15-Hour Flight Time – MMC UAV Launches New Record-Breaking Hydrone
Tuesday, 08 October 2019
MMC UAV launched its new hydrone Griflion H, with a record-breaking 15-hour flight time on September 17, 2019 in Germany during the InterGEO 2019, the world’s largest geoinformation fair. It is a hydrogen-powered vertical take-off and landing drone with an integrated design and MMC-developed hydrogen fuel battery with great stability. The highlight of Griflion
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YuMi® robot makes 24-hour testing a reality for the ATM Industry
Thursday, 15 August 2019
World-first prototype dual-armed YuMi® software testing is a game-changer for ATM industry Testing with YuMi® will make cash machines more reliable and secure YuMi® ATM testing will now be rolled out to test labs around the world It takes around thirty seconds for a person to withdraw money from an Automated Teller Machine (ATM). These
Decoding robotic surgery skills
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are looking to technology to help deconstruct expert surgeons’ robotic surgery skills so they can create an objective, standardised way to train the next generation of surgeons. Using a data recorder plugged into a robotic surgery system, the team analysed expert and novice surgeons’ movements during
- Published in Health & life sciences, Robotics
Ballard Launches Turnkey Fuel Cell Solutions to Power Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Monday, 29 April 2019
Ballard Unmanned Systems, Inc. – a subsidiary of Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) announced the launch of the FCair™ fuel cell product line, a complete long duration fuel cell power solution for commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), at the AUVSI Xponential Annual Conference and Expo 2019 being held in Chicago. FCair™
Neste pilots a new kind of filling station in Finland, with automated shopping and a refueling robot
Wednesday, 06 March 2019
Neste is the first company in Finland to introduce automated shopping and robotized refueling at its filling station. With the pilot filling station in Siltamäki, Vantaa, Finland, the company is testing a whole new kind of a customer experience. It is one vision of the future of the filling station, where goods are sold through
Södra’s first robot employee
Sunday, 27 January 2019
Södra welcomes Clerk, the company’s first digital robot employee. Clerk is a software robot that works in six departments and uses its expertise in everyday, repetitive and time-consuming tasks. With Clerk’s help, Södra’s employees can devote their days to more value-creating activities. “Digitalisation is creating a myriad of exciting opportunities in our working day.
Control system that allows drones to flight autonomously. PATENTED TECHNOLOGY.
Sunday, 30 December 2018
Researchers from the University of Alicante have developed a control system, which allows a greater versatility in flight for UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles also colloquially called drones). With this system a vehicle can switch between different flight plans or define in real time the optimum aircraft movement depending on the environment and the information received
MUJI and Sensible 4 Created Gacha -The First Autonomous Shuttle Bus in the World for All Weather Conditions
Monday, 26 November 2018
MUJI and Finnish autonomous driving company Sensible 4 have combined their expertise to create an elegant robotbus, first in the world to function in all weather conditions. The vehicle will be displayed to public in its premiere March 2019 in Helsinki. For this shuttle Sensible 4 provides the autonomous driving technology which ensures the vehicle with
Comau Launches MATE – A Compact, Lightweight Wearable Exoskeleton Fit for Workers.
Monday, 05 November 2018
Comau, the global leader in advanced industrial automation solutions, launches MATE, its first innovative wearable exoskeleton. MATE has been designed to improve work quality in an efficient and highly ergonomic manner by providing consistent and advanced movement assistance during repetitive as well as daily tasks. The MATE Fit for Workers exoskeleton uses an advanced spring-based passive
Nova Bus electric bus exhibited in Ottawa
Saturday, 13 October 2018
Nova Bus was honored to have been invited to Ottawa to present its all-electric bus at an event held today in the nation’s capital. The goal was to provide invited guests an opportunity to learn more about the technologies and features of this type of vehicle and see what the associated infrastructure, such as the
LineRanger robot: Innovative live-line inspection solution
Friday, 02 March 2018
Hydro-Québec announces a new milestone in the development of power line inspection robots with the unveiling of a functional prototype of its new robotic platform, the LineRanger. The robot, developed by Hydro-Québec’s research institute (IREQ) in Varennes, is a new technological solution for the efficient inspection of conductor bundles on high-voltage transmission lines. About half
- Published in Robotics
Miniaturized Surgical Robotic Instruments Expand The Possibilities Of Surgical Interventions
Monday, 11 December 2017
MMI S.r.l. Unveils World’s Smallest Robotic Wrist CALCI, Italy, December 5, 2017. Medical Microinstruments S.r.l. (MMI), a developer of novel robotic solutions for unmet medical needs, today reveals its robotic platform specifically designed for open microsurgery. The platform allows the surgeon to control two tiny articulated microinstruments that simplify reconstruction procedures after traumatic injuries as
- Published in Health & life sciences, Robotics
Future-proofing the Connected Car Starts Now. DEKRA builds test area for connected driving in Malaga, Spain
Sunday, 15 October 2017
International expert organization DEKRA is building a connected car test area in Malaga, Spain, as part of their international testing network for connected and automated driving. Through the usage of test scenarios, actual cars, emulation equipment and specific lab settings, partners can already start future-proofing now. The test area will open before the end of
Vanrx Pharmasystems Introduces the Microcell Vial Filler
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Highlights: A new robotic vial filling machine for clinical trials and product development of biopharmaceuticals, cell therapies and personalized medicines. Microcell makes it cost-effective and easy to add small-scale vial filling capacity. Vanrx Pharmasystems is introducing the Microcell Vial Filler, a new gloveless robotic isolator for aseptic filling. The Microcell is focused on clinical trial
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FARO® Introduces Next Generation FaroArm® Elevates Value/Performance Standard for Manufacturing Inspection and Alignment
Monday, 07 August 2017
LAKE MARY, Fla., Aug. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for factory metrology, product design, construction BIM/CIM, public safety-forensics and 3D machine vision applications, introduces the new FARO® QuantumS FaroArm® (www.faro.com/faroarm). This introduction extends FARO leadership in value and performance in the manufacturing inspection process through
- Published in Manufacturing technologies, Robotics
Self-steering Volvo Truck set to Increase Brazil’s Sugar-cane Harvest
Monday, 24 July 2017
Volvo Trucks has developed a new self-steering truck that can become a significant productivity booster for Brazilian sugar-cane growers. The truck, which is used to transport newly harvested sugar-cane, is steered with great precision through the fields in order to avoid damaging the young plants that will form the following year’s crop. At present, about
CRB100 cognitive brain
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
CRB100 is the first in line of cognitive brain products for service robots. It can be installed in a wide range of commercial vehicles turning them into autonomous machines with enhancing intelligent features for specific functions. THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE IS ALREADY A REALITY With the integration of proprietary software based on human cognitive
Autonomous vehicles for transport of materials in warehouse
Wednesday, 03 June 2015
SUMMARY University researchers have developed a low cost device that can be adapted to different types of vehicles, allowing the movement and transport of loads in complex spaces without the need for drivers. This system is ideal for transporting materials in warehouses where it is necessary to make a continuous passage of goods between different
Mobile machine tool for machining large parts
Tuesday, 02 June 2015
A small, intelligent machine tool for inspection and machining processes. The mobile machine tool can be transferred autonomously by means of a system of six legs right to the place of work/operation to carry out inspection/machining processes. The needs of large engineering and infrastructure companies have in recent years prompted Western machine-tool companies to produce
- Published in Manufacturing technologies, Robotics
Aerial Robotics Cooperative Assembly system
Tuesday, 02 June 2015
PROJECT OVERVIEW The ARCAS project proposes the development and experimental validation of the first cooperative free-flying robot system for assembly and structure construction. The project will pave the way for a large number of applications including the building of platforms for evacuation of people or landing aircrafts, the inspection and maintenance of facilities and the
Artificial intelligence system able to provide machines with synthetic feelings.
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Description Researches from the University Pablo de Olavide have designed an artificial intelligence system that is able to provide machines with synthetic feelings which makes it possible to add new functionalities and take them into account when analyzing their activities. The solution to a problem • The system of artificial feelings makes it possible
- Published in Robotics