Abu Dhabi's The National is reporting on a valet parking facility with a difference...the "valet" being a mechanical robot, which will park or retrieve your car in 50 seconds - and best of all, parking will be free.
It looks like a starfish made of soft plastic. When air is blown into it through a thin tube it comes to life and the starfish closes like a hand. It does this so gently that it can grasp a raw egg without breaking it.
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.
Researchers at Northwestern University, USA announced that the squirting mechanism of electric fish could aid in developing alert underwater robots.
Students from Oelwein Middle School and other parts of the globe are designing and constructing a robot as part of the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Body Forward Challenge.
The Fraunhofer research institute, and Festo, a Germany-based control and automation company, have won a German technology award to develop a robotic arm called the Bionic Handling Assistant. Festo teamed up with Fraunhofer Institute’s Andrzej Grzesiak to execute the project.
Industrial robots make up the majority of the robotics industry. The international market is estimated to be worth around US$9.4 billion a year, with service robots making up around a third of this figure.
Harbin Electric, China-based electric motors developer, has declared the release of SGM258 Motor, the latest model of innovative micro-motors, for single-touch automatic opening car trunk, in its new production plant in Shanghai.
Heartland Robotics Inc announced it has landed $20 million in its latest round of funding. It is a series B venture round led by Highland Capital Partners and other investors namely, Sigma Partners and existing investors Bezos Expeditions and Charles River Ventures. Paul Maeder from Highland will be joining the Heartland board in conjunction with the new funding.
Emerson Process Management has received a contract from Petrobras to supply automation services and technologies for various processes in the Brazil-based Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro (Comperj) project.
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