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Virginia Tech Develops Robotic Hand for Typing

DART developed and created by Nicholas Thayer and Shashank Priya of Virginia Tech is a dexterous anthropomorphic robotic typing hand.

By Andy Choi 18 Mar 2011

Robotic Submersible Vehicle to Explore the Ocean Floor

A group of scientists from the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute are planning to launch a research mission for two days from the Moss Landing harbor to the bottom of the sea.

By Andy Choi 18 Mar 2011

Engineers Develop Projects Using Robots as Key Tools for Teaching Basic Science and Math Concepts

Brooklyn Community Foundation has plans of offering a grant amounting to $500,000 to further develop an existing program, which would attract engineering students to work as mentors in Brooklyn Schools.

By Andy Choi 18 Mar 2011

Companies Test Robotic Nurse for Use in Local Hospitals

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology want to explore the concept of robotic nurses and the way it can revolutionize the medical industry.

By Andy Choi 17 Mar 2011

Young Women Participate in FIRST Robotics Tournament

The "Girls of Steel" team, comprising the young women who are interested in science, have participated in the FIRST robotics tournament held at the University of Pittsburgh's Petersen Events Center in Oakland.

By Andy Choi 17 Mar 2011

Researchers Develop Rescue Robots for Tough Conditions

Researchers with their robots from Japan, the United States and the U.S. military participated in a two day workshop conducted at Disaster City in College Station, Texas, on Tuesday, March 8, 2011.

By Andy Choi 17 Mar 2011

Viking Systems to Display 3DHD Surgical Robotic System

Viking Systems, a company that develops and manufactures three-dimensional and two-dimensional visualization solutions for complex minimally invasive surgery, declared the selection of its 3DHD system as the vision component for a cost-effective surgical robotic system demonstration.

By Andy Choi 16 Mar 2011

Researchers to Develop Prototype of Robotic Scrub Nurse

Researchers at Purdue University are working on a prototype of a gesture-driven robotic scrub nurse to help nurses in hospitals to perform their technical duties or for replacing the scrub technician.

By Andy Choi 16 Mar 2011

Team Robotics Champion Win FIRST Robotics District Competition

Three teams of high school students from Auburn Hills, Pontiac, and Oxford have collaborated to win the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics District Competition at Kettering University.

By Andy Choi 16 Mar 2011

Students to Design Athletic Robot for FIRST Robotics Competition

Students at Churchland High are designing a special athletic robot to participate in the regional FIRST Robotics Competition.

By Andy Choi 16 Mar 2011

GeckoSystems, ASI Collaborate to Develop Mobile Service Robots

GeckoSystems, a company that develops innovative mobile robots, has partnered with Applied Systems Intelligence (ASI), a provider of superior decision support software systems based on intelligent agents’ technology

From GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. 16 Mar 2011

Researchers Conduct Research to Enable Robots to Move Like Humans

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are conducting a research on enabling robots to move in a more human-like fashion where one movement leads to another.

By Andy Choi 16 Mar 2011

ABB to Acquire ABS Global Industries and Services

ABB, specialist in power and automation technologies, has declared that it is planning to purchase the operating business of ABS Global Industries and Services on April 1, 2011.

By Andy Choi 16 Mar 2011

Comprehensive Report on Global Welding Robotics Market

The report released by Frost & Sullivan "Strategic Analysis of the Global Welding Robotics Market” gives an overview of the product segments in the global welding robotics market such as arc welding, laser welding and spot welding.

By Andy Choi 16 Mar 2011