Marinvent and AdvAero join Ohio/Indiana UASC&TC User Advisory Panel

Marinvent announces today that it has signed an agreement to join the Ohio/Indiana UAS Center & Test Complex (UASC&TC) User Advisory Panel along with its US-Joint Venture partner, Advanced Aerospace Solutions (AdvAero).

26 Mar 2013

Guardtime Delivers Keyless Signature Infrastructure for UAVs to Japan Drones

Guardtime, the leading provider of Keyless Signature Infrastructure (KSI) technology for the authentication of electronic data, today announced it is partnering with Japan Drones, the leading developer of custom software for miniature Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) selling into the Japanese market.

26 Mar 2013

Students Create Robotic Skateboard

“Five! Four! Three! Two! One!” A robotic skateboard soared high into the air and above Paul Schmitt, a scientist and skateboard designer, then landed with a thud on the floor of the Main Gym on the UC San Diego campus on Monday, March 18.

26 Mar 2013

Humanoid Robot Improves Speech and Physical Therapy

In one of the earliest experiments using a humanoid robot to deliver speech and physical therapy to a stroke patient, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst saw notable speech and physical therapy gains and significant improvement in quality of life.

25 Mar 2013

OB/GYN Physician Performs First Endometriosis Resection Using da Vinci Robotic Surgical System

Melissa (Mead) Clough, M.D., an obstetrics and gynecology physician and surgeon with a private practice in Milford, MA, today announced she has performed the first endometriosis resection using the da Vinci robotically-assisted surgical system at Milford Regional Medical Center.

25 Mar 2013

Fisnar’s Metering and Mixing Systems are Customized for Table-top Robotics

Fisnar® Inc. removes the mystery of selecting a metering and mixing system and can help work through the process of selecting a dual component solution. Their machines are designed for continuous operation and come with their Fisnar® guarantee of service.

From Fisnar Inc. 25 Mar 2013

Hoverfly Technologies Develops Remotely Piloted Aerial Robots

In the midst of a recovering economy, a 7.7 percent unemployment rate and federal sequestration, a group of Central Florida entrepreneurs have come up with an idea on how to help government —and they want to start with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

25 Mar 2013

CAMCAD Technologies Partners with Earthrise Space in Robot-landing Competition, Google Lunar X PRIZE

CAMCAD Technologies, Inc., an award-winning provider of innovative manufacturing solutions, has announced their partnership with Earthrise Space Inc. (ESI), the parent organization of the Omega Envoy team competing for the Google Lunar X PRIZE.

25 Mar 2013

NASA Astronaut to Maneuver Station’s Robotics Arm to Release SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft

More than three weeks after arriving at the International Space Station, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft is ready for the trip back to Earth, now scheduled for Tuesday, March 26. Dragon's originally scheduled March 25 return date was postponed due to inclement weather developing near its targeted splashdown site in the Pacific Ocean.

25 Mar 2013

UA Student Team to Fabricate a Robot for 2013 SoutheastCon Hardware Competition

A team of eight UA electrical engineering seniors will compete at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers SoutheastCon April 5-6 in Jacksonville, Fla.

22 Mar 2013

Tri-City Medical Center Offers Robotic Surgeries for Partial Knee Replacements

In May, Tri-City Medical Center will begin providing robotic surgeries for partial knee replacements resulting in less invasive, faster procedures with quicker recovery times for patients who suffer from debilitating arthritis pain.

22 Mar 2013

MAKO Robotic Arm Assisted UKA Enhances Accuracy of Implant Placement

MAKO Surgical Corp., developer of human-interactive surgical robotic arm technology used to achieve accuracy in treating osteoarthritic disease, today announced the first results from a ten-year, prospective, randomized controlled trial evaluating the accuracy of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) implant positioning, with and without robotic arm surgical assistance.

22 Mar 2013

New Mathematical Framework Could Lead to More Efficient Controllers for Robotic Tasks

When a robot is moving one of its limbs through free space, its behavior is well-described by a few simple equations. But as soon as it strikes something solid — when a walking robot’s foot hits the ground, or a grasping robot’s hand touches an object — those equations break down.

22 Mar 2013

Robotics News

Wireless Health System Using Smartphones Helps Monitor Wheelchair Usage

Trimble Licenses Plexus Control's Wireless SCADA and Mobile Monitoring Technologies

Marinvent and AdvAero join Ohio/Indiana UASC&TC User Advisory Panel

Guardtime Delivers Keyless Signature Infrastructure for UAVs to Japan Drones

Students Create Robotic Skateboard

Humanoid Robot Improves Speech and Physical Therapy

OB/GYN Physician Performs First Endometriosis Resection Using da Vinci Robotic Surgical System

Fisnar’s Metering and Mixing Systems are Customized for Table-top Robotics

Hoverfly Technologies Develops Remotely Piloted Aerial Robots

CAMCAD Technologies Partners with Earthrise Space in Robot-landing Competition, Google Lunar X PRIZE

NASA Astronaut to Maneuver Station’s Robotics Arm to Release SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft

UA Student Team to Fabricate a Robot for 2013 SoutheastCon Hardware Competition

Tri-City Medical Center Offers Robotic Surgeries for Partial Knee Replacements

MAKO Robotic Arm Assisted UKA Enhances Accuracy of Implant Placement

New Mathematical Framework Could Lead to More Efficient Controllers for Robotic Tasks

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