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First Licensed Fully Autonomous Car Drives Around Berlin

AutoNOMOs Labs, a German Federal Ministry of Education and Research funded university project, has developed the first fully autonomous car, ‘MadeInGermany,’ for driving on the highways and streets of Brandenburg and Berlin states.

By Andy Choi 21 Sep 2011

RIO Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System Available for Total Hip Arthroplasty

MAKO surgical system has launched the RIO robotic arm interactive orthopaedic system in the market for aiding MAKOplasty total hip arthroplasty and total hip replacement procedures.

By Andy Choi 21 Sep 2011

Graphical Character Robot Performs Live Alongside Toyota Corolla

Hatsune Miku is a completely graphically created vocal and visual character developed by Crypton Future Media in the year 2007. The voice of Hatsune Miku has been used in as many as 100,000 songs and videos created by users.

By Andy Choi 21 Sep 2011

IMRIS Collaborates with MDA to Complete the MR Guided Surgical Robot

IMRIS and MacDonald Associates have come together in order to complete the development of the MR guided surgical robotic system. The final phase developmental work is an extension of the developmental work accomplished by the two companies so far.

By Andy Choi 21 Sep 2011

Upgraded Version of Rolls Royce UAV Engine Successfully Completes Air Force Flight Test

The growth variant of the AE 3007H engine for UAVs from Rolls Royce has cleared the flight tests conducted by the US Air Force. These flight tests are entirely funded by the US Air Force.

By Andy Choi 21 Sep 2011

Flexible Assembly Line Concept Featuring Robots for Aircraft Assembly

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Project Group Joining and Assembly FFM, which is part of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM have come up with a new approach to assembling aircraft parts.

By Andy Choi 21 Sep 2011

NASA Invites Registrations for its Sample Return Robot Challenge

The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) agency of the US in collaboration with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has announced that the registrations for the Sample Return Robot Challenge are open.

By Andy Choi 21 Sep 2011

Health Robotics Receives Club Meccatronica Award for Life-Critical Medication Robots

Health Robotics has received the fifth Annual Edition of the Club Meccatronica Award. This award is presented to companies excelling in the field of mechatronics, a discipline which combines electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering.

By Andy Choi 21 Sep 2011

K.U.Leuven Researchers Develop Automated Self Steering Tractor for Organic Farming

The Mechatronics, Biostatistics and Sensors division (MeBioS) of the K.U.Leuven Biosystems department and the Flanders’ Mechatronics Technology Centre have jointly developed a fully automated robotic tractor, which has self steering capability.

By Andy Choi 21 Sep 2011

Self-Steering Automated Tractor

As a farmer wouldn’t you be happy to leave the tractor to perform its own ploughing in the fields? No need to get up earlier than the sun to get a start on the day, just program your self-steering robotic tractor the night before and enjoy your sleep.

By Andy Choi 20 Sep 2011

Iron Man-Style Exoskeletons Could be Reality in 30 years

If you loved the motion picture ‘Iron Man’ you will be interested in what the researchers at the University of Victoria in British Colombia have to say. They believe that a sci-fi robotic suit could become a reality in the next three decades.

By Andy Choi 19 Sep 2011

Panasonic's Evolta Robot to Tackle Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii

The Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii, regarded as one of the toughest endurance events in the world, has been organized since the year 1978. The competition includes athletes competing in events which test them to the absolute limit of human capabilities. However this year the competition will see an unusual entry, Panasonic’s tiny Evolta robot.

From Panasonic Corporation of North America 19 Sep 2011