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Scientists Simulate Moon Mission in Canada

A team of scientists in Canada conducted an interesting set of experiments in northern Labrador this week. The Canadian researchers put a small robot through a simulated moon mission at the impact crater at Kamestastinb Lake.

By Andy Choi 30 Aug 2011

Seiko Epson Introduces Vision Guide for Industrial Robots

Seiko Epson has unveiled the Vision Guide, an image processing system for high-speed and high-accuracy detection of the position, shape and alignment of operations that have been completed by industrial robots.

By Andy Choi 30 Aug 2011

Talented Nine Year Olds Help Paradise Robotics in Building Robots

Kathy Mosler from Paradise Robotics enlisted a group of 4th graders from the Extended Self-Contained Elementary School, Illinois, for helping in building of robots for customer demonstrations.

By Andy Choi 30 Aug 2011

Clinical Study by BIOTRONIK Reveals Novel Technique to Detect Cardiovascular Disease

BIOTRONIK has announced that the results of a clinical research conducted by Home Monitoring in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (Home-CARE) have been published in the European Journal of Heart Failure.

From BIOTRONIK 30 Aug 2011

Epson Announce Availability of LS6 Robots

Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson", TSE: 6724) today announced it would in September commence sales of the LS6, a new addition to its LS series of SCARA robots for automated assembly and transfer processes.

From EPSON Robots 29 Aug 2011

Handroid Could be Used to Remote Defusing of Bombs

Handroid is a scary looking robotic hand that looks like it came right off your biology lab skeleton. The robot hand was developed by a Japanese robotic firm called ITK and is a fully articulated robotic hand that claims the same dexterity as a human hand. It is also very light at a mere 740 grams.

By Joel Scanlon 28 Aug 2011

Aeryon Unmanned Drone Helps Rebels in Their Fight Against Ghadafi

Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is now defending himself against a robot. The Aeryon Scout is a drone that was created by graduate students at the University of Waterloo. It can fly 500 meters off the ground, use a camera to take pictures and stream video. It is being employed by Rebels who are fighting against Gadhafi.

By Dr. Cameron Chai 28 Aug 2011

Toshiba Take the Robot Vacuuming Challenge to Roomba

The vacuuming robot Roomba is set for competition as Toshiba releases a new robot vacuum for Japan called Smarbo. The robot which is aimed at home users has some interesting features including two Central Processing Units of which the company is yet to release more details.

By Andy Choi 28 Aug 2011

ThinkFlood to Display the RedEye Universal Remote Control Systems at CEDIA Expo 2011

ThinkFlood has declared that they would be exhibiting the award-winning universal remote control system, RedEye, at the CEDIA Expo 2011.

By Andy Choi 27 Aug 2011

Seegrid and KMH Systems Partner to Bring Robotic Industrial Truck Solutions to Ohio

Seegrid, a robotic development company, has partnered with KMH Systems, an expert in materials handling solutions based at Ohio, in order to expand its business in Ohio and other parts of US.

By Andy Choi 27 Aug 2011

Hood Tech to Exploit Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market Growth

According to the market projections for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Hood Technology, a provider of stabilised camera systems to small UAVs such as the ScanEagle and Integrator platforms, is well positioned to exploit the boom in the UAV market.

By Andy Choi 27 Aug 2011

Aerotech Releases Brochure for Automation Control Solutions

Aerotech, a designer and producer of efficient motion control and positioning systems, has released a brochure for its Automation and Control Solutions.

From Aerotech, Inc. 27 Aug 2011

Teledyne DALSA Displays Smart Camera Technology at Taipei International Industrial Automation Exhibition 2011

Teledyne DALSA, part of the Teledyne Technologies, will be exhibiting its smart cameras used for machine vision applications at the Taipei International Industrial Automation Exhibition 2011.

By Andy Choi 26 Aug 2011

Innovation and RxSafe Collaborate to Develop Pharmacy Automation Product Suites

RxSafe and Innovation have come together for the distribution of the product offering of RxSafe for automated robotic storage and retrieval systems for pharmacies.

From RxSafe, LLC 26 Aug 2011

Dynamic Ops to Display Cloud Automation and Management Platform at VMworld

DynamicOps declared that it will be displaying the newly upgraded DynamicOps Cloud Automation Center at VMworld 2011, which is scheduled to be held in Las Vegas from August 30 to the September 1.

By Andy Choi 26 Aug 2011