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Liquid Robotics’ Papa Mau Wave Glider Covers 9,000 Miles across the Pacific

U.S. based Liquid Robotics®, an ocean data service provider and developer of the Wave Glider®, today announced the first Pacific Crossing (PacX) Wave Glider, "Papa Mau," completed its 9,000 nautical mile (16,668 kilometers) scientific journey across the Pacific Ocean to set a new world record for the longest distance traveled by an autonomous vehicle. Throughout his journey, Papa Mau navigated along a prescribed route under autonomous control collecting and transmitting unprecedented amounts of high-resolution ocean data never before available over these vast distances or timeframes.

From Liquid Robotics 6 Dec 2012

Latest Industrial Robot Systems Displayed at 14th China Hi-Tech Fair ELEXCON

The continuous downturn faced by the international economy since the beginning of the year has adversely affected the growth of the entire electronics industry. Almost all electronic components manufacturers are facing tough times and are unable to find a way out of a sluggish global electronics market.

6 Dec 2012

Telestroke Robot Effectively Delivers Stroke Care

Researchers have found that using telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that do not have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, on staff. The research, published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, is intended to help hospital administrators evaluate telestroke.

6 Dec 2012

Twin NASA Probes Generate Highest Resolution Gravity Field Map of Celestial Bodies

Twin NASA probes orbiting the moon have generated the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body.

6 Dec 2012

ALIO Introduces New Hybrid Hexapod with 6-D Nano Precision

Hexapods, also known as PKM or parallel kinematic machines, were designed many years ago for amusement rides and later mostly known as flight simulators for pilot training. Over the years new designs of the PKM's were developed for the micron precision world of manufacturing, laboratories motion needs and product inspection. Although many modern day Hexapod companies tout nanometer resolution or repeatability, the real issue with Hexapods for the new world of nano precision is 6-D Nano Precision®.

From ALIO Industries 5 Dec 2012

NASA Researchers Walk the Outcrop with Opportunity Mars Rover

The latest work assignment for NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity is a further examination of an area where the robot just completed a walkabout.

5 Dec 2012

Kratos' Firejet Target Drone Supports Patriot Weapon System Live Fire Exercises

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its subsidiary, Composite Engineering Inc. (CEI), successfully supported Patriot Weapon System live fire exercises for the Hellenic Air Defense Forces on November 17, 2012 at the NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) located on the Greek island of Crete.

5 Dec 2012

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manned/Unmanned Operations Capability Development Lab Opened in Huntsville

Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter, Textron Inc. companies, announced today the opening of the Textron Systems Integration and Collaboration Lab and Bell Helicopter/AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manned/Unmanned Operations (MUMO) Capability Development Lab. Based at Textron Systems' Huntsville, Ala., location, these labs combine live data feeds, high-fidelity simulated environments and field equipment to enable rapid system integration and testing, and the demonstration and proof of operational concepts.

5 Dec 2012

NASA Plans Multi-Year Mars Program with New Robotic Science Rover

Building on the success of Curiosity's Red Planet landing, NASA has announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars program, including a new robotic science rover set to launch in 2020. This announcement affirms the agency's commitment to a bold exploration program that meets our nation's scientific and human exploration objectives.

5 Dec 2012

Hollysys Subsidiary Wins Signaling System Project in Singapore

Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Concord Corporation Pte. Ltd. ("Concord") signed a significant contract with Thales Solutions Asia Pte Ltd ("Thales") to provide design, installation, testing & commission for replacement of existing signaling systems of North-South and East-West lines ("NSEWL") and new signaling systems of Tuas West Extension line (TWEL) in Singapore, the contract is valued at approximately USD $19.14 million.

4 Dec 2012

Preventice BodyGuardian Remote Patient Monitoring System to be Commercially Available in Early 2013

Preventice, Inc. announced today that its BodyGuardian Remote Patient Monitoring System (BodyGuardian RMS) will be commercially available in early 2013. Meanwhile, clinical trials are underway in the United States and Europe to quantify the impact of the BodyGuardian RMS on clinical care delivery. Preventice is demonstrating the BodyGuardian RMS this week at the mHealth Summit, one of the mobile health technology industry's leading conferences, in Washington, D.C., December 3-5, 2012.

4 Dec 2012

Restoration Robotics Reports First Use of ARTAS Hair Transplantation System in Minneapolis

Restoration Robotics, Inc. today announced the first use of its revolutionary ARTAS® System in Minneapolis by Dr. Ron Shapiro of Shapiro Medical Group. The ARTAS System – the first and only FDA cleared physician controlled, computer-assisted technology for harvesting follicular units directly from the scalp – offers hair restoration physicians and patients unprecedented levels of safety, efficacy, and patient comfort.

4 Dec 2012

Ideal Life Selects Orange for Global Expansion of Health Monitoring Services

At the 2012 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C., Toronto-based remote health provider Ideal Life announced that it has chosen Orange Business Services to expand its remote monitoring solutions for wellness and chronic conditions to an international audience. Orange will provide seamless machine to machine (M2M) wireless connectivity for Ideal Life in Europe and Latin America, promoting comprehensive remote care to the home and preventing non-critical re-admissions of patients to hospitals.

4 Dec 2012

AeroVironment, CybAero Partner to Develop Tier II VTOL Unmanned Aircraft System

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with Sweden-based CybAero AB to develop and distribute a Tier II vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system in response to unmet requirements from multiple customers. The relationship gives AeroVironment exclusive rights to provide CybAero AB systems to United States customers and to government customers in NATO and other countries.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 4 Dec 2012

Curiosity Rover Performs Analysis of Martian Soil

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has used its full array of instruments to analyze Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry within the Martian soil. Water and sulfur and chlorine-containing substances, among other ingredients, showed up in samples Curiosity's arm delivered to an analytical laboratory inside the rover.

4 Dec 2012