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Mars Lander's Robot Arm Shuts Down To Save Itself

Cowards Anonymous passes along a PCWorld article that begins, "The robotic arm on the Mars Lander found itself in a tough position over the weekend. After receiving instructions for a movement that would have damaged its wrist, the robotic arm recognized the problem, tried to rectify it and then shut down before it could damage itself, according to Ray Arvidson, a co-investigator for the Mars Lander's robotic arm team and a professor at Washington University in St. Louis."

OC Robotics delivers the smallest snake-arm robot

OC Robotics has developed a snake-arm robot that is only 12.5mm in diameter. The arm is the smallest snake-arm robot to date and uncoils out of a briefcase-sized box where it is stowed. The arm is 610mm in length, with longer arms under development, and was designed for the US Department of Defense who needed a way of inspecting and working inside confined or cluttered spaces - a capability not previously available.

RFID Robotic End-of-Arm Tooling Introduced

SAS Automation has introduced robotic end-of-arm tooling with RFID tags, which automatically confirm that the robot has selected, or been fitted with, the correct tooling for a job.

Goan students to display Robotic Arm in Delhi tomorrow

The Mimicking Robotic Arm, a project work of four students of electronics and telecommunications branch of the Goa College of Engineering, has been shortlisted for awards at the Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi.

SAS Automation introduces RFID Robotic End-of-Arm Tooling

July 14, 2008 - SAS Automation introduces new Robotic End-of-Arm Tooling (EOAT) with RFID tags to automatically ensure the correct tooling is operating with the corresponding operation and equipment.

Most of a sample of icy soil collected by the robotic arm of Phoenix apparently got stuck in the scoop.

Mission officials say most of a sample of icy soil collected by the robotic arm of NASA's Phoenix Mars lander apparently got stuck in the scoop and would not fall into a tiny oven intended to heat it for analysis.

ARM Developers' Conference

The fifth annual ARM® Developers’ Conference is where the industry’s leading engineers, architects and designers will come together for a three day event to communicate, connect and create. Featuring experts from around the world dedicated to the ARM architecture, the venue provides a unique opportunity to engage with the engineering community and industry-leading companies at a hands-on, technical level to strengthen design know-how with ARM technology.

Robotic palletising from Haden & Custance

Haden & Custance offers flexible and reliable robotic palletising solutions for the manufacturing industry. The integration of ABB Industrial Robots and the extensive range of Haden & Custance products and pallet handling equipment offers both standard and custom designed robotic palletising solutions. Haden & Custance can accommodate single or multiple lines in a single robotic palletising solution of up to five stations around one robot or more. The robot is mounted on a track that provides a low cost per line palletising solution.

Robotic End-of-Arm Tooling features RFID tag technology.

August 18, 2008 - SAS EOAT (End-of-Arm Tooling) RFID features tags that automatically ensure correct tooling is working with corresponding operation and equipment. It identifies when correct gripper is mounted to robot running application program and confirms critical equipment is installed. System has built-in I/O for up to 8 channels of RFID and supports PROFIBUS®-DP, DeviceNet(TM), Modbus-TCP, PROFINET, and EtherNet/IP(TM). Data carriers use FRAM storage technology and are rated up to 210°C.

Robotic Automation installs robotic palletising equipment for paper products manufacturer

As part of the multi-million dollar refurbishment of the Victorian plant of a paper products manufacturer, equipment and expertise from the RA Group were utilised in a high-speed robotic palletising and stretch wrapping line.

Sensopac Neural-Net Robot Hand May be What Droids Will Shake Hands With

Robotic hands and arms may be getting more sophisticated, but they don't really rival what we think C3-PO would have poking out of his torso. That is until now: an European science team have been busy creating the Sensopac robotic limb, and it's arguably the most human-like robotic limb yet. And partly that's because its sophistication is derived from software modeled on the human cerebellum. The arm has artificial skin that can sense force and direction in detail, and its 38 motors mimic the structure of human muscles and tendons to give it a very human-like grip.

RFID robotic end-of-arm tooling introduced

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Mars' Sticky Soil Strikes Again

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scraped up some icy soil with its robotic arm and scoop and then attempted to quickly deliver the sample to the oven on board. But not enough soil made it to the oven; the icy soil stuck to the scoop. Engineers determined the rasping and scraping activity collected a total of 3 cubic centimeters of icy soil, more than enough to fill the tiny oven cell of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. However, images returned from the lander Saturday showed that much of the soil remained lodged in the robotic arm's scoop after the delivery attempt. "Very little of the icy sample made it into the oven,� said Barry Goldstein, Phoenix project manager. “We believe that the material that was intended for the targeted cell is the material that adhered to the back of the scoop.

"Almost Perfect" Samples are Scraped From Mars Surface For Analysis

The trench called Snow White where the scrapes of ice and soil were extracted (NASA/UA)With the Phoenix Mars lander in full science-operation-swing, the robotic arm has just scraped an "almost perfect" mix of regolith and water ice for its next analysis. Using a blade on the scoop, the robotic arm carried out 50 scraping actions across the bottom of the enlarged "Snow White" trench that was excavated on June 17th (22 sols since Phoenix touched down). Today, on Sol 33 of the mission, Phoenix has been preparing little mounds of dirt ready to be scooped up and dropped into the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) so the constituent minerals and water can be analysed. Besides, Phoenix has just built the first ever mini-sand castles on the Martian surface!

Robotic heart surgeon

Robotic surgeonOne very lucky Australian lady has avoided having open-heart surgery, as her robotic operator needed just a 4cm incision to do its work.

By 2020, Droids Could Explore Space For Us

All the best sci-fi films have them, and they may become our future automated space explorers. Currently, one of the biggest drawbacks for using robots in space is that they depend on human input (i.e. commands need to be sent for every robotic arm motion and every rover wheel rotation). This means that, especially with missions operating far from Earth (such as the Phoenix Mars Lander and Mars Expedition Rovers), very simple and mundane tasks can take hours or even days to complete. One of the main reasons supporting manned exploration of space is that very complex science can be carried out very rapidly (after all, astronauts are human and many robotic operations that take weeks can be completed in seconds). But say if our robotic explorers had a high degree of automation? Say if they could sever the requirement for human input and carr

Phoenix Relegated to Scraping the Sidewalk

If humans ever build a city on Mars, perhaps (in its retirement) the Phoenix Lander can apply for a job with the city's public works department to scrape ice off sidewalks. Phoenix has been trying to dig down deeper into the "Snow White" trench and has been digging, scooping and scraping the ice layer that earlier soil scooping exposed. The robotic arm team is working to get an icy sample into the Robotic Arm scoop for delivery to the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA). Ray Arvidson of the Phoenix team, known as the "dig czar," said the hard Martian surface that Phoenix has reached is proving to be a difficult target, and compared the process to scraping a sidewalk. "We have three tools on the scoop to help access ice and icy soil," Arvidson said.

Motoman SV3 robot from Robotic Automation at work in a Sydney confectionary plant

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Robotic Surgery Done On Bladder Cancer

The number of medical experts using robotic approach to perform various Robotic Surgery Done On Bladder Cancersurgeries is increasing continuously. Various medical experts opine that the use of robot during surgery helps in resolving medical complications.

Robotic surgery now benefits bladder cancer patients

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Robotic navigation systems in electrophysiology

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400th robotic-assisted heart surgery

June 24, 2008 The rise of robotic surgery has marked a new age in medical science and one of its pioneers has just reached a major milestone. Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr. has performed his 400th robotic-assisted mitral valve repair at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.

Robotic System Offers Non-invasive Approach to HDR Brachytherapy

A study published in the April 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics -- also known as the Red Journal -- demonstrates that a robotic radiosurgery system can serve as a non-invasive means for delivering high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy dosing. The study supports the robotic system's clinical flexibility in treating prostate cancer and expands the non-invasive options available to clinicians and patients.

ORLive Presents: Robotic-Assisted Hysterectomy

On Thursday, August 14, watch a Robotic-Assisted Hysterectomy recorded from University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The procedure will be performed by Vivian von Gruenigan, MD, and moderated by Robert DeBernardo, MD. Robotic-assisted hysterectomy provides patients with a shorter hospital stay and quicker recovery time. During the webcast, viewers have the opportunity to e-mail the physicians directly with any questions they have about the procedure.

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