Archive for November, 2005

Korea, Italy Team Up for Robot Research

‘Korean and Italian researchers were cooperating at a November 1 workshop on robot engineering for people with disabilities and senior citizens that was held in a conference room of the Ministry of Information and Communication. Three Italian robot engineers made presentations with themes such as “robot engineering for longevity” and “robot engineering for rehabilitation.”
“In the […]

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

Robots may go into collapsed units

‘A BOMB squad robot could be used retrieve the belongings of residents who were forced to evacuate a Sydney unit block, which was abandoned when part of a road tunnel collapsed yesterday.
Police said some residents from a block neighbouring the apartments affected by the collapse of a section of the Lane Cove Tunnel project could […]

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

Robot’s Rimless Wheels Gives it “Whegs”

‘A new kind of locomotion that combines wheels with legs gives a mobile robot “whegs” to tackle rocky terrain.
The robot named IMPASS, which stands for Intelligent Mobility Platform with Active Spoke System, has four rimless wheels with spokes designed to lengthen and shorten according to its movement needs.
“The spoke wheel concept allows multiple modes of […]

Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

Tiny robots revolutionise surgery

‘Tiny, camera-carrying robots, each the width of a lipstick case, could revolutionise the future of surgery.
Less than 8cm tall, these tiny-wheeled robots — slipped into the abdomen and controlled by surgeons hundreds of kilometres away — are in the pipeline at the University of Nebraska Medical Centre and University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
They are currently developing a […]

Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

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