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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

Xyntek Releases New Range of Machine Vision Solutions

Xyntek Inc has released a new machine vision solution which includes the Optical Character Verification System (MVX-OCV 5.0) and Audit Message Server (MVX-AMS) for product inspection and compliant lifecycle applications.

7 Oct 2010

Saab Seaeye to Supply Cougar XT ROVs

Saab Seaeye, a global provider of electrically operated Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs), has announced that it has received a procurement order from Jifmar Offshore Services for two Cougar XT ROVs.

From Saab Seaeye Limited 7 Oct 2010

RVT Develops Vision Guided Robotics Solutions

Robotic VISION Technologies LLC (RVT) has released eVisionFactory (eVF) Version 6.0 to offer enhanced features like simplicity, standardization, commonality, and flexibility for applications in industrial, government, and defense markets.

7 Oct 2010

Researchers Develop Learning Algorithm for the Humanoid iCub Robot

Researchers Dr. Peter Kormushev, Dr. Sylvain Calinon, Dr. Ryo Saegusa and Professor Giorgio Metta at the Italian Institute of Technology, have created a learning algorithm called Augmented Reward Chained Regression (ARCHER), enabling iCub a 53-DOF humanoid robot to learn archery.

7 Oct 2010

AZFirst Announces FIRST Robotics Competition Arizona Regional

AZFirst, an Arizona based organization supporting the programs of For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), has launched the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Arizona Regional 2011.

7 Oct 2010

EGE to Include Automated Baggage Screening System

Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) has received a grant of $4.6 million from Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for including an automated system for inspecting the in-line baggage.

7 Oct 2010

Montana State University Releases Online Robotics Course for Teachers

Montana State University has launched ‘Using Robots in Lunar Exploration’ (Physics 591-01), a new online robotics course for teachers handling science, math and technology subjects and is scheduled between October 4 and November 9. On completion, the teachers will receive one graduate credit from the University.

7 Oct 2010

2010 Military Robotics Conference to Highlight Unmanned Robotics

Military Robotics conference titled “Revolutionizing Military Operations with Unmanned Land and Naval Robotics” will be held at San Diego, between November 3 and 4, 2010.

6 Oct 2010

National Automation Services Announces Expansion of Operations

National Automation Services, a global leader in providing innovative automation solutions for process control and system integration applications, has declared the expansion of their automation operations into California.

6 Oct 2010

Liquid Robotics Receives WSJ’s Technology Innovation Award

Liquid Robotics Inc has received the 2010 Technology Innovation Award from Wall Street Journal for developing Wave Glider an unmanned robotic seafaring craft propelled by solar and tidal power.

From Liquid Robotics 6 Oct 2010

ABI Research Performs Market Study on Personal Robotics

ABI Research, a market intelligence company specializing in global connectivity and emerging technology, has released a new market study called ‘Personal Robotics’ which involves an in-depth analysis and quantitative forecasting of the personal robotics sector.

6 Oct 2010

Innovation First Labs Inc. Releases New HEXBUG Micro Robotic Creatures

Innovation First Labs Inc., a developer of HEXBUG Micro Robotic Creatures, has released new additions to their growing list of robotic creatures like HEXBUG Nano, HEXBUG Spider and their habitat sets including Nano Bridge Battle, Raceway and Elevation.

5 Oct 2010

Wynn Las Vegas to Feature International Robotic Urology Symposium 2011

International Robotic Urology Symposium, the largest conference for medical robotics, will be hosted by the Henry Ford Vattikuti Urology Institute and the Vattikuti Foundation at Wynn Las Vegas from January 13 to 16 2011.

5 Oct 2010