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04/21/10 — The TACO project, co-financed by the European Commission under EU Framework Programme, is developing a 3D sensor that will enable robots to observe their environment in a more natural and human-like manner. The TACO project, which started in February 2010, will make it possible to apply current robots in more…
04/21/10 — INTRA Groupe’s new family of rugged, real-time remote controlled radioactive cleanup robots to standardize on Wind River’s VxWorks, the world’s leading commercial real-time operating system. Wind River announced that the France-based Group of Robotic Intervention on Accidents (INTRA) has selected VxWorks for its new family of radioactive cleanup robots, called…
04/06/10 — Low power and small size of Sarnoff’s ARM11 MPCore based Acadia II system-on-a-chip provides real-time contrast enhancement, stabilization, multi-sensor fusion, and tracking, making it ideal for unmanned aerial and ground vehicles. Sarnoff Corporation launched Acadia II, a powerful system-on-a-chip (SoC) with real-time, portable, and low power consumption for vision processing…
04/05/10 — 3D vision company extends the number of its patents to twelve with the addition of two new patent issuances for the use of parallel stereo vision for guiding robots and other unmanned systems and the integration of additional functional units with stereo correlation to improve performance with greater parallelism and…
03/17/10 — The JEOPARD project, an initiative of aicas GmbH and the Open Group, and partially funded by the EU’s 7th framework program, is designed to develop new real-time Java technologies for multicore systems. JEOPARD has its Parallel Real-time Java VM under test at a number of partner companies. One of the…
03/11/10 — Boeing Directed Energy Systems and Spectrolab develop a small, light 3-D imaging camera with modest power requirements that is well suited for use in unmanned aerial systems. Still imaging is currently supported, but video is coming soon. The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced it has begun offering a new, compact,…
03/09/10 — Producer of CoroBot and Explorer mobile research robots adds laser range finder to list of platform options, greatly increasing the number and range of applications the systems are suited for. CoroWare Technologies, a subsidiary of CoroWare, Inc. (OTCBB: COWI), announced today it has added a new accessory to its growing…
03/08/10 — Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions has introduced the Haydon RoHS compliant IDEA programmable stepper motor drive. The IDEA Drive is a compact, easy-to-use electronic drive and fully programmable control unit with a patent pending graphic user interface. Programming the drive is through the use of on-screen buttons instead of complicated command…
03/08/10 — Low cost voice recognition module provides users with 26 built-in speaker independent commands that allow basic control of robot movement straight out-of-the-box. The VRbot is a is a tiny, low cost voice recognition module designed to easily add versatile voice command functionality to robots and many additional applications where voice…
03/04/10 — ZigBee Alliance makes public latest incarnations of ZigBee Home Automation standard for control for home appliances, power outlets, motorized devices, doorbells, mechanized window shades, security, and other devices. ZigBee Remote Control standard also available. The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies, creating wireless solutions for use in energy management,…
03/02/10 — Developer of on-demand hydrogen gas fuel sources begins advanced design work on a prototype steam generator for Navy UUV applications where exothermic reaction between water and aluminum is used to superheat steam to drive a turbine providing underwater propulsion. Early production stage hydrogen generation company AlumiFuel Power, Inc. (“API”), the…
02/22/10 — Peratech’s Quantum Tunnelling Composites technology, composed of electro-active polymeric materials made from metallic or non-metallic filler particles combined in an elastomeric binder, is already employed in NASA’s Robonaut and Shadow Robot’s Shadow Dexterous Hand. A new research project with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is designed to enable a human…
02/19/10 — RoweBots’ ultra-tiny, embedded Linux- and POSIX-compatible RTOSs open Renesas Technology Corp.’s SH-2A microcontroller (MCU) family to Linux- and POSIX-compatible development for the first time. RoweBots Research, Inc., a supplier of tiny embedded POSIX RTOS products, announced the launch and release of Unison Version 5 and the open-source version of Unison…
02/03/10 — National Instruments’ LabVIEW Robotics 2009 graphical programming environment to contain an evaluation version of TORC Technologies’ JAUS Toolkit, which supports the DoD-mandated Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) SAE standard for messaging between elements of unmanned systems. TORC, a provider of robotics technologies for unmanned and autonomous vehicles, has announced…
01/29/10 — Developer of CoroBot and Explorer robotic platforms expands into the Asia-Pacific region with partnership with Malaysian distributer. CoroWare Technologies, a subsidiary of CoroWare, Inc. (OTCBB:COWI), announced it has entered into a distribution agreement with Malaysia-based technology provider Megah Suria Sdn. Bhd. Beginning January 4, 2010, Megah Suria added CoroWare’s CoroBot…
01/19/10 — NI’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. Hokuyo Automatic Co., Ltd. announced that National Instruments has integrated drivers for Hokuyo’s URG Laser Range Finders (or known as LIDAR) as…
01/14/10 — User 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. Performance Motion Devices, Inc. (PMD) has enhanced its Prodigy family of motion control cards with new features and peripherals.…
01/11/10 — Manufacturer of high definition 3-D lidar sensors now has distributor offices in Germany, China, Israel, South Korea and the UK. Velodyne Lidar, Inc., a manufacturer of high definition 3-D lidar sensors, has secured international agreements with five major distributors worldwide to expand marketing for the company’s sensor products. The extended…
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