ABB Secures Agreement to Provide Robotic Automation to A123 Systems for Advanced Battery Application
ABB Robotics, a supplier of industrial robots, has reached an agreement with A123 Systems to provide robotic automation systems for the assembly and manufacturing of lithium-ion battery modules and packs. A123 Systems, headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, develops, manufactures and supplies high-power lithium ion batteries designed to deliver a new combination of power, safety and life. A123 Systems selected ABB to design and build the automation systems based on ABB’s overall company strength, ongoing involvement in advanced battery…
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Tagged: Robot, Robotics, Abb, Flexpicker, Irb 360 flexpicker, A123 systems
Swisslog Enters Autonomous Mobile Robot Market with SpeciMinder and RoboCourier
Swisslog, a leading provider of automated materials transport and pharmacy automation solutions for hospitals, announced that it has entered the autonomous mobile robot market with the introduction of Swisslog SpeciMinder and Swisslog RoboCourier in North America.
SpeciMinder and RoboCourier will be manufactured for Swisslog by CCS Robotics, Inc., widely recognized as a national leader in the development of autonomous mobile robots for commercial applications within hospitals and laboratories. SpeciMinder robots produced by CCS Robotics have…
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Tagged: Pharmacy automation, Swisslog, Ccs robotics, Speciminder, Robocourier, Materials transport
CoroWare Expands Business in Asia With New Distributor
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 and Explorer robots to their product portfolios.
Megah Suria offers technically advanced and leading edge product portfolios featuring efficient and highly reliable equipment specially designed to solve problems faced by members of the research, development and education communities. With more than 30 years of experience, the…
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Tagged: Robot, Robotics, Megah suria, Explorer, Coroware, Corobot
Lockheed Martin Selects Protonex To Enhance HULC Power Supply Technologies
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has selected Protonex Technology Corporation to develop power supply concepts that will enable the HULC robotic exoskeleton to support 72+-hour extended missions. Protonex will evaluate fuel cell-based power solutions that can be carried by the HULC, while at the same time powering the exoskeleton and the user’s mission equipment during extended dismounted operations.
“Integrating state-of-the-art power technology on the HULC is a whole system approach to meeting the needs of dismounted Warfighters and Special Operations forces,” said…
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Tagged: Robot, Robotics, Fuel cell, Lockheed martin, Protonex, Exoskeleton, Hulc
Myomo Neuro-Robotic Technology Restores Use of Paralyzed Limbs
Northeast Senior Health is the first organization in the nation to implement Myomo, an innovative stroke rehabilitation technology, in the skilled nursing and home care environments. Northeast HomeCare, Ledgewood Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center and Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, all programs of Northeast Senior Health, recently implemented the Myomo System.
Northeast HomeCare is the first home care agency to implement Myomo and Ledgewood and Seacoast are the…
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Tagged: robotics, robot, rehabilitation, service robotics, paralyzed, northeast senior health, stroke, neuro-robotic
Latest Version of GigE Vision Standard Released
The GigE Vision camera interface standard that has been used by the machine vision industry since 2006 has recently been updated and Version 1.2 is now available. The GigE Vision standard committee worked diligently to improve the standard and version 1.2 brings brand new features, such as control of non-streaming devices to the industry. The Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the trade group that represents the global machine vision…
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Tagged: Robot, Robotics, Machine vision, Gigabit ethernet communication protocol, Automated imaging association, Gige vision
South Fulton Medical Center First in Georgia to Purchase Prosurgics’ Laparoscopic Camera Controller
Surgical robotics company Prosurgics announces the first sale of a FreeHand laparoscopic camera controller in Georgia.
Supporting the Atlanta metro area, the South Fulton Medical Center is a modern facility known for medical innovation and state-of-the-art equipment. Two top surgeons, Dr. Kevin Edmonds and Dr. Vijaykumar Patel, performed a series of surgeries this fall using FreeHand. Dr. Edmonds, an OB/GYN surgeon, used it for laparoscopic hysterectomies and other cases. Dr. Patel, a general surgeon, performed several…
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Tagged: South fulton medical center, Laparoscopic surgery, Laparoscopic camera controller, Prosurgics, Robotic surgery, Freenhand
Robotics Summit Virtual Conference Series 2010
Mark Your Calendars - June 16, 2010
The Robotics Summit Virtual Conference offers registered, prequalified attendees a full day of dynamic keynote presentations by robotics thought leaders, in-depth conference sessions delivered in two tracks, online discussions, networking opportunities and a full, virtual exposition floor filled with the very latest robotics and intelligent systems technology from around the world. Attendees may attend the live Robotics Summit Virtual Conference free of charge, as well as have unlimited access to the archived…
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Robot Programming Used to Measure Effectiveness of Virtual Learning
Discovering whether virtual environments play an effective role in the way that humans learn is the focus of a research project based at a UK university in partnership with two academies in Japan.
Four senior academics in the UK and Japan are looking into how virtual environments such as Second Life can contribute to high quality teaching and learning.
Stewart…
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Tagged: Robot, Robotics, Virtual learning, Teeside university, Second life
Hokuyo URG LIDAR Drivers Integrated into National Instruments LabVIEW Robotics Software
Hokuyo Automatic Co., Ltd. announced that National Instruments has integrated drivers for Hokuyo’s URG Laser Range Finders (or known as LIDAR) as a standard feature for the newly released NI LabVIEW Robotics 2009 software.
Hokuyo’s URG sensors have been recognized as the smallest laser range finders available on the market and are suitable for small robotics platforms. Since released in 2004, the URG-04LX has been widely used in…
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Tagged: robotics, robot, labview robotics, national instruments, urg, labview, development, lidar
