Tag Archive for Robotic

Robots Replacing Humans: Flying robots will go where humans can’t

September 18, 2014 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Featured Image: Flying robot, micro VTOL UAV Aeryon Scout in flight. CREDIT: Dkroetsch  SOURCE: Wikipedia Public Domain

From Space Daily

Flying robots will go where humans can’t

Date:
September 17, 2014
Source:
European Commission, CORDIS
Summary:
There are many situations where it’s impossible, complicated or too time-consuming for humans to enter and carry out operations. Think of contaminated areas following a nuclear accident, or the need to erect structures such as antennae on mountain tops. These are examples of where flying robots could be used. . . . Read Complete Report
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Published on Apr 7, 2013
Flying Robots

Its Military Robotic , its homeland security ..Dragonflies have always been a captivating insect, thanks to their complex flight characteristics. Now a German company has designed bio-inspired robotic dragonfly that can fly in all directions, hover in mid-air and glide without beating its wings, just like the real thing.

youtube by YIRMASTER

Air Force Bugbot Nano Drone Technology

Published on Apr 11, 2013

Air Force Bugbots Nano Drone video gives a peak inside what nano-drone technology the Federal Government is currently implementing within the united states more than a scary thought or sci-fi movie, they have arrived.

 

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Robotic that Can See and Grasp

December 20, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Featured Image: Robotic Shadow Hand holding a light bulb. CREDIT:With-permission of Richard Greenhill and Hugo Elias. SOURCE: Wikipedia Commons (Public Domain)

From Science Daily

Dec. 19, 2013 — The robot effortlessly picks up one castor after another from the pile in the box and puts them into the channel. No matter how the wheels are lying, the robot manages to get an exact grip.

Operations run smoothly and automatically when assembling the various parts of an office chair at the SB Seating production unit at Røros. But when it’s time to fit the wheels, humans must intervene. The five wheels lying jumbled in a box have to be picked up and then aligned in a row before robots can take over again and attach them to the feet of the chair. Researchers from SINTEF now believe they have found a solution that could make production more effective and reduce costs . . . Read complete Report

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Power Plants in the Sky?

November 26, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Featured Image: Each drone in a network can power itself and also deliver 50 kW of usable energy (Image: New Wave Energy UK)

From New Wave Energy U.K.

Welcome to the home page for New Wave Energy UK LTD. We are an upcoming energy provider within the UK currently working towards researching and constructing our own novel form of power plant. As a new form of intellectual property which is currently patent pending, we aim to address many of the issues the utilities sector faces today and tomorrow.

Our solution for the problems affecting the utilities sector and the environment today is for a high altitude aerial power plant. Our solution is one which can harness energy from solar, wind and other sources at high altitudes. The technology is tailored to operate at 50,000ft where wind patterns are more reliable, solar production is greater and there is little or no interference from weather patterns.  . . Go to Website.

From youtube uploaded by New Wave Energy UK LTD on Nov 25, 2013

Kickstarter video

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Technique Helps Robotic Vehicles Find Their Way, Help Humans

May 14, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Featured Image: XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle. SOURCE: Wikipedia (Public Domain).

From Science Daily

May 14, 2013 — A Wayne State University researcher understands that the three most important things about real estate also apply to small ground robotic vehicles: location, location, location.

n a paper recently published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Weisong Shi, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science in the College of Engineering, describes his development of a technique called LOBOT that provides accurate, real-time, 3-D positions in both indoor and outdoor environments. The project was supported in part by the Wayne State Career Development Chair award, which gives Shi an opportunity to explore other areas after receiving tenure at WSU. . . . Read Complete Report

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How Would You Like Your Assistant – Human or Robotic?

May 3, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Featured Image: Robot. SOURCE: wpclipart.com (Public-Domain)

From Space Daily by Staff Writers
Atlanta GA (SPX) May 03, 2013

Roboticists are currently developing machines that have the potential to help patients with caregiving tasks, such as housework, feeding and walking. But before they reach the care recipients, assistive robots will first have to be accepted by healthcare providers such as nurses and nursing assistants.

Based on a Georgia Institute of Technology study, it appears that they may be welcomed with open arms depending on the tasks at hand. . . . Read Complete Report

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Robotic Fish Gain New Sense: Navigate Water Currents and Turbulence (+) THEI Selected Short Subject (Video)

April 17, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Featured Image: Robotic fish. CREDIT: Image courtesy of Tallinn University of Technology SOURCE: Science Daily

From Science Daily

Mar. 6, 2013 — Scientists have developed robots with a new sense — lateral line sensing. All fish have this sensing organ but so far it had no technological counterpart on human-made underwater vehicles.

In an article published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, researchers describe a robotic fish that is controlled with the help of lateral line sensors. . . . Read Complete Report

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from youtube uploaded by ModernBrands

Zuru – Robo Fish

Published on May 8, 2012

Robo Fish. Small, intelligent and packed with the latest technology, the super cool techno-toy Rob Fish replicates the natural movement of fish and comes in 3 different series. Simply unwrap the Robo Fish, put it into water and watch it swim around like just like the real thing.

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Colorado doctor accused of botching multiple robotic kidney surgeries (+) da Vinci Robotic surgery Video: Partial Nephrectomy for Kidney Cancer (Video Reports)

April 15, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Featured Image: Schematic layout of operating room for robotic prostate surgery/ Layout drawing of surgery suite from a bird’s-eye perspective with positions of robot, screens, surgery table, instrument console, noted. SOURCE: National Cancer Institute .

[NOTE:Operating robot marked as “Surgical  Cart” in  the above Diagram. While this diagram is of a layout of a robotic medical procedure which might not be the exact layout the Colorado surgeon in this report used it gives us an idea of the basic set-up of a robotic surgery operating room. . . .EDITOR] 

From CBS News By RYAN JASLOW / CBS NEWS/ April 12, 2013, 2:54 PM

A Colorado surgeon is being investigated for botching at least 11 surgeries at a Denver hospital.

Accusations against Dr. Warren Kortz, a surgeon at Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver, include leaving sponges and surgical equipment in patients and improperly using robotic surgery tools for kidney “procedures,” CBS Denver reported. . . . Read Complete Report 

From youtube uploaded by Ketan Badani

Robotic Partial Nephrectomy – daVinci Partial Nephrectomy for Kidney Cancer

Uploaded on Jan 30, 2011

Dr. Ketan K. Badani, Director of Robotic Surgery, performs and narrates a robotic partial nephrectomy using the daVinci surgical system.

WARNING! Actual operation. Very graphic.  Best if viewed in FULL SCREEN Mode.

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Robotics: Lane-Swapping Helps Autonomous Vehicles Avoid Collisions (W/Video)

January 29, 2013 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Photo: This car drives itself. The passengers are being chauffeured by computer. Seen at the VAIL autonomous driving and parking demonstration at Stanford this weekend. The roof is festooned with spinning LIDAR and cameras, feeding into the server farm in the trunk. With more processing power, I’m guessing that the expensive laser rangefinders will be less essential as the 2D video cameras alone can render a 3D map of the world, much like our brain. The next generation may wonder why we wasted 80% of the carrying capacity of our highways, why truckers fell asleep, or what all the fuss was about parallel parking. CREDIT Steve Jurvetson SOURCE and DESCRIPTION above: Wikipedia. ( Public Domain)

From Science Daily

Jan. 28, 2013 — Autonomous, driverless vehicles look set to hit the streets in the near future and become increasingly common, so UK researchers have investigated algorithms that could help developers include escape manoeuvres to allow such vehicles to quickly and safely switch lanes to avoid collisions with other road users.

Writing in the aptly namedInternational Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems, Matthew Best of the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering at Loughborough University, in Leicestershire, discusses the optimisation of a vehicle’s standard brake, acceleration and steering control inputs in the context of avoiding collisions. . . . Read Complete Report

From youtube posted by deutschewelleenglish Uploaded on Aug 3, 2011

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Robotic Equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife: Reconfigurable Robot a Step Toward Something That Can Become Almost Anything,

November 30, 2012 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Photo: A four-segment milli-motein chain with a one-centimeter module size. (Credit: MIT Center for Bits and Atoms) SOURCE Science Daily.

from Science Daily

ScienceDaily (Nov. 30, 2012) — The device doesn’t look like much: a caterpillar-sized assembly of metal rings and strips resembling something you might find buried in a home-workshop drawer. But the technology behind it, and the long-range possibilities it represents, are quite remarkable.

The little device is called a milli-motein — a name melding its millimeter-sized components and a motorized design inspired by proteins, which naturally fold themselves into incredibly complex shapes. This minuscule robot may be a harbinger of future devices that could fold themselves up into almost any shape imaginable. . . . Read Complete Report

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