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KUKA Celebrates Opening of New Robot Production Plant in Shanghai

KUKA celebrates the opening of its new robot production plant in Shanghai on March 11th. 350 employees are about to produce 3,000 to 5,000 robots every year. Center point of the celebration is KUKA’s new brand ambassador Timo Boll.

From KUKA Aktiengesellschaft 10 Mar 2014

BASF Supports Central Middle School Robotics Team for FIRST LEGO League Competition

BASF presented a $5,000 donation to Central Middle School in Ascension Parish to launch a robotics team that will compete in the FIRST ® LEGO® League (FLL®). BASF is piloting the program at Central Middle School with the intent of forming additional teams at other middle schools throughout Ascension Parish.

10 Mar 2014

RS Components Becomes Sponsor of New Open-Source Robotics Competition at 2014 RobotChallenge

RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, is sponsoring a new open-source robotics competition ‘Hack the Arduino Robot’ at RobotChallenge 2014.

7 Mar 2014

RobotsLAB BOX Selected as Winner of LAUNCHedu Competition at SXSWedu

A handpicked group of distinguished judges representing a cross section of business, technology and education experts have selected RobotsLAB BOX as the winner of the LAUNCHedu Competition.

7 Mar 2014

Research and Markets Adds Report on Global Home Automation Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Home Automation Market to 2018 with Johnson Controls, Honeywell, Schneider Electric & Siemens Dominating the Industry" report to their offering.

4 Mar 2014

The 2013-2014 FIRST Robotics Competition Rookie Grant Program to Help First-Year Teams for Three Years

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.

4 Mar 2014

UB’s Engineering Week Features Rockets, Robots and More

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.

28 Feb 2014

Intelligent Pool and Spa Control System, iAquaLink Wins Best Connected Home Product Award

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.

14 Feb 2014

Scientists Design Termite-Inspired Robots for Building Complex Structures

"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?"

14 Feb 2014

Patent Board Recognizes iRobot for Strong Patent Portfolio

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.

From iRobot Corporation 13 Feb 2014