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“You really need to develop a whole product solution—hardware, software, UI, interfaces, and process redesign—with a consideration for what problem you are really trying to solve.” —Aldo Zini
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What obstacles remain for robots to work alongside humans in industrial settings, and how far have we come in eliminating those challenges? Dr. Roland Menassa answers these and other questions in his presentation at the RoboBusiness summit November 2-3 in Boston.
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07/25/07 — InRob Tech Ltd. ("InRob") , today announced that it has summarized preliminary principles of collaboration with Frontline Robotics, a Canadian company that specializes in the development of systems and technologies for robot platforms. This collaboration will include marketing and joint bidding on defense-related robotics projects. Frontline Robotics (http://www.frontline-robotics.com ) develops…
07/20/07 — Over the past three years, thousands of American soldiers in Iraq have been horribly injured or killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The explosives, placed near or buried under roadways and often detonated by remote control, frequently target U.S. military vehicles and convoys — often with deadly success. At Florida…
07/13/07 — Robotics Trends, a division of EH Publishing, Inc., today announced that Evolution Robotics has joined the inaugural RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition, the international technical design and development event for mobile robotics and intelligent systems industry, as a Gold Sponsor. The company will also host a ‘robotics breakfast’ on October 25,…
07/11/07 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment (MULE) robotic vehicle’s Engineering Evaluation Unit (EEU) recently reached a major milestone in demonstrating autonomous navigation over complex obstacles, such as steps and gaps. MULE lockheed martin robotThe EEU autonomously climbed a 30-inch step and bridged a 70-inch gap without operator…
07/05/07 — Autonomous Solutions, Inc., (ASI), a designer and manufacturer of unmanned vehicle systems, software, and components for industrial and military clients, announced it has been awarded a two-year development contract from the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NAVEODTECHDIV) in Indian Head, MD, to develop an advanced 3D visualization and tactile…
07/02/07 — Searching buildings for weapons of mass destruction and supply routes for improvised bombs are extremely dangerous but important jobs. That’s why Scott DeLoach is working to create robots and robot teams to handle these and other tasks. DeLoach, associate professor of computing and information sciences at Kansas State University, has…
06/25/07 — Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, has designed, developed and successfully demonstrated an autonomous robotic vehicle with the capability to carry over 1,000 pounds of combat and medical gear across the battlefield. Under an $850,000 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) product contract, Alion’s Micro Analysis & Design…
06/05/07 — Wholly owned QinetiQ subsidiary Foster-Miller Inc, announced today that its IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity) contract from the Robotic Systems Joint Program Office administered by the Naval Air Warfare Training Systems Division (NAVAIR) has been increased from $63.9 million to $150 million to accommodate the purchase of additional TALON® robots…
05/03/07 — Robotics Trends, a division of EH Publishing, Inc., today announced that Claude Bolton, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, Department of the Army, will deliver the opening keynote address at the fourth annual RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition. RoboBusiness 2007, the international business development event for the…
05/03/07 — Robotics Trends, a division of EH Publishing, Inc., announced today that Henrik Christensen, KUKA Chair of Robotics and Director, Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will deliver a keynote address on May 15, 2007 at the fourth annual RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition. RoboBusiness 2007,…
04/19/07 — Athena Technologies announced today that the Athena GuideStar™ successfully navigated and controlled the first drop of Textron Defense Systems’ Universal Aerial Delivery Dispenser (U-ADD) during the USAF UAV Battlelab’s Guided Dispenser Tube Initiative. The U-ADD was dropped from a UAV on 15 October 2006 at the Ft. Huachuca Army test…
03/29/07 — BAE Systems today launched its new autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) Talisman at Oceanology International 2006. The Talisman System, developed by BAE Systems in the UK, is a latest-generation modular multi-role UUV, capable of a wide range of maritime littoral operations. Fully-funded by BAE Systems’ private venture funding, the Talisman…
02/19/07 — Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville sit in a darkened basement conference room at Von Braun Research Hall. A projector flashes an aerial view of the university’s campus on the screen. The Google Earth image has been enhanced by software that has created three-dimensional buildings on the south…
02/19/07 — The Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Insitu, Inc., ScanEagle team has gained compliance with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) interoperability standard. The standard, also known as Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4586, establishes specifications for a common ground station system for UAVs used by NATO military forces. Compliance…
02/14/07 — Robotics Trends announced that Evolution Robotics has joined the 4th annual RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition, the international business development event for mobile robotics and intelligent systems, as a Gold Sponsor. The company will also host a ‘robotics breakfast’ on May 15, 2007. The RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition (http://www.roboevent.com) will be…
02/11/07 — Responding to the needs of warfighters, iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) announced the iRobot PackBot® 510 with EOD Kit, a second-generation explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robot. PackBot 510 uses a new game-style hand controller for faster training and easier operation in the field. In addition, the robot is 30 percent faster,…
02/06/07 — Robotics Trends announced that Microsoft Corp. has joined the 4th annual RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition, the international business development event for mobile robotics and intelligent systems, as a Gold Sponsor. The RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition (http://www.roboevent.com) will be held May 15-16, 2007 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA.…
02/06/07 — Energid Technologies Corporation today announced a significant breakthrough in human-machine collaboration technology. Based on software being developed for the Air Force, Energid’s Multi-Modal Dialog Architecture allows a human to interact and collaborate realistically with an intelligent agent or with a real robot. The architecture’s core dialog module is coupled with…
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