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iStopOver Chooses Interactive Alarm Monitoring from SafeMart

iStopOver chooses home security systems from SafeMart to provide for their Hosts. The home security systems from SafeMart are specifically designed for vacation rental and accommodations provided for a short time.

By Andy Choi 12 Aug 2011

CENIT Sets Up Subsidiary Firm in Japan for Offline Robot Programming

CENIT AG has established its own subsidiary in Japan which will be focussing on providing software and consulting solutions in product lifecycle management.

By Andy Choi 12 Aug 2011

Mars Rover Opportunity at Edge of New Discoveries

The Mars rover Opportunity has now reached the edge of a 14 mile wide crater NASA scientists announced on Wednesday. It has taken the solar-powered six wheel rover three years to reach the Endeavor Crater. It drove up 13 miles from a smaller crater called Victoria.

By Andy Choi 11 Aug 2011

MesaMax Workstation from MaxVision Chosen by AAI for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

MesaMax, the rugged workstation from MaxVision is set to become an important component of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems One System Ground Control Station (OSGCS) at AAI.

By Andy Choi 11 Aug 2011

Sokkia Gyro Station Combines Gyroscope and Robotic Total Station Functionalities

Sokkia has launched a Gyro Station which can be used in surveying and in providing sophisticated solutions for tunnelling, railroad, power line and underground construction projects.

By Andy Choi 11 Aug 2011

OMRON Launches Next-Generation Sysmac Machine Automation Controllers

Omron has unveiled a new series of programmable logic controllers and corresponding software. The new Sysmac NJ series of controllers are an effort of Omron’s innovative strategy, called Value generation 2020.

By Andy Choi 11 Aug 2011

MountainView Hospital Uses Robotic da Vinci Si HD Surgical System for Weight Loss Treatment

MountainView Hospital has introduced a robotic surgery program at its premises by installing the advanced da Vinci Si HD Surgical System. Surgery assisted by a robotic system requires minimum incision and is effective in treating a host of medical conditions such as colon, throat, prostrate and gynaecologic cancer.

By Andy Choi 11 Aug 2011

Robotic Arm to Collect Geological Samples in Space

A robotic arm will help astronauts take samples from asteroids, the Moon and Mars from within pressurized vehicles in the future. A team of international space scientists at the Mars Institute are working with the space robotics company MDA Information System Inc. to design and test a robotic arm that could help astronauts collect these geological samples.

By Andy Choi 10 Aug 2011

Micro-Robots From Free Floating Particles

At the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois researchers have come up with tiny robots that can make forms that help them shift objects four times their size. The half millimeter wide robots called "asters" assemble themselves from free floating particles animated by magnetic fields.

By Andy Choi 10 Aug 2011

Goodrich Displays Smart UAV Technologies at AUVSI 2011

Goodrich has announced plans of displaying their UAV technologies at AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America, which will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center from August 16 to August 19, 2011.

By Andy Choi 10 Aug 2011

China Medical Technologies Join Hands with Leica Biosystems for Marketing Automated FISH Kits

China Medical Technologies and Leica Biosystems enter into a sales, research and development collaboration for the development and marketing of automated fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) kits that will be used with Leica BOND systems.

By Andy Choi 10 Aug 2011

Gates Corporation Presents Scholarships to Participants of FIRST Robotics Corporation

Gates Corporation has declared that they have presented the participants of the FIRST Robotics competition with scholarships. The six high school students have used Gates belt drive on the robots used for the competition.

From Gates Corporation 10 Aug 2011

Marlin Steel Wire Products Installs TrumpfTruBend Robotic Brake for Speed and Safety

Marlin Steel Wire products has added a new high-speed robot to its robotics fleet. Precision of up to 10 µm and 0.25 º at a force of 132 t is achievable with the robot. Installing the robot greatly enhances the quality and efficiency of work.

From Marlin Steel Wire Products LLC 10 Aug 2011

Broadcasting Automation with a Camera Robot

Camerobot Systems GmbH, a Bavarian company, has introduced a new approach to broadcasting. Camerobot is an Ultra-precise robot system for the automated movement of film and studio cameras in live broadcasting and/or VR sets. The system solves a number of long standing challenges on live and virtual studio sets.

By Andy Choi 9 Aug 2011

U.S Navy Looks to Develop Robotic Submarine Drones

The US Navy is looking to develop robotic submarine drones that can stay at sea for extended periods of time so as to maintain its maritime dominance over the coming decades.

By Andy Choi 9 Aug 2011