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Chrysler Foundation Makes Major Contribution to Robotics

The Chrysler Foundation continues its long time commitment to furthering science, engineering and technology education as it announces recipients of 2011 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotic grants.

By Andy Choi 20 Jan 2011

A Fish-Inspired Robot

Led by Malcolm MacIver, associate professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science a robotic fish that can move from swimming forward and backward to swimming vertically almost instantaneously by using a sophisticated, ribbon-like fin has been created.

By Andy Choi 20 Jan 2011

SSTL to Provide Remote Sensing Instrument

Surrey Satellite Technology has received a contract worth £9.2m from the European Space Agency to supply a remote sensing device for remotely monitoring the atmosphere in terms of quality of air and change in climate.

20 Jan 2011

GE Acquires Remote Energy Monitoring

GE has declared the acquisition of Remote Energy Monitoring. This acquirement improves GE’s capability to meet the European Union’s demands for a minimum-emission, efficient energy infrastructure.

20 Jan 2011

Process Automation Giant Emerson Opens New Manufacturing Plant

Saudi FAL and Emerson Process Management have opened a new production plant in Jubail. This is part of Saudi Arabia Government’s initiative to support foreign investment, create new jobs and encourage local production.

20 Jan 2011

CAS Dataloggers Releases LogMessage System

CAS Dataloggers has released a new LogMessage system to store information for applications like remote monitoring, product analysis, consistency testing, process inspection, error investigation and research and development.

20 Jan 2011

Indiana Chamber of Commerce Honors Automation Giant Amatrol

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has selected Amatrol as Indiana’s Small Business of the Year. Amatrol was selected from several nominee companies around the state with less than 250 employees.

20 Jan 2011

Researchers Develop Robotic Elephant to Help Autistic Children

Researchers at the Vrije University have built Probo, a robotic elephant for communicating with autistic children.

20 Jan 2011

Linley Valley Deploys Pork Cutting Robot

Linley Valley's Meat and Livestock division has deployed a robot for cutting pork. This is the first ever pork cutting robot in Australia and is guided by a laser beam.

20 Jan 2011

Researchers Develop Automated Wheelchair

Scientists at the Florida State University College of Engineering are working on developing a technology to identify tough terrain and modify control settings of an electric-driven wheelchair.

20 Jan 2011

48th Design Automation Conference to Include User Track Forum

The 48th Design Automation Conference (DAC), an exclusive event for design and automation of electronic devices, is scheduled to be conducted at the San Diego Convention Center, California between June 5 and 10, 2011.

20 Jan 2011

Adept Participated in Industrial Automation and Robotics Systems e-Event

Adept Technology, major supplier of vision-guided robotics solutions and services, has declared that Rush LaSelle, Director of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, participated in the Industrial Automation and Robotics Systems e-Event, which was held on January 12, 2011.

20 Jan 2011

Tialinx Introduces Robot with Sense-Through-the-Wall Imager

TiaLinx, located at Newport Beach in California, builds tiny mm-wave radars having integrated radio and antennae. The company has just unveiled the Cougar10-L.

20 Jan 2011

RPCI Awarded Training Accreditation

Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has been accredited as a Training Institute for Robot-Assisted Surgery by the Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU).

20 Jan 2011

Omrom Releases New Guide on Machine and Process Safeguards

Freemont, California-based Omron Scientific Technologies has just released the 2010-2011 Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding. The resource gives the most recent essential data and catalog of the company’s range of machine and process safety products.

20 Jan 2011