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- Immobots take control: it's a dangerous world, but machines that "know themselves" can deal with crises autonomously--and often more effectively than their human programmers.
- the Mars Polar Lander never had a chance. At 12:02 P.M. California time on December 3, 1999, after an 11-month journey to Mars, the NASA spacecraft slewed its antenna away from Earth in preparation for entry into the Martian atmosphere. That was the last time mission controllers heard...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- Open sesame.(Enhanced Machine Controller program for development of open-architecture robot and machine controls)
- Open-architecture controllers, open-source software trailblaze the next generation of manufacturing computing Manufacturing computing owes much of its speedy technological development to Richard Johnstone. In the late 1970s, Johnstone, a division head of manufacturer Kearny & Trecker, Milwaukee, WI, was...
- Research articles 1999-06-01
- NEC Succeeds in Development of User Interface Technology Facilitating Interaction between Robots & CG Agents
- Tokyo, Japan, May 9, 2006 - JCN Newswire - NEC Corporation announced the development of technology for installing computer graphics CG agents into various electronic devices, facilitating interaction between robots and CG agents*. The successful development of this software has been achieved through expansion of the range of objects...
- Research articles 2006-05-10
- CIM helps Corning compete. (computer integrated manufacturing; Corning Asahi Video Products Co.)
- MANUFACTURING CIM helps Corning compete Corning Asahi Video Products Company employees are proud, and justifiably so. They're recognized as world class competitors. Computer intergrated manufacturing CIM helped them achieve that stat ...
- Research articles 1990-11-01
- It's Programmable Cat Toys… it's Cubical Pets for Computer Nerds… No, it's 'The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots'
- SEBASTOPOL, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 20, 1999--
- Research articles 1999-10-20
- Computer Motion launches AESOP 2000; world's first FDA cleared surgical robot capable of understanding voice commands is now available
- SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 7, 1996--At the American College of Surgeons 82nd Clinical Congress, Computer Motion, the world's leading supplier of medical robots, announced the release of its next generation surgical robot -- AESOP 2000 with Voice Control.
- Research articles 1996-10-07
- MEET COG, MIT'S HUMAN-LIKE ROBOT.(Massachusettes Institute of Technology design for a thinking computer)(Brief Article)
- 00-00-0000 Man builds man--at least a computerized mechanical version! Cog is the anthropomorphic effort of a research team led by Prof. Rodney Brooks, director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambri 00-00-0000 Man builds man--at least a computerized mechanical version!...
- Research articles 1998-07-06
- Digital teams win SME award for CIM success. (Digital Equipment Corp., Society of Manufacturing Engineers, computer-integrated manufacturing)
- Digital teams win SME award for CIM success Automated assembly, materials handling in ultra-clean room help Digital make high-performance disk drives. Manufacturing high-performance, computer disk drive assemblies posed major challenges for Digital teams win SME award...
- Research articles 1989-11-01
- Foundry gives vision to robotics.(R. Nussbaum AG's usage of computer vision )
- Machine vision and robot handling system investments at its Swiss foundry have allowed R. Nussbaum AG, a manufacturer of drinking water distribution systems, to achieve a range of benefits in a short time. The company's metal "core" Machine...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
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- Integrated Surgical Systems recieves research award from U.S. Department of Commerce; Company to use $2 million research and development grant to develop new application for ROBODOC Surgical Assistant System
- SACRAMENTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--November 30, 1994--The U.S. Department of Commerce DOC has awarded Integrated Surgical Systems Inc. ISS a research grant totaling $2,050,000. ISS received the grant as part of the DOC's Advanced Technology Program ATP, which recently announced 32 grant-winning projects selected from 397 proposals. Sacramento,...
- Research articles 1994-11-30
- Video: Vstone's Robovie-PC robot gets Intel Atom inside, becomes world's most awesome computer
- For a robo hobbyist, the process of developing a creation's custom programming can be a chore. Make a change on a computer, connect the bot, download the change, then set the little guy free and wait for him to fall over. When he does, tweak that custom programming, rinse, and...
- News items 2009-10-05
- Three MORE Cool Products that Failed to Sell
- Last week, I posted three cool "retro-tech" products that were way ahead of their time, because they illustrate eternal truths about sales and marketing. Here are three more favorites, each with a brief description of what went wrong and how they might have sold more successfully: ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-30
- Computer Motion Issued Eighth Patent for Robot-Enhanced Endoscopic Surgery; FREE-PIVOT Feature Provides Additional Safety for Patient
- SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 9, 1998--Computer Motion, Inc. (NASDAQ National Market: RBOT) announced today it has received issuance of its eighth patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office covering concepts generally relating to Robot-Enhanced Endoscopic Surgery. U.S. Patent No. 5,754,741 protects elements of the ZEUSTM...
- Research articles 1998-06-09
- Computer Motion Issued Eighth Patent for Robot-Enhanced Endoscopic Surgery; FREE-PIVOT Feature Provides Additional Safety for Patient
- SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 9, 1998--Computer Motion, Inc. (NASDAQ National Market: RBOT) announced today it has received issuance of its eighth patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office covering concepts generally relating to Robot-Enhanced Endoscopic Surgery.U.S. Patent No. 5,754,741 protects elements of the ZEUSTM Robotic Surgical System and the...
- Research articles 1998-06-09
- Spiders And Crawlers And Bots, Oh My: The Economic Efficiency And Public Policy Of Online Contracts That Restrict Data Collection
- If blocking shop bots is as simple as posting a mandatory user agreement on a website, the question arises whether this result is acceptable and desirable. This paper argues that contrary to popular belief, enforceability of contracts that restrict shop bots robot restriction contracts will aid in achieving economic efficiency,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- FDA clears voice-controlled surgical robot; clinical evaluations begin for AESOP 2000, the world's first surgical robot that understands voice commands
- SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 25, 1996--Computer Motion, the world's leading supplier of medical robotics, announced the FDA has granted 510k market clearance for AESOP 2000 (pronounced "eesop"), a surgical robot capable of maneuvering and positioning a laparoscope in response to a surgeon's voice commands.
- Research articles 1996-06-25
- Avid Previews Groundbreaking Facial Animation Technology: SOFTIMAGE/FACE ROBOT; Company pioneers new approach to believable, emotional digital acting
- LOS ANGELES -- Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that it will preview SOFTIMAGER|FACE ROBOTTM - its revolutionary new facial animation technology. Face Robot software is the first technology that allows 3-D artists to achieve realistic, lifelike facial animation for high-end film, post and games projects. The technology is...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Robot 6.0 - Help/Systems Inc.'s data center management software - brief article, New Products, Systems Management - Product Announcement
- Help/Systems, Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., announces the release of Robot 6.0, a software package that serves as an automatic computer operator, job scheduler, batch management system and report distributor. With its Learn mode, Robot captures the information needed to set up a job as the user submits the job. ...
- Research articles 1992-02-01
- Robot assumes task of feeding bulky rolls of paper into presses.(Special Section)
- Byline: S. A. Mawhorr Daily Herald Business Writer A roll of newsprint weighs 2,400 pounds. It takes on average 65 rolls a day to print 150,000 copies of the Daily Herald. And until the Daily Herald opened its new press center in ...
- Research articles 2003-03-18
- Distributed Modular Computer-Integrated Surgical Robotic Systems: Architecture for Intelligent Object Distribution
- This paper presents intelligent object distribution architecture to maximize the performance and intelligence of a distributed surgical robotics system and its preliminary implementation in an MR-guided surgical robot system in an open-configuration MRI scanner. The method enables networked integration of a robot control server and multiple clients with minimum engineering...
- White papers 2001-01-31
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