Sentences with phrase «for robotics research»

The event was mounted to educate members of Congress and their staff about recent progress in robotics and to communicate the need for continued support for robotics research.

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One such company, Midea, closed a $ 4 billion deal earlier this year to acquire Germany - based Kuka AG, a leading, global robotics supplier for plant and automotive robots with a research and development center in Austin, Texas.

«Once renovations are complete, Hangar One will again be home to high - tech innovation, as Planetary Ventures begins using the historic facility for research, development, assembly and testing in the areas of space exploration, aviation, rover / robotics and other emerging technologies,» NASA said in a statement.

TechCrunch pointed to Honda, which has had a program in place to develop robotics for some time, while Toyota Research Institute has been devoted to robotics, AI and advanced engineering for some time now.

Our robotic spacecraft systems will collapse the cost of access to the Moon, introduce a new commercial paradigm for government missions, democratize lunar research and exploration, and blaze the trail for commercial space transportation and exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

Google set up a new robotics group and acquired eight robotics companies last year, including Boston Dynamics, an engineering company that has designed mobile research robots for the Pentagon.

Meanwhile, collaborators at The Scripps Research Institute screened millions of chemical compounds, using robotic technology to test each for their abilities to activate ATF6.

SpelBots was created to provide hands - on robotics education and research for women computer science students at Spelman, and to promote robotics and computer technology among minorities.

Using an electroencephalogram (EEG) to detect electrical activity in the brain, Emmanuelle Tognoli, Ph.D., co-principal investigator, associate research professor in FAU's Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, and an expert in electrophysiology and neural, behavioral, and cognitive sciences, will examine how the tactile information from the robotic sensors is passed onto the brain to distinguish scenarios with successful or unsuccessful functional restoration of the sense of touch.

As chief scientist for a voyage of the research vessel Endeavor, oceanographer Melissa Omand oversaw everything from the deployment of robotic submarines to crew - member bunk assignments.

Convened last week in Sydney by the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, the event brought together mining companies, robotics experts, lunar scientists and government agencies that are all working to make space mining a reality.

This includes funding for the DEKA Research and Development Corporation — a company founded by Segway inventor Dean Kamen — to develop an advanced robotic arm that would allow an upper - limb amputee to «pick up a raisin or a grape,» Kamen recalls.

Interdisciplinary science is driving advances in marine and freshwater research — progress largely due to the use and ability of underwater robotics to collect data from some of the world's least hospitable regions, said scientists during a presentation at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Washington headquarters.

For the Harvard Mars project, Ruvkun and colleagues (including former postdoc Michael Finney, co-founder of MJ Research, a major manufacturer of PCR machines) are designing a small, robotic PCR detector that would perform onsite amplification and sequencing of any DNA present in extraterrestrial dirt.

This feature means that the muscles can be used in numerous applications at multiple scales, such as miniature surgical devices, wearable robotic exoskeletons, transformable architecture, deep - sea manipulators for research or construction, and large deployable structures for space exploration.

To promote advances in research and development of robotics for all environments by providing a central forum for communication of the most exciting new discoveries.

The research has been led by a team from the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision at QUT, including Professor Michael Milford in collaboration with Catepillar, Mining3 and the Queensland Government.

I'm associate director of research for the robotics institute at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Yale robotics engineers Thomas Feix and Aaron Dollar collaborated on the research with anthropologist Tracy Kivell of the University of Kent and the Max Planck Institute for Human Anthropology, and primatologist Emmanuelle Pouydebat of the French National Centre for Scientific Rresearch with anthropologist Tracy Kivell of the University of Kent and the Max Planck Institute for Human Anthropology, and primatologist Emmanuelle Pouydebat of the French National Centre for Scientific ResearchResearch.

In addition to the national awards in France, the Fulbright program has grants to conduct scientific research in three French regions: the Alsace Regional Award (one award), which seeks candidates with backgrounds in medical imaging, computer - assisted surgery, and medical robotics; the Aquitaine Regional Awards, which award three grants in 2007 - 08 and emphasize functional genomics, viticulture and wine - related disciplines, biochemistry, optics, lasers, and physics; and the Nord Pas - de-Calais Regional Council Awards (four grants in 2007 - 08), which seek researchers for multidisciplinary projects covering a wide range of life, physical, and social sciences.

«In the future, human beings may increasingly rely on robotic assistance for daily tasks, and our research shows that the type of motions that the robot makes when interacting with humans makes a difference in how satisfied the person is with the interaction,» says Dr. Levy - Tzedek.

This year's tranche consists of # 270 million for research on robotics, electric vehicle batteries, and drug manufacturing technology.

He adds that South University is currently searching for experts in the fields of neural and cognitive sciences, biology and gene engineering, physics, nanotechnology, environmental sciences, large - scale computational research, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

Weisberg, along with study co-authors John Walsh, Distinguished University Professor of Biological Oceanography, and their research associates and colleagues at USF and at neighboring Florida Water Research Institute, have developed tools for observing, tracking and forecasting red tides using a combination of moored instrumentation, robotic gliders, satellite imagery and computerresearch associates and colleagues at USF and at neighboring Florida Water Research Institute, have developed tools for observing, tracking and forecasting red tides using a combination of moored instrumentation, robotic gliders, satellite imagery and computerResearch Institute, have developed tools for observing, tracking and forecasting red tides using a combination of moored instrumentation, robotic gliders, satellite imagery and computer models.

One drawback to many technology prizes, such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Grand Challenge to develop a robotic ground vehicle, is that they often lack a tiered award structure, opting instead for a single large pot for the winner.

In 2009, the UK Medical Research Council and National Institute of Health Research, through the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme, funded the Robotic vs Laparoscopic Resection for Rectal Cancer (ROLARR) trial to undertake an evaluation of the safety, efficacy, and short - and long - term outcomes of robotic - assisted vs conventional laparoscopic rectal cancer sRobotic vs Laparoscopic Resection for Rectal Cancer (ROLARR) trial to undertake an evaluation of the safety, efficacy, and short - and long - term outcomes of robotic - assisted vs conventional laparoscopic rectal cancer srobotic - assisted vs conventional laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery.

Dr. Forrest conducts mobility research at Kessler Foundation, where in addition to Ekso, she studies the effectiveness of activity based therapies for recovery of function including electrical stimulation, and the LokomatPro v6 (Hocoma), a robotic treadmill training device.

Research interests: automated astronomy with robotic telescopes, high - precision photometry, luminosity and magnetic cycles in solar - type stars, the search for extrasolar planets, chromospherically active stars, pulsating variable stars More

January 7, 2016, WEST ORANGE, N.J. — A joint team from Kessler Foundation and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is developing new applications for wearable robotic exoskeleton devices with a $ 5 million federal grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research.

«We thought that the electrical mechanical properties of the PVC gel could be used for robotic artificial muscles, so we started researching the PVC gel,» said Hashimoto.

Mobility research, in partnership with Human Performance & Engineering Research, centers on the application of robotic exoskeletons for stroke rehabilresearch, in partnership with Human Performance & Engineering Research, centers on the application of robotic exoskeletons for stroke rehabilResearch, centers on the application of robotic exoskeletons for stroke rehabilitation.

The 20 - meter telescope, originally built by the US Naval Observatory for studies of the Earth's rotation, is now part of Skynet, a distributed network of robotic telescope for research and education.

For his research he makes use of research vessel based expeditions but also is increasingly using and advancing modern robotic platforms including profiling floats and gliders.

He also led ED's efforts to create the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Education (ARPA - ED), designed to seed projects with potential «to transform teaching and learning in ways similar to how the Internet, GPS, and robotics have transformed commerce, travel, warfare, and the way we live our daily lives.»

The latest find is Survival Research Laboratories, a group led by Mark Pauline that has, for the past four decades, experimented with robotics and sculpture.

All works commissioned and coproduced by Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art With the support of Schering Stiftung Coproducers De Hallen Haarlem, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Kunsthalle Aarhus Additional support from Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris; 20th Biennale of Sydney; Barbara Seiler, Zurich; Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna; Robert D. Bielecki Foundation; KIASMA Helsinki; FACT Liverpool, Metal, and Canvas, cocommissioners of Commercials, 2015 In - kind support from Atomium, Brussels; BruBotics — The Brussels Human Robotic Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels; Andrew Martin and Contemporary Hotels, Joadja; Cow Prod, Paris; iw, Kontich; Scenic World, Blue Mountains; YEEZY; silentdisco.de, silentdiscotheque.com

A Recent Octet Research Science brain - trained robotic exoskeletons are in use for paraplegics to help them recover and re-establish.

We are producing this event with UC Berkeley, which is one of the world's leading universities in robotics research and point of origin for many of the world's top robotics startups, technologies and technologists.

Mines Action Canada, as a co-founder of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, believes that the way forward must lead to a pre-emptive ban on autonomous weapons systems as a tool to prevent humanitarian harm without damaging research and development on autonomy and robotics for military or civilian purposes.

As researchers and engineers working on artificial intelligence and robotics, we are greatly concerned by the opening of a «Research Center for the Convergence of National Defense and Artificial Intelligence» at KAIST in collaboration with Hanwha Systems, South Korea's leading arms company.

(As I have said before, contributing to this should be one of the UK's priorities post-Brexit — how much more real value we could create with this than we have in 50 years with the EU, and developing the basic and applied research for robotics would have crossover applications both with commercial autonomous vehicles and the military sphere.)

In a tournament aptly called «Edge of Robot: Ski Robot Challenge,» eight robotics teams from research universities, institutes, and a private company competed for a $ 10,000 prize to see which robot could ski down the slopes and race to the finish line the fastest while avoiding obstacles.

7 November is the closing date for several graduate programmes with BNP Paribas in areas such as IT, quantitative research and robotics business analysis.

An experienced research engineer with a demonstrated ability to identify and deploy state - of - the - art technologies for robotics, industrial automation and image processing problems who is looking to join a successful Aerospace and Defense contractor doing state - of - the - art research in computer vision, surveillance and signal processing.

Professional Duties & Responsibilities Biomedical and biotechnology engineer with background in design of biomaterials, biosensors, drug delivery devices, microfrabrication, and tissue engineering Working knowledge of direct cell writing and rapid prototyping Experience fabricating nanocomposite hydrogel scaffolds Proficient in material analysis, mechanical, biochemical, and morphological testing of synthetic and biological materials Extensive experience in bio-imaging processes and procedures Specialized in mammalian, microbial, and viral cell culture Working knowledge of lab techniques and instruments including electrophoresis, chromatography, microscopy, spectroscopy, PCR, Flow cytometery, protein assay, DNA isolation techniques, polymer synthesis and characterization, and synthetic fiber production Developed strong knowledge of FDA, GLP, GMP, GCP, and GDP regulatory requirements Created biocompatible photocurable hydrogels for cell immobilization Formulated cell friendly prepolymer formulation Performed surface modification of nano - particle fillers to enhance their biocompatibility Evaluated cell and biomaterial interaction, cell growth, and proliferation Designed bench - top experiments and protocols to simulate in vivo situations Designed hydrogel based microfluidic prototypes for cell entrapment and cell culture utilizing computer - aided robotic dispenser Determined various mechanical, morphological, and transport properties of photocured hydrogels using Instron, FTIR, EDX, X-ray diffraction, DSC, TGA, and DMA Assessed biocompatibility of hydrogels and physiology of entrapped cells Evaluated intracellular and extracellular reactions of entrapped cells on spatial and temporal scales using optical, confocal, fluorescence, atomic force, and scanning electron microscopies Designed various biochemical assays Developed thermosensitive PET membranes for transdermal drug delivery application using Gamma radiation induced graft co-polymerization of N - isopropyl acylamide and Acrylic acid Characterized grafted co-polymer using various polymer characterization techniques Manipulated lower critical solution temperature of grafted thermosensitive co-polymer Loaded antibiotic on grafted co-polymer and determined drug release profile with temperature Determined biomechanical and biochemical properties of biological gels isolated from marine organisms Analyzed morphological and mechanical properties of metal coated yarns using SEM and Instron Performed analytical work on pharmaceutical formulations using gas and high performance liquid chromatography Performed market research and analysis for medical textile company Developed and implement comprehensive marketing and sales campaign