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Luraco Technologies Launches Robotics Massage Chair for Salon Industry

Luraco Technologies has introduced the iRobotics massage chair, which can be used in the Salon Industry. The chair has been designed keeping in mind the gruelling demands of the salon industry. The users of the chair get to experience luxury combined with high-end innovative technology.

By Andy Choi 1 Dec 2011

HydroBot from Intellibot Robotics Wins ROBIE Award

The HydroBot from Intellibot Robotics has won the ROBIE Award at the RoboBusiness Leadership Summit, which was held between 2-3 November. Intellibot Robotics has shifted its headquarters to Portland, Oregon from Richmond.

By Andy Choi 1 Dec 2011

CyberOptics to Demonstrate Final Version of WaferSense Airborne Particle Sensor

CyberOptics will be giving a demonstration of the final production version of the WaferSense Airborne Particle Sensor (APS) at Semicon, which will be held in Japan during 5 to 7 December.

By Andy Choi 1 Dec 2011

GeckoSystems to Propagate Usage of Robotic Wheelchairs

GeckoSystems signs a joint venture with Nanle Electric Wheelchair, a Chinese Company for popularising the usage of mobile robotic technology in wheelchairs.

From GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. 1 Dec 2011

Automated Suturing Device from Covidien Helps Minimise Operating Time and Costs

Covidian has introduced Endo Stitch, which is an automated suturing device that can be used in the operation room for suturing after surgery. By using the Endo Stitch, the cost and the time consumed for operations such as laparoscopic hysterectomies etc., are reduced considerably.

By Andy Choi 1 Dec 2011

Northrop Grumman Tests Unmanned X-47B Flight with Pratt Whitney’s Engine

Northrop Grumman has tested the first flight of X-47B aircraft, which uses the F100-PW-220U engine and exhaust system from Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies company.

By Andy Choi 30 Nov 2011

Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests X-47B Unmanned Aircraft

Northrop Grumman has announced that it has successfully completed the first flight of the X-47B flight as part of the unmanned combat air system carrier demonstration (UCAS-D) on Nov 22 at Edwards Air Force Base.

By Andy Choi 30 Nov 2011

MIT Professor Works on Developing Scout Robots

Nicholas Roy, who is an associate professor at MIT for astronautics and aeronautics and his team of students are in the process of developing robots, which will have the ability to navigate through unknown territory.

By Andy Choi 30 Nov 2011

Ablation Device from Microsulis Used in da Vinci Surgical Robotic System

The Accu2i pMTA applicator, which is a percutaneous microwave needle with high power from a medical device development company Microsulis, has become the first ablation device to be used in a liver surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System.

By Andy Choi 30 Nov 2011

Health Robotics to Introduce Auxiliary Mini Robot for i.v.STATIONs at ASHP Meet

Health Robotics has announced that it will launch a new fully automatic auxiliary mini robot designed for sterile compounding auxiliary jobs and Monoclonal Antibodies at the 46th Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP), which will be held in New Orleans, USA from 4 to 8 December 2011.

By Andy Choi 30 Nov 2011

Mobile Robotics Provider, GeckoSystems Signs NDA with UK-Based Defence Manufacturer

GeckoSystems International has signed a bilateral non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with a defence manufacturer to form a joint venture which will emphasise on research and development and marketing projects in the US and European Union.

From GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. 30 Nov 2011

American Fitness Trainer to Promote iJoy Swivel Robotic Massage Chair

Human Touch has taken the help of the American fitness trainer, Tony Little, for marketing the iJoy-2720 Swivel Robotic Massage Chair. Human Touch will be marketing the robotic massage chair through the Home Shopping Network.

By Andy Choi 29 Nov 2011

Research and Markets Releases Report on Global Analysis on Robot Industry

Research and Markets has released a new report titled, ‘Analyzing the Global Robots Industry’. The report discusses the trend of the robotic market and predicts that the revenue from the market is will reach 30 billion by the year 2016.

By Andy Choi 29 Nov 2011

Robocast Employs Robots for Neurosurgery

EU-funded researchers have invented a robot to assist neurosurgeons in brain surgery for its accurate performance and remarkable memory. The Robocast project, which received €3.45M from the EU, focused on a robot-assisted keyhole neurosurgery, performed through the burr hole in the skull.

By Andy Choi 29 Nov 2011

Expecting EPFL Robots in School Classrooms Shortly

Constructing an instructive tool to get students interested in technology and robotics is the challenge being initiated by a team of researchers directed by Fancesco Mondada, at EPFL’s Robotics Systems Laboratory.

By Andy Choi 29 Nov 2011