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rLoop Partners with XD Innovation; Adopts 3DEXPERIENCE on Cloud as a Platform to Power Its Global Crowdsourced Engineering Business Model
The 3DEXPERIENCE is a Cloud Based Innovation Platform, which provides all organizations with a holistic real-time vision of their business activity and ecosystem, connecting people, ideas, data, and solutions in a single collaborative and interactive environment available Anytime, Anywhere and on Any Device. - July 16, 2020 - XD Innovation
Tri-Star Design, Inc. Designs Industrial Wireless Sensor Network for Rigging and Overhead Lifting Operators
Tri-Star Design, Inc., an electronic product development company, announced today that in conjunction with their client Slingmax, Inc., they have successfully designed and developed a low-cost wireless sensor system capable of detecting and alerting construction site operators of overload... - July 02, 2020 - Tri-Star Design, Inc.
FLARES 2.0 Perfect Safety Streak Surpasses 200 Flights
FLARES 2.0, Hood Tech’s Flying Launch and Recovery System, last week logged its 206th flight while maintaining a perfect safety record, dating back to Jan. 2019. The team celebrated the milestone briefly, as envelope expansion testing led to a sequence of three FLARES captures in rapid... - May 21, 2020 - Hood Tech Corp., Vision Inc.
Ravi Jacob, Ex-Intel Executive Joins Snatch App as Chairman of the Company
Snatch App, the company that is rapidly taking off in the chat app sector, recently announced that Ravi Jacob, former vice president and treasurer of the Intel Corporation for 35 years, has joined as chairman of both the company and the board. - April 03, 2020 - SnatchBot
Industry Leaders Join the Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2020 Conference Sponsor Line-Up
SMi Reports: The Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems Conference in London next month, will explore cutting-edge RAS technology from the leaders in military robotics. - March 12, 2020 - SAE Media Group
ATS Announces Record Sales with All Product Lines Seeing Activity
Advanced Thermal Solutions announced record sales to begin 2020. Sales and New Design Awards beat forecasts and were greater than the same period for 2019. Sales increases were seen across every product line including air and liquid cooling, instruments and wind tunnels. “We are delighted to... - March 03, 2020 - Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc.
First General Purpose Robot to be Manufactured in Regional Australia
Haddington Dynamics, a Las Vegas based R&D company, will be opening the first licenced and certified robot manufacturing facility with DCISIV Technologies. The new Industry 4.0, 3D Print farm, micro-factory will be opened in Toowoomba, Queensland Australia with the help of the Queensland Business Growth Fund. - February 26, 2020 - Haddington Dynamics Inc.
North American Companies Ordered More Robots in 2019
North American robot orders were up 1.6 percent in 2019 compared to 2018, with 29,988 robotic units ordered. Order revenue hit $1.681 billion. - February 15, 2020 - Association for Advancing Automation A3
Nabil Adam Selected as Healthcare Co-Chair for the 2020 IEEE 6th World Forum on Internet of Things
Dr. Nabil Adam to Serve as Co-Chair of the Healthcare Track at Prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Conference - February 12, 2020 - Nabil Adam
PINC Named 2020 MHI Innovation Award Finalist
PINC, the number-one provider of digital yard management and inventory robotics solutions to the world’s leading brands, is honored to be named as one of the four finalists in the New Product Category for the 2020 MHI Innovation Award with PINC AIR. Since 2004 and with hundreds of locations... - February 08, 2020 - PINC
Process Technology, Inc. Expands Banner Engineering Coverage Into Colorado, Montana and Wyoming
Process Technology, Inc (PTI) along with Banner Engineering announces an expansion of territory to include Colorado, Montana and Wyoming. - February 04, 2020 - Process Technology, Inc.
Hon. Dr. Dale Layman, 2019 Humanitarian of the Year and Founder of Robowatch LLC, Sits Down Again with the Top 100 Registry Inc. for a Spotlight Interview
The Hon. Dr. Dale Layman, Founder of Robowatch LLC, sits down with Daniel Houle for a second Spotlight Interview discussing his life and career. In September 2019, Dr. Layman was named Top 100 Registry's Humanitarian of the Year for his work in raising awareness in the fields of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. - January 23, 2020 - Top100 Registry Inc.
Process Technology, Inc. Announces New Partnership with QC Conveyors in the Rocky Mountain Region
Process Technology, Inc. (PTI) and QC Conveyors announce a new partnership to service Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and El Paso, Texas territories. - January 21, 2020 - Process Technology, Inc.
PINC Named to Food Logistics’ 2019 FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers
Leader in yard management automation and inventory robotics to the food industry recognized as a top technology provider. - January 07, 2020 - PINC
CiGen Releases Free eBook: Complete Guide to Implementing RPA Across 11 Industries
This downloadable eBook on how to get started with RPA deployment contains: Practical benefits that companies can achieve by implementing RPA; Real world use cases for RPA in many industries; Which processes to automate to enhance performance; How to measure the ROI of RPA deployment. - December 21, 2019 - CiGen
Agenda Released for SMi’s 3rd Annual Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems Conference in London
SMi Reports: Registration has officially opened for the Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems conference in London in April 2020. - November 22, 2019 - SAE Media Group
CPU and GPU Coolers Launched Featuring 20% Better Performance Than Currently Available Products
Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc., ATS, now provides a family of ultra-high performance heat sinks for cooling high powered CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and AI processors. This ultra-cool family includes active heat sinks with integral blowers, and passive heat sinks that use available airflow to provide thermal management. Test data shows the active heat sinks provide a 20% improvement in cooling over current market available heat sinks. - November 21, 2019 - Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc.
BrainCo's Prosthetic Hand Helps Amputee Play the Piano for Millions of Viewers
For Lin Anlu, playing the piano has been a lifelong dream. Having lost her right arm at a young age, it seemed likely to remain a dream. But last year, Anlu became the first amputee to play a piano duet using BrainCo’s advanced prosthetic technology. Anlu stunned a live audience and millions... - November 20, 2019 - BrainCo
IoT Marketing Partners with Maxwell Pierce Group, LLC for Midwest PSWN Development
IoT Marketing and Maxwell Pierce Group, LLC have finalized an agreement to facilitate the development of smart cities in the IoT arena of the wireless industry. This partnership aims to pave the way for the implementation of a Private Secure Wireless Network (PSWN), a key innovation for the future of high-value secure data transmission. - November 20, 2019 - IoT Marketing
BrainCo Announces FDA Approval Process for a More Affordable Smart Prosthetic Hand
The BrainCo prosthetic hand is an advanced and affordable smart prosthetic hand. It gives amputees the ability to intuitively control their prosthetic hand with unlimited gestures and grip patterns, making the prosthetic an innate extension of the user. - November 16, 2019 - BrainCo
Lanner and Corlina Team Up at IoT Tech Expo to Demo How to Implement Industrial IoT in a Brownfield Manufacturing Facility
Aiming to enable small and medium sized manufacturers to leverage Industrial IoT benefits without having to rip and replace their legacy operational technology, Lanner and Corlina look forward to building wide ranging solutions for SI’s and end users alike to implement IIoT in their facilities using a pre-validated ecosystem of sensors, industrial analytics software and x86 IoT gateways. - November 12, 2019 - Lanner America
Athena is Recognized as World’s First Biometric Security Camera with Voiceprint Technologies
Amaryllo Receives 2020 CES Innovation Awards in Smart Home and Smart Cities Categories - November 09, 2019 - Amaryllo Inc.
OrthoNeuro Spine Surgeon Performs the First Robotics-Assisted Minimally Invasive 2-Level Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery in Central Ohio at Mt. Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital
Dr. Ying Chen, OrthoNeuro Neurosurgeon, completed the first robotics-assisted minimally invasive 2-level interbody fusion surgery in Central Ohio. This surgical milestone occurred on October 28, 2019 using the Globus Excelsius GPS Robotic Navigation System. - November 06, 2019 - OrthoNeuro
Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community Release AIXPRT, a Tool Designed to Help Testers Evaluate Machine Learning Performance
Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community release AIXPRT, a free tool that lets users evaluate a system’s machine learning inference performance by running common image-classification, object detection, and recommender system workloads. - November 05, 2019 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Lithium Battery Company to Supply Batteries to General Dynamics Land Systems SMET
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) has chosen Lithium Battery Company to produce customized lithium ion batteries for 624 unmanned robotic vehicles that will help troops carry equipment on the battlefield. The U.S. Army was looking for a vehicle that could carry about 1,000 pounds worth of soldier equipment and travel over 60 miles over three days. - November 01, 2019 - Lithium Battery Company
Conference on Collaborative Robots, Advanced Vision and Artificial Intelligence Comes to San Jose November 12-13
A3’s Collaborative Robots, Advanced Vision & AI (CRAV.ai) Conference to highlight trends and innovations Nov. 12-13 in San Jose, California. - October 19, 2019 - Association for Advancing Automation A3
JOLT Advantage Group Wins 2019 UiPath Partner of the Year Award
At UiPath Partner FORWARD III JOLT Advantage Group takes home Innovating RPA award for its ability to democratize RPA, drive customer results and ensure implementation success with Automation First strategies. - October 18, 2019 - JOLT Advantage Group
Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community Release an Updated Preview of AIXPRT, a Tool Designed to Evaluate Machine Learning Performance
Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community release an updated preview of AIXPRT, a free tool that lets users evaluate a system’s machine learning inference performance by running common image-classification, object detection, and recommender system workloads. - October 07, 2019 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Electromate Inc. Made It to the 2019 List of Best Workplaces™ for Millennials
Electromate is proud to announce that their organization has been named on the 2019 list of Best Workplaces™ for Millennials. Electromate received this honour after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work®. This list is based on direct feedback from... - October 07, 2019 - Electromate Inc.
Hon. Dr. Dale Layman, Founder of Robowatch LLC, is Featured on the Cover of Top 100 Registry's 2019, Q3 Publication, as the Humanitarian of the Year
The Hon. Dr. Dale Layman, Founder of Robowatch LLC, is featured in the Top 100 Registry, highlighting his life and career. In September 2019, Dr. Layman was named Top 100 Registry's Humanitarian of the Year for his work in raising awareness in the fields of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. - October 03, 2019 - Top100 Registry Inc.
Vecow Successfully Expands Fanless Embedded Engines for Service Robots in Asia Markets
Powered by Vecow Fanless Embedded Engines, service robots are delivering cleaning tasks in public areas such as at airports, museums and galleries in Asia. They are designed to have personality, human-like, fully coordinated and act as autonomous teams for enhanced productivity and improved cleaning results. - September 28, 2019 - Vecow Co., Ltd.
Flexiv Launches New Solutions to Define the Applications of Adaptive Robots
Flexiv Ltd. launches its new solutions along with the first debut of its adaptive robot arm, Rizon in China. - September 25, 2019 - Flexiv Ltd.
Inventor of “Games of Genius” Coming to R.I., Oct. 10 Free Seminar, Open to the Public
Parents, teachers and government officials worldwide are learning how to help children be more confident, successful, and innovative by discovering their own unique talents – in seven minutes a day. The general public is invited to learn about and play the award-winning “Games of Genius,” with the inventor, Opher Brayer, at a free presentation from 6 to 8 p.m., on Thursday, October 10 at the Kirkbrae Country Club, Lincoln, R.I. - September 23, 2019 - Mastery Martial Arts
21st Annual Global MilSatCom Conference and Exhibition Will Return to London in November as the Biggest Edition to Date
SMi Reports: Global MilSatCom 2019 to commence on 5th, 6th and 7th of November in London with an anticipated 20% increase from last year. - September 18, 2019 - SAE Media Group
Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) Opens Its Largest North American Office in New York to Keep Up with Growth
MiR opens largest North American office in New York, with big showroom, to handle increasing sales of autonomous mobile robots. - September 13, 2019 - MiR
Night of the Robots Hosted by Swedish Medical Center
Robot-assisted surgery takes center stage in this hands-on, interactive night highlighting the latest advancements in robot-assisted surgery. - September 11, 2019 - Swedish Medical Center
Grote Company Launches Robotic Sandwich Assembly
Grote Company, an industrial food slicing and assembly equipment manufacturer, is now offering its industry-leading sandwich assembly line with robotic solutions. The new solutions further automate high volume, low value manual tasks – increasing throughput and quality for sandwich... - September 08, 2019 - Grote Company
Final 3 Weeks for the Upcoming Defence Exports Conference 2019
SMi Reports: The 14th annual Defence Exports conference attracts global acknowledgement with only 3 weeks left until the event this September in Amsterdam. - September 05, 2019 - SAE Media Group
Flexiv Releases White Paper: Adaptive Robots and the Future of Industrial Automation
Flexiv Ltd., creator of the world’s first adaptive robotic arm combining direct force control with advanced AI, this week released an official white paper that both reviews the status quo of industrial robots and investigates the potential impact of new technologies. In the white paper, the... - September 01, 2019 - Flexiv Ltd.
Air Hydro Power Inc. is a Universal Robots Certified Training Center
Air Hydro Power is excited to welcome students into new hands-on classes that will teach core programming skills to cobot users. AHP has been included as one of Universal Robots' worldwide network of authorized training centers that expands further on their popular Universal Robots Academy online training. - August 28, 2019 - Air Hydro Power, LLC.
ABA Publishing Releases New Book, "The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines," Co-Authored by Attorney and Industry Expert, Eric Boughman from ForsterBoughman
ABA Publishing has released a new book, "The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines: Understanding AI and the Legal Impact," co-authored by attorney and industry expert, Eric Boughman from the law firm of ForsterBoughman. It examines the legal implications of artificial intelligence and discusses a wide-range of topics including healthcare regulation, data and privacy concerns, cybernetics and bio-robotics, copyright law, cybersecurity issues, and the practice of transactional law. - August 22, 2019 - Forster Boughman Lefkowitz & Lowe
Swedish Medical Center Surgeons Perform First Successful Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Using Robotic Guidance Platform
New technology offers enhanced surgical precision for patients using advanced 3D planning, guidance, and visualization. - July 31, 2019 - Swedish Medical Center
Brightleaf Readies for SOC 2 Standards to Add to Its ISO 27001-2013 and ISO 9001 Certifications
Expanding Brightleaf’s commitment to client’s information security. - July 26, 2019 - Brightleaf Solutions, Inc.
Yaskawa Motoman Introduces Universal Weldcom Interface for Arc Welding
Universal Weldcom Interface (UWI), Yaskawa Motoman's new easy-to-use pendant application, enables full utilization of the advanced capabilities on select Miller® and Lincoln Electric® digital welding power supplies. UWI enables easy control of any weld process or parameter, including voltage, amperage and wire feed speed through a common user interface for either brand. - July 13, 2019 - Yaskawa Motoman
Yaskawa Motoman Launches Updates to ArcWorld 50 Series Workcells for Robotic Welding
Built for demanding production environments, the extremely compact ArcWorld® 50 series workcells are affordable, wire-to-weld solutions that are pre-assembled on a common base. Available in single or dual station configurations, these workcells are equipped with all the automation needed for... - July 11, 2019 - Yaskawa Motoman
Beistle Company Wins Big with Yaskawa’s MotoMini Robot
The winner of Yaskawa Motoman’s recent “Win a MotoMini” contest is the Beistle Company (Shippensburg, PA). The contest, held in conjunction with the launch of Yaskawa Motoman’s Smart Series product line was held at Automate 2019 (April 8-11, McCormick Place, Chicago,... - July 04, 2019 - Yaskawa Motoman
Yaskawa Motoman AR3120 Arc Welding Robot Offers Longest Reach for Long or Wide Weldments
Offering an extra-long wrist range for improved application flexibility, the new extended reach six-axis AR3120 robot achieves unrivaled arc welding performance. Featuring an expansive 3,124 mm horizontal reach and a 5,622 mm vertical reach, the AR3120 is the longest reach, standard arc welding... - July 04, 2019 - Yaskawa Motoman
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing the Performance of Toshiba Memory Value SAS and Data Center NVMe SSDs with That of Enterprise SATA SSDs
In Principled Technologies (PT) hands-on testing, Toshiba Memory SSDs allowed an HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 server to complete an analytics query set in less time than SATA SSDs, which makes vital business insights available earlier. - June 21, 2019 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
North American Robot Orders Down Slightly in First Quarter 2019
North American robot orders were down slightly in Q1 2019, according to the Robotics Industries Association, but long-term signs remain healthy. - June 14, 2019 - Association for Advancing Automation A3
Two Weeks Until North America’s Leading Soldier Modernization Conference – Future Soldier Technology USA 2019
SMi reports: Two weeks to go until the Future Soldier Technology USA conference, taking place in Arlington, Virginia on June 24th-25th 2019. - June 10, 2019 - SAE Media Group