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Scientists Present on Multi-Scale Robotic Teleoperation

As part of a recent showcase briefing and networking event for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) in Horizon 2020, scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), UCL and MIT gave a presentation on multi-scale robotic teleoperation to the Rt Hon Greg Clark, Minister for Universities and Science.

18 Dec 2014

Humanoid Robot Travels on a Commercial Flight

Travelling from Los Angeles to Frankfurt onboard of Lufthansa flight LH 457, the passenger arrived on December 16, at 11.05 a.m. with no signs of jet lag: this was no ordinary holidaymaker, after all, but the first humanoid robot to take up a seat on a commercial flight.

18 Dec 2014

New Technology Dramatically Improves Endurance of Legged Robots

Sandia National Laboratories is tackling one of the biggest barriers to the use of robots in emergency response: energy efficiency.

17 Dec 2014

New Forecast Report on Global Market for Commercial Building Automation Systems

A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for commercial building automation systems (BASs), including global market forecasts through 2023.

16 Dec 2014

Chrysler Foundation Announces Over $230,000 in Grants for FIRST Robotics Competition and Tech Challenge

The Chrysler Foundation today announced more than $230,000 in grants to support students participating in FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) (grades 9-12) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) (grades 7-12) programs in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. In total, The Chrysler Foundation will distribute 47 grants to help young people discover and develop a passion for science, technology, engineering and math.

16 Dec 2014

Performance Racing Industry Show: Bosch Features Collision Avoidance System for Motorsport

Bosch Motorsport, a division of Bosch Engineering Group, announced that its Collision Avoidance System for Motorsport (CAS-M) will be featured at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show (PRI) on Dec. 11-13 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

12 Dec 2014

OKI IDS and Xylon Partner to Penetrate Japan’s Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Design Market

OKI IDS, an OKI Group company specializing in design services, today announced that OKI IDS has signed an agreement with Xylon d.o.o. (“Xylon” hereinafter), which seeks to extend its products and services to the global markets, that the two companies will collaborate in an alliance partnership to penetrate into Japan’s Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS hereinafter) design market, effective November 12, 2014.

11 Dec 2014

Leverhulme Trust Grants Funding to Develop ‘Biomimetic’ Devices That Respond to Light

A project to develop ‘biomimetic’ devices that re-orientate in response to light has been granted funding by the Leverhulme Trust.

10 Dec 2014

Ripon Cogeneration Improves Plant Performance with PlantPAx Process Automation System

Ripon Cogeneration, which helps supply energy to homes and businesses throughout most of northern and central California, achieved unprecedented plant performance – including a 30 percent reduction in start-up time – by replacing its obsolete distributed control system (DCS) with the PlantPAx process automation system from Rockwell Automation.

9 Dec 2014

Bristol Robotics Laboratory to Research, Develop and Demonstrate Verifiably 'Ethical' Robots

A team of UK researchers is embarking on a collaborative project to ensure that the autonomous robots we build in the future will be safer, making decisions that are ethical and follow legislation on robotics.

8 Dec 2014