Recent Trends in Robotics

Recent Trends in Robotics
 By Franklin
In Surgical Field
The Flex : Snake-Like Bots that Glide into body
◦ The Flex is a flexible tube-like thing. The surgeon guides it

into the patient’s mouth and steers it with a joystick; a camera
at the tip lets the surgeon see and navigate the twists and
turns of the patient’s airway. Since it can reach otherwise
inaccessible spots, surgeons are using it for operations that
would otherwise require them to make an incision.
 Ingestible origami robot:
Robot unfolds from ingestible capsule.
 Researchers from MIT have designed a new ingestible "robot"

that could be used to patch internal wounds, deliver medicine, or
remove accidentally swallowed objects from the stomach. The
design consists of a specially folded sheet of dried pig intestine
and a tiny magnet. Folded up, this capsule can be swallowed by a
patient. It then hits the stomach and unfolds in the acidic juices,
where it can be guided to complete certain tasks using external
magnets.
In Navy
 The Sea Hunter is a robotic ship designed to help the U.S.
military hunt enemy submarines.
Sea Hunter has a full load displacement of 145 tons and

is intended to be operational through waves up to 6.5 ft (2.0 m)
high and winds up to 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h), and
survivable through waves up to 20 ft (6.1 m) high.
 It is capable of staying at sea for three months with no crew
and very little remote control, which can be done from
thousands of miles away. Advanced artificial intelligence
software will continuously navigate it safely around other
ships and in rough waters.
 It is expected to undergo two years of testing before being
placed in service with the U.S. Navy. If tests are successful,
future such craft may be armed and used for anti-submarine
and counter-mine duties
In Space
 Robot-Run 'Transportation Hub' in Space
The future of spaceflight involves building, refuelling and
repairing spacecraft in a depot far from Earth, all without the
aid of human hands. The Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) is developing a highly capable robotic arm that
could make such a space "transportation hub" possible in the
relatively near future.
Radiation levels so far from Earth are too high for
astronauts to tolerate safely over long durations, so this future
facility would be run by robots.
 Garden on Mars:
 Heather Hava, a NASA fellow has invented two robots that
can grow fruits and vegetables as well as monitor human
health in space.
 The first of Hava's two robots is a smart pot called SPOT. It is

a stand-alone soil-less, hydroponic pod that can grow
strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and leafy vegetables,
like kale and basil, inside its small chamber. Nutrient
enriched water is cycled through the internal system.
 Hava's second system is called AgQ, It is a software system
that analyzes data from the SPOT. With its artificial
intelligence, the system constantly learns from itself and is
able to make predictions using existing data that will tell the
astronaut gardeners which fruit or vegetable is the ripest,
which plant is in need of more water or how they can
maximize crop yield.
 ROGR, the robotic gardener can move around the spacecraft

or habitat to monitor or harvest produce in the SPOTs. It has
cameras that allow the astronauts to visually inspect the
plants using its video feed, and it can also harvest the crops
using a grasping arm unless the astronauts would rather
enjoy doing that part of the work themselves. If tomatoes are
needed for a salad, the system decides which specific plants
have the ripest tomatoes and assigns the harvesting tasks to
ROGR.
Robotic Toy 'Leka'
 Leka, a rolling robot that can be programmed to engage with
children that have developmental disabilities. To see progress
with these children, they are required to do the same thing
for a long time.Always doing the same thing can be hard for a
parent or caregiver -but Leka will do the same thing every
single time
 Leka senses and responds to a child's participation in games
like color identification, picture matching or hide-and-seek,
controlled via Bluetooth and programmed through an app
available for IOS and Android. During gameplay, Leka
supplies positive images and sounds - for instance, showing
a smiling face or emitting laughter -to reward progress and
encourage confidence.
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◦ The Flex is a flexible tube-like thing. The surgeon guides it

 Researchers from MIT have designed a new ingestible "robot"

Sea Hunter has a full load displacement of 145 tons and

 The first of Hava's two robots is a smart pot called SPOT. It is

 ROGR, the robotic gardener can move around the spacecraft

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