‘Canada’s most famous robot and arguably its greatest engineering achievement has helped NASA perform an unprecedented manoeuvre on its latest mission — guiding astronaut Steve Robinson to the precarious underbelly of space shuttle Discovery.
There, on Aug. 3, Robinson became the first astronaut to repair a shuttle’s fragile thermal skin in space.
It was a seemingly simple […]
‘Chrysler sees robots as the key to a major rejuvenation of its manufacturing processes.
Frank Ewasyshyn, Chrysler Group’s Executive Vice President of Manufacturing, told attendees at the annual auto industry gathering in Traverse City, Mich., that his company is focused on robotics as the key link in a chain of manufacturing flexibility that includes stamping, lean […]
‘The robotic catcher, developed by scientists at the University of Tokyo, Japan, can comfortably grab a ball careering through the air at 300 kilometres per hour, or 83 metres per second, its creators say. And, of course, the robot never gets tired of doing so.
Akio Namiki and colleagues built the robot to test technologies that […]
‘Robotics made half a dozen of his students eager for college last year, so teacher Mike Dischner wants more of it in his classroom.
“I’ve decided I’m going to center my program around robotics and modern manufacturing,” the McKeesport Area High School and Technology Center teacher said.
Dischner and the high school ventured into robotics for the […]
‘A robotic human jaw, under collaborative development by Massey engineers, will have applications for both medical and food technological research.
A team led by Dr John Bronlund and Associate Professor Peter Xu in the Institute of Engineering and Technology has been subcontracted by the University of Auckland to design and make a robotic jaw as part […]
‘A ROBOT surgeon is one of the centrepieces of the new Epworth Eastern hospital, which was officially opened in Box Hill yesterday.
As one of Australia’s most technologically advanced hospitals, the hospital has the second Da Vinci robot surgeon in Melbourne and just the third in the nation.
The $2.5 million robot allows surgeons to perform minimally […]