FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people’s interest in science and technology, announced today that 187 first-year, or “Rookie”, FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) teams will receive grants from FIRST Sponsors and individual donors totaling $1.3 Million over a period of three years.
Hundreds of students crowded around a makeshift arena in the Student Union, excited as a battle between two robots ended with one being hauled off, a smoking hulk.
iAquaLink™, an intelligent pool and spa control system from Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. (@ZodiacPool_USA), has won the People’s Choice “Best Connected Home Product” Internet of Things (IoT) award from Postscapes™. iAquaLink allows pool owners to control their pool and spa anytime, anywhere using their smart phones and Web-connected devices.
"Termites are what inspired this whole research topic for us," said the study's lead author Justin Werfel, a researcher at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "We learned the incredible things these tiny insects can build and said: Fantastic. Now how do we create and program robots that work in similar ways but build what humans want?"
iRobot Corp., a client of Fish & Richardson, was recently recognized by the Patent Board™ for having one of the top patent portfolios overall within the competitive electronics and instruments industry. iRobot ranked #5 overall on the list, putting the company ahead of many other major electronics and instruments companies. iRobot’s patent portfolio ranked #2 in the category of “Science Strength” and #3 in the category of “Industry Impact” among the list of 50 industry leaders.
Before long, robots will be giving us helpful advice, but we don’t want them to be snippy about it. Research at Cornell and Carnegie Mellon universities suggests that if they sound a little less sure of themselves and throw in a few of the meaningless words humans are fond of, listeners will have a more positive response.
Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., a robotic exoskeleton company, today announced that it completed its private placement offering as part of its January 15, 2014 announced alternative public offering ("APO"). Shares of the Company's common stock are currently quoted on the OTC Markets under the symbol "EKSO."
Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. introduces major changes to its robotic platform with the addition of three new Polaris® robotic cleaners.
Ozobot, a tiny gaming robot that follows lines on tablets, smartphones, physical game boards and even paper, today announced it has signed a deal with Los Angeles-based film & entertainment company Tristan Leostar to launch the toy into movie and television opportunities.
Robotics is becoming a transformative technology. We Robot 2014 builds on existing scholarship exploring the role of robotics to examine how the increasing sophistication of robots and their widespread deployment everywhere from the home, to hospitals, to public spaces, and even to the battlefield disrupts existing legal regimes or requires rethinking of various policy issues.
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