Call for Papers. Special Issue on Emerging Advances and Applications in Automation. Contributions are solicited on state-of-the-art research and applications in the general area of automation, and, according to the nature of IEEE RAM, having solid and significant industrial and practical impacts. Deadline for Paper Submission: 15 June 2014. Publication Schedule: March 2015.
Robotics has a news records. The ARM-Powered CUBESTORMER 3 robot has smashed the Guinness World Record for solving a Rubik’s cube, recording a time of 3.253 seconds at the Big Bang Fair in Birmingham, UK. The Robo Raven III has 22 flexible solar panels integrated into the wings providing the robot with more power than ever before and three drones, Fotokites, on retractable dog leashes fly overhead, capturing live aerial video of the all the faces gaping from auditorium seats below. Welcome to TED 2014 or use of a telepresence robot
The First Robotic Competitions are taking place across the United States: Combat Robot League. More than 50 students at Reynoldsburg High School Summit Campus are participating in a regional robotics competition in Cleveland. Crowds of students lined the pool at the Lehi Legacy Center as they took part in the 2014 Utah Underwater Robotics Competition hosted by BYU Splash Lab. More than 3.500 young Quebec students gathering at Uniprix Stadium to complete in 3rd Robotics Festival. The Pinkerton Academy robotics team is headed to the Vex Robotics World Championships
In less than a year, Google has bought more than a half-dozen robotics companies, setting the “industry abuzz”. In LyonFrancia, 2014 INNOROBO allowed to know not only latest applications (Day One and Day Two) but also allowed French reflection: La robotique et l’homme dans son quotidien, La Robotique et Les Nouveaux Modes de Production and Ouverture des États Généraux de la Robotique. A reflection that can be extended to the image and the reality in cartoons and movies. View Bot & Dolly and the rise of creative robots . Finally, how to keep your job when your boss is a robot?
Among the presentations of robots excel: a) iStruct; biped? Quadruped? Collective anything else? b) Robot ants, termites & Honeybees get autonomous; c) Samuraiborg is a toy robot that you play with using a sword-shaped controller. Your movement of the controller is detected and told to the Samuraiborg by an infrared sensor; d) A Swedish dance pop artist Robyn; e) Victor, a Scrabble-playing robot created by students under the supervision of Reid Simmons, a robotics professor at Carnegie Mellon University here, capable of 18 different emotions, limited to 8,592 words drawn from “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” a book Dr. Simmons liked as a teenager. f) In the security industry see Vigilant Robots. g) MorphHex MK-II. This robot is an improved version of the original MorpHex robot. This robot still can transform from 6 legged cralwer to a rolling robotic bawll. h) BionicOpter, a name coined by combining the words “bionic” and “helicopter.”
Concern about the interaction between humans and robot continuously. In The Robot Tricks to bridge The Uncanny Valley several investigations are summarized in the U.S. O in the recognition of the gestures when a person lies. And always carry with you One Collaborative Robot Lexicon of Terminology.
Industrial
Industrial robotics continues to develop. Nordic Sugar AB factory in Örtofta in Sweden adopted UR5 robots, Universal Robots, to automate the analysis of raw material samples. One project, called Turbulence, over on Prosthetic Knowledge: it’s a series of paintings, done charmingly in watercolor, by a industrial robot (Universal Robot UR10). Baxter test a beta software, what provides drastic improvements in speed and precision and one group UC Berkeley was able to train Baxter to pick up trash and drop it into a can. Kuka recalled that his KUKA’s High Accuracy “HA” robots represent The most required and accurate robot arms in the industry. Adept Technology announced that it will showcase a range of state-of-the-art intelligent robotics solutions ideal for warehouse and distribution center materials handling applications at MODEX 2014. Also, marketplace trends are fueling the expansion of robotics in the baking and snack industries. While robots are primarily being used by bakers and snack manufacturer to package product, they have many other uses, thanks to machine vision and interface tools. In Uk a survey of manufacturers has revealed that many believe that robotic automation is not suitable for low-volume or bespoke production processes. In Pittsburgh revived by the robot revolution. And on farms continues with its door open. In China, a farmer from central China’s Hunan province, has made 5 farming drones. In Service Robots, the Dolphin Wave 100, was described as a real workhorse.
Rescue and disater robots continue to occupy an important place: nuclear, mystery of Malasian Ailines Flight, floods, the air pollution situation in China Maybe you want to read Disaster Robotics o or a detailed report on the current rescue robots )Niftti, Walk-Man, Sherpa and Tradr).
Autonomous Vehicles
The California Departament of Motor Vehicles called on interested parties to refer to comments and thoughts on the development of Regulations related to Testing Non-Autonomous Operation of Vehicles (the public’s operation of autonomous vehicles). On March 11, the department workshopped its regulations at its headquarters in Sacramento, where representatives of industry, advocacy groups and the public met and discussed what the future of autonomous vehicles will look like. The workshop, a recording of which is available on Google+, was attended by Google; automakers like Volkswagen Group, Mercedes and Chrysler; and third-party manufacturers like Garmin and TomTom. Remember: “Autonomous vehicles promise to have an enormous economic impact, even if significant uncertainties remain”, Frazzoli Emilio wrote, apropos of this call.
UAS
In the militar world of UAS, Sikorsky Aircraft Matrix™ entered Technology Phase 2, phase of the program where SARA “got eyes;” the sensors added to the aircraft are allowing her to perceive the environment in which she is flying, Israel Defense publication drew attention to the ability of UAS Iran. Northrop Grumman delivered a Global Hawk Block 40 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the U.S. Air Force at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., This is the second aircraft delivered as part of Global Hawk’s Lot 10 contract, joining a Block 30 system delivered four months early in November of last year. Two additional aircraft, a final Block 30 and Block 40, will arrive later this year, completing Global Hawk’s Lot 10 contract. The flying unit, officially known as the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, performed its first public flyover of 2014 at the opening of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 1.
The Robotic Systems Joint Project Office conducted new equipment training on the Route Reconnaissance and Clearance, or R2C, robot with Marines from the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 10-13. MBDA has successfully demonstrated the operation of Dual Mode Seeker Brimstone (DMB) missile from an MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), scoring nine direct hits against a range of targets including very high speed and manoeuvring vehicles.
In any case, when a robot murders a person who is guilty?
With civil UAS continuous never-ending battle over privacy issues. Sometimes, the police used to spy on the traffic, not people. FAA continues its hunting prohibitions to film a commercial on the campus of the University of Virginia or the Washington Nationals or in Duluth, MN. And the UAS continues to add successes in research and preservation of the planet; for example, in the ocean or Africa, or cartography and mapping project of the World Bank in Albania. An UAS being tested, in UK, for an aerial survey the 6.5 miles of track belonging to the Bodmin and Wenford Railway company. An UAS surveying Iluka’s Victorian Echo mine, Australia, had a near collision incident with a crop duster. Late last year a Sensefly eBee 178 UAV was carrying out aerial surveying work over Iluka’s Echo mineral sands mines when the incident occurred
You may be interested in Drone Legislation See Battle in 35 States o 2013 UAS Legislation US Map. In Connecticut, lawmakers recently proposed legislation that would impose a 20-year sentence on people who commit crimes with drones equipped with deadly weapons, and those who commit lesser crimes with drones could serve up to 10 years. In Green Bay, UAS privacy bill soars through Assembly
And remenber, hackers have installed snooping technology on a UAV and sent it flying around London (can hack your phone) and NASA chief Charles Bolden stopped to listen to engineers discuss several projects that apparently needed some attention: a flying smart-phone based robot to do inspections on the International Space Station and NASA’s.
Medical
Medical robotics had good news. Panasonic’s robotic device for nursing care, named “Resyone”, which uses robotic technology to help users get out of bed, has become the first product in the world to obtain global safety standard ISO13482 for service robots. Jimmy Johnson will host a segment on the advancements in surgical robot technology with “Leading Edge“, for learn about current uses of robots in the medical industry as well as future goals”. Moreover, O’Connor Hospital is the first hospital in the Bay Area to deploy TRU-D SmartUVC™, a pathogen-eliminating robot that uses powerful ultraviolet light to kill harmful viruses, bacteria and fungi that are responsible for health care-associated infections.
Maybe you are interested in the history of drummer Jason Barnes was electrocuted and lost his right arm below the elbow. Dr. Michelle Johnson’s heads Penn Medicine’s new Rehabilitation and Robotics Lab. Her lab designs and tests robots to assist stroke victims with upper body disabilities. Robbie, a robot prototype designed by TCD Researchers and engineering students for Cork teenager Joanne O’Riordan, who was born without limbs due to a rare congenital disorder Known as amelia syndrome, will be officially unveiled today.
A soft, wearable device that mimics the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the lower leg could aid in the rehabilitation of patients with ankle-foot disorders such as drop foot, said Yong-Lae Park, an assistant professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. Just under three years ago, a powerful bomb blast ripped the earth apart along a remote road in Afghanistan, leaving Army Sgt. Dan Rose paralyzed from the chest down. Rose is the second paralyzed U.S. military veteran to own a motorized “exoskeleton” manufactured by Ekso Bionics.
And, The global market for medical robots will continue to grow as as it reported Markets and Markets, who disclosed Medical Robots Market by Tipe.
- North America is the largest market for medical robots, followed by Europe and Asia. However, the Asian market is slated to grow at the highest CAGR over the next five years.
- The medical robotics market was valued at $1,781 million in 2013 and is expected to reach $3,764 million by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 16.1% from 2013 to 2018. The surgical robots market commanded the largest % share of the global medical robots market in 2013 and is expected to reach more than $ billion value by 2018, growing at a double digit CAGR%. Surgical robots are further segmented into orthopedic surgical robots, neurosurgical robots, laparoscopy robotic systems, and steerable robotic catheters. The laparoscopic surgical robotic systems market accounted for the largest share of the global surgical robotics market, by segment, at an estimated $ million value in 2013. This segment is expected to reach $ multimillion value by 2018, at a double digit CAGR % from 2013 to 2018. However, the neurosurgery robotics market is the fastest-growing market and is expected to reach $ high multi-million $ value by 2018 at a double digit CAGR% from 2013 to 2018.
- The key players in the global medical robots market are Intuitive Surgical Inc. (U.S.), seInc. (U.S.), MAKO Surgical Corp. (U.S.), Mazor Robotics Ltd. (Israel), Hansen Medical, Inc. (U.S.), Titan Medical, Inc. (Canada), and Health Robotics S.R.L. (Italy), among others.
And for those more interested in programming, maybe you like to know, to reduce the complexity and harmonize the look, feel, and function of three separate platforms, the PLCopen working group for motion control has come up with a set of standardized tools to allow coordinated motion to be run directly from a PLC-like programming environment. Aldo, Servotronix provides extensive control capabilities for a variety of motion and robotic applications. Synchronized motion between two delta robots demonstrates complex kinematic control.
And maybe, just maybe, it is not I who write the next column, but simply an algorithm do it for me, as happened to Ken Schwencke. Schwencke, journalist and programmer created an algorithm, call Quakebot, for the LA Times that automatically generates a short article when an earthquake occurs. The article appeared March 18 on the Los Angeles Times website within three minutes of the earthquake, accompanied by a sentence which said: “This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm written by the author”. CEO and founder Robbie Allen said “software, told Poynter, from Automated Insights will generate about 1 billion stories this year— up from 350 million last year” But still I have not anything to worry about. “I dont think journalists have anything to worry about because we’re creating content where it didn’t exist before,” Allen said”.
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