The University of Catania is an Italian university that has a long-term involvement in a number of research programs, both as a partner and/or a coordinator, promoting research activities performed in all departments.
The da Vinci S HD Surgical System integrates advanced robotic technology and 3D HD endoscopy to allow surgeons perform complex and delicate operations through a small number of tiny incisions with increased precision, vision, control and dexterity.
Using the latest technology, the da Vinci Surgical System allows surgeons to perform complex and delicate operations through a small number of tiny incisions with increased precision, vision, control and dexterity.
The European Robotics Week is a robotics event that will feature a variety of robotics-related activities throughout Europe for the general public from November 24th to 30th, 2014. An important goal of this week is to educate the public about the role…
Robo-Next is a large-scale Indian robotics tournament organized by iSec Systems in association with Padarth, IIT-Bombay. Although the final date is not set yet, it is planned for March 2015. Those who want to participate in the Zonal Competition round…
Harvard University's Biorobotics Laboratory focuses on research on the role of sensing and mechanical designs in motor control in robots and humans. They have developed applications in teleoperated robots and also intelligent sensors. Their primary research…
CMRE is an Italian research and experimentation facility, which conducts and organizes research & technology development. The organization aims at delivering field-tested and innovative Science & Technology solutions to address security and defense needs…
Demcon is a Dutch company that researches and produces high-tech mechatronic systems and products for the healthcare sector and medical devices market. It is involved in the Bobbie project.
The ESA Telerobotics & Haptics Laboratory aims at performing engineering developments, fundamental research, and project work in human-robot interfaces, telerobotics, and haptics together with academic institutions as well as industry.
Keio University is Japan’s oldest institute of higher education. The robotics department’s goal is to develop robots that can actually understand humans so they can perform effectively. Among projects they have worked on is the TELESAR V Robot, which…
The Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital has departments in nearly every medical field available. The school has expanded its offerings to include work in the robotics field, to help equip students with advanced technology. Researchers helped…
Project ECHORD++ will hold two market consultation days in order to inform about its Pre-Commercial Procurement Pilots on November 20th in Barcelona and on 3rd December in Munich.
To protect deminers and save time, ICARUS has started to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for mapping and detecting. One of the major issues facing flood-hit areas is the widespread presence of unexploded devices from the war.
The Future of Life Institute (FLI) released an open letter addressing the opportunities and challenges presented by the potential of artificial intelligence.
At Automatica trade fair 2014 in Munich the team of the EU-funded robotics project ECHORD++ asked the visitors of their booth one simple question: “What do you think is the future of robotics?” Well-known roboticists shared their thoughts
RoboCup Rescue is one of the competition leagues that make up the yearly RoboCup event where teams from all over the world compete for the best robot for Search & Rescue missions.
Comprised of dynamically connected, heterogenous, small autonomous robots, the Swarmanoid project aims at designing, implementing and controlling a novel distributed robotic system.
Dodaam Systems created Aegis; a robot capable of detecting and tracking enemies. It can remotely fire its machine gun and has a targeting manual. Aegis was deployed to Iraq as support. Dodaam systems hopes the robot will ultimately provide fire power…
Bino3 surveillance robot has a 3D motion and stereo binocular system. Its developers hope to use it in areas potentially dangerous to humans, such as radioactive rooms.
Lil’bot, the little robot that could, is a low-cost, open-source, Arduino-compatible balancing robot. It is ideal for learning to program, hacking and, of course, entertainment. Lil'bot can express some artificial emotions through an emoticon-like LED…
Octavia is a wheeled firefighting robot developed by MIT's Personal Robotics Group. The US Navy wanted a robot on board ship in order to help humans deal with fires and other emergencies. Octavia's operating system allows it to track complex objects and…
Developed by Boston Dynamics, RHex is known for its high mobility. The six-legged robot can not only climb in rock fields, sand, mud, railroad tracks, vegetation and telephone poles but it is also capable of climbing up stairways and slopes.
Bart Everett developed a security robot called Robart II. It can detect problems, create navigation maps and contains multiprocessor architecture for real-time operations.
