03/30/10 — Provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics has shipped the first units of the high speed Adept Quattro s650HS.  The Quattro systems, specifically designed for high-speed manufacturing, packaging, material handling, and assembly applications, are to be used primarily for food handling. Adept Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADEP), a leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, announced it has shipped the first of its USDA-accepted robots. The Adept Quattro s650HS is the industry’s only USDA-accepted parallel robot available for meat and poultry processing. The robot systems are currently bound for multiple primary food handling applications requiring high speed hygienic handling. “This shipment…

12/04/09 — KUKA and the German Aerospace Center co-develop a small, lightweight robot, in use in piolet projects since March 2009, was designed to operate in close association with human co-workers. KUKA Roboter GmbH, based in Augsburg, is demonstrating once again that it wants to play a key role in shaping the future of robotics. The KUKA lightweight robot (LWR), developed in cooperation with the German Aerospace Center, is being used in series production for the first time: in rear axle assembly at Daimler’s Mettingen plant. “The lightweight robot is a prime example of the successful transfer of technology from science to…