Express Logic Unveils ThreadX® RTOS for Microchip Technology’s PIC32 32-bit Microcontroller Famil

New Release of Free Engineer’s Design Tool, Motortec STP Plus, Assists in Motor Evaluation

Upgraded Feature for Electrical Input and Loss Calculations Highlights Motor Requirements and Simplifies Sizing

National Instruments and QNX Software Systems Deliver Measurement-Quality Analog I/O to OEMs

Bundle Features Tightly Integrated Software and Hardware to Simplify the Design of Embedded Devices

Objective Interface Systems Announces Complete Middleware Solutions for Robotics

OIS Robotics Platform Provides High-Performance, Highly Reliable Communications Infrastructure in Tiny Footprint

Agilent Technologies Signs Agreement to Acquire Velocity11, a Leader in Life Science Lab Automation

InTouch Health/Intuitive Surgical Develop a New Platform for Surgical Proctoring, Training,

First-Ever Remote Presence Surgery between the United States and Argentina

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, InTouch Health, and Hospital Privado Del Sur in Argentina, announce the success of one of the world’s first surgeries using the Remote Presence Robot, RP-7™. With the assistance of Sinai Hospital bariatric surgeon Alex Gandsas, M.D., telementoring from more than 5,400 miles away, Sergio Cantarelli, M.D., and Gabriel Edidi, M.D., performed a laparoscopic gastric sleeve procedure on a 39-year-old woman in Bahia Blanca, Argentina.

CoroWare Appoints Wynn Dance Director of Sales

Software and Robotic Solutions Company Prepares for Next Level of Growth

Hansen Medical Completes Acquisition Of AorTx

Bluefin Robotics Announces Major New Distribution Agreements Worldwide

Adept Technology Extends Robotics Distribution Into Brazil

Exclusive Agreement With MAR Industries Provides Experienced Channel Into Expanding Robotics Market

Adept Technology Receives $5.0M Quattro Robot Order

Order for Over 100 Units Establishes Quattro as Leading High-Speed Packaging Robot

iRobot Looj Wins 2008 CES Best of Innovations Award

Looj joins past CES Best of Innovations Award Winners iRobot Roomba and iRobo

Thoughts, Not Arms and Hands, Can Operate Machines

New Devices May Improve the Lives of Physically Handicapped People

Rocket-powered Mechanical Arm Could Revolutionize Prosthetics

Combine a mechanical arm with a miniature rocket motor: The result is a prosthetic device that is the closest thing yet to a bionic arm. A prototype of this radical design has been successfully developed and tested by a team of mechanical engineers at Vanderbilt University as part of a $30 million federal program to develop advanced prosthetic devices. 

Raytheon Purchases Sarcos’ Robotics Technologies

First Responder Products Inc. Becomes Distributor for X-Bot(R) Robotics

Elbit Systems to Supply Israeli Defense Forces With UAV Systems Valued Around $30M

Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) received a new UAV order for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

Grant Fuels Wireless Sensor Research

Southern Illinois University Carbondale received $1 million from the Federal Highway Administration’s Intelligent Transportation Systems program to create a network of Internet-based wireless sensors and databases that can provide near real-time data and analysis on the structural soundness of transportation infrastructure, such as a bridge.

Does Technology Take Jobs from People?

Technology stealing people’s jobs is a notion that probably dates back to the invention of the wheel. After all, it took four bearers to carry the emperor and only one to pull a chariot!
by Jeanne Dietsch

Medical Equipment Compliance for Servo Drives From ADVANCED Motion Controls

ADVANCED Motion Controls has created new, cost-effective design strategies for servo drives to meet or exceed medical equipment standards for standalone FCC Class B compliance

Carnegie Mellon System Allows Any Digital Camera To Produce Interactive, Multibillion-Pixel Panorama

Developers Hope New Technology Will Enhance Global Understanding

ACS Motion Control’s Multi-Axis Motion Controller Series Supports Sub-Nanometer Resolution

SPiiPlus SA Series provides high resolution and high-speed motion without compromising accuracy and throughput

QinetiQ’s Zephyr UAV Exceeds Official World Record for Longest Duration Unmanned Flight

Robotic Exoskeleton Replaces Muscle Work

A robotic exoskeleton controlled by the wearer’s own nervous system could help users regain limb function, which is encouraging news for people with partial nervous system impairment, say University of Michigan researchers. 

UAlbany to Use Robots to Study Computer Science Education

Lumedyne Technologies Receives Award for “Outstanding Commercialization Success”

Breakthrough sensor technology transitions out of the military

Researchers Help to Make Cars Smarter

Cars already automatically lock doors when they sense motion and turn on warning lights if they detect potential engine problems. But they are about to get smarter. The augmented cognition research team at Sandia National Laboratories is designing cars capable of analyzing human behavior.

Uncle Sam Wants You To Develop (Autonomous) UGVs

The Army has big plans for battlefield unmanned ground vehicles to realize their ‘Future Force’ vision.  This translates to career opportunities for those that possess the requisite skills.  Expertise in increasing UGV platform autonomy, which is critical for improving effectiveness and reducing system deployment costs, is resume gold.

Mopec Delivers RoboCourier™ to Hospital Automation Market Teams w/ CCS Robotics and MobileRobotics

Mopec Inc, equipment provider to the medical community, announced their teaming with CCS Robotics and MobileRobots Inc to provide RoboCourier, a new hospital helper robot that assures patient samples arrive at the lab expeditiously.

Urban Challenge Will Showcase Promise of Autonomous Driving

Carnegie Mellon’s Tartan Racing Team Prepares for DARPA Qualification Event

RE2 awarded US Army Phase II SBIR Program to Develop High-Speed Inspection Robot w/ Manipulator Arm

CoroWare’s CoroBot JAUS Brings Affordability to Military Robotics Research

CoroWare Enters Working Alliance with RE2

Kiva Expands Professional Services to Support Growing Customer Base

Kiva Systems has announced the expansion of the company’s professional services activities with the addition of two industry veterans to work with the growing number of companies adopting Kiva’s Mobile Fulfillment technology.

Virginia Tech Engineering Students Use NI LabVIEW to Develop a Fully Autonomous Humanoid Robot

Bipedal, Soccer-Playing Robot Is the First U.S. Entry Accepted to RoboCup

Transbotics Secures AGV System Order in the Aerospace Industry

Robotic System Integrator Robotic Work Cells, Automation, Vision Systems, Part Handling

KUKA Robotics Introduces New Robotic Palletizing Solution

Robotic System Integrator Robotic Work Cells, Automation, Vision Systems, Part Handling

Alliance Spacesystems Delivers Robotic Arm for DARPA’s “FREND” Technology Demonstration

Robotic arm technology would provide help with geosynchronous satellite repair, repositioning, debris removal and more.

Aethon’s Autonomous Mobile Robotic System Provides Complete Asset Utilization Solution

Texas Instruments Acquires POWERPRECISE Solutions to Expand Power Management Business

Acquisition Strengthens TI’s High-Performance Analog and Battery Power Management Portfolio

RE2, Inc. Awarded Air Force Research Lab Force Protection Robotics Program

AFRL program utilizes RE2’s extensive unmanned systems, modular manipulation, and Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) expertise

Zoom! Babies Learn to Ride Robots at the University of Delaware

University of Delaware researchers have outfitted kid-size robots to provide mobility to children who are unable to fully explore the world on their own.

Shop for Wow, Now! The Sharper Image Expects Robotics and Tech Toys to Rule This Holiday Season

Donation to Stanford Furthers the Development of Tools for Robotics Application Development

Willow Garage Unveils Plan for New Personal Robotics Platform

Donation to Stanford Furthers the Development of Tools for Robotics Application Development

Wowwee and Evolution Robotics Partner to Bring Breakthrough Technology to Consumer Robots

Donation to Stanford Furthers the Development of Tools for Robotics Application Development

Prof. Takeo Kanade To Receive Okawa Prize For Contributions Impacting Fields of Information, Telecom

Takeo Kanade, Carnegie Mellon University¹s U.A. and Helen Whitaker Professor of Computer Science and Robotics, is the 2007 recipient of the Okawa Prize, which is sponsored by the Japan-based Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications.

Innovation First, Inc. and Autodesk Launch Web Site to Promote Robotics Among Students and Educators

Robotevents.com provides comprehensive online resource offering the latest robotics news, blogs, events and information for robotics enthusiasts