The company, Adept, a leader in industrial robotics has just acquired MobileRobots Inc, a specialist in mobile robotics. This is a significant take-over because it's unusual. MobileRobots, a New Hampshire company with annual revenues of 5 million dollars, provides autonomous robot and self-guid…
AUVSI is the association for unmanned vehicles. The AUSVI foundation is organizing a competition of robotic boats: the Autonomous Surface Vehicle Competition (ASVC). The robotic boats have to follow a specific course: slalom between clearly identified markers then return to dock. Different cou…
After Iron Man, it's Real Steel's turn with Hugh Jackson to promote robots in the cinema. This time in Real Steel, the robot doesn't fly but boxes. Hugh Jackson, a former boxer, has become a coach of robots which measure 2.40 meters in height and weigh 900 kg since humans are banned from fighting…
Many designers are competing in the Electrolux Design Lab 2010. And, amongst all of the concepts proposed, there's one vacuum robot prototype. The general idea of this year's Electrolux competition is to design a technological specimen which can be practical in reduced spaces but is also energy-e…
RobotShop will be at Robovirtualevents this Wednesday, June 16, 2010. The Robotics Summit is an unmissable event if you're a robotics professional, or even simply an enthusiast or are employed by a company which works in the field of robots. It's a virtual conference that provides networking an…
