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CONYERS, Ga., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GeckoSystems International Corporation (Pink Sheets: GOSY | http://www.geckosystems.com/) -- announced today that negotiations establishing a new Joint Venture under direct sponsorship of the government of the People's Republic of China, Nanle Electric Wheelchair Co., have been completed. The CEOs of both organizations have signed the Joint Venture agreement. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging mobile robotics industry...
The delicate touch that successfully removed an egg-shaped tumor from Paige Nickason's brain got a helping hand from a world-renowned arm -- a robotic arm, that is. The technology that went into developing neuroArm, the world's first robot capable of performing surgery inside magnetic resonance machines, was born from the Canadarm (developed by MDA for the US Space Shuttle Program), as well as Canadarm2 and Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency's family of space robots performing the...
Spiders are very agile, and some can even jump. They owe this capability to their hydraulically operated limbs. Researchers have now designed a mobile robot modeled on the same principle that moves spider legs. Created using a 3-D printing process, this lightweight can explore terrain that is beyond human reach. Enviably agile and purposeful, the mobile robot makes its way through grounds rendered off-limits to humans as the result of a chemical accident. Depressions, ruts and other...
A flying robot as small as a dinner plate that can zoom to hard-to-reach places and a fleet of eco-friendly robotic farm-hands are just two of the exciting projects the robotics team at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is working on. The pint-sized propellor-powered robots can be packed away into a suitcase. They have multiple cameras which enable them to 'see' the world around them as they navigate their way through buildings, carrying out tasks like deliveries or...
The sixth annual ComBots Cup returns with robots flying in from around the world. The international heavyweight championship, now in it's sixth year, offers the top dollar prize for combat robots. With a trophy as big as the robots themselves, this event provides all the thrills of movie robots, but up close and real. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 26, 2011 Teams from all over the US, Canada and Brazil will be coming to California this weekend to fight for The ComBots Cup - the...
Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes – natural disasters always catch us by surprise, no matter how many early-warning systems are in place. This makes it all the more important for rescue teams to get a quick overview of the situation at hand. In SENEKA, a Markets Beyond Tomorrow project, Fraunhofer researchers are working to network the various robots and sensor systems first responders use so that they can react more quickly and efficiently in the case of an emergency to search for victims...
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., October 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dielectric Corporation announced today that it has opened a new division, JR Prototypes, which will offer prototyping and short-run manufacturing services. The division, which will be run by Michael Esser, Jr., was created to meet a growing need for prototypes, validation runs and small run production. According to Esser, "The Dielectric Corporation has always helped clients design for manufacturability. Creating a division that...
CONYERS, Ga., Sept. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GOSY | http://www.geckosystems.com/) announced today a live interview with ChartPoppers.com. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the development and usage of "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service(TM)." In this audio interview, Mr. Spencer discusses the company's progress during the last year. To listen to the entire interview visit: http://ChartPoppers.com/iReports CEO Martin Spencer...
A combination of two algorithms developed at MIT allows autonomous robots to execute tasks much more efficiently — and move more predictably. Ask someone with her hands in her lap to pick up a coffee mug on the table she’s sitting at, and she’ll extract her hand from under the table and stretch her arm out toward the mug. Instruct an autonomous robot to perform the same feat, and it may think for a few seconds, zigzag its robotic hand back and forth under the table, then perform...
Japanese researchers are developing a robot that can adapt its behavior to new situations and make educated guesses about new challenges. The researchers are working on a robot that operates based on an algorithm they have termed a self-organizing incremental neural network (SOINN). The Tokyo Institute of Technology's Osamu Hasegawa researchers found a way to program robots with pattern-based artificial intelligence that allows them to learn from experience.The team released a video of the...
