ROBOTICS

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Festo's adaptive gripper learns from nature

Pressure-sensitive food can be handled quickly and reliably due to the Fin Ray effect which is based on the design of the tail fins of fish.

03/02/2012
PACE Top 10 for 2011

A warm welcome back to all our readers and we wish all of you a successful year ahead. It's probably timely to ponder over the year that was so here's PACE website's 10 most read stories of 2011.

15/12/2011
Australian-built robots train US Marines to hit targets

A squad of Australian built and designed robots has just been shipped to the US to help train Marine Corps in marksmanship.

28/11/2011
National Instruments organises Autonomous Robotics Competition

Student teams from ten Australian universities recently participated in the competition that focused on inspiring student innovation in the field of robotics.

07/11/2011
NSW researchers receive funding to develop search and rescue robots

Robots that can navigate on their own during search and rescue operations and better targeting of cancer tumours are two of the research projects that will receive funding over the next five years.

02/11/2011
NI announces teams for robotics student competition

National Instruments Oceania has announced the competing teams for its inaugural NI Autonomous Robotics student competition. The competition is designed to encourage development and innovation in the field of robotics.

23/05/2011

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Products

Secure Cable Guidance For Various Robot Models

The RSP adjustable retraction system from Igus is designed for secure cable guidance in robots, suitable for large arm sizes and very complex movements.
Easy integration of Stäubli robots using uniVAL drives and POWERLINK networks

Robots from Stäubli can now be directly operated with B&R controllers. This is possible thanks to a POWERLINK interface on Stäubli's uniVAL drives that allows Generic Motion Control programs from B&R controllers to be transferred to the robots. In this way, robotics engineers can use the uniform programming and operating environment provided by B&R controllers.
Vision added to NI CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIO

National Instruments (NI) has added machine vision capabilities to its NI CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIO hardware devices that are designed to provide engineers with an integrated measurement and control platform for industrial and embedded systems.

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