Robotics News
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PASCO® Garners FANUC Certified Service Provider Status
St. Louis Robotics Integrator Achieves Highest Level of Certification. - April 03, 2019 - PASCO
Creative Brain Learning Celebrates PI Day (pi=3.14...) with STEM Learning and Fruit Pies for All
Creative Brian Learning After School program provider distributes thousands of fruit pies to students in celebration of PI Day. - March 28, 2019 - Creative Brain Learning
Global Motion Control and Motors Market Sees Record Growth in 2018
Stats show $3.827 billion in shipments in 2018, up 8 percent over 2017. - March 28, 2019 - Association for Advancing Automation A3
OmniFi Access Supports Straight-Through Business Intelligence
SkySparc, an independent solutions provider, has added new functionality to OmniFi to simplify data exchange and analysis for users of market-leading business intelligence (BI) tools. - March 27, 2019 - SkySparc
Automate 2019 Introduces “Automation Works!” Day to Help Manufacturers, Exhibitors Fill Record Number of Open Jobs
Last day of the April 8-11 show in Chicago will include theater sessions focused on working in automation and the chance for job seekers to connect with exhibitors looking for new employees - March 22, 2019 - Association for Advancing Automation A3
Principled Technologies Publishes Results from Hands-on Testing of the Dell EMC PowerMax 8000 All-Flash NVMe Array and the Array of a Competitor
Principled Technologies (PT) tested two all-flash NVMe storage arrays to see which could better help organizations in the areas of performance, efficient use of capacity, and ease of management. - March 15, 2019 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Automate Announces 2019 Launch Pad Startup Competition Finalists
Emerging Companies with Range of Offerings from Augmented Reality Headsets to Intelligent Robotic Software to Soft Robot Hands and Wireless Charging for Drones - March 15, 2019 - Association for Advancing Automation A3
HCA/HealthONE’s Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center and Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Physician Offers Robotic Procedures for Adolescent & Pediatric Patients
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center and Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children are proud to offer adolescent and pediatric robotic procedures for the following conditions: Appendectomy, Intestinal resection, Choledochal Cyst, Cholecystectomy, Splenectomy, Partial Splenectomy, Adrenalectomy,... - March 14, 2019 - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center
OGV to Host Top Speakers at OTC
OGV announce top speakers at the inaugural OTC Business Breakfast including senior level industry professionals from the UK, Norway and the USA. - March 09, 2019 - Oil and Gas Vision
RIA to Present 2019 Engelberger Robotics Awards to Catherine Morris and Dr. Howie Choset
Automation Industry’s Most Prestigious Honor to be Presented at Automate 2019 in Chicago on April 10 - March 08, 2019 - Association for Advancing Automation A3
Nord Modules Launches in US with Top Modules for MiR, Other AMRs
MiR Co-Founder Bruno Hansen Launches Nord Modules in US Offering Standard Industrial-Quality Top Modules to Connect Production Lines and Internal Logistics Using Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) - March 07, 2019 - MiR
Portable Latency Emulator for Network Impairment Testing
The PDS-1/10G Portable Delay Simulator allows users to test/stage critical network equipment by altering bandwidth, latency, packet loss, congestion and other important link impairments over 10/100/1000 or 10GbE Ethernet. - March 06, 2019 - East Coast Datacom, Inc.
Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community Release a Preview of AIXPRT, a Tool Designed to Help Testers Evaluate Machine Learning Performance
Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community release a preview of AIXPRT, a free tool that makes it easier to evaluate a system’s machine learning inference performance by running several common image-classification workloads. - March 04, 2019 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
CoreValue Joins IT Services Competence Platform
IT Services Competence Platform, a global-reach Capital Group, managed from Poland and backed by Oaktree Capital Management and Cornerstone Partners, welcomes a new member - CoreValue, a U.S. based software services provider. - February 28, 2019 - CoreValue
New Bionic Hand - BIOT Already in Production
BIOT - an innovative, multipurpose bionic hand that gracefully performs any gesture or grasps with the functionality and appearance of the human hand. - February 26, 2019 - BIOT
RNA Expands Sensors Division
RNA Search, Inc. (RNA) is pleased to announce that Daniel Dwyer, Senior Consultant, will be spearheading the expansion of our Sensors Division. Daniel focuses on bringing top-notch Senior Executives, Business Development Professionals, Sales, Engineering, and Tech Support candidates together with clients specializing in sensor technologies and applications. - February 24, 2019 - RNA Search Inc.
Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community Release HDXPRT 4, a Benchmark Designed to Show How Well Windows Devices Handle Real-World Media Tasks
Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community release HDXPRT 4, a performance evaluation benchmark that shows how well Windows 10 devices handle common media-creation tasks. - February 22, 2019 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Robots Of London Launches New Advanced Robot Receptionist
Robots Of London have launched their new and improved AI robot receptionist application for Pepper The Robot. Robots Of London were instrumental in the first full time robot receptionist in London and have successfully deployed robot receptionists in 5 European Countries. Pepper, designed by... - February 22, 2019 - Robots Of London
Virginia Senate Issues Joint Resolution Celebrating Unmanned Systems Initiatives
Virginia Senate Issues Joint Resolution 347 Commending The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) and the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) for their successful leadership in unmanned systems integration. - February 15, 2019 - The Virginia Center for Unmanned Systems at CIT
ROYBI is Proud to be Invited to Present as a Finalist at SXSW EDU 2019 Launch Competition
ROYBI, an AI-powered companion robot for kids focusing initially on language learning, is one of eight finalists to compete at the SXSW EDU Launch Festival taking place in Austin, Texas from March 4-7, 2019. - February 05, 2019 - ROYBI, Inc.
SWOZI Appoints US Representative
US distributor, Turf Robotics becomes exclusive representative for the US market. - February 04, 2019 - SWOZI AG
Automate 2019 Announces Conference Sessions, Certifications Opportunities
Sessions support manufacturers, integrators and those seeking professional certifications to learn how to solve real-world challenges that make them more competitive. - February 01, 2019 - Association for Advancing Automation A3
Principled Technologies Study Finds Upgrading to the HP EliteDesk 800 G4 with Intel Optane Memory Could Save Businesses Millions Over Three Years
Intel Optane memory helped enable the current-gen desktop to dramatically outperform its first-generation counterpart, even though it had less RAM. - January 30, 2019 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
RIA and Pittsburgh Robotics Network Establish Partnership
The Robotic Industries Association and Pittsburgh Robotics Network to collaborate on promoting work of Pittsburgh robotics companies across the nation. - January 26, 2019 - Association for Advancing Automation A3
Allvision Announces $3.2 Million Seed Investment
Allvision, a geospatial analytics company providing insights and business intelligence to verticals such as infrastructure management, insurance, advertising and security, announced today $3.2 million in Series Seed funding raised. Lavrock Ventures was joined by The Robotics Hub, IDEA Fund... - January 23, 2019 - Allvision IO
Principled Technologies Releases Report Comparing the Durability of Three Chromebooks from Dell, HP, and Lenovo
In hands-on testing, Principled Technologies (PT) found that the Dell Chromebook 5190 survived more hinge cycles and more micro-drops than the HP Chromebook 11 G6 EE and the Lenovo 100e Chromebook. - January 18, 2019 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) Nearly Triple Sales for the Second Year in a Row, Meeting Forecast
Toyota Motor Corporation among global multinational companies using MiR autonomous mobile robots to optimize workflows for agile production; Industry first mover adds “mobile robots as a service” offering to help more companies benefit. - January 05, 2019 - MiR
Robot Bear Opens Office in the United States
Robotic startup, that has a robot bear co-founder, sells its 1st batch in pre-sale and opens laboratory in Boston. - December 28, 2018 - Tobyto
Patient at Swedish Medical Center Finds Relief from New Robotic Procedure
Brianna Robinson is the first patient at the 408 bed acute care hospital to have her bladder removed and a urinary diversion created in a single robotic-assisted procedure. - December 22, 2018 - Swedish Medical Center
Automate 2019 Show and Conference Comes to Chicago April 8–11
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) announced that the Automate 2019 show and conference is coming back to Chicago April 8-11. - December 08, 2018 - Association for Advancing Automation A3
Predictive Costing – Application Possibilities for Artificial Intelligence in Cost Management
Over 100 international costing experts met on November 29 at the 11th FACTON User Conference in Stuttgart, Germany. “Predictive Costing” was the theme of the event, where guests discussed the latest topics: From artificial intelligence and related application possibilities in product... - December 07, 2018 - FACTON
GeneFluidics Selected as One of Five Finalists for Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostic (AMR) Challenge Step 2
GeneFluidics is the only group selected for both NIAID antimicrobial resistance diagnostics projects (https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-funds-nine-antimicrobial-resistance-diagnostics-projects) and as finalists for the NIH AMR Challenge Step 2 (https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/AMRChallenge/Finalists). - December 05, 2018 - GeneFluidics Inc.
Tastry Aims to Shape the Alcohol and Food Industries
AI company aims to shape the alcohol and food industries with the launch of new wine & food pairing platform. - November 20, 2018 - Tastry
Tastry Wins Audience Choice Award at Groceryshop
Tastry, a leading AI company recognized for best overall concept. - November 19, 2018 - Tastry
Witlingo Launches Castlingo for Micro-Casting on Amazon Alexa
Voice First Startup Witlingo launches Castlingo(SM), an offering that enables anyone to launch and maintain a voice experience on Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Microsoft Cortana by simply using a Mobile App. - November 08, 2018 - Witlingo
Nextuple Inc. Raises $1.5M Seed Round to Continue Investing in AI-Based Post-Purchase Experience Products
Nextuple Inc., an omni-channel and consumer brand technology firm, based out of Andover, MA, announced that it has closed a $1.5M seed funding round to build new Machine Learning based products and expand its global team. The firm was founded in early 2018 by Darpan Seth, Laxman Mandayam, and Das... - October 29, 2018 - Nextuple
Supahands Releases New Website to Match Growing Demand in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Supahands, a training data provider for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, announces its newly designed and updated website (https://www.supahands.com). This decision is in tandem with the surge of implementation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning within key sectors such as... - October 29, 2018 - Supahands
Brave New World Pioneers Robots with Personality with Support from Government of Canada
“The characters we have loved from our favorite film or shows are coming to life. When you watch your favourite sci-fi film, the robots, the computers, even some of the doors can talk to people and make their own decisions based on those conversations,” says CEO Mike Rizkalla. - October 27, 2018 - Brave New World
Principled Technologies Finds Toshiba RM5 Series Value SAS SSDs Can Support Better Oracle Database I/O Performance Than Samsung Enterprise SATA SSDs
Principled Technologies (PT) measured Oracle database IOPS on an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 server with first Samsung Enterprise SATA SSDS, then Toshiba RM5 Series Value SAS SSDs. - October 22, 2018 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
AlpStories - Embracing a New Model for the Creation of Skincare Products
AlpStories is reshaping how the beauty consumer will shop in the future, demanding the ability to personalize products to their own skincare needs while using ingredients that are organic and pure. - October 14, 2018 - AlpStories Inc.
Tier3D Phone and Watch Have Radical New Design for Artificial Intelligence & Mixed Reality
Tier3D, a Silicon Valley company, has created a radical new design for a phone, watch, and Mixed Reality glass to enable crowdsourced Artificial Intelligence & Mixed Reality. Srini Srinivasan, a founder of Tier3D (and veteran Silicon Valley executive & investor/advisor with companies like... - October 12, 2018 - Tier3D
Apellix™ Gets Patent for Tethered Aerial Robots, Drones and Base Stations
Apellix the safety partner for the technological revolution, is proud to announce that has been granted its third full patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) with a dispensing tool, an autonomous (moveable) base station, and an umbilical /... - October 11, 2018 - Apellix
NEXT Future Transportation Joins Public Finance Thought Leadership Discussion – Contributes Perspective on the Adoption of Autonomous Vehicles
NEXT Future Transportation Inc. ("NEXT"), the world’s leading modular-electric vehicle company, is pleased to join municipal finance leaders – from public sector issuers to investors, investment bankers, municipal advisors, rating agencies, buyers and bond counsels to discuss... - October 04, 2018 - NEXT Future Transportation
GSPANN Announces Its Participation at SAP TechEd to Showcase Robotic Process Automation for SAP Solutions
GSPANN, an SAP partner, today announced that it will participate at SAP TechEd being held October 2–5, 2018 in Las Vegas in booth [637]. GSPANN is showcasing the use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technologies to create automated test cases for SAP ERP that accelerate migration to SAP... - October 01, 2018 - GSPANN Technologies, Inc.
NEXT Future Transportation Announces Autonomous Parcel Delivery Solution - Introduces the World’s First Modular Mobile Parcel Locker
Silicon Valley autonomous transportation startup identifies final-mile parcel delivery as an opportunity to enhance the customer experience, while creating significant supply chain improvements to traditional operating models. - September 27, 2018 - NEXT Future Transportation
HCA/HealthONE’s Swedish Medical Center Performs First Robotic Assisted Lobectomy
Dr. Sanjay Tripathi performs advanced procedure at Swedish Medical Center, an acute care hospital located in Englewood, Colorado. - September 13, 2018 - Swedish Medical Center
Physician at HCA/HealthONE’s Swedish Medical Center Performs 1,500th Robotic-Assisted Surgery
Kevin Davis, MD, gynecologic oncology specialist, recently hit a new milestone in robotic surgery at Swedish Medical Center, a 408 bed level 1 trauma center located in Englewood, CO. - September 08, 2018 - Swedish Medical Center
Hotellobot: The World’s First Personal Hotel Concierge Robot
Hotellobot is an ingenious guest information service software that can be paired with Hotellobot Robot Hardware to make the world’s first and only personal hotel concierge robot. Hotellobot Software can be used in conjunction with Amazon Dot Voice Hardware, Amazon Spot Screen Hardware or... - September 07, 2018 - Hotellobot
Danish Robot Equipment Flagship Company OnRobot Acquires Purple Robotics
Purple Robotics, which has just developed an innovative vacuum gripper within just one year—the world’s first gripper specifically for cobots—has now been acquired by OnRobot. The acquisition takes place a mere two months after the OnRobot merger of three robotics companies from... - September 02, 2018 - OnRobot
PINC’s CEO, Matt Yearling, Accepted Into Forbes San Francisco Business Council
Forbes San Francisco Business Council is an Invitation-Only Community for Business Leaders. - August 29, 2018 - PINC