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Amazon to Acquire Kiva Systems; Will Jobs Be Lost? - GalleyCat
mediabistro.com
By Jason Boog on March 20, 2012 11:03 AM In a $775 million deal, Amazon will acquire Kiva Systems, a company that creates robotic tools for warehouses. The Fast Company video embedded above illustrates how Kiva robots work in a warehouse.
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Robots Invade Long Beach - A Hopeful Sign
Patch.com
The FIRST Robotics Competition Los Angeles Regional was going on from Thursday through Saturday. Teams came to Long Beach from all over, mostly from California but there were even two teams from South America. The level of intensity and excitement in ...
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MHS robotics team prepares for world championship
Midland Reporter-Telegram
"We have football players, track runners, students in band and drama," Callaway said, noting the thing that unifies the students is that they've "all been involved in video gaming to some degree." Though he joined the roboticsteam because his mother ...
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Amazon to Acquire Robotics Firm Kiva Systems for $775 Million
Auctionbytes
Past attendees of the Internet Retailer conference will likely recall seeing live demonstrations of Kiva's warehouse robots on the exhibit hall floor, and this Boston.com video shows Kiva roboticsin action. Amazon Vice President of Global Customer ...
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TORC Robotics Announces Unmanned Vehicle Conversion Kits for Ground Robotics ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
TORC Robotics now offers unmanned vehicle kits to rapidly configure tele-operated or autonomous capabilities on customer-selected platforms. TORCRobotics now offers unmanned vehicle conversion kits to rapidly configure by-wire, tele-operated, ...
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Students Take 2nd in Robotics Contest
Patch.com
Team 294, made up of students from Mira Costa and Redondo Union high schools, takes second place in the FIRST Robotics Competition. By Liz Spear The robot built by Beach Cities Robotics takes the stage at the FIRST competition.
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Amazon to Buy Robot Maker for $775 Million
Mashable
“By making inventory items move, instead of the workers, they can fulfill orders faster,” explains a Kiva Systems YouTube video. Saving a little time can save a lot of money for Amazon, which spent about $4 billion in outbound shipping costs in 2011.
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Northeast Laser Debuts Two New Videos On Website
Albany Times Union
The second video features updates regarding the company's expanded use of automation that has provided measurable increases in productivity. Robotics, CNC motion control and vision-directed targeting have been applied to laser marking and laser welding ...
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Tucson tech: UA 'lander' could 1 day test waters
Arizona Daily Star
To view a video of the lander on a test run, go to tinyurl.com/6sk47zv In the next decade, a little pontoon boat developed at the University of Arizona could be whizzing around a lake on one of Saturn's moons. In the meantime, there's still a lot of ...
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Team Beta Gives Direction and Opens Doors
Patch.com
By Jaimie Cura A robot wound its way among the stacks of books in the library at Nonnewaug High School on Monday, March 19. Members of Team Beta attended the Region 14 Board of Education meeting and talked about the team's accomplishments since it was ...
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Summer camp business and philosphy boom for Bala entrepreneur
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
Malvern's Valley Forge Educational Services will feature a new filmmaking camp, in addition to offering culinary, robotics and a new camp in video game programming and design. The Germantown Academy in Ft. Washington has culinary arts andvideo game ...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
Cambridge scientists use robots to create bone-like material
Eureka
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have used Lego Mindstormsrobotics kits to build a novel bone-like material. According to Michelle Oyen, a lecturer at the university's Department of Engineering, the robots saved the team from repeating dull, ...
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson asks us how much the universe is worth; the Web responds
Washington Post (blog)
A social media campaign on Twitter, #Penny4NASA has emerged in the wake of Tyson's media tour and Senate testimony, with Twitter users circulating jokes, comments and videos. The hashtag is based on Tyson's frequent mentions of the percentage of a ...
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Troops who 'telecommute to the war zone' feel its effects
Bellingham Herald
Sitting before video screens thousands of miles from their remote-controlled aircraft, the crews scan for enemy ambushes and possible roadside bombs, while also monitoring what the military calls "patterns of life." Only rarely do drone crews fire on ...
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At William Fleming, it's not the old shop class
Appleton Post Crescent
The Burton Center for Arts and Technology in Roanoke County made the transition from a machining curriculum to a mechatronics and robotics focus this school year. Principal Jason Suhr said 32 students are enrolled. Botetourt and Franklin counties also ...
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In Flex We Trust » Tech Talk News: Robot Swarm Is The Future Of ...
By TatWza
Tech Talk NewsRobot Swarm Is The Future Of Search And Rescue!!! 03.20.12 | No Comments. Before the Robotic Future of iRobot, or Terminator, our metal based friends want to give us a Helping hand, as 1st responders to disasters…kinda ...
In Flex We Trust
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By Debra Cleghorn
Model Airplane News Membership Site ». Not a member? Join today! ... They were in a video that Daniel Mellinger, one of the robots' apparently too-trusting creators, proudly posted on YouTube. The clip, titled “Aggressive Maneuvers for...
Model Airplane News
Students prepare for the 'March Madness' of robotics CBS News Video
CBS News video: Students prepare for the 'March Madness' of robotics - Hundreds of high school innovators from several states are at Purdue West Lafayette ...
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7402181n
'Mazor Robotics' Signs Distribution Agreement In China | News Flash
News Flash · Tagged: china, distribution, Mazor Robotics, news flash, spine ...Avaya plc is set to acquire video conferencing solutions developer Radvision,...
nocamels.com/.../mazor-robotics-signs-distribution-agreement-...
The Pentagon is Building a Robot Army [VIDEO] - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Less than a month after the U.S. Army ordered 1100 micro- robots for $13.9 million, the Department of Defense placed a $1 million order for ...
news.yahoo.com/pentagon-building-robot-army-video-21231...
The Week's Best Robot Videos: Baby Bots and Self-Aware Machines
Every Friday, Future Tense rounds up the best robot videos of the week. Seen a great ... the world around it. Fans of Qbo also got a hint of good newslast week.
www.slate.com/.../charli_thecorpora_s_qbo_the_icub_and_leg...
Robot Aircraft Controlled by Human Hand Gestures
... Video. Wired Science News for Your Neurons ... “We cannot just give it thousands of [video] frames, because it will take forever,” Song said in a press release.
www.wired.com/wiredscience/.../robot-hand-communication/
Wahoo – The Affordable Smartphone Biped Robot (Video) | Robots ...
Wahoo – The Affordable Smartphone Biped Robot (Video) ... realistic motions, has designed a new and extremely affordable biped robot named "Wahoo".
www.robots-dreams.com/.../wahoo-the-affordable-smartphone...
VIDEO: Eisenhower Middle School robotics team earns spot at world ...
Montgomery News is your source for all Montgomery County 24-hour breakingnews, local news, sports, entertainment and more. View weather updates, watch ...
www.montgomerynews.com/.../doc4f5e416971a7795361794...
The Mercury - OJR robotics teams growing in popularity
National News Video · Video. LATEST NEWS ... Send Corrections. Competitive FIRST Lego League robotics teams have been gaining in popularity district-wide.
www.pottsmerc.com/.../ojr-robotics-teams-growing-in-popular...
FIRST Robotics Competition Virginia Regional | Richmond Times ...
News · Sports · Business · Entertainment/Life · Your Video · » Video Home. March 16, 2012 | 318 Views. 0. » Comments | Post a Comment. FIRSTRobotics ...
www2.timesdispatch.com/.../first-robotics-competition-virginia...
The Rise of the Floor-Cleaning Robot | Video Library | The News ...
Results 1 - 8 of 30 ... US-based robotics company iRobot is betting people are increasingly willing to have robots in their homes to perform household chores, and ...
www.delawarebeaches.com/.../The-Rise-of-the-Floor-Cleaning...
Oregon FIRST Robotics competition - Video | OregonLive.com
Robots reign at the FIRST Robotics competition, held at Portland's Memorial Coliseum on March ... The Latest Videos of News, Sports, Politics, Weather & More.
videos.oregonlive.com/.../oregon_first_robotics_competit.html
Live video of Franklin High Robotics team | The Tidewater News
The Tidewater News ... Live video of Franklin High Robotics team ... Check out the Franklin High School Robotics Team live in action at regional competition in ...
www.tidewaternews.com/.../live-video-of-franklin-high-roboti...
Breaking News: Rattlesnakes Don't Like RoboSquirrels - IEEE ...
IEEE Spectrum's robotics blog, featuring news, articles, and videos onrobots, humanoids, automation, mechatronics, artificial intelligence, robot kits, and more.
spectrum.ieee.org/.../breaking-news-rattlesnakes-dont-like-rob...
Robots Invade Duluth | Northland's NewsCenter: News, Weather ...
Duluth, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) --- After six weeks of building the perfectrobot, 64 teams have gatheedr at the DECC to show off their robot'sbasketball ...
www.northlandsnewscenter.com/.../Robots-Invade-Duluth-141...
YouTube channel highlights Maryland Robotics Center research
The Maryland Robotics Center has been hard at work adding new videos to its YouTube Channel. The center, part of the A. James Clark School of Engineering's ...
robotics.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=6361
The Times Herald - Eisenhower Middle School robotics team unsure ...
WEST NORRITON — Boosters of the Eisenhower Middle School robotics ...Video · Blogs. LATEST NEWS; Eisenhower Middle School robotics team unsure.
www.timesherald.com/article/20120315/NEWS01/120319765
Calgary's Ez-robot Augments Its Way To Reality - News - Forum ...
Check out this video about the night. They sure are on to something. With people crowded around the robots all evening, taking pictures and trying them out, ...
www.ez-robot.com/Community/Forum/posts.aspx?threadId...
Scientists Train Robots to Better Understand Humans [VIDEO ...
From Yahoo! News: Some scientists involved with a new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology are predicting that every home will have a Jetsons-style ...
news.yahoo.com/scientists-train-robots-better-understand-hum...
Robotics Team Wins Big at Regional Competition - 33 News - We ...
... G. Harding High School recently won big at a regional competition forrobotics. ... Local News Video · Video Forecast · Local Sports Videos · Guest Interviews ...
www.wytv.com/.../7wZNe_YAjUeMk_PfWgVU4Q.cspx
Video Friday: Skilled Gymnasts, Giant Spiders, Robot Beatdowns ...
IEEE Spectrum's robotics blog, featuring news, articles, and videos onrobots, humanoids, automation, mechatronics, artificial intelligence, robot kits, and more.
spectrum.ieee.org/.../video-friday-skilled-gymnasts-giant-spide...
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