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Dana Announces Launch of Mechatronics Technology Center in Rovereto, Italy

Dana Holding Corporation today announced that it will launch the Dana Mechatronics Technology Center in Rovereto, Italy, later this year to support advanced engineering programs for the off-highway market.

27 Jan 2015

CES 2015: Ekso Bionics to Feature Robotic Exoskeleton Technology

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., a robotic exoskeleton company, announced today that their robotic technology expertise will be featured on two separate panels at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

From Ekso Bionics 7 Jan 2015

Woman with Quadriplegia Moves Robot Arm Using Mind Control

In another demonstration that brain-computer interface technology has the potential to improve the function and quality of life of those unable to use their own arms, a woman with quadriplegia shaped the almost human hand of a robot arm with just her thoughts to pick up big and small boxes, a ball, an oddly shaped rock, and fat and skinny tubes.

17 Dec 2014

Pressure-Detecting Stretchable "Electronic Skin" Holds Promise for Prosthetics and Robotics

Touch can be a subtle sense, but it communicates quickly whether something in our hands is slipping, for example, so we can tighten our grip. For the first time, scientists report the development of a stretchable "electronic skin" closely modeled after our own that can detect not just pressure, but also what direction it's coming from.

11 Dec 2014

NIH Provides Funding for Research to Develop Innovative Co-Robots for Health Care Applications

New research in robotics might help with stroke rehabilitation, guide wheelchairs, and assist children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Projects investigating co-robotics are the focus of new funding from the National Institutes of Health.

9 Dec 2014

Robot Control Theory Enables Powered Prosthetics to Dynamically Respond to Wearer’s Environment

A University of Texas at Dallas professor applied robot control theory to enable powered prosthetics to dynamically respond to the wearer’s environment and help amputees walk.

5 Dec 2014

SoldierSocks to Donate Ekso GT Robotic Exoskeleton to James J. Peters VA Medical Center

SoldierSocks, a non-profit organization focused on helping veterans, is hosting their first annual awards ceremony at The Union League of New York. This year's program includes a donation of an Ekso GT™ robotic exoskeleton to the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, NY.

5 Dec 2014

Rehabilitation Robot Market Expected to Reach $1.8 Billion by 2020

Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the rehabilitation robots, active prostheses, and exoskeletons are used inside rehabilitation treatment centers and sports facilities providing rehabilitation for all patients with injuries or physical dysfunction.

4 Dec 2014

Open-Source Smartphone Operating Systems Can Control Mechatronic Devices

Caitlin Clancy gave her quadcopter one final inspection and backed away slowly. She had spent the past week designing and building the copter, mostly from scratch, and now, the moment of truth.

7 Nov 2014

Advanced Prosthetic Hand with Acute Sense of Touch

A prosthetic hand, which provides a sense of touch acute enough to handle an egg, has been completed and is now exploited by the NEBIAS project after 10 years of EU-funded research. The world’s most advanced bionic hand was tested with the help of amputee Dennis Aabo Sørensen who was able to grasp objects intuitively and identify what he was touching, while blindfolded.

7 Nov 2014