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NAO Becomes the Widely Used Humanoid Robot for Learning STEM

Last October, NAO was named the best robot for education as part of the "Robot Hall of Fame®" Competition organized by Carnegie Mellon.

23 Nov 2012

Stapleton Group’s Wireless Communications and Home Automation Portfolios Up for Sale

ICAP Patent Brokerage announces for auction wireless communications and home automation technologies from The Stapleton Group, Inc., which describe techniques for intruder detection security software; air monitoring, thermostat monitoring, and electrical power system load management devices for energy reduction; leak detection, bi-directional sensors, conformal repeater units and signal strength measurement devices; and animal monitoring and training methods. This portfolio will be included in the 17th ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on November 29, 2012, at The Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, California.

22 Nov 2012

JSC OGCC KazStroy Service Places Order for ABB Power Products

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $11 million, from JSC OGCC KazStroy Service, an EPC contractor, for high and medium voltage substation equipment that will facilitate power supply to a new Hydrocarbons production complex being built as part of the Atyrau refinery in Kazakhstan, and expected to be commissioned in 2013.

22 Nov 2012

Intravascular Robotics Provider Hansen Medical to Participate at Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference

Hansen Medical, Inc, a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced that President and CEO, Bruce Barclay, is scheduled to present at the 24th Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference. The conference is being held November 27-28, 2012, at the New York Palace Hotel, in New York, NY. Hansen Medical is scheduled to present on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

From Auris Surgical Robotics Inc. 22 Nov 2012

Volvo-Led European Project on Robotic Road Train

In car commercials every road is clear and curvy; every vista is framed by mountains and the sea. But in real life, driving is often a pain because you must glue your eyes to the surrounding traffic.

22 Nov 2012

Hughes Satellite-Based Airborne Communications Solutions for Unmanned Airborne Platforms

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) will showcase its highly innovative range of satellite-based airborne communications solutions at the 14th annual Global MilSatCom Conference and Exhibition, which will be held at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel and Conference Centre, London from 27-29 November 2012.

21 Nov 2012

NASA Selects Ball Aerospace to Build Space-Based Air Pollutant Monitoring System

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. is part of a team selected to build the first space-based instrument to monitor major air pollutants across the North American continent for NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) mission.

From Ball Aerospace 20 Nov 2012

Global Market for Home Automation Services Witnesses Strong Growth

The global market for home automation services saw strong growth during 2012, driven by a wave of new entrants and offerings in the North American market. The US in particular leads in deployments and new shipments - acting as a bellwether for markets around the world.

From ABI Research 20 Nov 2012

Xilinx to Exhibit Advanced Industrial Automation Applications at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2012

Xilinx, Inc. today announced it will demonstrate advanced industrial automation applications and technology based on its Zynq™-7000 All Programmable SoCs at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2012 being held in Nuremberg, Germany, November 27-29, 2012.

20 Nov 2012

Health Robotics Announces ASHP Mid-Year Plans

Health Robotics today disclosed its ASHP Mid-Year plans to emphasize its superior solutions for Health-Systems to deal with the recent industry problems due to outsourced sterile compounding company closures, shortages and safety risks, together with its unparalleled advances in Oncology Sterile Compounding at the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Meeting & Exhibition, to be held in Las Vegas on 2-5 December 2012 (Booth 853).

20 Nov 2012

Garmin to Supply Avionics Suite for New Optionally Piloted Aircraft

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today that Northrop Grumman Corporation has selected Garmin to supply the avionics suite for the new Firebird, an optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.

20 Nov 2012

Innovative Robotic Technique Better Tracks Tumor Motion for Precise Radiation

Medical physicists at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center are one step closer to bringing a new tumor-tracking technique into the clinic that delivers higher levels of radiation to moving tumors, while sparing healthy tissue in lung cancer patients.

20 Nov 2012

Northrop Grumman, US Navy Perform Ground Testing on Second Triton Unmanned Aircraft

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have added a second Triton unmanned aircraft to ground testing efforts in late September – part of an initial step in preparation for flight operations.

20 Nov 2012

CU-Boulder’s Remote Sensing Instrument Package Delivered for Mars Spacecraft Integration

A $20 million remote sensing instrument package built by the University of Colorado Boulder, which is leading a 2013 NASA mission to understand how Mars might have lost its atmosphere, has been delivered to Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., for spacecraft integration.

19 Nov 2012

Huddling Penguin Model May Help Design Swarming Robots

Penguins that face the bitter cold and icy winds of Antarctica often huddle together in large groups for warmth during storms. Mathematicians at the University of California, Merced created a model of penguin huddles that assumes each penguin aims solely to minimize its own heat loss.

19 Nov 2012

Robotics News

NAO Becomes the Widely Used Humanoid Robot for Learning STEM

Stapleton Group’s Wireless Communications and Home Automation Portfolios Up for Sale

JSC OGCC KazStroy Service Places Order for ABB Power Products

Intravascular Robotics Provider Hansen Medical to Participate at Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference

Volvo-Led European Project on Robotic Road Train

Hughes Satellite-Based Airborne Communications Solutions for Unmanned Airborne Platforms

NASA Selects Ball Aerospace to Build Space-Based Air Pollutant Monitoring System

Global Market for Home Automation Services Witnesses Strong Growth

Xilinx to Exhibit Advanced Industrial Automation Applications at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2012

Health Robotics Announces ASHP Mid-Year Plans

Garmin to Supply Avionics Suite for New Optionally Piloted Aircraft

Innovative Robotic Technique Better Tracks Tumor Motion for Precise Radiation

Northrop Grumman, US Navy Perform Ground Testing on Second Triton Unmanned Aircraft

CU-Boulder’s Remote Sensing Instrument Package Delivered for Mars Spacecraft Integration

Huddling Penguin Model May Help Design Swarming Robots

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