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Scientists at Fraunhofer Design Spider-Robot for Undertaking Risky Missions

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA have designed a robot which is agile and moves just like a spider.

By Andy Choi 9 Nov 2011

MIT Researchers Develop a Small AUV Equipped with Artificial Intelligence

The search for oil and natural gas has intensified with the increasing demand and hence oil companies have been forced to set up oil wells at depths of 4000 meters below the sea level.

By Andy Choi 9 Nov 2011

Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems at Pharmacies Improve Quality of Patient Care

Automated storage and retrieval systems at pharmacies help in providing optimum inventory management and reduce the scope for human errors. These systems manage the inventory through a control software and vertical carousal technology.

By Andy Choi 8 Nov 2011

Robotic Aid for Developing and Examining Glass

Scientists at Fraunhofer Institute have for the first time, introduced a for developing and examining glass. The robot will be involved in developing new kinds of glass and also conduct a thorough examination of its properties.

By Andy Choi 8 Nov 2011

Hood Tech Technology Offers Superior Quality Imaging Systems for UAVs

According to Defense Systems staff, the amount of money spent on payloads and subsystems used on UAVs will increase and reach $ 2.9 billion in the year 2011.

By Andy Choi 5 Nov 2011

Teledyne Displays Extended Range of Machine Vision products at VISION 2011

Teledyne will be showcasing its extended range of machine vision cameras and the advancements in the CMOS imaging sensor technologies at VISION 2011, which will be held in Germany between 8 and 10, November.

By Andy Choi 5 Nov 2011

DCNS and Thales Design Automatic Deck Landing System for UAVs

DCNS and Thales have come up with D2AD, an automatic system meant for facilitating the take-off, landing and deck-landing of UAVs. They plan to conduct sea trials of the system in 2012 with a French Navy frigate, Boeing and H-6U Unmanned Little Bird rotorcraft.

By Andy Choi 5 Nov 2011

Vadxx Energy Chooses Rockwell Automation to Commercialize its Proprietary Waste-to-Energy Conversion Technique

Rockwell Automations and its Global Solutions wing has been chosen by Vadxx Energy to offer process engineering solutions and services that will enable Vadxx to fine-tune its proprietary technique to produce natural gas and synthetic crude oil utilizing raw material feedstock wastes based on petroleum at its demonstration facility at Ohio-based Akron.

From Rockwell Automation, Inc. 5 Nov 2011

FANUC Robotics Video Features FANUC Arc Mate Robot Demonstrating Coordinated Motion

FANUC Robotics has uploaded a video on YouTube that features the synchronized motion of a FANUC M-10iA robot in which the robot rotates a basketball and the FANUC ARC Mate 120iC/10L robot moves a marble along the white lines on the basketball.

By Andy Choi 5 Nov 2011

ReconRobotics Launches Recon Scout Throwbot for Patrol Officer Protection

Recon Robotics has made the Recon Scout Throwbot LE available for the protection of patrol officers. The Scout Throwbot is a highly advanced micro-robot which has been designed to aid the police patrol officers when they undertake critical and risky missions.

By Andy Choi 4 Nov 2011

FIRST Commences Green Fundraising Programs for Robotics Teams from Schools

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) was founded for drawing the youth towards science and technology. FIRST has developed a unique fundraising program called the Green Fundraising program which is offered by robotics teams right from elementary to high school.

By Andy Choi 4 Nov 2011

Health Robotics and Kosho Win Public Tender for Cancer Therapy Robot

CytoCare from Health Robotics along with the Japan based Tosho was successful in winning the public tender purchasing process which was sponsored by the Oxaliplatin Fund at the Cancer Center of Nagoya City University Hospital.

From Health Robotics 4 Nov 2011

Exposure Gained at Penn State Robotics Club Helps Graduate Student in Internship

A graduate student from the Penn State gave credit to the robotics knowledge he gained at the Penn State Robotics Club in being able to successfully complete his internship at Axelerate Solutions. Jeremy Bridon was presented with quite a challenging assignment as his internship project by the company.

By Andy Choi 4 Nov 2011

Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System Designed Exclusively for Test and Evaluation

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division has designed a Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft system especially for test and evaluation purposes. This announcement was made by AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

By Andy Choi 4 Nov 2011

Home Automation Retailer Smarthome to Market sCharger-5 from Suntactics

Smarthome has been marketing home automation products at affordable prices and has been successful in establishing a customer base across the world. The products that Smarthome markets enable simplifying everyday tasks by making them more convenient to execute and add value to homes.

3 Nov 2011