The company will grow by strategic acquisitions and technology innovation, addressing the underserved market for collaborative end-of-arm tooling. By (initially) merging three international companies, the new OnRobot aims at becoming world leading in a rapidly growing global market, further building on Denmark’s strong position within collaborative robotics ODENSE, Denmark-Tuesday 12 June 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Enrico Krog Iversen, former CEO of the industry-leading collaborative robot pioneer, Universal Robots, along with the Danish Growth Fund, is addressing the next challenge in automation with the merger of three innovative end-of-arm tooling companies to facilitate the ongoing growth of collaborative robotics; an industry expected to reach $8.5 billion by 2025. The new company combines U.S.-based Perception Robotics, Hungary-based OptoForce, and Denmark-based On Robot to become OnRobot, which will drive innovation and ease-of-use for robotic end-of-arm toolin ... Read more »

PARIS-Tuesday 12 June 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) developed by Milrem Robotics has become the unmanned ground systems industries standard tracked UGV. During this year’s Eurosatory a record of four THeMIS UGVs will be displayed with three different applications. In just a few years after the development of the THeMIS began, it has become the most sought after tracked unmanned ground vehicle on the market. It has caught interest from several weapon and other warfare systems manufacturers like Nexter, FN Herstal, ST Kinetics, Raytheon and Threod Systems with whom integration projects are underway or have already been completed. Unlike other UGVs that are commonly able to perform mostly one task, the THeMIS is designed so it can be equipped with a vast variety of payloads to perform a number of different tasks. These include functioning as a remote weapon station outfitted with large or small calibre weapons, detecting IED’s, operati ... Read more »

PARIS-Tuesday 12 June 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The CNIM Group's Motorized Floating Bridge (PFM) is a solution dedicated to river and similar type of crossings, in service in several armies, in France as well as in Italy, Switzerland and Malaysia. With two possible configurations, bridge and ferry, the PFM offers a sure tactical advantage: it can be deployed easily, in a short time and with a minimum of men; it does not need auxiliary boats and enjoys recognized reliability on land. The implementation performance of the PFM remains unmatched today. CNIM Group recently announced the award by the French Defense Procurement Agency of a contract for the development and construction of equipment for the PFM. The objective is to develop the bridge to better meet the current and future needs of the Army from 2019 onwards and in three main aspects: Maintain capabilities at an operational level in mainland France, especially in the framework of the Neptune Plan*; Respond to ne ... Read more »

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Tuesday 12 June 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the findings of an abstract presented at Euroanaesthesia 2018 in which researchers compared Masimo Patient State Index (PSi), a processed EEG parameter provided by SedLine® brain function monitoring (in this study, first generation SedLine), to Medtronic Bispectral Index (BIS™) in monitoring the depth of anesthesia of two groups of patients: healthy volunteers undergoing hepatotomy for liver donation and cirrhotic patients undergoing liver resection. The researchers found “excellent” agreement between the two methods as well as similar sevoflurane consumption, and found that PSi 1.0 was less affected by electrocautery.1 In the study, Dr. Yassen and colleagues at Menoufia University in Shibin El Kom, Egypt, sought to test agreement between two brain function monitoring indices, Masimo PSi and Medtronic BIS. They monitored 60 patients in 4 sub-groups: with healthy livers ... Read more »