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    1

    Georgia Tech Software Supports Military Aircraft

    Security & Defense Robotics | Feb 27, 2006

    Georgia Tech engineers have developed a software system that helps the maintainers of military aircraft use laptop-based information and the Internet to do their work more efficiently. The system was recently adapted for the Navy’s Pioneer Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. - By Rick Robinson

    2

    A Conversation with Robotis President Byoung-Soo Kim

    Personal Robotics | Feb 24, 2006

    In this interview with Robotics Trends president Dan Kara, Robotis president Byoung-Soo Kim describes his company’s products and philosophy, along with the plans Robotis has for international markets and the industry as a whole.

    3

    BAE Systems Unmanned Aerial System Takes WolfPack Sensors to the Air

    Robotics Trends Feature | Feb 20, 2006

    BEA Systems’ ‘WolfPack’ unmanned aerial sensor system successfully tested at Fort Benning.

    4

    MIT Appoints Frank Moss as Media Lab Director

    Academics and Research | Feb 19, 2006

    Technology Entrepreneur Chosen to Lead Celebrated Lab Into its Third Decade.

    5

    WowWee Revolutionizes Affordable Consumer Robotics with Release of New Line of Robotic Companions

    Personal Robotics | Feb 19, 2006

    Packed With Color LCD Screens, Advanced Multimedia Features, New Locomotion And Even More Personality, Wowwee Brings Its Robotic Companions To Life.

    6

    Rockwell Collins Successfully Demonstrates Autonomous Vehicle

    Service Robotics | Feb 15, 2006
    7

    Service Robots and Mobile Platforms: A Conversation With MobileRobots’ Jeanne Dietsch

    Service Robotics | Feb 12, 2006

    In this interview with Robotics Trends president Dan Kara, Mobile Robots CEO Jeanne Dietsch provides her on take on the mobile service robots industry.

    8

    Innova Holdings Sponsors RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition

    Industrial Automation | Feb 12, 2006

    Leading Robotics Company Returns as Sponsor for 3rd Annual Business Development Event for Mobile Robotics and Intelligent Systems Industry

    9

    RE2, INC. Awarded U.S. Army SBIR Program to Develop Infrastructure Toolkit for Small UGVs

    Security & Defense Robotics | Feb 09, 2006

    Program utilizes RE2’s extensive robotics engineering, UGV and Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) expertise.

    10

    CoroWare Test Labs Announces JAUS Testing and Training Services

    Security & Defense Robotics | Feb 06, 2006

    JAUS Developers Now Have Impartial Test Service to Measure Compliance with Key Unmanned Systems Communication Standard

    11

    Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Maps Ancient Greek Shipwreck

    Service Robotics | Feb 06, 2006

    After lying hidden for centuries off the coast of Greece, a sunken 4th century B.C. merchant ship and its cargo have been surveyed by an international team using a robotic underwater vehicle. The team accomplished in two days what it would take divers years to do.

    12

    WVHTC Foundation Captures Robotics Contract From U.S. Navy

    Security & Defense Robotics | Feb 06, 2006

    The West Virginia High Technology Consortium (WVHTC) Foundation lands a $9.6 million Navy contract to build a mobile robot designed to thwart improvised explosive devices.

    13

    Sandia Researchers Seek Ways to Make Lithium-Ion Batteries Work Longer, Safer

    Academics and Research | Feb 02, 2006

    Batteries could soon replace standard nickel-metal hydride batteries in hybrid vehicles.

    14

    Raytheon Awarded a Follow-On Global Hawk Ground Segments Contract

    Security & Defense Robotics | Feb 01, 2006
    15

    For Orthopedic Injuries, a Robot That Follows Patients as They Move

    Service Robotics | Feb 01, 2006

    By Aaron Hoover

    16

    UIC Surgeons First to Use Robot for Living-Donor Kidney-Pancreas Transplant

    Robotics Trends Feature | Feb 01, 2006

    Surgeons at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago are the first in the world to use robotic surgery to successfully remove a kidney and pancreas from a living-donor as part of a successful transplantation.

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In This Issue:

  • Personal Robots Hit The Consumer Mainstream
  • Unmanned Aircraft to Study Southern California Smog
  • New Robots Can Provide Elder Care For Aging Baby Boomers
  • Kiva and Walgreens Expand Use of Mobile Fulfillment Solution for Retail Store Restocking
  • Meeting the Increased Demand for Military Robots: An Interview With Foster -Miller's Bob Quinn
  • VCs and Robotics: Connections are Few
  • SwRI Expands International Collaboration on Autonomous Vehicle Technology
  • Protonex Awarded UGV Power Sources Contract
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