Unmanned Systems Markets: What People Are Saying
05/16/13, William Finn, AMREL
Nobody is sure how much the DoD will decrease spending on unmanned systems, but the fear of such cuts has spurred developers to accelerate the transition to civilian applications.

Is That Robot Thinking?
05/16/13, Len Calderone for, RoboticsTomorrow
Presently, most robots are programmed to perform definite tasks and they perform them with absolute precision, but when precise movements are replaced with thoughtful movements, the robot will need to learn how to perform a task and then proceed. The robot will no longer be the precise machine that it was, but one that is prone to errors as we humans are.

Interview with Mitch Rosenberg, Rethink Robotics
05/16/13, Mitch Rosenberg, Rethink Robotics
This year, Rethink Robotics will offer a Software Development Kit that enables customers and third parties to develop unique task applications. As a result, Baxter will be more than just a robot, it will be a platform for third-party capability development—much like mobile phones and PCs are today.

Multi-application Robot Arm Is ‘Child’s Play’ To Program
05/16/13, Contributed by, Universal Robots
“Teaching the robot is child’s play, both Julian and I taught ourselves within a day,” Steve Blease continued. “The teach mode is ideal for establishing the basic approach and then it’s just a question of fine-tuning for final positioning.”

Interview With FAMU-FSU College of Engineering: RASC-AL Competition
04/25/13, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
In this exciting competition, undergraduate and graduate students are invited to create a multi-disciplinary team to build a planetary rover prototype and demonstrate its capabilities to perform a series of competitive tasks in field tests at the NASA Johnson Space Center’s Rock Yard in June 2013.

The Official Arduino Robot
Submitted on: 05/20/13, 11:56 AM
arduino.cc: The Arduino Robot is the first official Arduino on wheels. The robot has two processors, one on each of its two boards. The Motor Board controls the motors, and the C

Makr Shakr
Submitted on: 05/17/13, 12:55 PM
GOOGLE I/O 2013 The Moscone Center, San Francisco Makr Shakr is a new robotic bartending system that allows users to create, in real-time, p

MoveIt! Software Framework for Motion Planning in ROS
Submitted on: 05/14/13, 10:20 AM
From ROS.org: Willow Garage is proud to announce the initial release of MoveIt! : new software targeted at allowing you to build advanced applications integrating motion planning, kinematics, collision checking with graspi

RIO (Raspberry IO) Card
Submitted on: 05/10/13, 11:31 AM
Roboteq, Inc launched a kickstarter project named RIO (for Raspberry IO) and aimed at creating an intelligent I/O card that stacks over the $35 Raspberry PI Linux Single Board computer. Power for the PI from any DC source

Littelfuse Hosts Speed2Design TechTalks at NASA
Submitted on: 05/20/13, 11:48 PM
Speed2Design's Exploration & Discovery program brings engineers behind-the-scenes at NASA's Ames Research and Johnson Space Centers

GeckoSystems Forecasts AI Mobile Robot Solutions Licensing Revenues
Submitted on: 05/20/13, 11:46 PM
GeckoSystems is forecasting revenues of $100,000 or more before June 30, 2013.

Liquid Robotics Awarded Guinness World Record for PacX Journey Across the Pacific
Submitted on: 05/20/13, 11:44 PM
A key to achieving this world record was the Wave Glider's revolutionary design that converts wave energy into forward propulsion and uses solar energy to power the onboard sensor payload, communications and computing.

Bipedal Robotics Researcher Supports Multi-University Effort to Advance Cyber-Physical Systems
Submitted on: 05/20/13, 11:40 PM
Dr. Aaron Ames, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, is part of multi-university team that has received a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research into cyber-physical systems (CPS).

Advanced Motion Controls' M/V Series Servo Drives Continue to Wow Customers with High Power in a Small Package
Submitted on: 05/18/13, 07:38 AM
Due to popular demand Advanced Motion Controls, of Camarillo, CA, have expanded the capabilities of their popular M/V™ series Electric Mobility Servo Drives. Key improvements include 125A continuous with 200A peak for 10 seconds at 80VDC, and 100A fixed continuous at 175VDC (previously 80A continuous).

Robotic Tool Changers Increase Productivity and Reduce Cost

The ATI Robotic Tool Changer provides the flexibility to automatically change end-effectors or other peripheral tooling. These tool changers are designed to function reliably for millions of cycles at rated load while maintaining extremely high repeatability. For this reason, the ATI Tool Changer has become the number-one tool changer of choice around the world. ATI Tool Changer models cover a wide range of applications, from very small payloads to heavy payload applications requiring significantly large moment capacity.

REIKU Drossbach

(Stow, OH, United States of America)

Almost 85% of Robotics Downtime can be directly attributed to cable or hose failures. For over 40 years REIKU has been recognized as the Global Leader in Hi Tech Cable Protection Systems. The cost of production downtime and the eventual replacement of failed cables and hoses can be dramatically reduced or even eliminated with REIKU Robotic Cable Management System Solutions. REIKU works closely with all of the major Robot manufacturers developing "customer oriented system solutions".