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Featured Articles » Ologic AMP Robot Holds Your Cup, Plays Your Music » Aerial Robotics Takes Flight with Hand-Sized Machines » Robot Basketball: The Latest Craze in Extracurricular Activities   Sponsored By: Oracle WEBINAR: How Oracle Fusion Middleware Can Address Data Challenges OEMs & ISVs Face Designing and Deploying Smart Grid Solutions Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Time: 3:00pm UK, 10:00am ET REGISTER NOW Who should attend: This webinar will focus on the needs of OEM & ISVs who offer Smart Grid solutions, deploying and integrating new services and solutions to an intergrated IT Back end. This results in a dialog for: OEM & ISV Smart Grid Solution Architects to understand how Oracle Fusion Middleware can accelerate and stream-line big data collection, processing and reporting in near real time Executive Management to truly understand the partitioning of the complex information to make marketable services OEM & ISV Services Managers to see the opportunity to roll out new services Energy Sensor and solution vendors to deliver information to Utilities for faster decisions.   Top Stories » Robotic Insects Are Now Created Much Faster by New Methods Discovered at Harvard » Robotics, 3-D Technology Bring Dinosaur Replicas to Life   From The Expert Corner March 05, 2012 Hopefuls Flock to VW Headquarters to Be Schooled in Robotics By Michelle Amodio TMCnet Contributor Deutsche Messe, the organization behind the infamous CeBIT (News - Alert) show runs a year-round academy that teaches students the way of the robot. The Robotation Academy is responsible for educating others that -- believe it or not -- robots can be cheap. Cnet’s has the story that says that industrial robots are not very expensive, sporting price tags of only $10,000 and $20,000. Apparently, in the robotics field, that is cheap. The whole point of the program, aside from garnering interest and adoption, is to increase the use of robotics in the manufacturing world. About 4,000 people per year come to the academy straight from Volkswagen, as they are the biggest players in robotics manufacturing, so it only makes sense. "The carmakers only buy parts from the companies if you can deliver 100 percent quality," said Thomas Rilke, managing director of the academy in the report... Read More      Featured Videos Interview with Mixmoov    Featured Resources » Location Based Services with IVR Applications: Beyond "The Check-In" » ABI Research - Smartgrid Evolution » Compare The Differences: vWLAN has WLAN Beat!   TMCnet's Blogs » iRobot Secures 100th Patent   Featured Channels » Healthcare Robotics » Military Robotics » Industrial Robotics   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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