Global Agenda: Easy way to farm items and materials for robotics. This was with patch 1.4.4.
Florida Hospital Global Robotics Institute -Worldwide Leaders in Robotic Surgery
May 18th, 2012www.GlobalRoboticsInstitute.com At the Global Robotics Institute, we have assembled the top robotic surgeons and staff to provide our patients with unparalleled world-class health care. At Global Robotics Institute, we provide the most sought out robotic surgery treatment in the country. From robotic prostate surgery to robotic hysterectomy, our cancer treatments options are designed to be minimally invasive to ensure a quick recovery and overall great experience for our patients.
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ICRA 2012! – Global Robotics Innovation Park
May 18th, 2012
We’ve been having fun at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) the past couple of days! The conference is being held at the St. Paul River Centre and runs through this Friday (May 18th). Come stop by our booth and say hello!
This years theme is “Robots and Automation: Innovation for Tomorrow’s Needs.” For more information regarding the conference, visit the ICRA website.
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robots.net – Open Source Robotics Foundation Announced
May 18th, 2012
Announced via the Willow Garage website, the Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. (OSRF) is nindependent non-profit organization founded by members of the global robotics community.
Its mission is to support the development, distribution, and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education, and product development.
OSRF’s board of directors includes Professor Wolfram Burgard of the University of Freiburg, Ryan Gariepy, CTO of Clearpath Robotics, Brian Gerkey, Director of Open Source Development at Willow Garage, Helen Greiner, a co-founder of iRobot and currently CEO of CyPhyWorks, and Sam Park, Executive Vice President of Yujin Robot. Initially sponsored projects include the Robot Operating System (ROS), and Gazebo, a 3D multi-robot simulator with dynamics. Gazebo has been chosen by DARPA as the simulation platform for its recently announced robotics challenge for (humanoid) disaster robots.
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Robotland: New Open Source Robotics Network – OSRF
May 15th, 2012Leading members of the global robotics community committed to open-source robotics and relevant experience in the field have founded Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. (OSRF) an independent non-profit organization, robot company Willow Garge recently announced. The mission of OSRF is to support the development, distribution, and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education, and product development. OSRF is initially funded by Willow Garage and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Dr. Brian Gerkey, Director of Open Source Development at Willow Garage since 2008 will leave the company to become the foundation’s CEO. Joining Gerkey on the Board of Directors are Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard, University of Freiburg, Germany and head of the Laboratory for Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS); Ryan Gariepy, co-founder and CTO of Clearpath Robotics a robot maker in Kitchener, Ontario; Ms. Helen Greiner, a co-founder of iRobot and currently CEO of CyPhyWorks. Greiner serves also as the elected President and Board Member of the Robotics Technology Consortium (RTC), a non-profit organization established to speed the creation and deployment of ground robotics technology and Sam Park, executive vice president of Yujin Robot, South Korea.
One of the first initiative of OSRF will be ROSCon 2012, the ROS Developers Conference, and proceeds from the conference go to OSRF. The inaugural ROSCon will take place immediately following ICRA 2012 (May 19th – 20th) in St. Paul, MN.
The foundation’s next project will be to participate in the latest Robotics Challenge organized by the DARPA. The agency plans to award up to $34 million to teams that can demonstrate robots with advanced disaster-response capabilities, and it’s anticipated that many teams will use ROS to program their robots or Gazebo to simulate their performance before sending them into the field.
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May 15th, 2012Posted on May 14, 2012 – by admin
Robotland: New Open Source Robotics Network – OSRF
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Florida Hospital Global Robotics Institute – Prostate 101 – Module 6 – Surgery
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Willow Garage Announces Launch of Open Source Robotics …
May 12th, 2012Willow Garage today announced the formation of The Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. The OSRF is an independent, non-profit organization founded by members of the global robotics community. Their mission is to support the development, distribution, and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education, and product development.
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U.S. Navy Investing in Deep-Sea Mine-Sweeping Robots
May 12th, 2012
Underwater mines are hiding in important waterways all around the world. These low-tech explosives are constantly endangering ships, natural gas and oil pipelines, and internet and telephone connections. According to Businessweek, the Navy is spending $170 million over the next five years to design and buy eight of the robots from General Dynamics Corp. and Bluefin Robotics Corp. It says it expects to deploy the first robot, Knifefish, in 2016, and plans to acquire 51 more by 2034. The Knifefish is 19 feet long (5.8 meters), weighs 1,700 pounds (771 kilograms) and is powered by lithium-ion batteries which allow it to roam for 16 hours at a time. These deep-sea mine-sweeping robots will take the place of Navy divers, who currently have the extremely dangerous job of identifying underwater mines.
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Health Robotics Expands its Worldwide … – Healthcare Global
May 9th, 2012BOZEN, Sud-Tirol, Italy, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –
Health Robotics today announced a new indirect sales and service channel for its world leading i.v.STATION ONCO, i.v.STATION, and i.v.SOFT products with Korean-based market leader Dongbang Healthdyne. Health Robotics continues to lead the global healthcare industry and persisting on its worldwide quest to pervasively provide safe and cost-effective Intravenous Admixture Compounding Automation to hospitals all over the world.
Byung Ahn, Dongbang Healthdyne’ President, stated: “Following the dramatic increase in life expectancy of the Korean population, we have recently experienced a three-fold increase of cancer patients in our country. Compounding Oncology IV preparations is rapidly becoming a large unsolved issue for Korean hospitals. Our market research shows very prosperous business projections for Health Robotics, especially for its 2nd Generation i.v.STATION ONCO, as Korean pharmacists look forward to replace with Robots this “low-level“ work [legally part of their duties], and in my opinion, they are not going to accept the old technology alternatives.”[1]
Gaspar DeViedma, Health Robotics’ Executive Vice President, stated: “i.v.STATION ONCO represents Health Robotics‘ 2nd Generation Cancer Therapy Compounding robot for syringes and I.V. Bags, introduced into the global healthcare market well before any of our competitors[1] can even prove their fictional 20+ year old[2] claims at any hospital in the world. Amongst the technology innovations pioneered by i.v.STATION ONCO are its: ability to handle pre-attached lines to IV Bags; small footprint [at 15% to 25% of the size/weight of other IV Robots]; faster throughput [up to 40 doses per hour instead of 20 doses per hour]; automated tamper-evident syringe capping; and finally, RFID support. Together with i.v.STATION and i.v.SOFT, we expect i.v.STATION ONCO to dominate the Korean market.“
About Dongbang Healthdyne:
Dongbang Healthdyne Co., Ltd. was born from 20+ year-old Dongbang Healthcare Co., Ltd. in 2000, which is a prestigious and rapidly growing mid-sized enterprise, specializing in the healthcare business. Dongbang Healthdyne is an exclusive Korean distributor of such well-known companies as Philips Medical Systems, Hamilton Medical AB, ConMed, Hill-Rom, CareFusion, etc.
About Health Robotics:
Founded in 2006, Health Robotics is the undisputed global leading supplier of life-critical intravenous medication robots, winning 100% of all worldwide I.V. Robot’s publicly announced purchases in 2010 and 2011, and providing over 250 hospital installations in 5 continents with robotics-based technology and clinical software automation solutions. Health Robotics’ world-leading solutions CytoCare® and i.v.STATION® ONCO [hazardous IVs], i.v.STATION® [non-hazardous IVs], i.v.SOFT® [workflow engine for sterile compounding], OMM® [Oncology Medication Management], MEDarchiver® [life-critical clinical information system], and TPNstation™ [totally-automated parenteral nutrition] have and will greatly contribute to ease hospitals’ growing pressures to improve patient safety, increase throughput and contain costs. Through the effective and efficient production of sterile, accurate, tamper-evident and ready-to-administer IVs, Health Robotics’ products help hospitals eliminate life-threatening drug and diluent exchange errors, decrease other medical mistakes and sterility risks, work more efficiently, reduce waste and controlled substances’ diversion, and diminish the gap between rising patient volume/acuity and scarce medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff. For more information, please visit: http://www.health-robotics.com
[1] Competitor’s Announcements: MDS (now Fresenius Kabi) [2002], RIVA/Intelligent Hospital Systems [2005], For Health Technologies (now Baxa/Baxter) [2008], Panasonic [2009], Loccioni’s APOTECAchemo [2010] (under license from Health Robotics).
[2] Am J Hosp Pharm 46(11): 2286-93 1989
For additional information, please contact:
Claudia Flaim, Marketing Coordinator
flaim@health-robotics.com
Phone (Canada): +1-289-470-1456
Phone (Europe): +39-0471-200-372
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