Hansen Medical, an innovator of intravascular robotics, recently declared that it has received 30 additional U.S. patents since January 2011, thereby augmenting its intellectual property range in medical robotics. In addition, Hansen Medical shares rights to over 250 issued U.S. patents associated with medical robotics via licensing arrangement with third parties.
FIPA has introduced a customized insert-gripper designed for handling inserts in plastic injection-molded parts. The compact solution is touted to be economically feasible even from batch size 1. FIPA insert-grippers are designed for use in various domains such as electronics, pharmaceuticals and automobile industries.
By Kalwinder Kaur
23 Aug 2012
Led by Professor Mark Campbell, and assistant professor Hadas Kress-Gazit, the students at the Cornell's Autonomous Systems Lab in Rhodes Hall are working with a target of revolutionizing the functional capabilities of robots. Several student researchers demonstrated their latest contributions through a project demo during the end of last semester.
By Kalwinder Kaur
23 Aug 2012
A research team has presented a report on adaptive plastic changes in an amputee’s brain after implantation of multielectrode arrays within peripheral nerves. The results have been published in the Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience’s current issue.
By Kalwinder Kaur
22 Aug 2012
CSE-Semaphore declared that it will showcase its SCADA System and RTU products during the 75th Annual Victorian Water Industry Engineers and Operators Conference, which will be held from September 5 to 6, 2012 at the Bendigo Exhibition Centre, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
By Nick Gilbert
22 Aug 2012
Rice University, the University of Houston (UH) and TIRR Memorial Hermann have collaborated on a research that focuses on rapid and complete recovery of stroke survivors. This initiative is supported with a $1.17 M grant from the President's National Robotics Initiative (NRI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
By Kalwinder Kaur
22 Aug 2012
Children’s Medical Center will promote worldwide medical care for children through live airing of two surgeries on the internet. By watching these live videos, doctors can better understand the latest corrective bladder options.
By Kalwinder Kaur
22 Aug 2012
For the first time members of the general public will help select four robots for induction into the Robot Hall of Fame® from a slate of a dozen nominees.
Multi-cellular animals like fruit flies, nematodes, or zebra fish serve as major tools for carrying out research on genetic factors involved in disease process, response to new drugs etc.
By Kalwinder Kaur
21 Aug 2012
University students will test their academic skills during the launch of atmospheric and technology experiments aboard a NASA suborbital sounding rocket. It will be launched from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, on Aug. 23, between 6:30 and 10 a.m.
By Nick Gilbert
20 Aug 2012
Pratica di Mare Air Force Base near Rome, Italy-based MEADS battle manager and launcher was integrated with first Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR).
By Nick Gilbert
20 Aug 2012
NASA Giving Initiative and Relevance to Learning Science (NASA GIRLS) is a pilot mentoring program focused on encouraging girls to pursue their careers in science and technology. Around 21 girls from 12 states extending from New York to Hawaii studying in grades 5-8 have successfully completed this program.
By Kalwinder Kaur
20 Aug 2012
There exists a national security threat impacting U.S. and global-friendly naval operations since the number of enemies who can operate quiet diesel electric submarines is gradually increasing. In order to overcome this national security threat, DARPA presented a contract to Science Applications International recently with regard to Phases 2-4 of its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program.
By Kalwinder Kaur
20 Aug 2012
A media teleconference will be conducted by NASA on Friday, Aug. 17, at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Through this teleconference, status update will be delivered regarding Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
By Kalwinder Kaur
20 Aug 2012
During this year’s International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), Lincoln Electric will provide Magnum PRO Robotic 550 Thru-Arm Welding Gun (exclusive of wire feeder, robotic arm, and power source) and Magnum PRO Robotic 550 External Dress Welding Gun. Two winners will be selected each day from September 10 to 15.