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Presbyterian’s First Robotic Surgery Conducted Using da Vinci Robot

A team of 10 newly trained surgeons at the Presbyterian Hospital will perform a robotic surgery on Channing Huser, under the supervision of Karen Finkelstein.

3 Mar 2011

UC Students Wage War at Battle Bot Competitions with CATastrophy

A senior team, from the Mechanical Engineering Department of UC, designed the CATastrophy bot to participate in the Battle Bot competition at Miami, Florida that was held from February 23 to 27, 2011.

3 Mar 2011

Twenty Nine Groups Rallying for Robotic Race to the Moon

Google’s Lunar X Prize Foundation has made an announcement to the effect that 29 teams would compete for the $30 million prize for sending a robot on a lunar mission.

3 Mar 2011

Robonaut 2 Launched by NASA on Discovery Space Shuttle

The NASA Robonaut 2 (R2) was launched on the space shuttle Discovery on the STS-133 mission, along with an astronaut crew at Cape Canaveral in Florida on February 24th.

3 Mar 2011

Neptec Design Group Wins NASA Quality and Excellence Award

NASA’s highest honor, the George M. Low Awards, has been bestowed on Neptec Design Group located in Kanata.

3 Mar 2011

Robots Essential for Success of Manufacturing Industry in the UK

The UK Manufacturing Industry needs to operate in a high wage economy but still produce goods that could compete with goods coming from low wage regions in the world and this is possible only if there is a reduction in labor and implementation of automation technologies, in other words usage of robots.

3 Mar 2011

Barnes-Jewish Hospitals to Use Robotically Assisted Surgery in New Applications

Most Hospitals primarily use robotically assisted surgery in either gynecology or urology. However, the Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital are making use of robotically assisted surgery in thoracic surgeries, Whipple procedure for pancreatic Surgery, head & neck cancers and colorectal cancers.

3 Mar 2011

Students to Participate in G.E.A.R Competition

San Antonio’s students from the third to the eighth grade had assembled in the UTSA Main Campus on February 12, to take a first look at the 2011 Getting Excited About Robotics (G.E.A.R) competition game.

3 Mar 2011

Researchers Devise Technique for Building Maps for Mobile Robots

Researchers from UPM’s Facultad de Informática and the European Centre for Soft Computing have devised a new technique called antonym-based technique for building maps to improve navigation of mobile robots.

2 Mar 2011

Students Compete in SeaPerch Challenge with Remotely Operated Vehicles

Sixth grade students from Castle North Middle School participated in the SeaPerch Challenge conducted at the University of Southern Indiana's pool on February 5, 2011.

2 Mar 2011

Scientists Unveil Robot that Replicates Lizard's Motion

A team of physicists have apparently discovered the concept of swimming through sand. After conducting an in-depth analysis on the motion of lizards, the team has designed a snake-like robot by developing a computer model to propel the robot.

2 Mar 2011

Elementary School Students to Design Football Helmet for FIRST Competition

The Bio-Medical Brainiacs, a team of 10 fifth-graders from the Quiet Waters Elementary School, have developed a prototype football helmet equipped with more safety precautions.

2 Mar 2011

Eight-Member Team of Eight-Graders Win Judge’s Award at Grand Forks

Chronic Fusion, the eighth grade robotics team from Cheney Middle School won the Judge’s Award First Lego League Championship, North Dakota, held in early February.

2 Mar 2011

Neuron Robotics Announces Major DyIOs Sale to WPI

Neuron Robotics, a company that develops products for reducing the developing cost of cyber-physical systems and robotics, announced that it has performed its first major sale of the Dynamic Input / Output (DyIO) modules.

1 Mar 2011