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Midlands Design + Manufacturing Show to Include Machine Vision Systems of DALSA and STEMMER IMAGING

Midlands Design & Manufacturing Show will include DALSA’s single point and multipoint inspection systems and STEMMER IMAGING’s CVS Image Station Compact EOS-1000n, working on the Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology.

From STEMMER IMAGING GmbH 5 Feb 2011

Radwell to Launch European Headquarters in Staffordshire

Radwell International, provider of industrial automation solutions, will soon open its European headquarters in Staffordshire. The new office measures 50,000 sq ft and is located in the Lymedale Business Park.

5 Feb 2011

PI Releases New Linear Accelerator for Automation Applications

PI has released the M-272 linear actuator, ideal for automation applications. It is developed based on the PILine ultrasonic ceramic motor that does not require maintenance.

5 Feb 2011

MVTec Partners Nvidia to Develop New Machine Vision Solution

MVTec has partnered with Nvidia to build an innovative machine-vision solution to enhance the product supervision process.

From MVTec Software GmbH 5 Feb 2011

IVC Acquires Remote Monitoring Systems Developer, Longwatch

Industrial Video and Control (IVC) has declared the acquisition of Longwatch, leading developer of video management software for several applications related to process control and industrial automation segments.

5 Feb 2011

Lawrence Technological University Forms Autonomous Vehicles and Robotic Systems Student Committee

Michigan’s first ‘Autonomous Vehicles and Robotic Systems Student Committee’ has been created by Lawrence Technological University.

5 Feb 2011

IEI Launches IMBA-G410 ATX Motherboard for Industrial Automation Applications

ICP Electronics (IEI) has released the IMBA-G410 ATX motherboard, ideal for several applications related to security networking and industrial automation segments.

5 Feb 2011

Bot Squad Wins Second Prize in State Level FIRST Robotics Contest

The Bot Squad robotics team formed by 10 students from Churchland Elementary and Tyro Middle schools, has received the second prize under Innovative Design category at the state level FIRST robotics contest.

5 Feb 2011

Salt Lake City's KUTV Deploys DAS’ Emergency Alert Monitoring System

Digital Alert Systems (DAS), developer of emergency alert systems (EAS), and common alerting protocol (CAP), has declared that KUTV is deploying their emergency alert monitoring system along with DASDEC Intelligent Remote (DASDEC-IR) units.

5 Feb 2011

University of Warwick Mobile Robotics Team to Develop Rescue Robot

Matthew Dodds, an electronics engineer, is working with seven students of the University of Warwick Mobile Robotics team to build a perfect rescue robot for winning the first prize in the European RoboCup Rescue Championship.

3 Feb 2011

NUS Researchers Develop Automated Helicopter-like Surveying Robots

A group of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have built helicopter-like robots that can move indoors. These automated robots can be deployed in investigation, search and rescue operations.

3 Feb 2011

HEIDENHAIN Releases New Rotary Encoder for Automation Applications

HEIDENHAIN has launched ECI 119, the latest rotary encoder, ideal for electric motors in several applications involved in electronics, automation, plastic injection molding equipments and packaging segments.

From HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION 3 Feb 2011

Great Western Hospital Receives IT Innovation Award for Pharmacy Robots

Great Western Hospital has received the IT Innovation Award for including the Wall-E and Eve robots in its pharmacy. The Health Business Awards identifies projects from NHS’ business segments and has honored GWH for its pharmacy robots.

3 Feb 2011

RE2 to Develop a Dual-Arm Robot and Software Simulation Tool

RE2 has declared that DARPA has chosen their company to build a dual-arm robot and its associated software simulation tool for the Outreach Track of the four-year Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) program.

3 Feb 2011

CMU Researchers to Develop Snake-Like Robots

Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University are developing serpentine robots that can glide into organs like the heart during surgical procedures. These organs are unsafe to perform an open surgery.

3 Feb 2011