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Georgia Tech Researchers Develop Deceptive Robots

Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing’s Regents Professor Ronald Arkin and its Research Engineer Alan Wagner conducted experiments at the Georgia Institute of Technology to investigate the method of robot deception.

15 Sep 2010

BIOTRONIK Offers Automated Monitoring of ICD System

BIOTRONIK, a leading provider of implantable cardiac devices (ICD) and other sophisticated remote monitoring solutions, has declared that the outcome of the TRUST Trial (Lumax-T/Lumos-T Safely Reduces Routine Office Device Follow-up) have been made available online.

14 Sep 2010

MIT Develops Seaswarm Robot for Oil Skimming

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed an archetypal model of a robot called Seaswarm that can automatically move across the ocean to absorb the oil spill and process it locally.

14 Sep 2010

Parata Systems Receives 2010 Business Excellence Award

Parata Systems, a global leader in providing innovative pharmacy automation solutions, has received the 2010 Business Excellence Award, in the category of "Large Business", from the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce.

14 Sep 2010

VA Medical Center to Feature Automated Biomass Steam-Generation System

with the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centre in Canandaigua, New York, to deliver an automated biomass steam production system that utilizes biological materials like wood and bark-chips retrieved from various logging activities for producing untainted energy and heat.

14 Sep 2010

iRobot to Support STEM Education Using Robotics

iRobot Corp., a global leader in providing robotic solutions, has declared the release of a new program called “20 in 20” by the end of this year for commemorating the company’s 20 years of service in the robotics industry.

From iRobot Corporation 14 Sep 2010

US Navy’s TRA Panel Evaluates Raytheon’s TSCE Automation System

Raytheon Company, a global provider of the state-of-the-art electronics and a wide range of mission support services, has recently launched a Total Ship Computing Environment (TSCE), with an open structural design for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer.

14 Sep 2010

Robotic Surgery Specialist Clarifies about Prostate Cancer

Dr. David B. Samadi, Chief, Division of Robotics and Minimal Invasive Surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has reported that the most frequently identified cancer is Prostate cancer and at present it is the second major reason of cancer deaths in the US.

14 Sep 2010

BMDC Enhances Students’ Fascination with Robotics

Black Male Donor Collaborative (BMDC) has declared an award of $100,000 to assist New York University’s (NYU-Poly) initiatives of expanding its Central Brooklyn Robotics Initiative (CBRI).

14 Sep 2010

FIRST Initiates Children into the Robotic Challenge Program

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) has decided to involve 171,000 children of age group 9 to 14 in “Body Forward”, an international robotic challenge program organized by FIRST LEGO League (FLL).

14 Sep 2010

Tyco Electronics to Sell its Mechatronics Business to Possehl & Co.

Tyco Electronics Ltd, a provider of customized components for the automotive industries has declared that the company had made a confirmed deal for selling its mechatronics dealings situated in Niefern, Germany to L. Possehl & Co. mbH.

10 Sep 2010

Indian Students to Participate in World Robot Olympiad 2010

Techtronics Education Limited conducted Indian Robot Olympiad (IRO) contest in August 2010 at Delhi and Bangalore for the students of junior, primary and senior categories and around 177 children participated in the competition

10 Sep 2010

InnoTrans 2010 Features Kinki Sharyo’s Automated Vehicles

Kinki Sharyo, one of the global providers of customized solutions for urban transport agencies has released a fully automated electric metro train and this product will be showcased at the InnoTrans 2010 Conference from September 21 to 24

10 Sep 2010

Henry Ford Offers New Robotic Surgery Without Scarring

Henry Ford hospital in Detroit has introduced a new robotic surgical method called TransOral Robotic Surgery (TORS) for treating head and neck tumors and this Medical centre is one of the first in the Nation to conduct this innovative surgery with the help of da Vinci Surgical System.

10 Sep 2010