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Indiana University Bloomington Researchers Participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge

Research Projects Agency to develop robots that can execute complex tasks in dangerous, degraded, human-engineered environments. The contest was inspired by the "Fukushima 50," the men who stayed behind at the Japanese plant to work to avert a nuclear meltdown following the earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

8 Nov 2012

Barrett Technology Supplies Robotnik Summit XL Mobile Vehicles to US Navy

The United States Navy has ordered three Robotnik Summit XL mobile platforms from Barrett Technology, in Cambridge, MA, USA. These compact autonomous vehicles are unique because of their special triple combination of (1) independent suspension, (2) independent drives, and (3) omni-directional treads at each of its wheels, enabling unmatched speed and agility.

8 Nov 2012

New Book on Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new book "Medical robotics: Minimally invasive surgery" to their offering.

7 Nov 2012

Molex to Showcase Connectivity Solutions and Critical Components at Automation Fair 2012

Molex Incorporated announces it will showcase a wide range of its Brad® connectivity and communications solutions and Woodhead® electrical products at Automation Fair 2012 in Philadelphia, PA, November 7-8, Molex booth 1417.

From Molex 7 Nov 2012

Boomerang Systems to Provide RoboticValet Parking System to BrickellHouse Development

Boomerang Systems, Inc., (OTCQB: BMER) a leading designer and manufacturer of automated robotic parking and self storage systems, announced today that it has executed an agreement to provide 480 parking spaces via its innovative RoboticValet™ Parking System to the BrickellHouse development in Miami, Fl.

7 Nov 2012

The Detrimental Impact of Unmanned Drones

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, communities in Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere in Asia and the Middle East are being watched. With armed unmanned drones making regular surveillance rounds, civilians in these regions are perpetually reminded that their lives are not private.

7 Nov 2012

Northrop Grumman Maximizes Robotics and Automation to Reduce F-35 Center Fuselage Program Costs

The Royal Australian Air Force's Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Brown, met Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) executives during a visit to the company's F-35 Lightning II production facility in Palmdale on Nov. 2. As part of his visit, Brown received an update on the F-35 program and observed the first F-35 center fuselage being manufactured at Palmdale for the Royal Australian Air Force as part of the low-rate initial production Lot 6.

6 Nov 2012

Trimble Launches Robotic Total Station for the Construction Industry

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the latest hardware and software for its Trimble® Field Link for MEP and Trimble Field Link for Structures construction layout solutions. Incorporating an auto-focus green laser that replaces the eyepiece, the new Trimble RTS873 Robotic Total Station allows building construction contractors the ability to more easily collect and layout field points using robotic interaction.

From Trimble Navigation Limited 6 Nov 2012

Automated Election Verification System to Carry out Independent Verification of Presidential Elections

Massachusetts-based Clear Ballot, the world’s first automated, independent vote-verification system, in alliance with Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., the market leader in document imaging scanners, will carry out the largest ever independent verification of an election cast on paper ballots. Following tomorrow’s highly anticipated presidential election, Clear Ballot will head to Florida and then to New York State to verify over 1.3 million ballots from seven counties across Florida and three counties in New York.

6 Nov 2012

Rockwell Automation Fair 2012: Teledyne DALSA to Showcase Smart Machine Vision Cameras

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in machine vision technology, will showcase its smart cameras and Vision Appliances in Booth 1128 at the Rockwell Automation Fair 2012, a two-day event featuring a wide variety of smart, safe and sustainable manufacturing solutions geared toward improving business profitability.

6 Nov 2012

TowerJazz to Participate at VISION 2012 Conference on Machine Vision Image Sensors

TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced its participation at VISION 2012 on November 6-8, 2012 in Stuttgart, Germany to further its relationships with current image sensor customers and make direct contact with potential new ones.

6 Nov 2012

Live Broadcast of Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Myomectomy

Antonio R. Gargiulo, MD of the Center for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital completed a live surgery for the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), treating a patient suffering from uterine fibroids with a novel robotic surgical approach and a cutting edge laser technology developed at OmniGuide® in Cambridge, MA.

5 Nov 2012

New Navigation Method for Space Robots Earns Top Honors for Research Students

Months of dedication and hard work in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) paid off tonight for three students named National Finalists in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, the nation's premier research competition.

5 Nov 2012

Q-Free ASA Develops Electronic Toll Collection System

First introduced in Norway in the mid-1980’s, Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) has since been adopted and implemented in many countries across the globe. ETC brings many benefits, including vehicle free-flow, reduced traffic congestion, a decrease in harmful emissions and lower vehicle operating costs to name a few.

From Allied Vision Technologies GmbH 3 Nov 2012

NASA's Curiosity Rover Takes Steps to Understand Martian Atmospheric Changes

NASA's car-sized rover, Curiosity, has taken significant steps toward understanding how Mars may have lost much of its original atmosphere.

3 Nov 2012

Robotics News

Indiana University Bloomington Researchers Participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge

Barrett Technology Supplies Robotnik Summit XL Mobile Vehicles to US Navy

New Book on Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery

Molex to Showcase Connectivity Solutions and Critical Components at Automation Fair 2012

Boomerang Systems to Provide RoboticValet Parking System to BrickellHouse Development

The Detrimental Impact of Unmanned Drones

Northrop Grumman Maximizes Robotics and Automation to Reduce F-35 Center Fuselage Program Costs

Trimble Launches Robotic Total Station for the Construction Industry

Automated Election Verification System to Carry out Independent Verification of Presidential Elections

Rockwell Automation Fair 2012: Teledyne DALSA to Showcase Smart Machine Vision Cameras

TowerJazz to Participate at VISION 2012 Conference on Machine Vision Image Sensors

Live Broadcast of Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Myomectomy

New Navigation Method for Space Robots Earns Top Honors for Research Students

Q-Free ASA Develops Electronic Toll Collection System

NASA's Curiosity Rover Takes Steps to Understand Martian Atmospheric Changes

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