In the past few years, we have covered plenty of robotic surgery system. The VELYS Robotic Assisted System is made for knee replacement surgeries. It comes with Natural Control technology for precise, reproducible surgeon-controlled cuts. It comes with ProAdjust Planning to enable surgeons to change alignment and balance relative to soft tissues.
Here is another drone that can be used to clean inaccessible areas. The Apellix Opus X8 Soft Wash System was recently used to clean the University of Florida Shands Hospital building. It can reach areas not easily accessible without lifts and scaffolding. The below video shows it in action:
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Drone components fail all the time. Even a single rotor malfunction can lead to a quadcopter crashing. UZH Robotics and Perception Group researchers have come up with a fault tolerant controller using the nonlinear model predictive control to stabilize a quacopter with a complete single rotor failure. The below video shows how it works:
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Here is a drone payload that enables operators to quickly find and map with mobile phone handsets in disaster situations to avoid first responders. The new Robotics Centre Echo SAR (Search and Rescue) payload is designed to use with SkyRaider and SkyRanger R70 drones. The operators will be able to map mobile phones in out of service areas. They can also communicate with individuals and groups of mobile phones.
In the past few years, we have covered how businesses are using industrial robots from KUKA and other manufacturers to increase operational efficiency. This robotic spoon picking system was developed by KUKA and MODU. It uses KR DELTA robots to pick and place wrapped and unwrapped spoons into the conveyor pocket that holds food pouches.
Here is a robotic system that autonomously harvests mushrooms to help farms meet increased demand for their product. This robotic system continually picks, packs, and weighs mushrooms. This robot takes into account the farmer’s harvesting requirements to scan mushroom beds and intelligently packs them into boxes.
Here is another Raspberry Pi robot for more advanced students. The Yahboom Raspberry Pi Robot Tank (Transbot) comes with a Silan A1 LiDAR that can be used for 2D scanning and mapping. This robot can be programmed to detect faces, recognize objects, automatically drive, and navigate your home.
Meet the NEXCON 1G: Black Buffalo 3D’s construction printer that can print the frame of a 1000 sqft home in under 20 hours. It can run for 16 hours straight and is quiet enough to work overnight.
