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Amphibious iFROG Robot Leaps Ahead in Ability to Inspect and Maintain Offshore Assets

iFROG, an amphibious robot capable of working in teams to clean and inspect monopiles above water level and up to 60 metres below (~6 bar), has successfully completed trials at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth.

2 Dec 2020

First Robotic ‘Blade Walk’ on a Wind Turbine Opens Door to Significant Cost Cuts in Offshore Renewables

The UK has achieved the world’s first blade walk by a robot on an offshore wind turbine, thanks to BladeBUG and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.

5 Nov 2020

Drug-Conveying Microrobot Tumbles Through Colon of Live Animal Model

Using live animal models, engineers at Purdue University have demonstrated that a rectangular robot as minuscule as a few human hairs can move throughout a colon by performing back-flips.

16 Oct 2020

Optomed and AEYE Health to Introduce a Handheld AI Fundus Camera

Optomed and AEYE Health have agreed to enter clinical and commercial collaboration to introduce an AI fundus camera Aurora AEYE.

From Optomed Plc 21 Sep 2020

Microscopic Robots can be Controlled, Made to Walk Using Laser Technology

A Cornell University-led collaboration has created the first microscopic robots that incorporate semiconductor components, allowing them to be controlled - and made to walk - with standard electronic signals.

27 Aug 2020

New Rechargeable Zinc Battery Integrated in Robots Provides More Energy

A team of researchers, under the guidance of the University of Michigan, has demonstrated a novel rechargeable zinc battery that combines with the structure of a robot to deliver relatively more energy—similar to how biological fat reserves preserve energy in animals.

20 Aug 2020