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Robotics & UAVs

Spot will carry out remote survey duties in potentially hazardous buildings

‘Spot’ to carry out remote survey of Cold War weapons testing facilities

UT Dallas researchers in the Intelligent Robotics and Vision Lab developed a new approach to train Ramp, a Fetch Robotics mobile manipulator robot, to recognise objects through repeated interactions

AI gives robot a push to identify and remember objects

SmartTouch technology rendering

SmartTouch autonomous robot to identify potential pipeline leaks

Dual arm robot holding crisp

Robot shows ‘close to human-level dexterity’

Connected vehicles improve traffic flow at intersections

Over £60m worth of crops are due to be wasted by UK farms this year due to labour shortages

Harvesting robot company receives £1.5m investment

Perovskite solar cells

RoboMapper brings speed and sustainability to materials development

Laboratory automation to double cancer genomic testing

Active handling facility at the Windscale Laboratory

Jacobs to manage acquisition of manipulator robots for Windscale lab

In 2022 there were over 1.8 million RAS procedures

RCS England calls for consistent approach to robotic-assisted surgery

An electric self-sensing and variable-stiffness artificial muscle

Artificial muscle with self-sensing capabilities marks step toward ‘true bionic intelligence’

Decision making process of honeybees could inform design of robots