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AMA International University Partners with Automation Supplier, FESTO

AMA International University (AMAIUB), leading training university in the Gulf Council region, has announced that it has partnered with FESTO, major provider of automation and pneumatic solutions.

21 Feb 2011

Ben-Gurion University Receives Sponsorship for Robotics Project

Scientists at the Ben-Gurion University (BGU) have received funding worth $1.3 million for building innovative algorithms that can make robots to sense and harvest profitable crops like orchard fruits, greenhouse peppers and high quality grapes.

21 Feb 2011

AUTOMATICA 2012 Exhibition to be Held in May

CEE has declared that the AUTOMATICA 2012 fair will be held sooner this year. Rather than being organized in June, the exhibition will be held between May 22 and 25, 2012 at the New Munich Trade Fair.

21 Feb 2011

Mind-Reading Robotics Offer Hope for New Prosthetics

Researchers are ready to advance their tests of a novel brain-computer interface (BCI) from animals to human subjects, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency just granted them more than $6 million over the next three years to get those human clinical trials under way.

By Andy Choi 20 Feb 2011

Japan Plans to Send Robot into Space by 2013

Lonely astronauts on the International Space Station may soon be getting an android friend from Japan. Japan's space agency JAXA is considering putting a talking humanoid robot on the International Space Station to watch the mission while astronauts are asleep, monitor their health and stress levels and communicate to Earth through the microblogging site Twitter.

By Andy Choi 20 Feb 2011

Vstone to Organize Robot Marathon in Japan

Vstone, Japanese provider of robotic solutions, has announced that it will organize ‘Robo Mara Full’, the first ever marathon for robots.

From Vstone Co.,Ltd. 19 Feb 2011

Trace Launches New Automation Software at SolidWorks Conference

Trace Software has released the latest version of elecworks automation software.

19 Feb 2011

New York Toy Fair Includes TOSY Robotics’ Products

TOSY Robotics, Vietnam-based provider of service robots, industrial robots, gigantic robots and innovative toys, participated in the New York Toy Fair.

19 Feb 2011

Clement, Cope and Moore Middle Schools to Include Mobile Robotics Labs

Clement, Cope and Moore middle schools of Redland will include new robotics lab in March. The mobile lab is part of their after-school program, ‘THINK Together’.

19 Feb 2011

St. Joseph Hospital Includes New Automation System for Preparing Blood Samples

St. Joseph Hospital has included Siemens StreamLAB Analytical Workcell, a new automated system to prepare blood samples for testing.

19 Feb 2011

Israeli Medical Centers Adopt Cutting Edge Treatment Options for Cancer

Professor Avraham Katan, Chief of the Oncology Department at the Rambam Medical Center, has stated that medical centers in Israel are adopting innovative treatment options for cancer.

19 Feb 2011

MAG Industrial Automation Delivers Viper 6000 AFP Systems to Alliant Techsystems

MAG Industrial Automation Systems has declared that it has sold two VIPER 6000 automated fiber placement (AFP) systems to Alliant Techsystems.

19 Feb 2011

Lely Installs Astronaut Robotic Milking System at Sungold Field Days

Lely has installed the new version of Astronaut robot, a new robotic milking device, at Warrnambool's Sungold Field Days.

19 Feb 2011

Commonwealth Students Compete in FIRST Robotics Contest

40 teams formed by students of high schools across the commonwealth participated in the FIRST Tech Challenge, which was held in the University of Virginia.

19 Feb 2011

Bharath University Develops India’s First Humanoid Robot

Students of Bharath University have developed India’s first humanoid robot and won the 'Best performance for Innovation Award' at the 'Spring Innovations’ contest.

19 Feb 2011