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RoboRugby Competition Held in UCD Campus

The University College Dublin (UCD) campus was the venue, where the Rugby Robots were exhibited by the first year engineering students who had created them for the Siemens RoboRugby competition finals.

By Andy Choi 28 Apr 2011

RobotWorx Converts Arms of Old Industrial Robots into Servo Postioners

Retrofitting and recycling old robot arms into positioners is the new and latest green technique, and this would provide customers low cost workcell components.

By Andy Choi 28 Apr 2011

PhillieBot to Mark its Debut During the Phillies Game

The PhillieBot, a custom built robot, made its debut in the Phillies Brewers game at 12:45 pm by throwing out the first pitch during the Philadelphia Science Festival.

By Andy Choi 28 Apr 2011

Prosthetic Hand Invented by Iowa Girl Scouts Wins Global Innovation Award

A group of Girl Scouts consisting of girls from the age group of 11-13 years, called the Flying Monkeys who were from Ames in Iowa, have developed a prosthetic hand for helping a three year old girl child to write.

By Andy Choi 28 Apr 2011

Wireless Data Solutions Demonstrated at Automation and Power World Conference

FreeWave Technologies, a company manufacturing the highly reliable licensed radios and spread spectrum for vital data transmission, gave a demonstration of their wireless data radio solutions such as the FGR2-PE and the IO Sensor Module

By Andy Choi 28 Apr 2011

Cancer Centers in US and Switzerland Utilize Protura Robotic Patient Positioning and UCT Systems

The Universal Couchtop (UCT) and Protura Robotic Patient Positioning System, developed by CIVCO Medical Solutions, have been installed in the Zurich University in Switzerland and in the Moores Cancer Center in San Diego in the US, two top cancer centers for clinical use.

By Andy Choi 28 Apr 2011

Motorola Mobility Foundation-Sponsored Teams Advance in FIRST Robotics Competition

The Motorola Mobility Foundation had sponsored some teams this year for the FIRST Robotics Competition. The For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology robotics competition was founded by Dean Kamen to help inspire young students to become science and technology leaders.

By Andy Choi 27 Apr 2011

NASA Robotics Technology is Being Used at Fukushima Nuclear Plant

NASA technology is being put to good use at the site of the Japanese nuclear power plant disaster. The design techniques that were used by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena in California were used for the Mars rover are the same design now being used inside the nuclear reactors in Japan in areas that are not yet safe for human crews to visit.

By Andy Choi 27 Apr 2011

2098B Team from Waukesha Participate in VEX World Robotics Championship

A robotics group consisting of three students from the Waukesha STEM Academy, the 2098B, have competed last week in the 2010-11 VEX World Championships in Orlando in Florida at the ESPN Wide World of Sorts.

By Andy Choi 27 Apr 2011

Vision Systems to Enhance Next Generation Industrial Robots

Most of the present day robots function in a greatly structured environment, where both the workstation and the workpiece are known.

By Andy Choi 27 Apr 2011

Service Agreement Signed by Titan Medical and SenseGraphics

Titan Medical has declared that it has entered into a service agreement with the leader in haptic and three-dimensional software simulation, SenseGraphics.

By Andy Choi 27 Apr 2011

Neurosurgeon Performs Brain Surgery Using Robotic Technology

For the first time, a neurosurgeon in Quebec has completed a procedure by removing a brain tumor from a patient, utilizing a three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging and a robotic arm. Dr. David Fortin performed the innovative surgery at the Sherbrooke University Hospital last fall.

By Andy Choi 27 Apr 2011