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Verizon to Introduce Home Monitoring and Control System

Verizon proclaimed that it will introduce its latest Home Monitoring and Control Service at the Las Vegas International Consumer Electronic Show (CES).

6 Jan 2011

Lockheed Martin to Offer Systems Engineering Services

Greenbelt, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin Space Systems has signed a sole source agreement with NASA to offer systems engineering services to perform two demonstrations to examine and validate the latest robotic servicing functionalities utilizing the Dextre robot on the International Space Station.

6 Jan 2011

iRobot Introduces Advanced Vacuum Cleaning and Floor Washing Robots

Robot manufacturer, iRobot, has announced that the company’s new home robots called the iRobot Roomba 700 Series and the iRobot Scooba 230 for performing cleaning jobs will be introduced at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

From iRobot Corporation 6 Jan 2011

Hudson Control Group Introduces High Resolution Robotic Liquid Dispenser

Hudson Control Group has declared that the company has included a new functionality to its highly successful product Hudson SOLO High Resolution Liquid Dispenser.

6 Jan 2011

Report on Vision Guided Robotics and Machine Vision for Industrial Automation

Companiesandmarkets.com, an online market and corporate information provider, has recently added a new report titled, ‘Machine Vision and Vision Guided Robotics for Factory Automation’, to its list of reports.

6 Jan 2011

Cognex’s Handheld ID Readers Back Industrial Ethernet Communications Protocols

Cognex’s suite of communications, Cognex Connect simplifies the configuration and monitoring of a network of Cognex vision systems and ID readers as it backs the open standard industrial Ethernet communications protocols.

From Cognex Corporation 6 Jan 2011

Scientists Develop Robotic Ankle

The scientists at the Arizona State University are creating a new kind of robotic ankle prosthesis that replicates natural movement of the real ankle. The robotic ankle called SPARKy, (spring ankle with regenerative kinetics) is funded by the US Army.

6 Jan 2011

Multi-Lingual Robot to Boost Tourism

The 3'5"-foot tall robot, has been inspired by President Benigno Noynoy Aquino III. It can greet people with "magandang araw”.

30 Dec 2010

Medical Robotic Platform will Enhance Heart Surgery

A group of biomedical scientists and engineers at the University of Houston (UH) with doctors from the Methodist Hospital Research Institute (TMHRI) have partnered to create a platform for robotic surgeries on hearts in a minimally invasive manner with the help of images.

30 Dec 2010

Successful Robotic Prostate Cancer Treatment Surgeries Performed in Israel

Pioneer robotic surgeon of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Dr. David Samadi has performed six robotic prostate cancer surgeries at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel.

30 Dec 2010

Bonaire Robotics Team Prepares for Super-Regional FIRST Lego League

Bonaire Elementary School students are preparing for the FIRST Lego League competition. They have programmed robots to perform tasks related to the medical field.

30 Dec 2010

UK Firms Fall Behind European Counterparts Due to Low Automation Investment

As the UK manufacturers are not investing in automation, they are unable to compete with each other, a new research shows. The Engineering and Machinery Alliance (EAMA) study has found that companies are falling back compared to their European counterparts.

30 Dec 2010

Hagiwara Sys-Com Introduces New Portable Virus Detection Tool for Automation Applications

Hagiwara Sys-Com ., a manufacturer of storage and flash memory applications for industrial computers, has announced a new portable virus detection tool known as Vaccine USB for automation applications for industrial computers that use Windows.

30 Dec 2010

Manufacturing Robotics Enhanced by Magnetic Technology

Correlated Magnetics Research (CMR) has received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for correlated magnetic products. U.S. Patent 7,843,294 protects a system and method extending the basics of coded multipole magnetic products to electromagnet ranges helping objects to be moved and placed perfectly in time.

30 Dec 2010

Cognitive Robotics Lab Launched at Rensselaer Polytechnic

At a Cognitive Robotics Lab, students of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are studying how human thought can outweigh brute force computers. The 20 programmable robots at the lab permit testing real-world performances of computer models simulating human thought.

30 Dec 2010