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UITP Milan: ABB to Highlight Innovative Technologies for Public Transport

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will showcase innovative technologies for public transport at the 2015 UITP (Union Internationale des Transports Publics/ International Association of Public Transport) World Congress and Exhibition in Milan, Italy.

8 Jun 2015

CuriosityStream to Host Live Free Streaming of DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

CuriosityStream hosts its first-ever live free streaming event with minute-by-minute coverage of the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals (DRC), as well as exclusive original programs and behind-the-scenes footage on June 5 from 7am-4pm PT and June 6 from 8am-6:30pm PT.

5 Jun 2015

Smart Tracks Embedded with Sensors and Mechatronics to be Investigated for In2Rail Programme

The Institute of Railway Research will be investigating novel switches and crossings and looking at possibilities for new kinds of track system

5 Jun 2015

New MIT System Generates Lower-Level Control Systems to Help Robots Handle Uncertainty

Decentralized partially observable Markov decision processes are a way to model autonomous robots’ behavior in circumstances where neither their communication with each other nor their judgments about the outside world are perfect.

3 Jun 2015

DARPA Robotics Challenge Finalists to Integrate HRI's Wireless Emergency Stop Technology into their Robots

Humanistic Robotics, Inc. (HRI), a robotics and technology innovator dedicated to making the world safer through engineering and design, has teamed up with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to heighten the safety at the final "showdown" of the DARPA Robotics Finals, June 5-6, 2015.

3 Jun 2015

DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals Competition to Take Place June 5-6 in Pomona, California

Summary: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)—the organization that laid the groundwork for the Internet, stealth technology, handheld GPS and much more—invites the public to attend the exciting conclusion of a three-year robotics competition focused on developing robots that can assist humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters.

2 Jun 2015

UC Merced Professor Becomes Part of Major New Robotics Initiative

UC Merced Professor Stefano Carpin will serve on the executive board of a new multidisciplinary research enterprise called the People and Robots Initiative, by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).

1 Jun 2015

Global Forecast Report on Smart Building Market

According to a new market research report "Smart Building Market by Building Automation System (Physical Security, BEMS, Building Communication, Parking Management, Plumbing & Water Management, Elevators & Escalators Management), by Application & by Region - Global Forecast to 2020", published by MarketsandMarkets, the global Smart Building Market will grow from $7260.0 Million in 2015 to $36398.7 Million by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 38.0%.

1 Jun 2015

Xerox Expands Automation Software Portfolio to Enable Accelerated Adoption of Robotic Process Automation Services

Xerox, a leader in diversified business process services, is enabling accelerated adoption of robotic process automation (RPA) services with the latest expansion of its automation software portfolio.

30 May 2015

Applied Controls to Distribute Adept's Robots in U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region

Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent robots, autonomous mobile solutions and services, has added a new distributor, Applied Controls, Inc. A full-service automation provider, Applied Controls will market and support Adept's portfolio of industrial robots and autonomous mobile robots in the United States' mid-Atlantic region.

30 May 2015