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IVC Acquires Remote Monitoring Systems Developer, Longwatch

Industrial Video and Control (IVC) has declared the acquisition of Longwatch, leading developer of video management software for several applications related to process control and industrial automation segments.

5 Feb 2011

Lawrence Technological University Forms Autonomous Vehicles and Robotic Systems Student Committee

Michigan’s first ‘Autonomous Vehicles and Robotic Systems Student Committee’ has been created by Lawrence Technological University.

5 Feb 2011

IEI Launches IMBA-G410 ATX Motherboard for Industrial Automation Applications

ICP Electronics (IEI) has released the IMBA-G410 ATX motherboard, ideal for several applications related to security networking and industrial automation segments.

5 Feb 2011

Bot Squad Wins Second Prize in State Level FIRST Robotics Contest

The Bot Squad robotics team formed by 10 students from Churchland Elementary and Tyro Middle schools, has received the second prize under Innovative Design category at the state level FIRST robotics contest.

5 Feb 2011

Salt Lake City's KUTV Deploys DAS’ Emergency Alert Monitoring System

Digital Alert Systems (DAS), developer of emergency alert systems (EAS), and common alerting protocol (CAP), has declared that KUTV is deploying their emergency alert monitoring system along with DASDEC Intelligent Remote (DASDEC-IR) units.

5 Feb 2011

University of Warwick Mobile Robotics Team to Develop Rescue Robot

Matthew Dodds, an electronics engineer, is working with seven students of the University of Warwick Mobile Robotics team to build a perfect rescue robot for winning the first prize in the European RoboCup Rescue Championship.

3 Feb 2011

NUS Researchers Develop Automated Helicopter-like Surveying Robots

A group of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have built helicopter-like robots that can move indoors. These automated robots can be deployed in investigation, search and rescue operations.

3 Feb 2011

HEIDENHAIN Releases New Rotary Encoder for Automation Applications

HEIDENHAIN has launched ECI 119, the latest rotary encoder, ideal for electric motors in several applications involved in electronics, automation, plastic injection molding equipments and packaging segments.

From HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION 3 Feb 2011

Great Western Hospital Receives IT Innovation Award for Pharmacy Robots

Great Western Hospital has received the IT Innovation Award for including the Wall-E and Eve robots in its pharmacy. The Health Business Awards identifies projects from NHS’ business segments and has honored GWH for its pharmacy robots.

3 Feb 2011

RE2 to Develop a Dual-Arm Robot and Software Simulation Tool

RE2 has declared that DARPA has chosen their company to build a dual-arm robot and its associated software simulation tool for the Outreach Track of the four-year Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) program.

3 Feb 2011

CMU Researchers to Develop Snake-Like Robots

Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University are developing serpentine robots that can glide into organs like the heart during surgical procedures. These organs are unsafe to perform an open surgery.

3 Feb 2011

US Air Force Receives SUGVs for EOD Team

The Boeing Company and the iRobot team have successfully developed and supplied the first 30 Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGV) to the US Air Force.

3 Feb 2011

BARA Reports on UK Robot Sales

The British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) has mentioned that when compared with the 2009 robot sales in the UK, the 2010 sales has been increased to 65%.

3 Feb 2011

Agilent Technologies Launches BenchBot Robot

Agilent Technologies has included the new BenchBot Robot to its automated microplate handling equipment series. The new robot accompanies the BenchCel Microplate Handler and Direct Drive Robot of the company’s Automation Solutions’ instrumentation portfolio.

3 Feb 2011

Advantech Industrial Automation Releases APAX-5072

The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech has released APAX-5072, an Ethernet IP communication coupler certified by the Open DeviceNet Vendors Association (ODVA).

3 Feb 2011