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Horizon Surgical Systems raises Series A toward robotic eye procedures

Robotics Business Review

Source: Adobe Stock Horizon Surgical Systems Inc., Later, he served on the Board of AMO’s successor company, Advanced Medical Optics (AMO), which was acquired by Abbott in 2009 and then by Johnson and Johnson in 2016. Horizon Surgical said its technology make ophthalmologic procedures more precise and consistent.

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Skyline Robotics deploys Ozmo window cleaning robot in New York City

Robotics Business Review

Source: Skyline Robotics Cleaning the windows of skyscrapers around the world meets the definition of dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs for robot assistance. Source: Skyline Robotics Ozmo brings robustness and sustainability Skyline’s system includes artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, and a KUKA robot arm. .

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Joby acquires Xwing autonomy division to bolster autonomous aircraft

Robotics Business Review

Source: Joby Aviation Joby Aviation Inc. Founded in 2009, Joby said that Xwing’s expertise in perception technology, systems integration, and certification will benefit both near-term piloted operations as well as fully autonomous operations sometime in the future.

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2024 edition of U.S. robotics roadmap points to need for more federal coordination

Robotics Business Review

Source: UC San Diego Unlike China, Germany, or Japan, the U.S. Christensen: We’ve been doing this since 2009 and have aligned it to the federal elections. Source: “A Roadmap for U.S. Source: BLS.gov The post 2024 edition of U.S. Cover of the 2024 U.S. robotics roadmap. Click here to enlarge.

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Europe’s largest nuclear reactor begins energy production

E&T

The plant wa s originally due to open in 2009 but was plagued by technical issues. The construction of the reactor has been a 16-year journey. While many countries have continued to support nuclear development, other nations such as Germany have opposed it.

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OPC, MQTT, IoT, Edge, Power Future Manufacturing Technology

Gary Mintchell

It is capable of file transport (since 2009). From Data to Data Sources Stacey Higginbotham writing in Stacey on IoT Bringing AI to the farthest edge requires new computing. Hoppe wrote, “Still to this day people only think of OPC UA merely as a secure protocol to move information. It is so much more than that.

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Boeing Board Names Kelly Ortberg President and CEO

Fastener News Desk

He will succeed Dave Calhoun , who earlier this year announced his intention to retire from the company, having served as president and CEO since January 2020 , and as a member of Boeing’s Board of Directors since 2009. Join our team and find your purpose at boeing.com/careers.