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Accenture has opened a new innovation hub in Boston, Massachusetts built to help partners grow and transform their organizations within the digital economy. The company said Tuesday the hub located in Boston’s Back Bay is the second of 10 new innovation hubs to be developed as part of Accenture’s $1.4 billion investment to train and […] More
Endeavor Robotics has appointed former government officials Katrina McFarland and Eric Rosenbach to its newly created board of advisers. Rosenbach and McFarland will work to provide strategic guidance on the development of unmanned ground-based robotic systems in support of technology requirements of service personnel and first responders, Endeavor Robotics said Thursday. Endeavor Robotics CEO Sean […] More
Thales Alenia Space has begun to operate company-developed “collaborative” robots to support satellite production efforts alongside human employees at two separate facilities. The company said Wednesday its Collaborative Robot Addressed To Operative Solutions platform is currently deployed at a plant in L’Aquila, Italy, while the Saphir robot is located at a facility in Cannes, France. CRATOS works to […] More
Robotics company Sarcos Robotics will build a powered full-body exoskeleton for logistics use under a contract from the U.S. Air Force. Sarcos said Wednesday it secured the Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract from the Air Force to create the exoskeleton suit for application in logistics operations. Company Chairman and CEO Ben Wolff said the contract works to […] More
Raytheon has announced its lead sponsorship for Caltech’s new research center that seeks to advance the development of biologically-inspired autonomous systems. The Center for Autonomous Systems and Technology covers 10,000 square feet of laboratory space for scientists and researchers from Caltech and NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Raytheon said Thursday. CAST features an assembly room equipped with 85-foot robot track; an […] More
California Institute of Technology has opened a new facility to help further research efforts on drones, driverless cars, robotics and machine learning technologies. Caltech said Tuesday it established the Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies to serve as a hub for university, industry and government researchers, such as NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory experts, to collaborate in efforts […] More
Leidos has received recognition for its work to build an unmanned surface vessel under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. The science and technology company said Monday its GCN dig IT award in the robotics, automation and unmanned systems category covers its support for DARPA to develop the Sea Hunter unmanned […] More
Sarcos Robotics has appointed George Casey Jr., a retired U.S. Army general, to the board of advisers at the Salt Lake City-based robotic system manufacturing company. The 41-year military veteran joins Sarcos’ advisory board as the company aims to market robotic platforms in the defense sector, the company said Monday. Casey served as the Army chief of staff […] More
RE2 Robotics has been selected to provide technology and support to aid a University of California – Los Angeles professor’s research on haptics with the award of $1.3 million in funds. Veronica Santos, the professor who will lead the research, chose the robotics company to provide a Highly Dexterous Manipulation System robot, software support and […] More
NASA has chosen 19 research proposals from small businesses and research institutions to receive a total of $14.3 million in funds. The space agency said Tuesday it issued the awards as part of the Small Business Technology Transfer program that aims to encourage small businesses and research institutions to enter cooperative research and development partnerships. The chosen STTR […] More
The French IT services consultant company Capgemini expects to hire over 20,000 people in India, The Economic Times reported. The company has reskilled 45,000 employees as it moves toward automation. “We are investing a lot of money in the development of training programs because automation and the integration of automation is leading to a lot of […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s venture capital arm has made a strategic investment in Terran Orbital as both companies aim to advance development of nanosatellite technology. Lockheed said Thursday it will obtain an equity stake in Irvine, California-based Terran as part of the cash and in-kind investment deal. The two companies previously worked to support multiple Defense Department and NASA missions. […] More
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