Military / Medical / Vehicles

European based Cybercars2 project aims to develop autonomous vehicle capabilities one step further, by adding communication systems between individual vehicles, which may enable a much more efficient transportation system. By exchanging data, vehicles will be able to coordinate their movements. The project team first created software that would simulate all the possible scenarios that vehicles would encounter upon interacting with each other. Of course as […] Read More

Scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a micro robot that can accessa wide range of areas in human body by crawling. The robot moves by its micro legs, and has dimensions of 1mm diameter and 14mm length. It is powered by mini actuators, or by using magnetic force from outside of the body. It is made of silicone and metal and therefore […] Read More

The EATR – Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot, which is currently being developed by Robotic Technology Inc. is able to extract energy from biomass in the environment, at the same time uses the conventional and alternative fuels such as gasoline, coal, cooking oil etc…) The advantage of this type of robot is that it will be very flexible in energy resources, and will be able to […] Read More

BOZEN , Italy, June 29. Health-Robotics today announced that it has signed an exclusive 5-year strategic partnership with Grifols S.A., the leading Pharmacy Automation provider in Spain, Portugal, and South America. Grifols desires to safely, accurately, and cost-effectively automate the preparation of non-hazardous IV Admixtures with Health Robotics’ i.v.STATION Robot. As part of this strategic partnership, Grifols will take delivery of 120 i.v.STATION Robots between […] Read More

Boston Dynamics, a US based company, which is also the developer of the Big Dog robot that became very popular on youtube recently, is currently developing a four wheeled robot. The new robot which is designed to aid ground troops in combat will have four wheels and one strong leg, which will enable it to jump over tall obstacles. Reference: computerworld.com Read More

So far, the use of robots in military operations is mostly limited to exploring and transportation missions, but that seems to be changing soon.The robot called “Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System” (in short MAARS) is in safety testing phase which will also have mounted weapons. Please see original article here. Apart from being lethal, the robot also possesses many non lethal forms of weapons, such […] Read More

To be able to tend the wounds of a soldier injured in the battlefield as soon as possible and as good as possible is critical. With the new technology under current development, the robot enables the doctors in far locations to be able to tend to the soldiers wounds. Instruments such as on board stethoscope, ultrasound probe and more are under development. It is currently […] Read More

The new robot that fills prescriptions makes huge savings possible while reducing errors at the same time and the filling operations faster.The hospital which has started to use the robot, expects yearly cost savings of $550,000. In medicine, especially for surgeries, the robots are starting to find wider applications every day, with their more precise and faster operating abilities by helping surgeons, continuously reducing the […] Read More

The contract is awarded for miscellaneous needs for equipment and parts as army’s need for robots grows. The robots that are taking role in combats in Iraq and Afghanistan have so far successfully completed their missions while keeping the soldiers at a safe distance from harm’s way. The most important missions by robots include bomb diffusing and reconnaissance. Lately in development is the transportation missions. […] Read More

British scientists are developing low cost yet capable autonomous robots that are highly needed for frontline soldiers. Currently the robots like such as bomb diffusers require special training to use and excessive deployment are cost prohibitive. By utilizing the processing power done at the center rather than the robot itself, and enabling robot with enough autonomous capability, major obstacles are overcome. See link below for […] Read More