Yesterday, a representative from the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) made the trek down to Seattle to inspect the electronics that will be headed shortly to the University of Western Ontario. The systems were given the approval of the CSA and are now proudly wearing the blue sticker with the official seal of approval for electrical shock and fire safety. We are very proud of this achievement and will be able to furnish this safety specification to local and international customers in the future!
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Applied Dexterity at ICRA 2013
Earlier this week we shipped a Raven System to Europe for demoing at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Karlsruhe, Germany! We look forward to meeting and sharing the RAVEN with our fellow robotics enthusiasts. After the week of exhibiting the RAVEN, it will be delivered to The Montpellier Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics, and Microelectronics in Montpellier, France so they can begin contributing to the RAVEN community. If you are going to be in attendance at ICRA or would like more information, please contact us at info [at] applieddexterity [dot] com!
Fortune Magazine article
Fortune magazine discussed the da Vinci, the RAVEN and Applied Dexterity in its January 2013 issue only a few pages from a cover article on Will.I.Am. Ryan Bradley discusses many of the advantages inherent in open innovation and even compares the RAVEN to Google’s Android software!
RAVEN Featured in The Economist
In January of 2012 the RAVEN community gained 5 more members, which triggered a lot of buzz about the RAVEN and open source surgical robots. University of Washington press was on hand at the open-house to document the event and the word spread quickly. The Economist featured the RAVEN in its March 2012 print edition and again in June when exploring open source medical devices.
Popular Mechanics article
Popular Mechanics took a great look at the RAVEN and the research at the Harvard Biorobotics Lab and at Johns Hopkins in February 2012. There’s a fascinating summary of the work going into compensating for the motion of the beating heart as well as Gregory Hager’s visions for the future of the RAVEN and surgical robotics.