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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

Adoption of Remote Monitoring Options Increases Due to Escalating Hospital Expenses

The rising interest in telehealth solutions for managing long-term chronic conditions has highlighted the importance of telehealth business models. Such models will have to be implemented after understanding customer preferences and aim at increasing acceptance levels for telehealth technology.

28 Feb 2013

Japanese Robots Are an Embodiment of Monozukuri

As they set out for a Winter Term course in Japan, nearly two-dozen students looked forward to studying the Japanese concept of monozukuri. First, they had to figure out what it meant.

28 Feb 2013

Report on Global Operators and Manufacturers of Unmanned Air Systems

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "International Military and Civilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Survey" report to their offering.

28 Feb 2013

Better Workstations May Reduce Multimillion-Dollar Drone Losses

The U.S. Department of Defense reports that drone accidents in which personnel or aircraft are damaged or destroyed occur 50 times more often than mishaps involving human-operated aircraft. The U.S. Marines and Army reported 43 mishaps that involved human factors issues associated with drone ground control workstations and technology during 2006−2007.

28 Feb 2013

Revolutionary Elderly Care Robot Developed by Salford PhD Student

A University of Salford researcher has come up with a novel way of dealing with stretched resources caused by us all living longer – an interactive care robot for elderly people.

27 Feb 2013

D-VEX Video Exploitation Systems Enhance Capabilities of Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial System

General Dynamics Mediaware received recognition at this year's Australian Defence Magazine industry awards, taking home the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO)/Industry Team of the Year Award for Excellence in Collaboration in the Sustainment and Logistic Support category.

27 Feb 2013

Mobile Robotics Solutions Integrator Enters Value Added Developer Agreement with DSI

CoroWare, Inc. announced today that it has signed a value added developer agreement with Dispersive Solutions, Inc. (DSI) through which CoroWare will deliver next generation cybersecurity solutions for enterprise applications and cloud service applications.

27 Feb 2013

Robotics News

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

Adoption of Remote Monitoring Options Increases Due to Escalating Hospital Expenses

Japanese Robots Are an Embodiment of Monozukuri

Report on Global Operators and Manufacturers of Unmanned Air Systems

Better Workstations May Reduce Multimillion-Dollar Drone Losses

Revolutionary Elderly Care Robot Developed by Salford PhD Student

D-VEX Video Exploitation Systems Enhance Capabilities of Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial System

Mobile Robotics Solutions Integrator Enters Value Added Developer Agreement with DSI

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Princeton Scientists Use ‘Invisible’ Robots to Bring Virtual Objects Into the Real World

Developing Targeted Treatments for Parkinson’s with AI Algorithms

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