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05/14/13 — The U.S. Navy launched an unmanned, autonomous aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship for the first time today, a development that could herald the end of Top Gun-style piloted air combat missions. The X-47B drone is the first designed to operate an aircraft carrier, which allows it to be used around the world without needing permission to take off from airfields in other countries. But there are concerns about the legality of what has been dubbed America's 'covert drone war'. Strikes cause widespread civilian deaths and operate with only limited oversight, critics say. Aside from its…
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05/13/13 — ROS Industrial (ROS-I), the open source project designed to promote a common framework for robot programming in industrial environments, is celebrating its 1-year anniversary. Back in September 2011, Robotiq CEO, Samuel Bouchard, was happily surprised at the collaboration between Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a private R&D organization based in San Antonio, Texas, and Motoman, one of the largest industrial robot makers in the world, to develop a ROS interface for the Motoman SIA20 7-axis robot. "This could be the beginning of something big," Bouchard wrote. "If more industrial robotics companies adopt ROS, this could enable a lot of technology transfer from the research…
05/13/13 — They kill at least 100,000 people every single year, and the collective medical costs associated with treating people who contract them tops $30 billion a year, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics. But hospital "superbugs" have a new contender in the fight for people's lives that involves…
05/13/13 — Cedar Hill, TX, May1, 2013—Students at Cedar Hill Independent School District were delighted as Mr. Kyle Berger introduced the RobotsLAB BOX to Middle and High School Math and Science classes. Students didn’t imagine that a quadcopter could help them understand quadratic equations, and a robotic arm could help them figure…
05/13/13 — With a historic robotic refueling demo ticked off its checklist, NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) put down the hose and picked up the screwdriver and utility knife. This latest round of satellite-servicing tasks, completed in the early morning of May 10, will show how robots could access and further maintain satellites in…
05/09/13 — Given the tremendous advancements taking place in the field of robotics right now, the increased use of robot soldiers by the Pentagon seems all but inevitable — drastically altering the way the United States wages war. But the rise of robots will have an even broader impact on the way the…
05/09/13 — Forget about getting a dog. This Sparki will fetch and play ball, and it never barks. Sparki is a small, boxy robot that with a bit of programming know-how will even play a game of chase-the-flashlight-beam. The brain behind Sparki is a tiny Cambridge start-up called ArcBotics, whose founders have…
05/09/13 — Magnum Hunter Resources’ subsidiary Alpha Resources has just taken possession of a “robotic drilling rig” that it plans to use to drill Utica Shale wells for the next three years. The robotic rig can, by itself, lift the entire drilling rig six inches off the ground and rotate it and…
05/09/13 — Harvard researchers have created a working prototype of a robotic bee and have been flying prototypes for months. The next step is equipping them with brains. That the bees, which are described as being half the size of a paperclip and weighing less than a tenth of a gram, can fly…
05/09/13 — The idea of a robotic hand goes back a long way, though mostly as a fictional concept. But thanks to the 3D printer, the robotic hand is getting a whole new life, as are those who are benefiting from the combination of Robohand and MakerBot, who are bringing out a…
05/09/13 — Scottsdale, AZ, April 29, 2013 – Roboteq, Inc is collaborating on a kickstarter project named RIO (for Raspberry IO) and aimed at creating an intelligent I/O card that stacks over the $35 Raspberry PI Linux Single Board computer. The RIO card includes a rich set of I/O and connectivity features. The…
05/09/13 — ROBOTIS, a leading provider of smart servo DYNAMIXEL & open-source humanoid DARwIn-OP, has recently released the CM-900, a 32-bit ARM Cortex embedded board dedicated to develop robots at $19.90 price tag. Era of Open Hardware In recent years, Arduino has been leading the open hardware movement thanks to its low…
05/09/13 — Traditionally, robots were large, heavy, dangerous, noisy and emphasized extremely high speed, making them impractical for use in non-industrial settings. Additionally, the training needed to effectively apply these systems limited their use to companies staffed with highly trained automation engineers. In rapidly growing fields such as life sciences, clinical laboratories…
05/02/13 — While Marines have heaped praise on the K-MAX unmanned cargo system, its future as a potential program of record remains uncertain.Fielded after an urgent request from the military, the Lockheed Martin/Kaman Aerospace Corp. helicopter has been in Afghanistan for 18 months and heralded as a lifesaver.“The performance from this aircraft…
05/02/13 — A group of roboticists at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta have developed a touch system that allows a robot to feel its way around various situations. Publishing their results in the International Journal of Robotics Research, the team revealed a new kind of robotic mechanism…
05/02/13 — As technology continues its steady march onward to the future, the question isn’t always “can” it be done, but rather “should” it be done. And this isn’t always asked from the ethical perspective. We humans often have to come to an understanding of just what we will and will not…
05/02/13 — The new MH3BM (BioMedical) robot is designed to handle specimen processing, drug dispensing and medical research applications. It features a special coating and stainless steel fasteners that permit cleaning with hydrogen peroxide. Its ISO 5 (class 100) clean room rating makes the MH3BM robot compatible with applications outside the biomedical…
05/02/13 — Yaskawa Motoman is pleased to announce enhanced functionality of dual-robot control with its MLX100 Robot Gateway™. MLX100 enables controlling and programming of Motomanâ robots entirely within the ControlLogix® platform, eliminating the need for an additional controller or language for robotic application development. MLX100 offers a seamless PLC and robot integration…
05/02/13 — FANUC Robotics America Inc. unveiled details Tuesday of a new training program it will offer in partnership with the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing at its Charleston location. FANUC showcased industrial robots that manufacturers use, which workers across West Virginia and the region will be trained to…
05/02/13 — Developers at Rethink Robotics in Boston have the newest version of the company’s flagship product, the Baxter Research Robot. The humanoid robot was developed for use in colleges and universities, and is designed to work alongside technicians and researchers. Baxter has two seven-axis arms, a 360-degree sonar and a front camera for…
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