Tag Archive for Robotics

| March 8, 2019
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Israeli firm signs $10m contract to supply robots for Italian military police

Roboteam has supplied robotic systems to military, gov’t divisions from the U.S., Canada, the UK, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan & Thailand.
• The $10 million contract will provide 40 robots to Italy’s military police, the Arma dei Carabinieri.

By JNS and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israeli robotics company Robo-Team Ltd., also known as Roboteam, announced on Wednesday that it has been awarded a $10 million contract to provide 40 robots to Italy’s military police, the Arma dei Carabinieri.

The firm manufactures ground robotic systems, also known as the Transportable Interoperable Ground Robot (TIGR), for military and law-enforcement utilization, such as handling of suspicious and dangerous items, in addition to collecting intelligence. Continue Reading »

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| May 3, 2016
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Israeli teens take 2nd place at international high school robotics competition

view videoHigh school team from Binyamina, Israel takes 2nd place at the annual FIRST competition of 4,000 teams from 24 countries competing to assemble robots that complete set challenges.

By Ilan Gattegno

 

An Israeli high school team from Binyamina, near Haifa, came in second at the prestigious FIRST Robotics Competition in St. Louis, Missouri, held April 27-30.

The Binyamina team at the FIRST Robotics Competition

The final match was a showdown between the Orbit team of students from Binyamina’s Rothschild-Hashomron High School, and an American team. Although it ended in a 2:2 draw, the defending American champion came on top due to a technicality. Continue Reading »

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| January 6, 2016
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WATCH: Israeli engineers team with zoologists to design locust-inspired robot

 

view videoWith it’s cheap parts, the tiny one ounce lithium battery powered jumping robot can be used for anything from rescue & surveillance operations to dealing with oil spills.

By Reuters

 

Inspired by the locust’s jumping mechanism and elastic energy storage, Tel Aviv University researchers designed a tiny robot which could prove to be an inspired leap into the future of autonomous surveillance and emergency response systems.

Prof. Professor Amir Ayali – Photo: Yehonatan Bloom

Made from carbon rods, steel springs and 3D printed plastic pieces, it weighs less than one ounce (23 grams) and is approximately four inches (10 centimeters) long. Continue Reading »

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| August 24, 2015
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Israeli engineer creates robotic unicycles for proficient delivery service

 

view videoWATCH: The single-wheeled robotic drone uses GPS & face recognition software for quick & cost-effective transfer of goods to customers.

By i24news

 

An Israeli student has created robots that might change the world of package deliveries for good.

Kobi Shikar, an engineering and design student at Shenkar School of Engineering in Ramat Gan, Israel, has designed a robotic delivery service, Transwheel.

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The Daily Mail reported that the robots are one- wheeled drones, which balance themselves by using a similar system to the popular Segway. They contain a facial recognition software to identify recipients and have a GPS system in order to make their way around. Continue Reading »

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| May 7, 2015
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IDF Integrates Armed Robots Into Its Ground Forces

Having already excelled in it’s use of unmanned vehicles in the air and on the sea, a new robotic ‘advance guard’ unit will be introduced to open corridors for IDF infantry into enemy territory.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel is already a world leader in the research, production and military integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Now, it is successfully integrating robots into its ground forces, as well.

Robot wars?

At the International Ground Forces Conference held this week in Tel Aviv, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eyal Ben Reuven revealed that just the week prior the IDF’s 7th Armored Brigade had become one of, if not the first ground force in history to train side-by-side with “advanced ground robotics.” Continue Reading »

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| April 6, 2015
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Israeli high-school students make finals of international robotics competition

Team from northern Israel with Robot named Rafiki awarded ‘Excellence in Engineering Award’ for its mechanical systems & excellent performance, beat 58 teams from all around the world in preliminary round.

By Ilan Gattegno

 

Team 1690 Orbit, the robotics team from the ORT Binyamina High School in northern Israel, has made it to the finals of the 2015 FIRST international robotics competition for high school students.

Team 1690 Orbit from Binyamina, whose robot, Rafiki, impressed the judges in the early rounds of the FIRST robotics competition

In a preliminary round held in Maryland, the ORT students’ robot, Rafiki, beat creations by 58 other teams from all over the world.

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| December 21, 2014
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Israeli Students Take 1st prize in Int’l Robotics Competition

Group of high-schoolers from the southern Israeli town of Yeruham, is 1st Israeli team to take part in the ‘FIRST Tech Challenge’. Along with winning the top prize, the Israeli team won 2 additional trophies: for creativity & for success as 1st-time participators.

By Gadi Golan & Israel Hayom Staff

 

A group of students from the southern Israeli city of Yeruham won the first prize at the FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition held in Chicago last week.

Yeruham Sci-Tech students – Photo: Reuven Stahl

The Israeli team, which calls itself the Y Team and comprises some 30 Yeruham Sci-Tech students, was represented at the competition by Racheli Amar (10th grade), Itai Seif (ninth grade), and their mentor, Reuven Stahl, who traveled to Highland Park in Chicago with the help of the Science, Technology and Space Ministry.

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