1. Microsoft Releases First Broad Beta Developer Kit for .NET Micro Framework
Design and Development | Sep 28, 2006New framework allows developers to build applications for the smallest of devices.
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2. Popular Science Magazine Joins RoboDevelopment Conference & Expo
Academics and Research | Sep 19, 2006Leading Technology Publication to be Premier Media Sponsor of International Technical Design and Development Event for the Personal, Service and Mobile Robotics Industry
3. Applied Perception Begins Project to Expand Semi-Autonomous Capabilities for IED Neutralization
Service Robotics | Sep 17, 2006- Work will support development of next generation technologies that enable safer and faster neutralization of IED’s
- Project represents additional mission area where API’s JAUS-compliant software technologies are being used to speed development and deployment of unmanned systems.
4. 3D Vision Company TYZX Launches DeepSea G2 Stereo Vision System
Robotics Trends Feature | Sep 17, 2006New Embedded Stereo Vision System Provides Integrated Solution For Cost-Effective Volume Deployment in Commercial Applications Requiring Small Footprint and Low Power
5. iRobot Introduces Workshop Robot
Robotics Trends Feature | Sep 14, 2006New iRobot Dirt Dog Sweeps Up the Dirtiest Places in Your Home
6. Obstacle Detection Technology for Consumer Vehicles Offers “Priceless” ROI
Robotics Trends Feature | Sep 11, 2006Accident statistics attract worldwide attention. In the US and Europe more than 40,000 people per year are killed in automobile accidents, and countless more injured. A new study from ABI Research reveals that available…
7. Teal Predicts Worldwide UAV Market to Top $54 Billion, Tripling in Spending Over the Next Decade
Robotics Trends Feature | Sep 05, 2006Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will continue to be the most dynamic growth sector of the world aerospace industry. A forthcoming Teal Group market study, previewed during Unmanned Systems North America 2006 conference, estimates that…
8. ImSAR and Insitu Introduce the One-pound NanoSAR(TM), Micro Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar
Industrial Automation | Sep 05, 2006ImSAR (Salem, UT), the world leader in miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), in partnership with Insitu (Bingen, WA), a pioneer developer of long-range, unmanned, autonomous aircraft, today announced that the two companies have completed…
9. MobileRobots Inc. Seekur All-Weather Robot Gets a Hand With Remote Tele-Operations
Robotics Trends Feature | Sep 05, 2006MobileRobots Inc and Oceaneering Space Systems Partner to offer TerabotTM Arm on the Indoor-Outdoor Programmable Robotic Platform
10. Kayaks Adapted to Test Marine Robotics
Academics and Research | Sep 03, 2006MIT researchers are working toward the day when a team of robots could be put into action like a team of Navy SEALs—doing such dangerous work as searching for survivors after devastating hurricanes or sweeping harbors for mines.
11. Aerobot UAV developer Moller International Finds Ethanol Perfect Fuel For Use in its Rotary Engines
Academics and Research | Sep 03, 2006Moller International, Inc. (OTCBB:MLER), the developer of the Skycar(R) aircraft, the Rotapower(R) line of rotary engines and the Aerobot(R) line of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), today announced it has found that ethanol fuel is…
12. Global Hawk Shows Valuable Demand
Security & Defense Robotics | Sep 03, 2006The Global Hawk unmanned aerial system continues to prove its utility and effectiveness in the global war on terror, having flown more than 10,500 flight hours.
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13. Hansen Medical Files Registration Statement For Initial Public Offering
Robotics Trends Feature | Sep 02, 2006Hansen Medical, Inc. announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock. All of the shares in the proposed offering are being sold by Hansen Medical.
14. Insects Inspire Robotics Research
Academics and Research | Sep 02, 2006Insects are proving invaluable for one researcher at the University of Alberta, who hopes robots can perform the same types of tasks that ants or bees do.
15. Microchip Technology Announces Debugging Capability for Low-Cost Development Programmer
Design and Development | Sep 02, 2006PICkit™ 2 Debug Express Enables Quick Learning of PIC® Microcontrollers
16. Carnegie Mellon Scientists Honored by R&D Magazine For Robot That Explores Underground Gas Mains
Robotics Trends Feature | Sep 02, 2006Principal Systems Scientist Hagen Schempf and his team at the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) in Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute are among 100 inventors this year who will receive R&D Magazine’s prestigious “100 Award” for outstanding innovation.
17. EOS Awards Contract To Ultra MSI For Remote Weapon Station Hand Controls
Security & Defense Robotics | Sep 02, 2006Systems Installed on Hum-Vees and Other Vehicles Deployed in Iraq