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ECHOES Program Uses Technology to Improve Communication Skills of Autistic Children

The use of technology in the classroom is nothing new, but Topcliffe Primary School in Birmingham is breaking new ground by using technology to help pupils with autism communicate more effectively.

30 Nov 2012

Siemens Acquires Invensys’ Rail Automation Business

Siemens has entered into an agreement to acquire Invensys Rail, the rail automation business of Invensys for approximately €2.2 billion (£1.742 billion). At the same time, the company plans to divest its baggage handling, postal and parcel sorting activities. Both planned transactions are part of the recently launched "Siemens 2014" company program, which amongst others, is aimed at strengthening the company's core activities. With revenues of approximately £800 million, Invensys Rail is a leading software based rail signaling and control company.

From Siemens AG 29 Nov 2012

RIVA Earns Highest Rating in New Study of IV Automation Systems

RIVA, the fully automated IV compounding system manufactured by Intelligent Hospital Systems (IH Systems), is ahead of competitors in overall performance, meeting business case expectations and customer satisfaction, according to a new study of IV automation systems by independent healthcare research firm KLAS.

29 Nov 2012

First Field Test of Bio-Robotic Fish in Polar Regions

The fifth China Arctic research expedition trip has witnessed the first field test of robotic fish in Polar Regions ever in the history of China.

29 Nov 2012

Dentsu Announces Expected Date for Completion of Humanoid Communication Robot Development

Dentsu Inc. (TOKYO: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004; President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 58,967.1 million yen) announced today that the humanoid communication robot 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 (Director: Dr. Yoshiaki Nakano; hereinafter "RCAST") and ROBO GARAGE Co., Ltd. (CEO: Tomotaka Takahashi; hereinafter "ROBO GARAGE"), is expected to be completed in February 2013. In the summer of the same year, it will be sent to the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" in the International Space Station.

29 Nov 2012

Siemens Extends Engineering Framework for Automation and Drive Technology

The Siemens Industry Automation division has extended its "Totally Integrated Automation Portal" (TIA Portal) engineering framework with numerous new functions. Version 12 enables all Siemens drives of the Sinamics G converter series to be parameterized via the TIA Portal, and additional diagnostic functions have been integrated. Among other things, the safety functionalities have been extended for Simatic S7-1500 and the Profinet communication performance has been expanded.

From Siemens AG 29 Nov 2012

Chalmers Develops Implantable Robotic Arm Controlled by Thoughts

The world’s first implantable robotic arm controlled by thoughts is being developed by Chalmers researcher Max Ortiz Catalan. The first operations on patients will take place this winter.

28 Nov 2012

Galileo Group Completes UAV Flights for NASA Environmental Project

Galileo Group, Inc., announced today that it has completed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight operations and hyperspectral data collections for a series of missions supporting a NASA sponsored project to map sea grass beds and coral reefs in the Florida keys.

28 Nov 2012

New iPad App Shows How Robots Are Becoming Reality

Robots have long captured our imagination. Now a new iPad app will show how robots are becoming reality.

28 Nov 2012

New Report on Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Defense and Security

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Defense and Security: Global Markets and Technologies Outlook - 2013-2020" report to their offering.

28 Nov 2012

Siemens Launches Simatic S7-1500 Controllers for Medium to High-End Machine and Plant Automation

With the launch of Simatic S7-1500, the Siemens Industry Automation division is introducing a controller family of the next generation for medium to high-end machine and plant automation.

28 Nov 2012

Lockheed Martin Develops Portable Military Defense Laser System against Unmanned Aerial Systems

Lockheed Martin today announced that it has successfully demonstrated a portable, ground-based military laser system in a series of tests against representative airborne targets.

28 Nov 2012

Non-Invasive Robotic Device Delivers Radiotherapy for Eye Disease

The radiotherapy is delivered by a non-invasive robotic device called IRay® Radiotherapy System which uses low-level radiation, similar to a dental x-ray. Patients treated with the IRay device sit at the machine with their chin on a chin rest.

28 Nov 2012

EPFL Laboratories Work on Completely Automated Aerial Collision-Avoidance System

Will planes someday fly without pilots? Three EPFL laboratories (one belongs to the School of Computer and Communication Sciences), commissioned by Honeywell and operating under the auspices of EPFL’s Transportation Center, are working on this possibility by developing collision-prediction, avoidance, and real-time vision algorithms. The project is a formidable technological challenge.

28 Nov 2012

Consumer Drone Company Acquires Majority Share in EPFL Start-Up senseFly

The French company Parrot, world leader in wireless peripherals for mobile phones and already in the market for consumer drones, acquired for 5 million Swiss Francs a majority share in senseFly, a start-up from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL.

27 Nov 2012

Robotics News

ECHOES Program Uses Technology to Improve Communication Skills of Autistic Children

Siemens Acquires Invensys’ Rail Automation Business

RIVA Earns Highest Rating in New Study of IV Automation Systems

First Field Test of Bio-Robotic Fish in Polar Regions

Dentsu Announces Expected Date for Completion of Humanoid Communication Robot Development

Siemens Extends Engineering Framework for Automation and Drive Technology

Chalmers Develops Implantable Robotic Arm Controlled by Thoughts

Galileo Group Completes UAV Flights for NASA Environmental Project

New iPad App Shows How Robots Are Becoming Reality

New Report on Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Defense and Security

Siemens Launches Simatic S7-1500 Controllers for Medium to High-End Machine and Plant Automation

Lockheed Martin Develops Portable Military Defense Laser System against Unmanned Aerial Systems

Non-Invasive Robotic Device Delivers Radiotherapy for Eye Disease

EPFL Laboratories Work on Completely Automated Aerial Collision-Avoidance System

Consumer Drone Company Acquires Majority Share in EPFL Start-Up senseFly

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