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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 |
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Vision Robotics Federal Systems, LLC announces that it has signed a contract with The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego. The project comes in response to a Broad Agency Announcement issued in April, 2007, and is planned for three years. The company proposed leveraging its extensive experience with stereo vision hardware and algorithms to develop a Stereo Vision Mapping System that can be deployed on existing and forthcoming military EOD UGVs. |
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Vineyard Products Financing |
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 |
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Vision Robotics announces that Vision Robotics Vineyard Products, LLC has closed its first round of financing for the development of an intelligent pruner for grapevines. The pruner will prune with the precision of hand labor, but at a fraction of the cost. |
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Monday, 14 April 2008 |
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Vision Robotics announces that it has exclusively licensed its technology for any type of vision based robots used in agriculture for the growing or harvesting of grapes for any use including wine, table, processed, or raisin to Vision Robotics Vineyard Products, LLC. |
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Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission Grant |
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Saturday, 15 December 2007 |
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Vision Robotics receives grant from the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission to continue the development of the robot harvester for apples. |
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Citrus Research Board Grant |
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007 |
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Vision Robotics receives grant from the California Citrus Research Board to continue the development of the robot harvester for fresh citrus for the 2007 – 2008 fiscal year. |
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Saturday, 15 September 2007 |
Vision Robotics demonstrates prototype scouting systems for apples and oranges. The robots use cameras map the trees and detect and size the fruit.
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Wednesday, 12 September 2007 |
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Vision Robotics kicked off a project with Olin College of Engineering to design a picking hand for the harvesting of fresh apples and oranges. The project is part of the SCOPE (Senior Consulting Program for Engineering). The team has been tasked to conceptualize, design and prototype picking hands that meet specific requirements for apples and oranges. This includes picking without bruising the fruit or breaking the skin as well as issues such as production costs, life cycle and reliability. |
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Personal Service Patent Issued |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
US Patent Office issues Autonomous Personal Service Robot patent.
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Angled Axis Camera System Patent Issued |
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Monday, 26 March 2007 |
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US Patent Office issues Angled Axis Machine Vision System and Method patent |
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