Robotics

December 2, 2014 – Morningside Ministries has taken a leap into the future with the installation of a germ-zapping robot in its Skilled Nursing Facility, Morningside Ministries at the Manor. The new disinfection system from Xenex Disinfection Services will help eliminate hard-to-kill bugs in hard-to-clean places such as Clostridium difficile (C. diff) and Staphylococcus aureus […]

In Honor of 30 Years of Exemplary Dedication and Commitment to Customer Satisfaction Carson, CA – Dec 2, 2014 – Epson Robots, a global leader in advanced robotic technology, recognizes Flexible Automation, Inc. for 30 years of partnership in designing and implementing top notch robotic automation solutions that make North American manufacturers more productive, competitive […]

LEUVEN, Belgium –November 3, 2014 – Option (EURONEXT: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the company connecting Things to the Cloud, today announces a manufacturing and supply agreement with USRobotics®, a division of UNICOM® Global. This means that USRobotics will commercialize certain Option products under the USRobotics brand. Frank Deschuytere, CEO of Option, is pleased with this agreement: […]

September 29, 2014 – Xenex Disinfection Services, the world leader in UV room disinfection systems for healthcare facilities, congratulates The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center on its “2014 ES Department of the Year” award from Health Facilities Management (HFM) magazine and the Association for the Healthcare Environment. This is the third consecutive year […]

Augsburg, 17 September 2014 – The international competition for the KUKA Innovation Award 2015 has begun. The submission of entries from research and developer teams in the field of robot-based automation began at the beginning of September. Human-robot collaboration is the focus of this year’s call for participation, with the winning team to receive a […]

Chicago, 14 September 2014 – KUKA Laboratories GmbH is living up to the slogan “Hands on!” at IROS (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) from 14 to 18 September in Chicago. Researchers can not only touch and interact with the exhibits, but also have the opportunity to look over the shoulder of the programmer […]

Munich, 11 September 2014 – KUKA Laboratories GmbH is sponsoring the CURAC Best Paper Award for the fourth time running and featuring as the Platinum Sponsor of the CURAC annual conference. That is not all, however: this year, KUKA is demonstrating the LBR Med lightweight robot as a “Medical Assistant” in a knee operation. This […]

Fukuoka/Japan, 25 June 2014 – KUKA Laboratories GmbH is showcasing the lightweight robot LBR Med for medical environments at CARS (Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery) from 25 to 28 June 2014 in Fukuoka, Japan. “Hands-on” is the motto for the KUKA booth at the international conference for medical experts in the fields of radiology and […]

Four days, 34,500 visitors from over 100 countries and 731 exhibitors from 42 countries – that was AUTOMATICA 2014 in figures. KUKA itself could also boast impressive figures at the flagship fair for robotics and automation: approximately 1,200 m2 of exhibition space, over 70 KUKA robots on display throughout the fair, 12 real applications with […]

The award goes to a Swiss research team Augsburg/Munich, 4 June 2014 – The winner of the first KUKA Innovation Award for developments in the field of mobile manipulation has been chosen: the research group “Robotics and Perception” of the University of Zurich. An international panel of judges selected the Swiss team from more than […]