1. CoroWare Expands Business in Asia With New Distributor
Design and Development | Jan 29, 2010Developer of CoroBot and Explorer robotic platforms expands into the Asia-Pacific region with partnership with Malaysian distributer.
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2. Lockheed Martin Selects Protonex To Enhance HULC Power Supply Technologies
Security & Defense Robotics | Jan 26, 2010Protonex will develop fuel cell-based power solutions for Lockheed Martin’s HULC anthropomorphic, electro-hydraulic, robotic exoskeleton.
3. Myomo Neuro-Robotic Technology Restores Use of Paralyzed Limbs
Service Robotics | Jan 26, 2010Northeast Senior Health pioneers use of Myomo neuro-robotic arm brace in home health care and skilled nursing facilities, enabling brain-injured patients to maximize their recovery and restore movement.
4. Latest Version of GigE Vision Standard Released
Industrial Automation | Jan 25, 2010The latest version of GigE Vision, the widely adopted camera interface standard, with dozens of leading companies offering hundreds of GigE Vision compliant products in the market, has been released.
5. South Fulton Medical Center First in Georgia to Purchase Prosurgics’ Laparoscopic Camera Controller
Service Robotics | Jan 21, 2010Producer of surgical robotics products provides Georgia medical center with FreeHand advanced surgery technology designed for minimally invasive, laparoscopic surgery.
6. Robot Programming Used to Measure Effectiveness of Virtual Learning
Academics and Research | Jan 21, 2010Using robot programming as a measure for teaching effectiveness, four senior academics in the UK and Japan are looking into how virtual environments such as Second Life contribute to high quality teaching and learning.
7. Hokuyo URG LIDAR Drivers Integrated into National Instruments LabVIEW Robotics Software
Design and Development | Jan 19, 2010NI’s newly released LabVIEW Robotics 2009 software, used to design and prototype sophisticated robotics control systems, now includes drivers for Hokuyo’s URG family of compact laser range finders.
8. Boston Scientific Selects Kiva Warehouse Automation System for Distribution Centers
Industrial Automation | Jan 19, 2010Kiva continues to roll with a multi-year agreement to automate the distribution centers in the Netherlands and New England of medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific.
9. Innovations in Robotics and Evolving Safety Standards Examined in New White Paper
Industrial Automation | Jan 18, 2010Rockwell Automation releases a new white paper entitled “International Safety Standards Keep Pace With Advances in Robotic Technology and Applications” that examines the major innovations in robotics and robotic systems, including cableless teach pendants, human-robot collaboration, robot-to-robot synchronization and vision-based safeguarding systems, that new safety standards will address for the first time.
10. FANUC Robotics Introduces M-3iA Intelligent, Flexible, and High-Speed Assembly Robot
Industrial Automation | Jan 16, 2010A larger version of FANUC’s M-1iA robot introduced last year, the M-3iA, which comes in a four- or six-axis model, can automate the assembly of a variety of applications that cannot be done with traditional SCARA-type robots.
11. Solution Found for Battlefield Robot Control Problem
Security & Defense Robotics | Jan 14, 2010By utilizing a patented FLEXkit consisting of a hardened computer, multiple, proprietary Radio Control Modules (RCMs) and a swappable hard drive, American Reliance provides an intermediate, plug-and-play solution for a single, common control system for robots and other devices.
12. PMD Enhances Its Prodigy Family of Motion Cards With New Features and Peripherals
Design and Development | Jan 14, 2010User accessible on-board non-volatile memory (NVRAM) and the IM600 Interconnect Module, which that simplifies the process of connecting various motion peripherals, are the newest additions to PMD’s Prodigy Motion Control Cards.
13. Northrop Grumman’s MQ-8B Fire Scout Demonstrates Interoperability With the Army’s OSRVT
Security & Defense Robotics | Jan 13, 2010MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned autonomous helicopter has been shown to work with the Army’s One System Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT) video and data system, enabling warfighters to remotely downlink live surveillance images and critical geospatial data.
14. Harvest Automation, Inc. Receives $4.0M Series A Financing
Service Robotics | Jan 11, 2010Founded by robotics industry veterans, Harvest Automation, a maker of materials handling robots, has secured $4M in Series A financing from investors Life Sciences Partners, MidPoint Food & Ag Funds and The Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation.
15. Velodyne Lidar Expands Global Reseller Network
Design and Development | Jan 11, 2010Manufacturer of high definition 3-D lidar sensors now has distributor offices in Germany, China, Israel, South Korea and the UK.
16. National Instruments Introduces LabVIEW Robotics 2009
Design and Development | Jan 11, 2010LabVIEW Robotics 2009 can import code from other languages including C/C++, .m files and VHDL, and communicate with a wide variety of sensors using built-in drivers for everything from LIDAR, IR, sonar and GPS devices to dramatically reduce development time allowing engineers and scientists to focus on adding their own algorithms and intelligence.
17. Luna Innovations and Intuitive Surgical Expand Relationship
Service Robotics | Jan 10, 2010Luna and Intuitive will be extending their development and supply agreement to further develop Luna’s advanced shape sensing and position tracking systems technology for Intuitive’s robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery products.
18. NASA to Check for Unlikely Winter Survival of Mars Lander
Service Robotics | Jan 10, 2010The Phoenix Mars lander is not expected to have survived he harsh Martian winter, but NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter will attempt to lock onto Phoenix’s signal and gain information about the lander’s status, and if successful, to determine what capabilities Phoenix retains.
19. Evolution Robotics Introduces Mint – The Evolution of Floor Cleaning
Personal Robotics | Jan 07, 2010Evolution Robotics partners with renowned industrial designer Yves Behar to deliver appliance-grade floor cleaner that exploits Evolution’s low-cost NorthStar localization solution.
20. Kiva Systems’ Double Digit Growth Defies 2009’s Recession Economy
Industrial Automation | Jan 06, 2010Despite the 2009 “Great Recession”, Kiva Systems, a producer of order fulfillment robotics solutions, had a banner year in 2009, doubling the number of its customers and expanding into Canada, the UK and the Netherlands.
21. iRobot Achieves Milestone in Home Robot Market
Personal Robotics | Jan 06, 2010Sales of iRobot home robots surpass five million units; innovative features and proven reliability continue to make Roomba the industry leader in robotic floor cleaners
22. Virginia Tech Team to Build Battlefield Robots for 2010 Competition
Academics and Research | Jan 05, 2010A team of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students from Virginia Tech’s Virginia Center for Autonomous Systems in building a team battle-ready robots as part of an international war games challenge.
23. AAI Receives $39 Million Award for Additional Shadow Systems
Security & Defense Robotics | Jan 04, 2010In addition to 91 previously delivered systems, AAI Corporation has been contracted to deliver three new Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems to support U.S. Army and Marine Corps. bringing the total of ordered systems to 116.