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Software firm will demo latest version of Exacta, its supply chain execution software, as well as the company's automation capabilities NEW ORLEANS, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Exacta 6.0 is the latest update to the company's supply chain software, which integrates with Microsoft ERP platforms and features dynamic workflows, easy resource management, and enhanced business intelligence and activity tracking. Bastian Solutions' Exacta pick to light application increases...
Rubberized Tracks Could Make CHIMP a Champ in DARPA Robotics Challenge PITTSBURGH, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A team from Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center is building a new class of robot to compete in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Robotics Challenge -- a human-size robot that moves, not by walking, but on rubberized tracks on the extremities of each of its four limbs. (Logo:...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Thanks to a group of researchers, one high-tech robotic cheetah is proving itself to be dominant above its flesh-and-blood counterparts in terms of running efficiency. A team of MIT mechanical engineers, led by Sangbae Kim, has developed a 70-pound robotic cheetah that wastes very little energy as it runs for an hour and a half at 5-miles-per-hour. Design principles to minimize energy waste led to the team developing a robot with...
[ Video: FILOSE Fish Robot ] | [ Video: Robotic Fish Working Through In Flow ] | [ Video: FILOSE Research Project on Fish Locomotion and Sensing ] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers writing in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A say they have developed a new robotic fish that has lateral line sensing capabilities. The FILOSE team members have spent four years investigating fish lateral line sensing, which is a sensing organ found in aquatic...
[ Watch the Video: Dynamic Robot Manipulation ] redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online An all-terrain robot designed to transport military supplies over areas too steep, rocky, muddy or snowy for conventional vehicles has now been outfitted with an arm capable of lifting and throwing cinder blocks. The four-legged robot known as BigDog is being manufactured by Massachusetts-based robotics firm Boston Dynamics and is being backed by the Defense Advanced Research...
BRANFORD, Conn., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Core Informatics, a leading provider of laboratory data management software, is pleased to announce a Senior Director of Scientific Development and Director of Business Operations from Pfizer has joined the Core team. Doug Phillips, after having worked at Pfizer as both a chemist and IT professional since 1982, has accepted the role of Sr. Director of Operations with Core. His training and expertise in the field will help fuel continued...
[WATCH VIDEO: From Running Roaches To Robots] April Flowers for redOrbit – Your Universe Online Researchers from the University of Michigan have found that running cockroaches begin to recover from being pushed sideways even before their nervous systems kick in to tell their legs what to do. The research team hopes that these new insights on the stabilization of biological systems could one day help engineers design steadier robots. The findings, published online in Biological...
Linear robotics manufacturer Macron Dynamics recently celebrated 25 years in business in a small ceremony with Pennsylvania congressman Michael Fitzpatrick. Croydon, Pa. (PRWEB) February 22, 2013 Macron Dynamics, Inc., a manufacturer of linear robotics motion systems and belt driven linear actuators, recently celebrated its 25-year anniversary in a ceremony with Pennsylvania congressman Michael Fitzpatrick. The private ceremony took place at Macron Dynamics’ manufacturing facility...
NORCROSS, Ga., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- While only 10 to 15 percent of all spine surgeries are performed using minimally-invasive surgical (MIS) techniques, 25 percent of all Renaissance(TM) cases (1,019 and rising) have been executed percutaneously. Mazor Robotics, recently named one of The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, offers advantages to patients and surgeons alike with Renaissance(TM), a surgical guidance system for spine and brain surgery. Mazor...
[ Watch the Video: Simplified Brain Allows iCub Robot To Learn Language ] Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Robots aren’t actually “taught” but rather are programmed. There have been attempts to create a system that can allow robots to “learn” but it is still a matter of essentially programming the new skills. However, a new artificial brain system could enable robots to learn language, which could very well be the key to teaching robots to then do other...
