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Machine Vision Solutions Provider’s Business Unit to be Sold to ON Semiconductor

ON Semiconductor has announced the acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor’s CMOS Image Sensor Business Unit.

31 Jan 2011

FDA Approves Mazor Robotics’ Emerald Surgical Implants

Mazor Robotics has declared that it has been granted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the promotion of Emerald, robot-guided surgical implants used in spine surgeries.

From Medtronic 31 Jan 2011

Liquid Robotics Receives Funding Worth $18 Million

Liquid Robotics, developer of autonomous marine vehicles, has announced that it has received equity-based funding worth $18 million. It is expected that the financing could increase to $23.2 million.

From Liquid Robotics 31 Jan 2011

Heartland Robotics to Shift to New Boston Facility

Heartland Robotics has announced that it will shift its office to a new facility in Boston’s Fort Point district.

31 Jan 2011

Corindus Vascular Robotics Obtains FDA IDE Approval for CorPath PRECISE Pivotal Trial

Corindus Vascular Robotics has declared that it has received conditional Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clearance from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to assess the security and performance of its CorPath 200 System.

31 Jan 2011

Robotics Technology Park to Offer Training in Robotics to Alabama Workforce

Omron Scientific Technologies is collaborating with the Alabama Robotics Technology Park to offer training in automation and robotics technologies.

31 Jan 2011

Evolutionary Robots Respond Better to Challenging Tasks

Josh Bongard, a researcher at the University of Vermont, has developed a line of robots that can evolve their shape, almost like a tadpole turning into a frog.

31 Jan 2011

Robotics Team from Yelm High School Qualify for State Event

Seven students from the Yelm High School, who will be participating in the FIRST Robotics competition, have won second place at a state level contest for creating an 18-inch robot.

31 Jan 2011

German Machine Vision Robotics Provider Debuts Product Line at Shanghai Expo

Germany-based machine vision provider VITRONIC is displaying its color line-scan camera at VINSPEC, SNEC PV Power Expo being held in Shanghai.

31 Jan 2011

Robotics to be Developed in Vietnam to Boost Industrial Growth

In recent years, Vietnam has turned out to be a center for emerging industries. These include the plastics and rubber facilities that are boosting the automobile and related control sectors in the country.

31 Jan 2011

University of West of England Researchers Develop Heart Robot

Researchers from the University of West of England have built the Heart robot. It is made of flexible plastic fabric, enabling it to move softly.

31 Jan 2011

University of Vermont Researchers to Develop Real Shape-Shifting Robots

A team of researchers at the University of Vermont have developed a group of virtual inexperienced ‘baby’ robots.

31 Jan 2011

Siemens Industry Automation Division Launches Milltronics BW500-L

Siemens Industry Automation Division has released Milltronics BW500/L, a new addition to the Milltronics BW500 belt scale integrator family.

31 Jan 2011

Industrial Automations Provider Partners with Synova

Sahajanand Technologies, developer of gemstone processing equipments as well as provider of industrial automation and machine vision solutions, has partnered with Synova, supplier of superior laser cutting devices for dicing and micromachining applications.

31 Jan 2011

EControls Procures MVP’s Supra E Automated Optical Inspection Systems

Machine Vision Products (MVP) has announced that EControls has procured two Supra E automated optical inspection (AOI) systems through Torenko & Associates, their sales partner in the Southwest territories of the US and Mexico.

31 Jan 2011