US government’s Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) has awarded Massachusetts based Black I Robotics $800K to develop a midsized unmanned ground vehicle based on Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) technology.
iRobot has received a $3.3M award from the Army Research Office for a multi-year research and development project to produce highly flexible, mobile Chemical Robots (ChemBots) that can maneuver through openings smaller than their dimensions to perform a variety of tasks.
Distribution agreement with Menzel Vision and Robotics Pvt. Ltd. provides intelligent vision-guided robotics supplier immediate access to the Indian market.
Paris based Gostai is running a 2 day advanced technical training session for the Universal Real-time Behavior Interface (Urbi), a powerful parallel script engine coupled with the UObject component architecture. Urbi, which has been employed in the development of many robots and robotic products, is used to control hardware and software components in a flexible and portable way. The session is to run September 29-30, 2008 in Paris, France.
Variation Reduction Solutions will use Dassault Systèmes’ 3D and project management tools for the development of an automated vision guided system for drilling inlet ducts into the center fuselage of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.
LEGO Education, the educational division of LEGO Group, has introduced WeDo, an educational robotics product targeted for primary school students age 7-11 years, that works with OLPC XO, Intel Classmate or any desktop and laptop Mac/PC.
Tufts University has received federal funding to develop chemical robots that will be able to squeeze into spaces as tiny as 1 centimeter, then morph into something 10 times larger, and ultimately biodegrade. The “chembots” could access urban environments, tunnels, caves and debris fields, and carry out other risky operations in complex environments.
Industry Leader Rejoins International Technical Design and Development Event for the Personal, Service and Mobile Robotics Industry as Foundation Sponsor
Industry Leader Rejoins International Technical Design and Development Event for the Personal, Service and Mobile Robotics Industry as Foundation Sponsor
Industry Leader Rejoins International Technical Design and Development Event for the Personal, Service and Mobile Robotics Industry as Foundation Sponsor
Industry Leader Rejoins International Technical Design and Development Event for the Personal, Service and Mobile Robotics Industry as Foundation Sponsor
Industry Leader Rejoins International Technical Design and Development Event for the Personal, Service and Mobile Robotics Industry as Foundation Sponsor
Industry Leader Rejoins International Technical Design and Development Event for the Personal, Service and Mobile Robotics Industry as Foundation Sponsor
Industry Leader Rejoins International Technical Design and Development Event for the Personal, Service and Mobile Robotics Industry as Foundation Sponsor
The European Commission uses AUTOMATICA 2008, the Munich based robotics and automation event, to announce that the European Union will double its robotics research and development investments between 2007 and 2010 to €400M.
Three-plant complex will help recruit new industry, support existing industry and train workforce for high-tech jobs.
Michael Lacy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hollund Industrial, Inc. comments on the recent acquisition of TigerLynk Technology and the company’s strategic plan for new product sales and marketing.
Hospital/healthcare automation is considered one of the ‘sweet spots’ for the new (non-industrial) robotics industry. Pharmacy automation leader Parata Systems has released two products Parata Max and Parata Mini. Parata MAX supports today’s pharmacy workflow needs including increased daily throughput volume and greater fills, while Parata Mini provides an entry level, scalable solution for start-up or smaller pharmacies.
The OpenJAUS Development Group, which is working to deliver a free open source implementation of the JAUS (Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems) standard, has released a robotics toolkit that enables developers to be able to more quickly and easily build standardized, inoperable systems.
Bluefin Robotics, a manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), has secured a contract from Horizon Marine an ocean monitoring and forecasting service provider for the offshore oil and gas industry.
MAKO Surgical Corp. used SolidWorks software to design their Tactile Guidance System, a proprietary, FDA-cleared surgeon-interactive robotic arm system that controls surgeons’ movements through the use of tactile resistance technology.
The Hartfiel Company & Hartfiel South, announce its partnership with new robotics integrator Durabotics Inc. Effective immediately Hartfiel will be turning over its distributorship contract of Stäubli Robotics and Yamaha Robotics, to Durabotics, for all its territories.
Customized algorithms in high-performance, digital motion control modules give customers precise control making them ideal for electronic and test assembly applications.