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A Milestone in CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery

Accuray Incorporated has declared that its CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery, a non-invasive robotic technique for treating tumors has been utilized to treat the 100,000th cancer patient.

12 Oct 2010

WowWee Launches Toy Robot

WowWee, a leading provider of high-end consumer robotic products, has released Roboscooper, a robotic toy which grabs and carries lightweight objects of weight not more than 28g and then rolls across the floor for relocating them to a location directed by the operator

12 Oct 2010

AIA Releases Quarterly Machine Vision Sales Tracking Report

Automated Imaging Association has released ‘Quarterly Machine Vision Sales Tracking Report’, showcasing the recovery of North American machine vision market.

12 Oct 2010

TARDEC Announces 2010 Robotics Rodeo Event

The US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), has declared that robotics experts from 50 organizations will participate in the 2010 Robotics Rodeo event which will be held at the Fort Benning, GA from October 12 to 15, 2010.

12 Oct 2010

MDARS Robots Improve Security at Nevada National Security Site

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) has procured a Mobile Detection Assessment Response System robot (MDARS) for patrolling the remote areas of the NNSS.

12 Oct 2010

AQUA Robot Features Wireless Controller

Michael Jenkin, Professor in York’s Faculty of Science & Engineering and his research team at the York’s Center for Vision Research, have developed an AquaTable archetype a water-resistant controller that performs wireless monitoring of the AQUA robot.

8 Oct 2010

EPSON Releases RS4 SCARA Robot

EPSON Robots has launched RS4 robot a new addition to the RS-Series High Performance SCARA Plus product line.

From EPSON Robots 8 Oct 2010

PixeLINK Releases PL-C Cameras for Machine Vision Applications

PixeLINK, a supplier of industrial cameras for machine vision and microscopy applications, has declared the launch of the PL-C series the latest generation of compact and competent cameras ideal for various industrial applications.

8 Oct 2010

Astronics to Supply Automated Test Systems to U.S. Marine Corps

Astronics Corporation has declared that its subsidiary unit Astronics DME Corporation is one among the three companies to sign an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) agreement worth $21 million with the U.S. Marine Corps to supply automated test equipments and test program sets through the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP).

7 Oct 2010

Kria’s Latest T-EXSPEED Includes Machine Vision Cameras

Kria, an Italian traffic control company, has created an automated traffic enforcement system called T-EXSPEED which includes stereo software algorithms and several machine vision cameras for tracing and revealing traffic infringements.

7 Oct 2010

Motoman Robotics Releases PerfectEdge Robotic Solution

Motoman Robotics has partnered with Arrow Gear for releasing a robotic working cell called PerfectEdge for performing various tasks like tight tolerance cutting, chamfering, deburring or final stage operation, with simple programming procedures.

7 Oct 2010

UT Southwestern Surgeons Perform Robot-Assisted Kidney Repair Surgery

Surgeons at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, North Texas have performed the region’s first robotic surgery for kidney repair via a single-incision.

7 Oct 2010

Paris Motor Show Showcases Automated Docking System

A strategic collaboration was made including Modulowatt Ingenierie and Valeo for developing AMARE, a mechanical coupling demonstrator driven by electricity, which helps in automated docking of a vehicle to an automated battery charging station.

7 Oct 2010

Bambino Gesu Patient Undergoes World’s First Robotic Heart Transplantation

Dr. Antonio Amodeo of Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome has performed the world’s first robotic heart transplantation surgery for an Italian boy. Since the patient was suffering from Duchenne's syndrome, the surgeons could not perform the conventional heart transplantation.

7 Oct 2010

NRK Launches New Products for Robot Calibration

New River Kinematics (NRK), a leading supplier of innovative metrology software, has launched SA Arm and SA Machine. The company has reported that these products can be availed globally from October 1st at a reasonable price.

7 Oct 2010