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Scottish Team Shoots for Robot Football Glory

The 2011 robot football world cup is being eagerly awaited at the University of Edinburgh where researchers are preparing one of the first teams that will compete in the event.

By Andy Choi 26 Oct 2010

First Humanoid in Space

The first Humanoid is ready to go into space after 15 years of behind the scenes preparation. The robot called Robonaut 2 is set for a trip on the space shuttle Discovery on the first of November this year.

By Andy Choi 26 Oct 2010

Canadian Space Agency Awards Contract for Robotic Arm

Toronto based robotics company, Engineering Services Inc., is to build a robotic arm which be a prototype for use on a Mars or Lunar rover. They have been awarded a $3 million contract from the Canadian Space Agency for the project.

By Andy Choi 26 Oct 2010

New Robotic Gripper

Lifting up a needle or a book may seem easy to human hands but to a robot it can be quite challenging. This is the challenge that a new robotic gripper hopes to address with new shape shifting technology.

From iRobot Corporation 26 Oct 2010

Flexicell to Demonstrate Robotic Palletizing and Packaging Products at Pack Expo

Flexicell, a leading supplier of robotic solutions for packaging industry, will demonstrate its robotic collating, picking and palletizing products in booth 3651 at PACK EXPO 2010, which will be held at the McCormick Place, Chicago, between October 31 and November 3.

26 Oct 2010

EuroBLECH to Include Vitronic’s Latest Machine Vision Products

Vitronic has announced that it will demonstrate VIROwsi and VINSPEC, the latest machine vision products, in hall 13 at EuroBLEC 2010 the world’s biggest trade fair for sheet metal operations which will be held in Hanover, Germany from October 26 to 30.

26 Oct 2010

UAF Team to Assess Payloads for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

The University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF) team, comprising members from the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory and the Northwest Aerial Robotics Cluster (NWARC), has received $47 million worth Basic Ordering Agreement award from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division.

26 Oct 2010

REI Automation to Expand its Facility in Columbia

REI Automation, a global provider of industrial automation machinery, has declared extension of its current facility located in Columbia, South Carolina. It was reported that this new expansion with a $500,000 investment will generate 15 new jobs.

26 Oct 2010

Taiwan Robot Show Includes Einstein Robot

Ren C. Luo, Professor of Electrical Engineering Department at the National Taiwan University, has displayed the Einstein Robot at the Taiwan Robot Show.

26 Oct 2010

NHCS Surgeons Perform Robot-Assisted Lobectomies

Surgeons at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) have performed robotic Lobectomy, the latest robot-assisted and precise method of treating early stage lung cancer.

26 Oct 2010

PharmASSIST Automation Products Receive Security Certifications

Innovation has declared that their PharmASSIST product line has been awarded security certifications including the Authority to Operate (ATO) and Authority to Connect (ATC) to the Air Force Global Information Grid (AF-GIG).

26 Oct 2010

Prof. Durrant-Whyte to Take Helm at NICTA

The NICTA chief executive David Skellern is due to retire early next year and Hugh Durrant-Whyte will replace him. He was appointed the new CEO after an international search by executive placement specialists Russell Reynolds and Associates.

By Andy Choi 25 Oct 2010

Robot English Teachers Helping Korean Kids Learn

English teaching robots have taken over the classrooms in South Korea. Engkey is a teaching robot which takes English language classes in the coastal city of Masan in South Korea.

By Andy Choi 25 Oct 2010

Freshly Squeezed OJ Harvested by Robots

Very soon that orange that you squeezed for your morning glass of juice could have been picked by a robot. Robotics, machine-vision and virtual reality company Energid Technologies Corp reported that the US Department of Agriculture has funded a project to develop a commercial robotic citrus fruit harvesting system.

By Andy Choi 25 Oct 2010

Robopocalypse: Spielberg Adaptation for Big Screen

There's good news for Steven Spielberg fans as he has agreed to direct the upcoming epic from DreamWorks and Disney called Robopocalypse. The movie is set to hit the big screen in 2013.

By Andy Choi 25 Oct 2010