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Ovine Automation Consortium Develops Two Robots for Automated Sheep Meat Processing

Ovine Automation has designed and developed two robots, which would bring about radical changes in the automated sheep meat processing industry. The research was given financial aid by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and the nine members of the industry.

By Andy Choi 4 Jun 2011

Ford Motors Plans Investments in Laser Vision Robots for Improving Quality

Ford Motors intends to invest an amount of 100 million dollars worldwide for implementing the robotic laser inspection technology to ensure perfect fitting of automotive parts.

By Andy Choi 4 Jun 2011

Students at University of Pennsylvania Incorporate Reading Ability in Graspy Robot

The students at the University of Pennsylvania have been working on a robot, named, Graspy. They have been successful in teaching Graspy how to read. The entire exercise of getting Graspy to read was conducted at the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) laboratory.

By Andy Choi 2 Jun 2011

Sonoscan Ships Automated 300 mm Bonded Wafer Inspection System

Sonoscan has started shipping its 300 mm bonded wafer inspection system that is automated and capable of scanning two wafers at the same time. The users are benefitted by the double throughput output from the inspection system.

By Andy Choi 2 Jun 2011

Innovative Robotic Solutions Invited for Robotdalen Innovation Award Contest

Robotdalen, a Swedish Robotics initiative, has invited commercially viable robotic solutions from researches, entrepreneurs and inventors, to participate in a global contest for winning the Robotdalen Innovation Award.

By Andy Choi 2 Jun 2011

DARPA Invites Innovative Ideas for Designing Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have an important role to play in modern military operations. The UAVs of the future are expected to have advanced takeoff and landing abilities, should be easily adaptable to mission requirements in various conditions and show improved endurance and need few support equipment.

By Andy Choi 2 Jun 2011

Swinburne’s Students Design World's Fastest Rubik's Cube-Solving Robot

A team of six students from the Swinburne University of Technology have designed a robot, called Ruby, which can solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle within time duration of just over 10 seconds.

By Andy Choi 31 May 2011

MIT Researchers Design Robots that Respond to Changing Environments

MIT Researchers have formulated an algorithm, which enables robots to procrastinate planning of tasks and to react to variations in environments.

By Andy Choi 31 May 2011

Health-System Pharmacies Use Robots to Manage Drug Shortages Effectively

The Certified Pharmacy Technicians (CPhTs) from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) help pharmacists to deliver safe and effective patient care by managing drug shortages.

By Andy Choi 31 May 2011

Underwater Robot Helps NASA Astronauts Prepare for Simulated Mission

The Extreme Environment Mission Operations project, by NASA was conducted at the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory, situated at a distance of 3.5 miles off Key Largo.

By Andy Choi 31 May 2011

KUKA Roboter Releases Robot Series with High Payloads

KUKA Roboter has launched a new robot series, QUANTEC, which includes a robot for every type of customer-specific application. The QUANTEC series is suited for all cell layouts.

By Andy Choi 31 May 2011

Researchers Customize Industrial Robots for Accurate Edge Profiling of Aero- Components

A project on precision finishing with the help of robots was completed by the Group Manager of Mechatronics, Yang, at A*STAR’s Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech).

By Andy Choi 31 May 2011

Japan to Develop Robots for Use in Nuclear Accidents

Japan is developing a robotic suit for aged farmers to assist them in laborious activities such as harvesting and tending crops.

By Andy Choi 31 May 2011

RobotWorx Creates Practical Guide on Industrial Robots for Clients

RobotWorx, a company that integrates industrial robot systems for clients in a variety of industries such as manufacturing, military, electronics, plastics, and food production, will make technical data on robots available to both clients and guests at its facility starting this year.

By Andy Choi 31 May 2011

Fund Raising Program to Build Theatres for Performing Robotic-Assisted Surgery

The North-east's urological cancer charity (UCAN) is planning to raise funds worth £2.5million by launching the ‘Transform Today’s Surgery with Tomorrow’s Technology’ campaign to introduce advanced technologies for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS).

By Andy Choi 31 May 2011