Press Releases

DIY Kits Teach and Challenge Both Kids and Adults to Build Fun, Useful Electronic Devices From the Comfort of Their Own Home Buffalo, NY (November 16th, 2016)- Today, Thimble, a monthly subscription service and learning platform, announced the launch and shipment of their first learn-and-build electronics kits.  The kits are a part of a direct-delivery monthly service to empower kids as well as adults to understand the fundamentals of electronics including building, embedded programing and advanced manufacturing design techniques.  Each kit includes step-by-step instructions for the maker to code, build, and hack a DIY electronic device.  Kits build in level of difficulty the longer an individual subscribes, enabling the maker […] Read More

Cimcorp Selected to Supply Turnkey Automated Handling System to Large Turkish Tire Manufacturer, Petlas  The leading tire handling specialist’s system will handle tires in the tire-finishing and palletizing areas in Turkish manufacturer’s expanded facility   Ulvila, Finland – November 9, 2016 – Cimcorp, leading global supplier of turnkey automation for intralogistics and tire-handling solutions, announces it has been selected to implement a fully automated handling system in Petlas Tire Corporation’s (Petlas) factory in Kirsehir, Turkey. Based on Cimcorp’s Dream Factory solution, the automation will take care of the handling of passenger car radial (PCR) finished tires in the tire-finishing and palletizing areas. Work on the order is already underway and the’ […] Read More

Fusion for Energy signs multi-million deal with Airbus Safran Launchers, Nuvia Limited and Cegelec CEM to develop robotics equipment for ITER The contract for a value of nearly 100 million EUR is considered to be the single biggest robotics deal to date in the field of fusion energy. The state of the art equipment will form part of ITER, the world’s largest experimental fusion facility and the first in history to produce 500 MW.  The prestigious project brings together seven parties (China, Europe, Japan, India, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the USA) which represent 50% of the world’s population and 80% of the global GDP. The collaboration […] Read More

Tech-Link Healthcare Systems partners with Blue Ocean Robotics Introducing UV-Disinfection Robot Singapore, 1 November 2016 – The rise of robots have steered Tech-Link Healthcare Systems, a design and integrator of healthcare automation systems to offer solutions beyond automated storage and material handling systems. With a vision of providing holistic solutions for healthcare organisations, Tech-Link extends its capabilities by offering UV disinfection robot solutions via a strategic partnership with Danish robotics company, Blue Ocean Robotics to battle against Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). Singapore’s labour intensive healthcare environment and the unknown impact of HAIs in the developed city-state had beckoned Tech-Link Healthcare Systems to offer solutions in the area of disinfection. We […] Read More

ICM makes history once again by being awarded a contract to perform the first inspection of a power plant cooling tower with a climbing robot. A major research organization recently awarded the contract to ICM to perform this remote inspection at a power plant in West Virginia, USA. This initial inspection will be performed using the ICM climbing robot integrated with shear wave technology and a positioning/ mapping system. It will be a verification deployment intended to inspect a focused region of the cooling tower. “No one has done anything like this before,” stated Sam Maggio, President of ICM. “For years people have said that they need this type of […] Read More

Flexible palletizing system with 3-year warranty now offers the ability to stretch wrap   For immediate release   Chalfont, PA – CSi Palletizing to exhibit it’s revolutionary i-Pal palletizing system with integrated stretch wrapper at PACK EXPO 2016.   As a response to market demand for packaging systems that “do more with less”, CSi has enhanced its i-Pal palletizing system with new integrated stretch-wrapping capabilities – in a single platform! The fully-configurable system is capable of handling 50 cases/min and 35 pallets/hour. This system guarantees a stable pallet load directly at the end-of-line.   The i-Pal by nature has the flexibility to handle various products and applications. It also integrates […] Read More

Spherical Induction Motor Eliminates Robot’s Mechanical Drive System PITTSBURGH— More than a decade ago, Ralph Hollis invented the ballbot, an elegantly simple robot whose tall, thin body glides atop a sphere slightly smaller than a bowling ball. The latest version, called SIMbot, has an equally elegant motor with just one moving part: the ball. The only other active moving part of the robot is the body itself. The spherical induction motor (SIM) invented by Hollis, a research professor in Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, and Masaaki Kumagai, a professor of engineering at Tohoku Gakuin University in Tagajo, Japan, eliminates the mechanical drive systems that each used on previous ballbots. Because […] Read More

Tampa, FL – Evatech, Inc. has recently released the Robotic Trimmer Attachment, or RTA. It is a light commercial trimmer attachment for the Hybrid Goat 22T series that allows operators to reach small hard to reach spots, such as under guard rails. The 22T is a tracked remote controlled slope mower which features Evatech s patented hybrid technology that allows consumers to mow steep slopes safely, economically, and in an environmentally-friendly way. The 22T generates its own electric power, which is used to power the RTA.                 Performance and Specifications: The RTA has been engineered for trimming weeds where normal mowers cannot reach, […] Read More

Servosila, a robotics technology company, announced a launch of a new line of robotic arm manipulators specifically targeted at mobile robotics market. “Servosila Robotic Arms are the first manipulators specifically designed for mobile robots,” – said the company’s spokesperson, – “it is very easy to retrofit any existing robotic chassis or a torso with a Servosila Robotic Arm”. Servosila Robotic Arms are attachable payload modules for mobile service robots or other robotic platforms. Servosila Robotic Arms shall typically be mounted on a chassis or a torso of a mobile robot and be powered by an on-board power supply system of the host robotic platform. The robotic arms can be used […] Read More

BELLEVUE, WA and SALT LAKE CITY, UT (Business Wire) September 12, 2016 – Sarcos Robotics, a global leader in the development of dexterous industrial robots for use in unstructured environments, announced today it has secured funding from a group of top-tier strategic investors including Caterpillar Ventures, GE Ventures, and Microsoft Corporation. Additionally, Cottonwood Technology Fund and two other private investment firms, together with the Company’s three co-founders, Ben Wolff, Dr. Fraser Smith and Dr. Marc Olivier, invested in the financing round. The infusion of capital will be used to expand the Sarcos team and to accelerate the production and deployment of Sarcos’ Guardian line of robots that are significantly reducing […] Read More