{"id":10059,"date":"2013-06-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?p=10059"},"modified":"2013-06-11T09:23:43","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T07:23:43","slug":"robotic-manipulation-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/robotic-manipulation-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinova to unveil MICO, a new state of the art robotic manipulation platform"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New Era in Robotic Manipulation Has Just Begun – Kinova to unveil MICO, a new state of the art robotic manipulation platform at ICRA 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kinova inc., a leading provider of lightweight manipulation platform, announces the new robotic arm MICO available for pre-order. The little brother of JACO, Kinova\u2019s flagship product for the past 3 years, is perpetuating the trendsetting features set by the company.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve been listening carefully to the robotics community for the past two years about their needs and frustrations on the current robotic manipulators offer,\u201d said Fran\u00e7ois Boucher, chief business development officer at Kinova. \u201cMICO is now giving the opportunity to a wider range of roboticists to bring further the developments in personal robotics by offering a complete solution at a much lower price.\u201d<\/p>\n

MICO is allowing the developers to be more creative than ever.<\/p>\n

With its unique modular design, this lightweight manipulator is the perfect fit for a multitude of applications in personal robotics, especially in mobile manipulation.<\/p>\n

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