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iRobot to Build Unmanned Ground Vehicles

The only invention that emerged victorious following the cancellation of the United States Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program is the unmanned ground vehicle built by iRobot.

3 Mar 2011

VEX Robotics Championship Conducted at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School

The robotics teams from several schools designed, assembled, and built robots to participate in the VEX Robotics Championship that was held on February 27, 2011.

3 Mar 2011

Robotic Cheetah to Serve in Special Military Operations

Boston Dynamics, a Massachusetts engineering firm, has signed multimillion dollar contracts with the Department of Defense for developing robotic animals that can be used in warfare.

3 Mar 2011

ABB’s Robots Perform Gravity Casting Work for Wanfeng Group

ABB’s robots will be used for performing automatic casting in the Zhejiang Wanfeng Technology Development. Wanfeng has opted to use ABB’s robots instead of humans for two major reasons.

3 Mar 2011

Snake Robots to Help Surgeons Perform Minimally Invasive Surgery

During the 11th installment of the Project Olympus, held on February 22, 2011 at Carnegie Mellon University, applications implementing robotics, next generation commerce and e-learning were showcased.

3 Mar 2011

Robot Hand to Conduct Alcohol Compliance Checks

Stanford university researcher, Professor Zhenan Bao is building a robotic hand that is capable of checking for alcohol compliance with just a light touch.

3 Mar 2011

Study of Remote Operated Vehicles to be Presented at MATE ROV Competition

A Robotics Club of Yavapai College, in its maiden attempt, has qualified for the Marine Advanced Technology Education Remote Operated Vehicle (MATE ROV) competition.

3 Mar 2011

Presbyterian’s First Robotic Surgery Conducted Using da Vinci Robot

A team of 10 newly trained surgeons at the Presbyterian Hospital will perform a robotic surgery on Channing Huser, under the supervision of Karen Finkelstein.

3 Mar 2011

UC Students Wage War at Battle Bot Competitions with CATastrophy

A senior team, from the Mechanical Engineering Department of UC, designed the CATastrophy bot to participate in the Battle Bot competition at Miami, Florida that was held from February 23 to 27, 2011.

3 Mar 2011

Twenty Nine Groups Rallying for Robotic Race to the Moon

Google’s Lunar X Prize Foundation has made an announcement to the effect that 29 teams would compete for the $30 million prize for sending a robot on a lunar mission.

3 Mar 2011

Robonaut 2 Launched by NASA on Discovery Space Shuttle

The NASA Robonaut 2 (R2) was launched on the space shuttle Discovery on the STS-133 mission, along with an astronaut crew at Cape Canaveral in Florida on February 24th.

3 Mar 2011

Neptec Design Group Wins NASA Quality and Excellence Award

NASA’s highest honor, the George M. Low Awards, has been bestowed on Neptec Design Group located in Kanata.

3 Mar 2011

Robots Essential for Success of Manufacturing Industry in the UK

The UK Manufacturing Industry needs to operate in a high wage economy but still produce goods that could compete with goods coming from low wage regions in the world and this is possible only if there is a reduction in labor and implementation of automation technologies, in other words usage of robots.

3 Mar 2011

Barnes-Jewish Hospitals to Use Robotically Assisted Surgery in New Applications

Most Hospitals primarily use robotically assisted surgery in either gynecology or urology. However, the Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital are making use of robotically assisted surgery in thoracic surgeries, Whipple procedure for pancreatic Surgery, head & neck cancers and colorectal cancers.

3 Mar 2011

Students to Participate in G.E.A.R Competition

San Antonio’s students from the third to the eighth grade had assembled in the UTSA Main Campus on February 12, to take a first look at the 2011 Getting Excited About Robotics (G.E.A.R) competition game.

3 Mar 2011