BIOTRONIK announced the results of the ECOST randomised controlled trial. BIOTRONIK is a producer of implantable cardiac devices for remote monitoring.
AgSense received a patent for its remote irrigation management system. AgSense enjoys the distinction of being the first to incorporate web based GPS technology in its system for controlling a pivot remotely and to program the speed of the gun tables.
In 2008, AeroVironment declared that they had received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the development of a mobile, stealthy, persistent perch and stare (SP2S) unmanned aircraft system.
Royal Philips Electronics has launched the IntelliVue MX40 globally. The IntelliVue MX40 is a patient monitor that can be worn by patients especially ambulatory patients and while they are being moved from one place to the other.
The Austrian Science Fund is currently working on a project that focuses on the efficiency and motion safety of robots. The research work involves the use of mathematical equations for improving the control of the robot’s movements.
Magnetecs has sold its Robotic Catheter Guidance Control and Imaging system (CGCI) to the Yonsei University Severance Hospital located in South Korea.
Health Robotics has announced its financial results for the six month period 1H2011. The Gross Revenues hit $9.4 million and Gross Margins were at $7.3 million. These represented an increase of 42% and 72% compared to the previous year.
The Creative Machine Lab researchers at the Cornell University have managed to get two ‘chatbots’ to hold a conversation. The chatbots are essentially computer programs designed to seamlessly communicate with humans.
A team of scientists in Canada conducted an interesting set of experiments in northern Labrador this week. The Canadian researchers put a small robot through a simulated moon mission at the impact crater at Kamestastinb Lake.
Seiko Epson has unveiled the Vision Guide, an image processing system for high-speed and high-accuracy detection of the position, shape and alignment of operations that have been completed by industrial robots.
Kathy Mosler from Paradise Robotics enlisted a group of 4th graders from the Extended Self-Contained Elementary School, Illinois, for helping in building of robots for customer demonstrations.
BIOTRONIK has announced that the results of a clinical research conducted by Home Monitoring in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (Home-CARE) have been published in the European Journal of Heart Failure.
Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson", TSE: 6724) today announced it would in September commence sales of the LS6, a new addition to its LS series of SCARA robots for automated assembly and transfer processes.
Handroid is a scary looking robotic hand that looks like it came right off your biology lab skeleton. The robot hand was developed by a Japanese robotic firm called ITK and is a fully articulated robotic hand that claims the same dexterity as a human hand. It is also very light at a mere 740 grams.
By Joel Scanlon
28 Aug 2011
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is now defending himself against a robot. The Aeryon Scout is a drone that was created by graduate students at the University of Waterloo. It can fly 500 meters off the ground, use a camera to take pictures and stream video. It is being employed by Rebels who are fighting against Gadhafi.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
28 Aug 2011