Plug & Play Product and Industry News
| New Arduino Shield for the Parallax Boe-Bot | |
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Submitted on 5 April, 2012 Comments 
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The Arduino controller has been the hottest item in the world of embedded controllers for hobbyists over the last few years. With this shield you can now control the Boe-Bot with an Arduino! If you haven't seen it... click here to see the review! |
| ALL NEW INNOV8TIVE DESIGNS QUADROTOR ROBOTS | |
| Submitted on 7 December, 2011 Comments
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We are pleased to offer this worldwide scoop on the latest quadrotor introductions in the hobby and professional (industrial/commercial/ government) UAV category. Innov8tive Designs is introducing a new line of quadrotors scheduled to debut on December 15. Innov8tive plans hexcopters and other... |
| New USB PicoScope 2205 MSO Mixed-Signal Oscilloscope | |
| Submitted on 28 November, 2011 Comments
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Equipment for the mad scientist’s home lab continues to become more affordable and more powerful. Saelig Company, Inc. announced a new, entry-level mixed-signal oscilloscope - the PicoScope 2205 MSO. This lightweight scope adapter provides a two-channel oscilloscope combined with a synchronous... |
| Cyberdyne Exoskeleton | |
| Submitted on 16 November, 2011 Comments
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Scientific American has recently reported that Cyberdyne Exoskeletons will be assisting in the clean-up at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Interestingly, the Sci-Am news announcement confirms that there are three brands of exoskeletons coming to market, and these are remarkable developments... |
| Free Online VEX and LEGO Robotics Course for Boy Scouts of America | |
| Submitted on 9 November, 2011 Comments
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The Robotics Academy has set up an online course for Boy Scouts and Boy Scout Leaders interested in learning how to program LEGO and VEX robots, and about the free resources that are available for Scouts to use to earn their Robotics Merit Badge. |
| DSPRobotics Announce FlowStone Version 2 | |
| Submitted on 9 November, 2011 Comments
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DSPRobotics manufacturers of the FlowStone graphical programming language announce the soon to be released FlowStone Version 2. This marks a milestone in development as now FlowStone has the full Ruby programming language built inside! |
| Horizon Helps Schools & Universities Install the Right Solar and Wind Power Solutions with new Educational Kit | |
| Submitted on 9 November, 2011 Comments
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Schools and universities everywhere are going green and installing solar and wind power systems. However, not all locations are right for certain solar or certain wind energy installations. With the Power Predictor Education Edition, we can help make the analysis process part of the science... |
| THE ADVANCE OF MILITARY THROWBOTS | |
| Submitted on 6 October, 2011 Comments
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The Army, Marine Corps and the Pentagon's Joint IED Defeat Organization are working to procure and deliver thousands of small, easily transportable "throwable" robots equipped with surveillance cameras designed to beam back video from confined spaces, buildings, tunnels and other... |
| WPI Receives Accreditation for First-in-the-Nation Robotics Engineering Undergraduate Degree Program | |
| Submitted on 5 October, 2011 Comments
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Worcester, Mass. – Oct. 4, 2011 – In the fall of 2007, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) became the first university in the nation to offer a bachelor's degree program in the emerging field of robotics engineering (RBE). The university's groundbreaking program is now also the first... |
| ROBO Business Leadership Summit | |
| Submitted on 28 September, 2011 Comments
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Robotics Trends today announced the lineup of keynotes and session speakers for RoboBusiness 2011 Leadership Summit (formerly RoboBusiness Conference & Exposition). The RoboBusiness Leadership Summit will take place November 2-3, 2011, at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts.... |
| Challenge is On: $1.5 million Robot Prize Competition Registration Opens | |
| Submitted on 20 September, 2011 Comments
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September 19, 2011 - NASA and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are seeking teams to compete in a robot technology demonstration competition that offers a prize of $1.5 million to the winners. |
| Robotics Technology Consortium, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Innovation Accelerator Organize First RoboBowl Competition | |
| Submitted on 6 September, 2011 Comments
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Pittsburgh, PA. – The Robotics Technology Consortium, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Innovation Accelerator today announced that the first RoboBowl competition will take place during the “Innovation Accelerator @ Carnegie Mellon” event at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA on... |
| HALLOWEEN ANIMATRONICS SPOOKTACULAR! | |
| Submitted on 6 September, 2011 Comments
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Halloween only comes once a year, but this year’s Halloween Spooktacular, which is chock a block full of robotics animatronics, at HighTechScience.org will be the biggest and best ever. On 2 different Saturday nights (Oct. 22 & 29) there will be a live re-enactment of Michael Jackson’s “... |
| Sparkfun Shaft 25e night lighting Arduino Project | |
| Submitted on 26 August, 2011 Comments
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Many of the hobbyists at SparkFun are not only interested in embedded electronics, but also have a love for RC airplanes. So this project from SparkFun customer Tom Hastie strikes especially close to home. Check out the Night Flyer! |
| New Low-cost USB Microscope/Magnifier from Saelig | |
| Submitted on 25 August, 2011 Comments
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August 24, 2011: Saelig Company, Inc. announced the MV200UM - a new 2 megapixel USB digital microscope for capturing high quality magnified images and video for display on a PC using a simple USB 2.0 PC connection. The USB-powered MV200UM contains a built-in white LED illumination ring for... |
| New Arduino Compatible Releases by Microchip & Digilent | |
| Submitted on 23 August, 2011 Comments
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Microchip and Digilent Create Network and Basic I/O Shields, Support Resources for the chipKIT™ and Arduino™ Community. Features and functionality are added for projects by hobbyists, students, educators and others who are not engineers. |
| Faster organic semiconductors for flexible displays can be developed quickly with new method, say Stanford researchers | |
| Submitted on 17 August, 2011 Comments
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A team led by researchers at Stanford and Harvard universities has not only created a new material for high-speed organic semiconductors, it has come up with a new approach that can take months, even years, off the development timeline. |
| AeroVironment Receives $65 Million Order for Digital Puma UAS | |
| Submitted on 17 August, 2011 Comments
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Aug. 16, 2011, at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) North America Conference - AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that it received a firm-fixed-price contract delivery order valued at $65,532,394 for new digital Puma™ All Environment (AE) unmanned... |
| Dan Kara Joins RoboBusiness Leadership Summit as Chairman | |
| Submitted on 17 August, 2011 Comments
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August 08 2011 FRAMINGHAM, MA — Robotics Trends today announced Dan Kara as conference chairman of the upcoming RoboBusiness Leadership Summit, taking place November 2-3, 2011, at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. In this capacity, Kara will develop conference program content... |
| Stanford Engineering professors are reinventing online education with free computer science courses that employ new teaching technology | |
| Submitted on 17 August, 2011 Comments
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Stanford Engineering professors are setting out to add a new level of interactivity to online education by offering three of the university's most popular computer science classes for free. |
| Will You be Flying Down a Tunnel in a Robot? | |
| Submitted on 12 August, 2011 Comments
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Nick Halverson of Discovery News recently reported that at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), in May, a Tohoku University research team proposed a free-flying robot “train-plane that levitates on a cushion of air.” |
| Willow Garage Announces Availability of New PR2 Robot for $200,000 | |
| Submitted on 11 August, 2011 Comments
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MENLO PARK, CA – August 10, 2011 – Willow Garage announced today the availability of a modified PR2 robot, the world's most advanced personal robot platform. In response to a burgeoning PR2 community Willow Garage is now offering its personal robot platform with a single arm for $285,000.... |
| Innalabs Completes the Development of New Solid State Vibration Technology Tactical-Grade Gyro | |
| Submitted on 9 August, 2011 Comments
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August 8, 2011 (MMD Newswire) -- The INNALABS team developing the CVG gyroscopes with the highest Bias stability and the lowest noise, known as INL-CVG, has successfully completed the development phase and has started the design validation of the sensing element and control loop portion to... |
| SparkFun Announces ProtoSnap: Arduino-Compatible Tools For the Novice Prototyping Robots! | |
| Submitted on 8 August, 2011 Comments
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August 3, 2011. SparkFun Electronics has announced ProtoSnap, a new line of products designed to enable beginners to explore the world of embedded electronics and jump into programming, prototyping and designing robots! |
| WEBINAR ON A NEW BRANCH OF MACHINE INTEL RESEARCH | |
| Submitted on 8 August, 2011 Comments
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Dr. Jim Gouge is hosting a two-day online seminar August 13 – 14 on “machine neuroscience,” a unique machine intelligence research arena that he has pioneered in decades of work in classified programs. He is very interested in educating the next generation of computer scientists who will carry... |
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