1. CoroWare Partners with Auxilia to Distribute Unmanned Mobile Robots to the Military
Security & Defense Robotics | Jul 31, 2009Unmanned Systems Provider Expands Product Offerings with CoroBot and Explorer Robots
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2. Bossa Nova Robotics Unveils its First Line of Personal Entertainment Robots
Personal Robotics | Jul 31, 2009Affordable robots from Pittsburgh based spinoff from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute features revolutionary ‘Ani-Motion’ technology that encourages interactive play.
3. Bluefin-12 AUV Chosen to Facilitate University of Victoria’s Ocean Technology Test Bed
Service Robotics | Jul 29, 2009Massachusetts based manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) contracts with University of Victoria’s Ocean Technology Lab for research AUV.
4. QinetiQ Robots Deal Should Help Cut Transport Delays
Service Robotics | Jul 28, 2009QinetiQ secures two year contract currently covers incidents within Greater London where acetylene gas cylinders are thought to be involved in a fire and surrounding counties, but national coverage is possible with additional funding and extended call out times.
5. Zappos.com Expands its Kiva Order Fulfillment System to Accommodate Growth
Service Robotics | Jul 28, 2009Leading Internet retailer stays one step ahead of unit volumes by deploying ‘just in time’ pick-pack equipment.
6. EWI Signs Agreement With Recognition Robotics For Welder Training Systems
Service Robotics | Jul 23, 2009Companies sign development and collaboration agreement for advanced welder training systems.
7. Aethon Releases Newest Robotics Operating System That Enables Greater Range of Applications
Service Robotics | Jul 15, 2009Advanced OS gives Aethon the ability to accelerate market penetration and increase its dominance in mobile robotic solutions for hospitals.
8. Self-Fueling ‘Eating’ Robot Passes First Power-Unit Test
Security & Defense Robotics | Jul 14, 2009The fueling unit designed to help a military robot eat its way across a battlefield has completed its first round of tests. The Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robotic (EATR) is designed to be able to…
9. Panasonic Announces Pharmacist Robot, Plans for $300M Robo-Business
Service Robotics | Jul 14, 2009Rolling medicine cabinet runs drugs from pharmacy to patient floor in half the time of human pharmacist.
10. RoboSoft Demos Rehab Robot for Elderly
Service Robotics | Jul 14, 2009Still experimental healthcare category gains an open developmental platform other companies can build on.
11. DARPA Awards AeroVironment Phase II Contract Extension for Nano Air Vehicle Development
Security & Defense Robotics | Jul 10, 2009AeroVironment achieves technical milestone: Controlled hovering flight of Nano Air Vehicle unmanned aircraft systems with two flapping wings.
12. Micro Brigade: Miniature Robot Ensembles Could Aid Future Armed Forces Missions
Security & Defense Robotics | Jul 10, 2009Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) researchers working under the Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance Program, are studying very small, unmanned, reconnaissance robots.
13. Robo-Bats With Metal Muscles May Be Next Generation of Remote Control Flyers
Academics and Research | Jul 10, 2009North Carolina State University employ bio-mimetics in the form factor of a bat for the development of micro-aerial vehicles (MAV).
14. CMU Spinoff Designs Robot for NASA Moon Digger Contest
Service Robotics | Jul 07, 2009Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Astrobotics is entering a NASA contest that will award $500,000 to the best remote-operated digging vehicle capable of operating on the moon. For Astrobotics, the contest is a precursor for the $20 million 2011 Google Lunar X prize for a video-shooting, moon-exploring robotic vehicle.
15. The Droid Works Receives Grant to Develop UAV Indoor Navigational Technology
Service Robotics | Jul 02, 2009The Droid Works, iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner’s stealth robotics company, has been awarded an SBIR Phase 1 grant to develop technology to enable search-and-rescue UAVs to navigate indoor environments.
16. FANUC Robotics Introduces M-1iA Intelligent, High-Speed Assembly Robot
Industrial Automation | Jul 01, 2009Lightweight assembly robot specifically designed for easy set-up and to work in small spaces boasts of ready-to-use robotic vision package.
17. Prodigy PCI Programmable Motion Cards with Ethernet Connectivity
Design and Development | Jul 01, 2009Performance Motion Devices’ Prodigy family of motion cards, well suited for robotic applications, now has board-level C-Motion programming, expanded design flexibility, and extended connectivity options.
18. National Instruments and MobileRobots Inc. Collaborate on Robot Foundation Technologies
Design and Development | Jul 01, 2009National Instruments, a developer of products that assist in the design, prototype and deployment of systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications, partners with MobileRobots, a producer of robot platforms and foundation technology for mobile robots, to deliver solutions that can speed cost-effective service robots to market.
19. MobileRobots Inc. Announces First Service Robot Technician Training for Technical Schools
Service Robotics | Jul 01, 2009Developer of robot platforms and autonomous foundations offers service-robot technician training curriculum supporting service jobs critical to robot industry growth.