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RIA Awards New Certified Robot Integrator Designation to Wynright

Wynright Corporation, the leading independent, U.S.-based provider of intelligent material handling systems, today announced it has earned the new Certified Robot Integrator designation from the prestigious Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s foremost trade group.

3 Nov 2012

Agilent’s Encore Multispan Liquid Handling System Enables New Automation Capabilities

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the Encore Multispan Liquid Handling System, featuring an array of unique technological advances in a single instrument. The Encore Multispan Liquid Handling System is unlike any other instrument available today and will enable new automation capabilities that improve every stage of the research process.

3 Nov 2012

Mars Rover Team Participates in Space Frontiers Lecture Series at Rice University

For starters, here are three things you probably don’t know about the latest Mars rover, the car-sized rover that landed on the red planet in August:

3 Nov 2012

Roboticists Meet for Symposia on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics

Leading robotics researchers from 10 countries will meet at Texas A&M University Nov. 5-8 for the annual IEEE Symposia on Safety Security and Rescue Robotics.

2 Nov 2012

Quantum and CDS Partner to Develop Imaging Technology for Landmine Detecting Robotic Vehicles

After presenting Clelland DataSciences (CDS) with a term sheet, Quantum International Corp. has begun its final round of talks with the cutting-edge technology company before the parties agree to enter a joint venture.

2 Nov 2012

Low-Cost, Tactical GPS Strike Weapons for UAV Platforms

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and the U.S. Army Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (ARDEC) have successfully demonstrated a GPS-guided munition for use on small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV).

2 Nov 2012

UAVs and Commercial Aircraft Can Fly Cooperatively and Safely

Since the arrival of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on the global military stage well over a decade ago, they've proved capable of operating effectively in a number of roles.

2 Nov 2012

Autonomous Flying Robot Maneuvers around Obstacles

Cornell researchers have created an autonomous flying robot that is as smart as a bird when it comes to maneuvering around obstacles.

1 Nov 2012

Wave Powered Autonomous Marine Robot Transmits Weather Data during Hurricane Sandy

Liquid Robotics®, an ocean data service provider and developer of the Wave Glider®, the first wave powered autonomous marine robot, reports one of their Wave Gliders named Mercury battled through Hurricane Sandy and successfully piloted through winds up to 70 knots, all the while transmitting weather data in real time.

From Liquid Robotics 1 Nov 2012

KUKA Introduces KR AGILUS Small Robot Series at Pack Expo 2012

Visit KUKA Robotics in booth N-4709 during Pack Expo 2012 to see innovative robotic solutions with new product introductions and demonstrations on how automation can bring efficiency to the packaging and palletizing process.

From KUKA Aktiengesellschaft 1 Nov 2012

Searchable, Crowdsourced Map of the Global Robotics Industry

Robotics AlleyTM, a robotics industry public-private initiative based in Minnesota, has unveiled the world’s first searchable, crowdsourced map of the booming global robotics industry. Already populated with more than 1,300 robotics-related organizations from around the world, TheRoboticsMap.com integrates best practices from open-source intelligence gathering and crowdsourcing to build a flexible, ever-expanding map of robotics organizations, including manufacturers, suppliers, research organizations and university robotics departments.

1 Nov 2012

Crawling Robots to Help Infants with Cerebral Palsy

Learning to crawl comes naturally for most infants, but those with cerebral palsy lack the muscle strength and coordination to perform the 25 individual movements required for crawling. With a $1.135 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation's National Robotics Initiative, University of Oklahoma researchers from the Norman and Health Sciences Center campuses are combining robotics, machine learning and brain imaging to assist infants with CP with the challenging, life-altering skill.

1 Nov 2012

New Measure to Aid Testing of Prosthetic Arms

Amputees with a new prosthetic arm must learn how to use their device to perform everyday tasks that were once second nature. Taking off a shirt becomes a conscious, multistep effort: grasp the shirt, lift the shirt over the head, pull arms through the sleeves, place the shirt on the table, let go of the shirt.

1 Nov 2012

Vanderbilt Exoskeleton Provides More Independence for People with Severe Spinal Cord Injuries

The dream of regaining the ability to stand up and walk has come closer to reality for people paralyzed below the waist who thought they would never take another step.

31 Oct 2012

Teleconference Update on NASA Curiosity Rover's Mission to Mars' Gale Crater

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. PDT Tuesday, Oct. 30, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.

31 Oct 2012

Robotics News

RIA Awards New Certified Robot Integrator Designation to Wynright

Agilent’s Encore Multispan Liquid Handling System Enables New Automation Capabilities

Mars Rover Team Participates in Space Frontiers Lecture Series at Rice University

Roboticists Meet for Symposia on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics

Quantum and CDS Partner to Develop Imaging Technology for Landmine Detecting Robotic Vehicles

Low-Cost, Tactical GPS Strike Weapons for UAV Platforms

UAVs and Commercial Aircraft Can Fly Cooperatively and Safely

Autonomous Flying Robot Maneuvers around Obstacles

Wave Powered Autonomous Marine Robot Transmits Weather Data during Hurricane Sandy

KUKA Introduces KR AGILUS Small Robot Series at Pack Expo 2012

Searchable, Crowdsourced Map of the Global Robotics Industry

Crawling Robots to Help Infants with Cerebral Palsy

New Measure to Aid Testing of Prosthetic Arms

Vanderbilt Exoskeleton Provides More Independence for People with Severe Spinal Cord Injuries

Teleconference Update on NASA Curiosity Rover's Mission to Mars' Gale Crater

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