FIRST Announces Qualcomm to Return as the Presenting Sponsor for 2015 FIRST Championship in St. Louis, MO
Qualcomm to Promote Key New FIRST Initiative in China
Rethink Robotics Receives 2014 Game Changer Award for Education
Baxter Research Robot Powers Education and Innovation for the Next-Generation Workforce
TURCK Acquires Sales Partner in Canada
TURCK invests in Chartwell Automation, Inc. to form TURCK Chartwell Canada, Inc.
CLEARPATH'S HUSKY GETS THE BOTTOM OF ALBERTA'S TAILINGS DEPOSIT PONDS
University of Alberta uses Clearpath Robotics Husky UGV for soil sampling research
Watch That Windows Update: FTDI Drivers Are Killing Fake Chips
From Brian Benchoff at Hack A Day:
The FTDI FT232 chip is found in thousands of electronic baubles, from Arduinos to test equipment, and more than a few bits of consumer electronics. It’s a simple chip, converting USB to a serial port, but very useful and probably one of the most cloned pieces of silicon on Earth. Thanks to a recent Windows update, all those fake FTDI chips are at risk of being bricked. This isn’t a case where fake FTDI chips won’t work if plugged into a machine running the newest FTDI driver; the latest driver bricks the fake chips, rendering them inoperable with any computer.
Reports of problems with FTDI chips surfaced early this month , with an explanation of the behavior showing up in an EEVblog forum thread . The new driver for these chips from FTDI, delivered through a recent Windows update, reprograms the USB PID to 0, something Windows, Linux, and OS X don’t like. This renders the chip inaccessible from any OS, effectively bricking any device that happens to have one of these fake FTDI serial chips... ( full story with workaround solution )
PRECISION HAWK JOINS SMALL UAV COALITION TO ADVANCE THE COMMERCIAL USE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
Chief among the organizations goals is to advance a regulatory environment that will support safe, reliable, and timely operation of small UAVs.
iRobot receives $7.6 million order from the U.S. Navy
Company also awarded contract for future robot upgrades
Current Transducer Implementation Phenomena
Implementation of a current transducer is typically a straightforward affair. In the event that the output is not as expected, it must be understood that the source of the challenge may be rooted in the mechanical, magnetic or electric nature of the device.
New API Technologies RF/Microwave Engineering Online Design Tool Now Available
New tool helps engineers modify standard API Technologies' RF/Microwave products
Phoenix Aerial Introduces Low Cost UAV LiDAR System
Phoenix Aerial Systems introduces two game changing UAV LiDAR products: the Scout, a lightweight low-cost mapping system, and the Ranger, a survey grade long range system featuring the Riegl VUX-1 sensor.
At Japan Robot Week, Mechanical Barista Treats Visitors to Coffee
From Japan Times :
Midwest Engineering Systems Announces Relocation of Corporate Headquarters
Due to increased customer demand and the need for more manufacturing space, we've doubled the size of our corporate headquarters.
iRobot Unveils Its First Multi-Robot Tablet Controller for First Responders, Defense Forces and Industrial Customers
From iRobot:
The uPoint MRC system runs an Android-based app that standardizes the control of any robot within the iRobot family of unmanned vehicles. Utilizing the same intuitive touchscreen technology in use today on millions of digital devices, the uPoint MRC system simplifies robot operations including driving, manipulation and inspection, allowing operators to focus more on the mission at hand... ( full press release )
TURCK Extends RFID Capabilities with Compact UHF Read/Write Head
Paired with TURCKs BL ident platform, the new Q120 product creates an all-in-one RFID solution
Schunk - Standardized RCC axes for high-speed assembly
The linear modules of SCHUNK's LCx series set a new benchmark.
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