Robots are deployed in a number of circumstances, especially where they can complete challenging tasks or execute missions that would be dangerous for a human to complete. Latest developments in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming industry, society, and our daily lives.
Apart from being accurate and consistent, robots may work in any environment, increasing their adaptability. They eliminate dangerous jobs for humans because robots can work in hazardous environments, . They are capable of lifting heavy loads, managing toxic substances, and performing repetitive tasks. This has aided businesses in preventing numerous mishaps while also saving time and money. Robots are employed in the medical industry for complex surgeries such as prostate cancer surgery. Robots can reach and fit in places where human hands can’t, allowing for more precision.
Let’s checkout some fields where robots can be helpful
- Robots in extreme environments
Our planet is getting increasingly vulnerable due to both natural and manmade disasters. Such events are unavoidable due to the increasingly connected world via modern transport and faster movement of people. It is of vital importance to rapidly identify how we can prevent disasters and get help to victims during the initial hours, where immediate relief can save lives. The development of robotic technology in extreme environments, such as for nuclear inspection and decommissioning, offshore energy and maintenance, space exploration and deep mining, has received considerable attention in recent years.
- Robots in agriculture
According to the United Nations, the world’s population will reach 10 billion by 2050, resulting in a 30 percent increase in demand for agricultural products. Scientific and technical developments (such as agricultural robots) are the only way to ignite a third agricultural revolution. Agricultural robots, powered by GNSS, SatEO, and Satcom technologies, are positioned to be at the forefront of the third agricultural revolution, not by displacing farmers, but by boosting the farmer’s added value while increasing output and optimising natural resource use.
- Robots in infrastructure monitoring:
A large number of sensors and sensing systems have been developed to monitor and analyse the state of structures over the last several decades. Buildings, bridges, power plants, off-shore constructions, and tunnels all benefit from structural health monitoring (SHM). Modern sensing, automation, and robotic technologies can substantially simplify the automation of infrastructure systems during development. SHM-specific robots have only recently been developed, and they have unique locomotion systems that allow them to move about the structures they are inspecting.
- Robotics in transportation:
Robotics are expanding the transport and logistics industry. Flanked by radio transmitters, vision cameras, magnetometers, LiDAR, lasers, equipped with digital maps, navigation systems and fitted sensors to identify obstacles, robots can drive independently to a destination and calculate their exact position and route. With the help of sensors, they can identify critical situations and can respond accordingly, sharing the route with people and other vehicles. Automating transport could boost safety, reliability and efficiency. While demand will drop for drivers and pilots, new roles in control and management will open up. However, for the full impact, infrastructure, regulations and attitudes will need to shift. From self-driving cars, to robot buses already being trialled on European streets to drones set to create a whole new transport network in cities, companies are already investing to change the face of private and commercial travel.
- Robotics for social care:
There are numerous successful tech innovations happening at the frontlines of social care, but the current shortfall of both medicinal and digital technology means that there is a real opportunity to unleash a new wave of innovation that could revolutionise how care is delivered and how patients interact with professionals to manage their own health and care. Robots and autonomous systems, in combination with artificial intelligence (AI), connected data, and digital infrastructure, have the potential to transform the way social and medical care is delivered to the old and disabled.
- Soft robotics:
Soft robotics are inspired by animals like worms, starfish or snails, or animal body parts like elephant trunks, octopus arms or mammalian limbs. Soft robots are characterized by being compliant thanks to elastic and soft materials like rubber or electroactive polymers used in their bodies. This softness brings some advantages and disadvantages compared to hard robotics. Soft robots offer dexterity, larger variability of movements, better usability in otherwise inaccessible places and higher safety. On the other hand, soft robots are harder to control because of virtually infinite number of degrees of freedom their bodies have. There are several types of soft robots, as well a variety of domains where they find applications which present a strong commercial potential, as example: robotic muscles, climbing, wearable, prosthetic and edible robots.
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