<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Robotics News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=14&amp;catid=344</link><description>News Feed for - Robotics</description><item><title>Data Robotics launches Drobo Elite and...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96219130&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T23:08:00</pubDate><description>Posted by Charles McLellan Next Previous Hmmm minimum redundancy should be no less then x2 though. Posted by CA on Nov 23, 2009 10:37 PM To add a comment, fill out the form below</description><source>ZDNet UK</source></item><item><title>The surgeons of tomorrow: Miniaturized robots</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96262098&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:18:00</pubDate><description>Categories: Engineering &amp;amp; Innovation, Health &amp;amp; Medicine, Nanotechnology, Robotics Tags: Bot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski Before the advent of laparoscopic or keyhole surgery </description><source>ZDNet</source></item><item><title>Roboni-i Blends Robotics, Competition, Online Gaming</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96277372&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T06:09:00</pubDate><description>Itâ??s hard to classify the new Roboni-i from high-tech toy maker, Robonica. And, thatâ??s the whole point .    Billed as the worldâ??s first fully programmable, interactive gaming robot, the Roboni-i </description><source>Wired News</source></item><item><title>Robot a new-age helping hand for elderly</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96340524&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T20:29:00</pubDate><description>Dr Bruce MacDonald having his blood pressure taken by a new robot designed to assist with the care of the elderly. Photo / Steven McNicholl Shrink Dr Bruce MacDonald having his blood pressure taken by </description><source>New Zealand Herald</source></item><item><title>Applied Robotics Announces New Diagnostic Module for SmartChange Tool Changers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96325619&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T19:40:00</pubDate><description>Applied Robotics Announces New Diagnostic Module for SmartChange&amp;trade; Tool Changers GLENVILLE, N.Y. --(Business Wire)-- Applied Robotics Inc., a leading global manufacturer of robotic end-of-arm tooling </description><source>TMC Net</source></item><item><title>Robot joins NZ retirement home staff</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96253556&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T05:54:00</pubDate><description>NZPA Residents of an Auckland retirement village now have a robot helper, thanks to new research into inexpensive robotic assistants for the elderly. The Korean YUJIN robot will work alongside human staff </description><source>The Age</source></item><item><title>20 of this holiday's season's hottest (affordable) toys</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96229541&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T23:35:00</pubDate><description>If you've got a child on your list this year, undoubtedly you are wondering two things: What are the hot new toys? Which ones can I afford? The good news, says Jonathan Samet, co-publisher of The Toy </description><source>Fresno Bee</source></item><item><title>High hopes in deep water: Small Tokyo factories planning to build deep-sea research </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96245343&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T20:23:00</pubDate><description>The Yomiuri Shimbun A handful of small and midsize companies in a working-class area in eastern Tokyo are looking forward to being in deep water--in fact, they hope to go about 11,000 meters down. The </description><source>Yomiuri Shimbun</source></item><item><title>ABB introduces SolutionsBank for Robotics</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96349435&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T23:32:00</pubDate><description>- ABBâ??s on-line technical support and user community solution provides a self-service option for accessing technical information, product support, and user interconnectivity for ABB robot technology. </description><source>Automation.com</source></item><item><title>Applied Robotics introduces SmartChange tool changers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96349217&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T23:30:00</pubDate><description>Applied Robotics announced its newest family of heavy duty modular tool changers. The SmartChange tool changers coupling mechanism &amp; six-cam locking design provides the strongest and most capable tool </description><source>Automation.com</source></item><item><title>CU search-and-rescue robots to compete internationally</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96347998&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T23:17:00</pubDate><description>Scouring an earthquake site or other disaster area is treacherous for humans and often leads to more lives lost. In the quest to develop technologies to protect humans in such search-and-rescue operations, </description><source>Cornell University</source></item><item><title>Pleo Roars Again!  Lovable Pet Dinosaur Returns for the Holidays with Relaunched </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96288121&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T23:05:00</pubDate><description>The Pleo robotic dinosaur is back! Just in time for the holidays, PleoWorld.com has relaunched under new ownership and with new plans for the lovable dinosaur pet in 2010. In case you didn't hear: In </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Applied Robotics Introduces New Family of Heavy Duty Modular Tool Changers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96336164&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T19:56:00</pubDate><description>Posted 11/23/2009 Applied Robotics SmartChange Tool Changers Deliver Strongest and Most Flexible Robotic Tool Changers Available to Maximize Robot Load Capability Glenville, New York November 16, 2008 </description><source>Robotics Online</source></item><item><title>DENSO Robotics Introduces New b-CAP Ethernet TCP/IP Control Protocol</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96336149&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T19:56:00</pubDate><description>Introduces New b-CAP Ethernet TCP/IP Control Protocol Posted 11/23/2009 LONG BEACH, Calif. DENSOs new b-CAP Ethernet TCP/IP option gives users direct control of a DENSO robot and peripheral devices by </description><source>Robotics Online</source></item><item><title>Fanuc, GE Units Settle Robotic Tech Patent Suit</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96332737&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T19:29:00</pubDate><description>Fanuc Ltd. and several General Electric Co. subsidiaries have settled with a Washington-based software provider in a patent infringement dispute involving integrated technology for robotic machines.Judge </description><source>Law360</source></item><item><title>GeckoSystems' Elder Care Robot Trials, Week One</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96313665&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:26:00</pubDate><description>GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) (http://www.geckosystems.com/) announced today that during their first week of real world evaluation trials, for their fully autonomous personal companion home </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>RoboClam designed to be the Ferrari of seafloor diggers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96317064&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:22:00</pubDate><description>The simple razor clam has inspired a new MIT robot that could lead to a "smart" anchor that burrows through the ocean floor to reposition itself and could even reverse, making it easier to recover. The </description><source>Research &amp; Development</source></item><item><title>Robotic Welding Cell employs manual turntable.</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96315134&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:07:00</pubDate><description>Suited for robotic welding in limited-space applications, System 15 features manual index, dual zone in 52 in. locking turntable with 400 lb/side capacity. Flexible layout lends to consistent and predictable </description><source>ThomasNet</source></item><item><title>MIT boffins invent robot clam-grapnel</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305977&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:52:00</pubDate><description>MIT boffins are pleased to annouce that they have at last perfected a long-sought-after technology - that of the robot clam. It seems that metal shellfish able to dig themselves into the seabed will make </description><source>The Register</source></item><item><title>Razor clam inspires design of robo anchor that digs itself in mudflats</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96217898&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:18:00</pubDate><description>Washington: Scientists have been inspired by the razor clam to design a robotic lightweight anchor that can dig itself in mudflats to hold small underwater submersibles. "The best anchoring technology </description><source>DNA India</source></item><item><title>Spot welding robot</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96284271&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:30:00</pubDate><description>Designed to be quick and agile, the new MS80 Master from Motoman is said to be 43% faster than traditional heavy-payload robots. With a &amp;lt;500mm wide body, including spot harness; a 2,061mm reach; an </description><source>Manufacturers Monthly</source></item><item><title>Older people have their say on robots in aged care</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96255033&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:16:00</pubDate><description>A study of older peopleâ??s attitudes towards robots is helping researchers at The University of Auckland to develop inexpensive robotic assistants for aged care. With a rapidly ageing population placing </description><source>GeekZone</source></item><item><title>Updating Asimov: Engineers say new laws needed to govern human-robot relationships</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96248282&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T22:36:00</pubDate><description>(The Columbus Dispatch - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- If robots someday turn on humans, David Woods knows who he'll blame. Humans. How do we keep this from happening? Laws. Sound </description><source>TMC Net</source></item><item><title>The Art of Artificial Intelligence</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96249067&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T21:15:00</pubDate><description>As a major A.I retrospective gets published, conceptual artist Chris Baker talks about working with Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg on the film As a major A.I book gets published, conceptual artist </description><source>Dazed Digital</source></item><item><title>Robo-car, designed in Tiruchi</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96243749&amp;Channel_ID=14&amp;Category_ID=344</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T19:45:00</pubDate><description>An unmanned car designed and developed by a Robotics-oriented group of final-year students of Roever Engineering College, Perambalur, promises valuable applications on battlefield and mines, besides transport. </description><source>The Hindu</source></item></channel></rss>