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Dragonfly Study Provides Model System for Robotic Vision

In a discovery that may prove important for cognitive science, our understanding of nature and applications for robot vision, researchers at the University of Adelaide have found evidence that the dragonfly is capable of higher-level thought processes when hunting its prey.

21 Dec 2012

Robotics and Virtual Reality Hold Potential to Advance Neurosurgery

Robotic technologies have the potential to help neurosurgeons perform precise, technically demanding operations, together with virtual reality environments to help them navigate through the brain, according to a special supplement to Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

21 Dec 2012

Medrobotics Announces Completion of Series D Financing

Medrobotics Corp., an emerging medical robotics company developing the innovative Flex™ Robotic System, announced today the conversion of notes totaling $33.6 Million purchased through recent financings into Series D Preferred Stock.

21 Dec 2012

Rescue Robotics Pioneer Delivers Speech at NEDO

Dr. Robin Murphy, a pioneer in the area of rescue robotics, spoke to the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Dec. 11 in Tokyo.

21 Dec 2012

Bionic Suit Provides Hope to Wheelchair-Bound Individuals

After transferring himself from a wheelchair into a robotic suit, onlookers held their breath with excitement as they watched 27-year-old Aaron Bloom grip the handles of specially designed crutches, raise to his full height, and walk at Huntington Memorial Hospital's Outpatient Rehabilitation Center on Wednesday.

21 Dec 2012

New Remote Management Platform from KIOSK Information Systems

KIOSK Information Systems (KIOSK) announces its’ latest release of KIOSK CORE, providing new advances in kiosk network management software.

21 Dec 2012

Research Report on Global Automated Test Equipment Market

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Automated Test Equipment (ATE) Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share and Forecast, 2012 - 2018", the Automated Test Equipment (ATE) market was valued at USD 3.54 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach USD 4.36 billion in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 2.88% from 2012 to 2018.

20 Dec 2012

ON Semiconductor Launches Stepper Motor Driver IC for Office Automation Electronics

ON Semiconductor, driving innovation in energy efficiency, has introduced the LV8702V, a new stepper motor driver IC that delivers significantly improved efficiency versus existing products on the market. The device has been specifically designed for office automation equipment applications such as copiers, scanners and multi-function printers.

20 Dec 2012

Significant Growth in Sample Volumes Pushes Biobanks toward Automation

Every year, nearly 100 million samples are added to biobanks worldwide. Over 1500 bio repositories exist today and efforts are underway to automate the various sample handling and compound storage processes involved in biobanking.

20 Dec 2012

U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman Complete Deck Handling Trials of X-47B Unmanned Demonstrator

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75).

20 Dec 2012

New Type of Machine Sorts Used Batteries Using Artificial Intelligence

Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden has resulted in a new type of machine that sorts used batteries by means of artificial intelligence (AI). One machine is now being used in the UK, sorting one-third of the country’s recycled batteries.

20 Dec 2012

Robotic-Assisted Surgery Reduces Hospital Stay for Bladder Cancer Patients

Patients with Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer May Experience Less Loss of Blood and Shorter Hospital Stays as a Result of Robotic-Assisted Surgery, New Randomized Study in The Journal of Urology®

19 Dec 2012

CSA to Launch Russian Soyuz Vehicle with Canadian Astronaut

Media representatives are invited to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the launch of a Russian Soyuz vehicle with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard. The launch is set for December 19, 2012 at 7:12 a.m. EST.

19 Dec 2012

New Report on Image-Guided and Robot-Assisted Surgery

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the market research report "Innovations and Trends in the Image-Guided and Robot-Assisted Surgery" Markets to their product offering.

19 Dec 2012

AMC Health to Provide Telemonitoring Services for FDA Approved Clinical Trial

AMC Health announced today that it will provide a broad array of telemonitoring services for an innovative clinical trial that has just been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). AMC Health's telemonitoring technologies will dramatically reduce the cost of this study.

19 Dec 2012