RE2 recently declared that its ForeRunner Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) has won the Endurance Challenge, Dismounted Support Category at the Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) 2012 Counter-IED Robotics Challenge codncuted on June 28 at Fort Benning, Georgia.
By Nick Gilbert
5 Jul 2012
Emmen Aerospace recently declared that it will be renamed as BOSH Technologies, an associate of The BOSH Group (TBG), and this will be effective from October 1, 2012.
By Kalwinder Kaur
5 Jul 2012
The DARPA's UAVForge was carried out to resolve the development capability of a loosely-connected community of UAV enthusiasts for designing militarily relevant back-pack portable UAV with specific capabilities.
By Kalwinder Kaur
5 Jul 2012
QComp Technologies declared that its exclusive product line has been upgraded with the latest addition of newly improved Solo Case Packer. The original Robotic Solo Case Packer of QComp was developed to conserve space and pack individual products within shipping containers having up to 30 layer picks per minute.
Health Robotics declared that offsite Batch Sterile Compounding Centers are becoming a major trend in the efforts carried out by USA's hospital pharmacies to reduce the IVs price premiums which are being incurred with companies like Ameridose and Pharmedium for custom IV production as well as for Pre-Mix/Frozen solutions with Baxter, Hospira and B.Braun.
By Kalwinder Kaur
4 Jul 2012
CHAD Industries declared that it will display automated wafer handling of electrostatic wafers carriers featuring automated SMIF pod delivery at SEMICON West 2012 in San Francisco.
By Kalwinder Kaur
4 Jul 2012
University of Granada researchers have developed an artificial cerebellum (a biologically-inspired adaptive microcircuit) that controls a robotic arm with human-like precision.
Mazor Robotics declared that its Renaissance system has been procured by Florida Hospital for Children in Orlando, Florida. Renaissance is Mazor’s advanced robotic surgical guidance system effective for spine surgeries. This highly-featured platform is a unique robotic technology specifically developed for spine surgery.
New market research report titled ‘industrial robotics market - global forecast & analysis by applications, functions, product & geography (2012 - 2017)’ has been released by MarketsandMarkets. According to this report, the total industrial robotics market will reach $32.8 B by 2017 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.0% from 2012 to 2017.
By Kalwinder Kaur
3 Jul 2012
Mazor Robotics declared that Southwest NeuroSpine Institute located in El Paso, Texas has procured its Renaissance system. Renaissance is Mazor’s next-generation robotic surgical guidance system effective for spine surgeries. Renaissance is a unique robotic technology platform particularly developed for spine surgery.
DARPA’s UAVForge, a crowdsourcing competition that targets designing and developing an advanced small unmanned air vehicle (UAV), was conducted to resolve the manufacturing potential of UAV innovators to develop militarily relevant back-pack portable UAV with special features.
By Kalwinder Kaur
2 Jul 2012
Directed by Professor Peter Stone, UT Austin Villa, a computer science student team has achieved two 2012 Robot Soccer World Cup division championships at RoboCup 2012 in Mexico City last week.
By Nick Gilbert
2 Jul 2012
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated that an outside source can commandeer the GPS signals of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone. This approach will enable implementing a new federal mandate, through which the U.S. airspace can have many civilian drones by 2015.
By Nick Gilbert
2 Jul 2012
By swinging their large tails one way, lizards turn around their body the other way. The momentum and the related movement of lizards have been reported in a recent study that was presented on 29th June during at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting in Salzburg, Austria. 'RightingBot', a lizard-inspired robot replicates this approach.
By Kalwinder Kaur
2 Jul 2012
Innovation First International, a developer of the world-recognized HEXBUG Micro Robotic Creatures brand, recently declared that it has released its family-based innovative product series of advanced robotic toys within the Indian market.
By Kalwinder Kaur
2 Jul 2012