Mission Impossible: Mining The Ocean
05/17/12, Len Calderone
Working at extreme ocean depths presents a myriad of problems, which will still take years to overcome. To be truly successful, AUVs will have to be totally autonomous and free moving without the restraints of tethers. As we use up our resources on land, the oceans are the next frontier. The most important question is “How will ocean mining effect the environment?”

FDA and USDA Certified Robotic Food Processing Systems
05/09/12, Contributed by, ABB
A Review of Regulations and Considerations for Increasing Sanitation in Food Manufacturing Facilities

Case Study: Why American Packaging Chose Robots Over AGVs
05/09/12, Contributed by, Seegrid
The flexibility robots provide meets the wide variety and responsiveness required for the facility. With Seegrid robots they can train a new route and it can be operational within minutes. The robotic pallet trucks gave American Packaging the labor savings and safety solution they were looking for.

Interview – iRobot Military Applications
05/09/12, Tim Trainer, iRobot
We are in the early stages of unmanned systems being used on the battlefield. While robots are being used in a growing number of missions, work continues on the research side to integrate new systems and capabilities to continually expand their value on the frontlines.

Sensor Based Adaptive Arc Welding
04/27/12, Contributed by, ABB
Tactics and tips for solving arc welding problems using sensors and machine vision.

HyQ: Hydraulic Quadruped Robot
Submitted on: 05/14/12, 12:03 PM
HyQ is a fully torque-controlled Hydraulically actuated Quadruped robot (pronounced [hai-kju:]) developed in the Department of Advanced Robotics at the IIT. HyQ is designed to move over rough terrain and perform highly dynamic tasks such as jumping and running with dif

What is Redwood Robotics?
Submitted on: 05/04/12, 11:04 AM
Travis Deyle at Hizook has some interesting info about Redwood Robotics, a Silicon Valley startup with backing from Willow Garage, Meka Robotics and SRI. The company has been in stealth mode for the past year but yesterday at an event in Menlo Park they announced the f

Stompy: A Giant Two Seat Spider Robot
Submitted on: 05/03/12, 11:40 AM
The Artisans Asylum in Boston Massachusetts s a non-profit community craft studio. In their next robotics class their goals are fairly simple: build a car-sized two-person hexapod robot and ride it. What makes their plans different from the scribbling of every 12 year

Festo ExoHand
Submitted on: 05/01/12, 10:35 AM
The ExoHand from Festo is an exoskeleton that can be worn like a glove. The fingers can be actively moved and their strength amplified; the operator's hand movements are registered and transmitted to the robotic hand in real time. The fingers can be actively moved

Specimen-Moving Robot Drives Efficiency at Self Regional Healthcare
Submitted on: 05/18/12, 09:26 AM
South Carolina hospital automates laboratory transport with Swisslog RoboCourier™ autonomous mobile robot

Seegrid Industrial Robots Play a Major Role in Restoring Jobs
Submitted on: 05/18/12, 09:24 AM
Seegrid Industrial Robots Play a Major Role in Restoring Jobs

Wynright Names Top 10 Integrator-Distributors for Automotion™ Conveyor Solutions for 2011
Submitted on: 05/17/12, 08:20 AM
13th annual award recognizes top sellers of conveyors from intelligent materials handling solution provider

3D Systems Brings 3D Printing to AIA 2012
Submitted on: 05/17/12, 06:48 AM
- Create More Faster in High Definition - Communicate Your Designs in Full Color

Construction Kit for Pick and Place
Submitted on: 05/17/12, 06:35 AM
MVTec Software GmbH, Munich (Germany), and Convergent Information Technologies GmbH, Haid (Austria), showcase at AUTOMATICA 2012 a solution for offtheshelf pick and place applications.

ROBOTMASTER V5

Robotmaster Version 5 provides innovative new tools to effortlessly program and optimize robot tasks producing error-free robot paths. Expanding on powerful optimizing tools Robotmaster Version 5 has set a new standard for programming robots with the same ease and functionality as CNC machines.

ABB Inc.

(, MI, United States of America)

Robotic equipment for the general and consumer industries including material handling, painting, welding and assembly.