1. Braintech Completes Financing With Virginia Investment Group
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 30, 2006Company Redeems 2003 Debentures
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2. NASA and M2MI Corp. to Develop ‘Automated M2M Intelligence’
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 20, 2006To help enable machines to make choices and efficiently communicate with one another without human intervention, NASA and M2Mi Corp. have agreed to work together to develop automated ‘machine-to-machine (M2M) intelligence.’
3. BAE Systems Completes Acquisition of National Sensor Systems
Security & Defense Robotics | Oct 20, 2006BAE Systems completed its acquisition of Acton, Mass.-based National Sensor Systems following receipt of regulatory approval. With the $8.7 million cash transaction, BAE Systems adds advanced competencies in its remote sensing, photonics and laser…
4. Seeing Machines Releases New Version of faceLAB
Design and Development | Oct 20, 2006Seeing Machines (AIM : SEE), the leading developer of advanced computer based imaging software systems, announces today the release of faceLAB™ Version 4.3. This new release of faceLAB™ brings improved head and eye-gaze calculation,…
5. Award Winning Seaeye Expanda Creating New Career Opportunities in Engineering and Sale
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 17, 2006Sales success has led leading ROV maker Seaeye to expand its operations by opening a second factory in Fareham. This includes growing export sales that now exceed 70% of turnover, winning the company a…
6. Precarn Announces $2 Million Funding Boost For Intelligent Systems Research Of Small Companies Acros
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 17, 2006Ottawa-based Precarn Incorporated has announced that it will provide a $2 million funding boost to support the intelligent systems (IS) and robotics research and development (R&D) efforts of small businesses across Canada.
7. Telemedicine Robots Help Improve Health
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 15, 2006University of Queensland, Australia telemedicine researchers are using a robot named Eliza to conquer the tyranny of distance and improve delivery of specialist medical care to the bush.
8. CCATSM San Diego to Provide Commercialization Assistance to Defense and Security Technologies
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 12, 2006Federally-Funded CCAT Program Offers Services to Pave the Way for Successful Commercialization
9. RE2, Inc. Receives Funding from Kuchera to Commercialize the RE2 Sensor Stabilization Platform
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 11, 2006RE2, Inc., a Carnegie Mellon spin-off specializing in mobile defense robotics, announced that it has received funding from Kuchera Defense Systems (KDS) to commercialize the RE2 Sensor Stabilization Platform (SSP) for small unmanned vehicles, including ground, air, and sea-surface vehicles.
10. New Motion Control Association Launched
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 11, 2006Executives from leading global motion control companies have launched a new trade association to serve the interests of motors, drives and controls companies.
11. Dean Kamen and Rhode Island Create Partnership to Bring Robotics Program to Every High School in the
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 11, 2006Rhode Island Poised to Be First in the Nation with Statewide Program
12. Applied Perception Named Recipient of Prestigious 2006 Tibbetts Award
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 10, 2006- Government-wide award recognizes small businesses for significant achievements involving technological innovation related to the federal SBIR Program.
- Applied Perception among 56 organizations selected from an initial field of approximately 17,000 projects
- Award is the second for Applied Perception’s work on the Robotic Patient Recovery SBIR project for the U.S. Army.
13. DARPA Announces Track A Participants for 2007 Urban Challenge
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 03, 2006The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced the track A teams participating in the Urban Challenge, the third DARPA Grand Challenge autonomous vehicle competition.
14. Robot Wheelchair May Give Patients More Independence
Personal Robotics | Oct 01, 2006National Institute of Standards and Technology engineers have developed a proof-of-concept prototype Home Lift, Position and Rehabilitation Chair (HLPR) that is designed to provide independence to wheelchair-dependent people.
15. What’s NXT? The LEGO Group Embraces Third-Party Development for LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Platform
Personal Robotics | Oct 01, 2006HiTechnic to Develop and Market First Third-Party Sensors to Enhance Robots
16. NASA Mars Spacecraft Gear Up for Extra Work
Robotics Trends Feature | Oct 01, 2006NASA’s Mars robotic missions are performing so well, they are being prepared for additional overtime work.
17. Object Management Group Joins RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition as Premier Sponsor
Security & Defense Robotics | Oct 01, 2006International Standards Body Joins Technical Design and Development
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