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Insitu ScanEagle UAS Deployed in Canadian Arctic Exercise

A wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company and the developer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), Insitu announced that the ScanEagle UAS was successful in transmitting real-time video to the Canadian Forces during a recent large-scale military exercise, Operation Nanook.

By Andy Choi 11 Oct 2011

Fury 1500 UAS Capable of Supporting Multiple Payloads

AME Unmanned Air Systems has declared that the Fury 1500 Special Mission UAS has achieved a successful 14.2 hour flight. The Fury 1500 was manufactured at the company’s San Luis Obispo facility.

By Andy Choi 11 Oct 2011

Faun Trackway Builds UAV Landing Mat Technology

Faun Trackway, based at the US, has launched a new technology known as Aircraft Landing Mat (ALM), which has been specifically developed for landing of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

By Andy Choi 11 Oct 2011

Automated Flight Information Reporting System to Complete Certification Testing

Aeromechanical Services has revealed that the Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 228B is in the final phase of receiving the DO-160F Environmental Certification testing.

By Andy Choi 11 Oct 2011

VIP Breast Imaging Launches Automated Breast Ultrasound System in Canada

VIP Breast Imaging has launched an automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system in Toronto called somo.v. The imaging system is capable of performing diagnosis and screening of breast cancer with the help of sophisticated three-dimensional ultrasound systems.

By Andy Choi 11 Oct 2011

Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Payload Market to Reach $2.9 Billion in 2011

According to a market research report titled ‘The UAV Payload and Subsystems Market 2011-2021’ available from Visiongain, the worldwide unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) payload market, which includes detection sensors, navigation sensors, communication devices, intelligence sensors, lasers and radars, electro-optical/infrared and weaponry, will attain $2.9 billion in fiscal year 2011.

By Andy Choi 11 Oct 2011

Titan Medical Contracts with Children’s Hospital for Evaluation of Advanced Robotic Surgical Platform

Titan Medical has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the Children’s Hospital at Boston for evaluating the Amadeus Composer.

By Andy Choi 10 Oct 2011

Director of AMT Inaugurates National Robot Safety Conference for 2011

The Director of Safety Consulting at Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) inaugurated the National Robot Safety Conference for the year 2011.

By Andy Choi 10 Oct 2011

Revenue from US Home Automation Systems to Reach 5.5 Billion by 2016

BCC Research has released the latest report on Home Automation Security technologies and Markets in the US.

By Andy Choi 10 Oct 2011

Hine Automation Supplies Customised Vacuum Transfer Platform with Robotic Arm to Nordiko

Nordiko from the United Kingdom has received the shipment of the HA-800 customized according to their needs from Hine Automation during August this year.

By Andy Choi 10 Oct 2011

Scripps Awarded $1 Million for Wave Glider Monitoring of Earthquake Sensors

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been granted $1 million to develop a deep sea seismic network. The National Science Foundation hopes that the project funding will be able to plug the monitoring gaps that currently plague the system.

By Andy Choi 9 Oct 2011

MetaQuotes Declares Automated Trading Championship for Forex Trading Robots

MetaQuotes Software has announced that the annual competition for Forex trading robots, which carries prize money of $80,000, is open for the year 2011.

By Andy Choi 7 Oct 2011

Hair Sciences Center Introduces Robotic ARTAS System for Hair Treatment

Hair Sciences Center, a hair restoration clinic based in Denver run by James A. Harris, has introduced the ARTAS system into their hair treatment product line.

By Andy Choi 7 Oct 2011

Flinders University Hexapod Robot Brings Aids Study of Joints

At Australia’s Flinders University a new robot has been developed by engineers which is all set to revolutionize the study of joints and their artificial replacements. The Hexapod Robot simulates joint motion and helps the study the performance of normal and diseased joints.

By Andy Choi 6 Oct 2011

ReconRobotics Awarded U.S. Army Contract for Scout Robots

ReconRobotics Inc. has secured a contract to supply the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force with 315 Recon Scout XT micro robot kits and SearchStick Devices. The deal is worth $4.8 million and will see the company completing the delivery by end of the month.

By Andy Choi 6 Oct 2011