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Roke Joins Marshall Land Systems to Enhance Unmanned Ground Vehicle Platform

Roke Manor Research has partnered with Marshall Land Systems to enhance Marshall’s unmanned ground vehicle platforms with mobile surveillance and electronic warfare (EW) features.

By Andy Choi 8 Sep 2011

K-MAX Unmanned Aircraft Systems Exceed Delivery Objectives in U.S. Navy QRA

Lockheed Martin and Kaman K-MAX have completed an unmanned cargo assessment for the U.S. Navy.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 8 Sep 2011

IntelLiDrives Introduces BSMA Series Cartesian Multi-Axes Robotic Systems

IntelLiDrives, a provider of linear actuators, rotary tables and XY systems, has introduced new multi-axes Cartesian robotic systems.

By Andy Choi 8 Sep 2011

Building Automation Solutions from AMX Receive Appreciation at Frost + Sullivan Awards

AMX has bagged the Europe Product Line Strategy Award for its Building Automation Systems for the year 2011. Through the award winning product line the company was able to provide automation solutions to a broad range of buildings, including non-residential buildings.

By Andy Choi 7 Sep 2011

Trafikverket Chooses Identec Solutions to Provide Automated Ventilation Control for Tunnel Construction

Trafikverket has chosen the ventilation control systems from Identec Solutions for their tunnel construction project. Trafikverket takes care of automating the entire transportation network of Sweden, such as sea, rail, roads and flight.

By Andy Choi 7 Sep 2011

SANA International Exhibition 2011 Showcases Ambrogio Robot

The Ambrogio Robot is an established name amongst people familiar with robotics and those who do gardening. The robot is a highly efficient lawn mower which is compact in its size.

By Andy Choi 7 Sep 2011

Tracking Sharks With Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Tracking shark movement has been difficult so far for researchers but now a project undertaken by students and faculty of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and CSU Long Beach may simplify the task.

By Andy Choi 6 Sep 2011

Robots Learn to Place Objects at Cornell

A robot is nothing but a baby that needs to be trained to handle objects, this is what researchers at Cornell University Personal Robotics Lab believe. The team led by Ashutosh Saxena is working on making robots understand the objects around them.

By Andy Choi 6 Sep 2011

Cornell Researchers Teach Robots to Observe New Environments and Handle Objects

Researchers at the Personal Robotics Laboratory in Cornell University are teaching robots to find their way in new surroundings and manipulate objects.

By Andy Choi 6 Sep 2011

Vinten Radamec to Introduce Future-Generation Robotic Controlled System at IBC2011

Vinten Radamec, a pioneer in robotic camera support solutions and a brand of Vitec Group, will introduce the Fusion FHR-35, its future-generation robotic controlled system featuring its intelligent control engineering (ICE) technology, at IBC2011 to be conducted from 9 to 13 September 2011 at the RAI in Amsterdam.

By Andy Choi 6 Sep 2011

Radical Prostatectomy by Robot Brings New Hope for Prostate Cancer Patients

Robotic surgery may be the answer to prostate treatment in the future as per the delegates at the Australasian Prostate Cancer Conference in Melbourne. Prostate cancer has not had a good prognosis when it came to recovery, but with robotic surgery the cancer may be cured in the future.

By Andy Choi 5 Sep 2011

Google Lunar X Prize Lego Mindstorms Challenge Competition Winners Announced

Winners have been announced for the MoonBots 2.0 : A Google Lunar X Prize Lego Mindstorms Challenge. The contest was open to student teams to design, program and build robots that would simulate the lunar missions which mirrored the Lunar X Prize.

By Andy Choi 5 Sep 2011

Robot Used to Investigate Bomb Scare at Nebraska Post Office

A robot paid a visit to the Post Office thanks to a bomb scare. A suspicious package left at the North Platte post office was reported to the Nebraska State Patrol. They in turn examined the 2 feet high and 3 feet wide box using a bomb disposal robot.

By Andy Choi 5 Sep 2011

GE Energy Takes Over France-Based Power Conversion and Automation System Provider

GE has completed the acquisition of Converteam for $3.2 billion. Converteam is a provider of automation and power conversion systems and high-productivity motors, generators and power electronics.

By Andy Choi 5 Sep 2011

Semaphore to Display SCADA and RTU Systems at Remote 2011 Monitoring and Control

CSE Global company Semaphore will be displaying its RTU and SCADA System products at Remote 2011 Monitoring and Control. Semaphore will showcase its T-BOX RTU and Kingfisher RTU product lines.

By Andy Choi 5 Sep 2011