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The new ship deveoped by DARPA, has been designed for traveling on open seas for months, without a single crew member on board. In the test, the ship has reached 50 km / hour and will start to be tested this summer off California coast in Pacific. The robot ship will be used for locating enemy submarines completely autonomously and in case of conflict, engage if necessary. Source: DARPA.   Read More

PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) has been selected as a prime contractor or subcontractor on four major new federal research projects totaling more than $11 million over the next three years. The projects range from research on a wheel that can transform into a track to automated stress testing for critical software. Herman Herman, NREC director, said the center has hired 10 new technical staff members in the past six months and anticipates hiring another five-to-10 staff members in the coming months to augment its existing staff of about 100. “For the past 20 years, NREC has been an important national resource, combining unique technical skills and […] Read More

For Immediate Release Feb 19, 2016 AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY ZONE at CHINAPLAS 2016 Paving the way to SMART MANUFACTURING for the plastics and rubber industries With the arrival of the Industrial Internet of Things, manufacturing sectors have already begun to invest in highly automated and IT-driven production, transforming traditional factories to smart factories. Undoubtedly, “automation” is the major element in smart manufacturing technology adoption process, to improve resources utilization, customer service, working capital deployment, waste reduction and sustainability. Real time communication between machines, factories, logistic providers and suppliers provides improved visibility on the end-to-end supply chain. According to the global market research firm TrendForce, the global market of technologies involved in […] Read More

Surgical Robot Challenge 2016 Now Open For Entries From International Teams Competition will showcase the latest advances in surgical robot technologies from the world’s leading institutions London, United Kingdom, 18th December 2015 – The world’s pioneering researchers in robotic surgery are invited to showcase their innovative work by taking part in the Surgical Robot Challenge 2016.  The Surgical Robot Challenge is open for entry from today, and the competition finals will be held from 20 – 27 June 2016 at the Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics in London, as part of the first ever UK Robotics Week.  Full details of the competition and how to enter can be found at: […] Read More

Horne Park’s outfield has had a massive transformation since the installation of TrueBot outfield robots at the end of last year by Automated Managed Services. The automated complimentary addition has brought a greener lush outfield to the golf facility, providing efficiency and cost reductions associated with the usual tasks of outfield maintenance. “Ball management at driving ranges is usually not at the top list of importance for most golfers that use the range. However it is most definitely a huge issue for range owners like myself. The constant battle to make sure the balls are collected every night and are ready again for when the range opens again the next […] Read More

Robotic VISION Technologies applies for ten patents to innovate software for Vision Guided Robotics BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (Nov. 17, 2015)—Robotic VISION Technologies Inc. (RVT) has applied for ten new patent families in the vision guided robotic automation software field with the World Intellectual Property Organization and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. “These are 21st century inventions that will make major contributions to the ‘Robotic Revolution’ and stimulate automated manufacturing industries worldwide,” RVT Founder and Chief Executive Officer Rick Weidinger said. “Our technology team has been working on these innovations for the past several years with the assistance of our IP partner, the Invention Development Fund. These exciting new technologies […] Read More

Simbe Robotics Unveils Tally; World’s First Fully Autonomous Robotic Shelf Auditing and Analytics Solution for Retail Industry Tally Helps Retailers Decrease Inventory Issues, Increase Revenue and Improve Customer Satisfaction SAN FRANCISCO – November 10, 2015 – Global retailers lose nearly $450 billion annually[1] as a result of out-of-stock items, empty shelves, and other in-store inconsistencies.  To address this problem, Simbe Robotics today announced the availability of its first product – Tally.  Tally is the world’s first robotic autonomous shelf auditing and analytics solution.   The solution consists of one or more mobile robots that can autonomously traverse large brick and mortar retail environments to capture, report, and analyze the state […] Read More

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. November 4th, 2015 — Gumstix®, Inc. the premier provider of tiny Linux® computers-on-module (COMs) for electronic manufacturers, educators and hobbyists, today announced support for third-party computing modules in Geppetto™, its custom Design-to-Order (D2O) platform. In this initial release, Texas Instruments (TI) third-party Computer-On-Modules (COM) including BeagleBone Black, Critical Link MitySOM 335X and the Diva CPU module based on TI’s Sitara™ AM335X processors – are now available for custom expansion board development. Second phase releases will support third party COMs such as 96 Boards, “Raspberry Pi” and Torodex Colibri. The addition of third-party computing options to Geppetto™ allows designers to prototype with their supported COM of choice and […] Read More

Mecanum drive is a type of holonomic drive base; meaning that it applies the force of the wheel at a 45° angle to the robot instead of on one of its axes. By applying the force at an angle to the robot, you can vary the magnitude of the force vectors to gain translational control of the robot; In plain English, the robot can move in any direction while keeping the front of the robot in a constant compass direction. The figure below shows the motions that can be achieved for various combination of wheel rotation.                       To get the […] Read More

Dublin, Oct. 15, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b6fv5g/snake_robots) has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc’s new report “Snake Robots: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2015-2021” to their offering. Worldwide snake robot markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the next generation units provide an access and movement mechanism that is unique and useful in a variety of industries. Target markets are for confined spaces. Confined spaces exist. A confined space exists because of a lack of ability to take apart or dismantle components. Confined spaces exist in nuclear reactors where radiation is dangerous for human, aircraft inside the wings and other small spaces that […] Read More