President Obama has announced a $70 million initiative to accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States that work beside, or co-operatively with people. The proposal has been called the National Robotics Initiative and is backed by a number of government run agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The tree climbing robot, called Treebot, could not convince the top arborist at SAR that it could replace the role of human beings in averting tree-related mishaps.
The World Robot Olympiad Arabia this year saw 1,500 students form 300 plus teams to participate in the three categories. The WRO 2011 was hosted in the capital city of Abu Dhabi.
In the future, the commercial farms could possibly be managed by robots, which would spray, identify and pick produce from plants such as peppers, grapes and apples.
Scientists at the Ben-Gurion University (BGU) have received funding worth $1.3 million for building innovative algorithms that can make robots to sense and harvest profitable crops like orchard fruits, greenhouse peppers and high quality grapes.
The robot Internet, called RoboEarth, is a groundbreaking project that allows robots to share information with one another.
The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) 2011 will be supported by Gates Corporation for the fourth consecutive year. Gates, a Crown Supplier for the FRC, will donate over $500,000 worth of power transmission products to be used by students to design and build robots which are then tested in competitive games.
The Yonhap News Agency in Seoul reported that the Government has announced it will spend 100 billion WON (US$89.5 million) on robotics related projects to encourage growth in the cutting edge industry.
The Chrysler Foundation continues its long time commitment to furthering science, engineering and technology education as it announces recipients of 2011 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotic grants.
Software Toolbox, a supplier of industrial automation software, has rolled out a new variant of OPC Data Logger that supports OPC UA connectivity.
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