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

ROBOTIQ EXPANDS THE ADAPTIVE GRIPPERS LINE WITH OUR LARGEST AND STRONGEST ROBOT GRIPPER SO FAR
Submitted on: 05/23/13, 11:54 AM
Robotiq unveils the 2-Finger Adaptive Robot Gripper - 200 - a flexible electric gripper with 200 mm of stroke and expanded capabilities to reduce tooling costs, eliminate changeovers, and maximize ROI. Use one off-the-shelf robot gripper to handle all your large parts through 3 gripping modes

Study Results Help Develop Robots Capable of Working in Confined Spaces
Submitted on: 05/22/13, 06:56 PM
Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect whose painful bites and extensive networks of underground tunnels are all-too-familiar to people living in the southern United States.

KIT Researchers and Disney Research Demonstrate Natural Human-to-Robot Handoff Motion
Submitted on: 05/22/13, 06:55 PM
A humanoid robot can receive an object handed to it by a person with something approaching natural, human-like motion thanks to a new method developed by scientists at Disney Research, Pittsburgh in a project partially funded by the International Center for Advanced Communication Technologies (interACT) at Carnegie Mellon University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Israel Becomes Top Global Exporter of Unmanned Aerial Systems
Submitted on: 05/22/13, 06:54 PM
Israeli original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have aggressively marketed these platforms, helping them become the top exporter of UAS platforms, globally.

Warrior Web Prototype Takes Its First Steps
Submitted on: 05/22/13, 06:53 PM
Warrior Web seeks to create a soft, lightweight under-suit that would help reduce injuries and fatigue common for Soldiers, who often carry 100-pound loads for extended periods over rough terrain.

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