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Sengistix and CRSI Promote Ohio Remote Monitoring

Sengistix and Champaign Residential Services have declared a partnership in order to offer remote monitoring services enabled by the Individual Options waiver rule of Ohio from the Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD).

By Andy Choi 31 Mar 2012

BZ Gel with Excellent Oscillating Property- A Boon to Robotics

Researchers at Pitt and MIT complete the first demonstration of oscillating gels. These gels, when subjected to mechanical pressure, are capable of being revived.

By Andy Choi 31 Mar 2012

OLogic’s New Kickstarter to Support Oddwerx Smartphone Robot for Android and iPhone

The Oddwerx Autonomous Smartphone Robot transforms the iPhone or Android phone into an autonomous robot. Oddwerx is OLogic’s brainchild and supports a majority of advanced robotics R&D projects including Google Cellbots project, Willow Garage’s ROS, and MyRobots’ Cloud Robotics.

By Andy Choi 31 Mar 2012

National Robotics Competition at Walter.E.Washington Convention Center

Funded by NASA and other organizations, an international student robotics competition is being conducted on March 30 and 31, 2012. The event takes place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW, in Washington. Several media representatives have been invited for the event, which is open to public.

By Andy Choi 31 Mar 2012

Researchers Develop Humanoid Robot Cyberplasm for Detecting Human Diseases

Supported by the UK-based Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the USA-based National Science Foundation (NSF), a tiny prototype humanoid robot is being developed for the detection of human diseases.

By Andy Choi 31 Mar 2012

Adept Technology Showcases Quattro s650 Robot at INDUSTRIE Paris 2012 show

Adept Technology, a supplier of autonomous mobile solutions and intelligent robots declared that it will exhibit its range of simplified solutions this week at the INDUSTRIE Paris 2012 show in Paris, France at the Paris Nord Villepinte.

By Andy Choi 31 Mar 2012

Luna Innovations and Intuitive Surgical Enter Development and Supply Agreement

Luna Innovations recently declared that following its commercial agreement with Intuitive Surgical, its development initiative will be extended through 2012. This partnership will enable the development of Intuitive’s medical robotic products being incorporated with the shape and position sensing technology of Luna.

By Andy Choi 30 Mar 2012

GeckoSystems Offers SafePath Technology for Mobile Robots Systems

GeckoSystems recently declared that its portfolio of fundamental mobile robot solutions for automatic, self-navigation was designated ‘SafePath Enabled.’ This validation was presented as a result of improvements and upgrades implemented on GeckoNav.

From GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. 30 Mar 2012

Gates Promotes Annual Regional FIRST Robotics Competition through Sponsorship

With support from Gates Corporation, over 1,000 students from Colorado proceeded to 2012 FIRST Robotics Colorado Regional Competition, on 23 March. The Mexican and Colorado area students exhibited their robots in the Annual Regional Competition, following a six week project on designing and constructing an original robot.

From Gates Corporation 30 Mar 2012