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Amazon Prime Air gets an updated FAA exemption
In a 9-page legal letter, with 28 itemized conditions and limitations, the FAA issued an exemption to Amazon to enable Prime Air to test in US airspace....
13 April 2015, by
Frank Tobe
Talking Machines: The automatic statistician and electrified meat, with Zoubin Ghahramani
In episode seven of Talking Machines we talk with Zoubin Ghahramani, professor of Information Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. His project, The Automatic S...
26 March 2015, by
Talking Machines
Swarmbots: James McLurkin on why, how, and when we will see swarm robotics in practice
Link to audio file (27:29), or listen on iTunes
James McLurkin works with swarm robots at Rice University, and his unique work on robot communication has landed him on PBS’s “Nova,” in additi...
20 January 2015, by
Daniel Faggella
Q1 and Q2 2014 robot sales best ever
Following the International Federation of Robotics' (IFR) announcement earlier this year that 2013 set an all-time robotics record, the North American Robotics Industries Association announced that 2...
04 August 2014, by
Frank Tobe
iRobot buys back own shares up to $25M
iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program. Under the program, iRobot...
25 February 2013, by
Wolfgang Heller
Bioinspired robot STAR
Researchers at the Biomimetic Millisystem Lab at UC Berkeley have developed a six legged, 12 cm long, bioinspired robot named STAR (Sprawl Tuned Autonomous Robot)....
21 February 2013, by
Wolfgang Heller
First autonomous navigation remote presence robot to receive FDA clearance
Based on the following press release, iRobot, a leader in delivering robotic solutions, announced that the RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot has received 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis...
24 January 2013, by
Wolfgang Heller
Empowered by UAVs
The U.S. military UAV market is projected to grow at an 12% CAGR reaching $18.7 billion in 2018 according to a new report of Market Research Media Ltd. The report finds that the U.S. military UAV mark...
10 January 2013, by
Wolfgang Heller
Swedish UAV ready for lift-off
In December 2012, Swedish CybAero AB, a company developing and manufacturing autonomous unmanned helicopters, signed a strategic partnership agreement with the world's leading UAV company, Aer...
10 January 2013, by
Wolfgang Heller
Multilateral manipulation by human-robot collaborative systems
Robot surgeons promise to save lives in remote communities, war zones, and disaster-stricken areas. A grant from the National Science Foundation will allow researchers to design the optimum workplace ...
09 January 2013, by
Wolfgang Heller
Multilateral manipulation by human-robot collaborative systems
Robot surgeons promise to save lives in remote communities, war zones, and disaster-stricken areas. A grant from the National Science Foundation will allow researchers to design the optimum workplace ...
09 January 2013, by
Wolfgang Heller
Robotic kit for kids
The Hummingbird robotics kit is a spin-off product of Carnegie Mellon's CREATE lab. Hummingbird is designed to enable engineering and robotics activities for ages 10 and up that involve the making of ...
04 January 2013, by
Wolfgang Heller
CES Robotics 2013
The annual CES - Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, is always a great opportunity for trendspotting and innovation hunting in consumer electronics including consumer robotics. CES 2013 ...
04 January 2013, by
Wolfgang Heller
AeroVironment invests $3 million in Swedish CybAero
Credit. CybAero
AeroVironment Inc.(NASDAQ: AVAV) the clear leader in the man-portable, hand-launched UAS market, has announced a strategic partnership with Sweden-based CybAero (NASDAQOMXS: ...
05 December 2012, by
Wolfgang Heller
Lego robot controlled from space
Researchers from the METERON space project have for the first time ever successfully controlled a LEGO robot at ESA's Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, from the International Space Station (IS...
10 November 2012, by
Wolfgang Heller
Robotic future of retail
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University see the future of retail — with AndyVision, technology that helps to improve the shopping experience for both customers and retail staff.
AndyVision is a...
01 November 2012, by
Wolfgang Heller
Two-armed robot system for under US$20k
ST Robotics announced today the latest addition to their R12 robot product line, the Tandem R125, a low cost two-armed robot system for under $20,000. ST Robotics, based in Princeton, New Jersey and...
30 October 2012, by
Wolfgang Heller
If I fly a UAV over my neighbor’s house, is it trespassing?
Even a toy drone with an HD camera scrambles our sense of property and privacy rights.
See on www.theatlantic.com...
11 October 2012, by
Andra Keay
Robots bring jobs back to the US | Kuka Robotics
See on www.kukaconnect.com...
19 September 2012, by
Andra Keay
Austin coffee robot Briggo looks to 2013 growth
Austin-based automated coffee vendor Briggo Inc. — which last week secured $2.8 million in financing — is preparing for an expansion that will bring more coffee robots to Austin next year and othe...
10 September 2012, by
Andra Keay
Will robots drive manufacturing back to the US?
Automated robots are producing manufactured and machined consumer and industrial goods around the world, but obstacles remain for widescale adoption, The New York Times reports.
See on www.thomasnet....
10 September 2012, by
Andra Keay
Why robot startups now? Part 2
2. Broader Financial Climate
A positive indicator for robotics startups is the improving financial climate. There are signs that the US housing market is stabilizing. Fannie Mae, the government bac...
11 May 2012, by
Andra Keay
