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Football-Playing Robot Remains a Favorite Project for ECS Engineer

ECS undergraduate student Arinze Ekwosimba gives an excellent account of the dedication and wide knowledge of ECS students in a feature interview with EEWeb – the Electrical Engineering Community.

16 Mar 2013

Vision China 2013: Teledyne DALSA to Highlight Advanced Machine Vision Technology

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in machine vision technology, will feature its most advanced line scan and area scan cameras, frame grabbers, vision software, image processors and smart camera solutions at Vision China 2013.

16 Mar 2013

ABB Releases Brochure on Actuators and Positioners for Valve Automation Control

ABB’s Measurement Products’ business announces a 12-page, full-color brochure that describes actuators and positioners for operating final elements such as control valves, butterfly valves, dampers, and louvers.

From ABB Ltd. 15 Mar 2013

Novel Remote Sleep Pattern Monitoring System for People with Early Dementia

A new sleep pattern monitoring system has been developed by University of Ulster researchers to help spot sleep disturbance in people diagnosed with early dementia.

15 Mar 2013

EDAP Launches Robotic HIFU Device for Prostate Cancer Therapy

EDAP TMS SA, the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, announced today the launch of Focal.One®, its new and innovative robotic HIFU device fully dedicated to focal therapy of prostate cancer.

15 Mar 2013

Enterasys Wins Award for Automated Robotic Optical Inspection System

Enterasys Networks, a Siemens Enterprise Communications Company, has been recognized with three 2013 Manufacturing Leadership 100 Awards (ML100 Awards). For 2013, Enterasys is in elite company being only one of four companies to win three ML100 awards. Other triple winners are IBM, Lexmark International and Lockheed-Martin.

15 Mar 2013

Novel Curriculum Provides Safe Training on da Vinci Robotic Surgical System

Researchers from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and four collaborating institutions have evaluated the effectiveness of a novel curriculum to safely train surgeons on the da Vinci Surgical System, which is used to perform robot-assisted surgeries.

15 Mar 2013

MIT Technology Review Lists Rethink Robotics among 2013’s Disruptive Companies

Rethink Robotics has been identified in the field of Computing & Communication as one of 2013's 50 Disruptive Companies, MIT Technology Review's annual list of the world's most innovative technology companies.

15 Mar 2013

Harper Government Supports Western Canada's Unmanned Vehicle Systems Sector

The Harper Government is supporting Western Canada's unmanned vehicle systems (UVS) sector through an investment that aims to improve competitiveness and productivity for the aerospace and defence industry.

15 Mar 2013

OnPoynt Flight School to Present Quadrotor Build and Fly Camp at Sci-Tech Discovery Center

Sci-Tech Discovery Center announces its inaugural Quadrotor Build and Fly Camp presented by OnPoynt Flight School to be held April 13 -14.

14 Mar 2013

Raytheon to Supply Scalable Sonar System for Anti-Submarine/Undersea Warfare Missions

Raytheon Company was awarded a sub-contract from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to deliver its first 5th generation medium frequency hull mounted sonar system as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program.

14 Mar 2013

Restoration Robotics’ ARTAS System Installed at Mosaic Clinic in Houston, Texas

Restoration Robotics, Inc. today announced the installation of its revolutionary ARTAS® System at the Mosaic Clinic in Houston, Texas. Dr. Rashid is one of the few Hair Physicians in the country to hold both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees and an enhanced background in research.

14 Mar 2013

Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System Offers 98.9% Implant Accuracy

A study recently published in European Spine Journal concluded 98.9 percent accuracy when implanting pedicle screws using Mazor Robotics Renaissance™ Guidance System in a study group of 101 consecutive cases performed by Dr. Isador Lieberman of Texas Back Institute. 1 Ninety percent of the sample group had severe deformity and/or previous spine surgery that failed to correct the condition.

14 Mar 2013

Rethink Robotics' Baxter Robot Named Finalist in Edison Awards

Rethink Robotics has been named a 2013 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison Awards™. Rethink Robotics' Baxter robot is a Finalist in the Living, Working and Learning Environments category, one of twelve categories honored by the Edison Awards.

13 Mar 2013

Unmanned Aircraft Industry Set to Create Over 70,000 New American Jobs

Today, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) unveiled a new study, which finds that the unmanned aircraft industry is poised to create more than 70,000 new American jobs in the first three years following the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into U.S. national airspace system (NAS).

13 Mar 2013