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Automation Giant Falcon Purchases New Facility

Falcon Electric has procured a 10,000-square-feet facility in Irwindale, California, which includes space for office, Research and Development, manufacture and final analysis operations.

24 Dec 2010

Strategic Collaboration to Remotely Monitor Eaton’s UPS Products

Eaton has partnered with Level Platforms and N-Able Technologies for obtaining software for remotely monitoring and managing its uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS).

From Eaton Corporation 24 Dec 2010

WHH Offers Robotic Prostatectomy

Dr. Sijo Parekattil, Director of Urology and Robotics at the Winter Haven Hospital is using the da Vinci surgical robot to perform prostatectomy, reverse vasectomies and other urology related procedures.

24 Dec 2010

AIS Launches DAQ I-O Modules for Automation Applications

American Industrial Systems (AIS) has launched a new series of data acquirement (DAQ) distributed I/O modules to provide adaptable information gathering inputs for automation control Panel PCs in industries.

24 Dec 2010

NDIA to Organize Ground Robotics Conference

The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) has declared that 2011 Ground Robotics Capabilities Conference & Exhibition is scheduled to be held in Orlando between March 22 and 24, 2011.

24 Dec 2010

Accuray to Popularize CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery

Accuray has declared that it has organized a Medical Affairs function to improve CyberKnife information collection, deployment, referral schemes and tactical guidance on clinical procedures, inventions and proposals.

24 Dec 2010

Cleveland Clinic Surgeons Perform Robotic Prostatectomy

Dr. Alok Shirivastava and his team at the Cleveland Clinic are performing robot-assisted procedures for prostate cancer treatment.

24 Dec 2010

LVC College Students Open New Robotics Club

ARM, global provider of intelligent semiconductor solutions, has supported Linton Village College (LVC) students to open a new robotics club.

24 Dec 2010

JBT Receives Automated Guided Vehicle System Contract

JBT has declared that it has obtained an Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) system contract worth $5 million for automating product movement in an integrated production and warehousing plant located in North America.

24 Dec 2010

Metro Homeschool Robotics Team to Participate in BEST National Championship

Metro Homeschool Robotics team is one among the 24 teams to participate in the 2011 BEST National Championship, which is scheduled to be held in Orlando.

24 Dec 2010

Drexel University Researchers to Develop Piano-Playing Humanoid

Alyssa Batula and Yougmoo Kim at the Drexel University are working on building a humanoid pianist. As part of their project, they have designed a robot, which can press the white keys of the piano.

24 Dec 2010

autoVimation Releases MMVI for Machine Vision Components

autoVimation has released the Mechanical Machine Vision Interface (MMVI) for machine vision components, ideal for quick and easy assembling of image processing systems from pre-developed constituents.

24 Dec 2010

Advantech’s Industrial Automation Group Releases New I-O Modules

The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech has released an 8-channel Resistive Thermal Device (RTD) module (APAX-5013) and a 12-channel High Speed Analog Input module (APAX-5017H).

24 Dec 2010

FDA Approves CyberKnife VSI Robotic System’s Lung Optimized Treatment

Accuray has declared that it has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 510(k) approval for Lung Optimized Treatment, a new tool of the CyberKnife VSI System.

24 Dec 2010

Seedlings Planting Robot Wins Red Dot Award Design Contest

Anna-Karin Bergkvist’s environment-friendly, seedlings-planting robot has won the Red Dot award design contest and is likely to be deployed in Sweden by 2030.

24 Dec 2010