LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Academy of Robotics is expanding its human-contact free delivery programme using its Kar-go delivery bot with a further trial beginning in Surrey in February. Surrey is the second region in the UK to witness Britains first custom-built autonomous delivery vehicle driving on the countys roads after road trials began in November 2020 in Hounslow, London. Following these initial trials, the company will now begin supporting a range of small, local businesses in Surrey, making deliveries from shops to residential addresses.

The Hounslow programme, which uses the Kar-go delivery bot to collect medicines from pharmacies and deliver them to care homes and residential addresses, is ongoing and the Academy of Robotics has a series of further trial locations planned for Spring 2021.

Serving communities outside city-centresKar-go is an electric vehicle designed to reduce the cost of last-mile delivery and cut harmful emissions. Its operating system has been specially designed to navigate unmarked roads outside city centres so it can make deliveries not just in urban environments, but also in more rural and suburban areas.

Founder and CEO of Academy of Robotics, William Sachiti, explains why Surrey is the next stop:

All too often new technology benefits only those living in cities and people living in more remote or suburban areas are left out. As a company founded in rural Aberystwyth, we were very conscious of this issue so we designed our AI to work where it could deliver the greatest benefit. So, the first areas we are rolling this out to are typical British suburban locations like Surrey.

Academy of Robotics proposal to make medical products the focus of Kar-gos first deliveries was granted funding support from UK Research and Innovation as part of the Governments modern industrial strategy and the programme has been welcomed by the DfT. Commenting on the launch of these Kar-go delivery trials in Hounslow, Transport Minister Rachel Maclean said:

Autonomous delivery vehicles, such as Kar-go, can offer safer and speedier delivery of medical supplies to those who need it the most.

The UK is well-placed as a science superpower to lead the world in this area and Im delighted to support projects that drive green innovation, promote a clean transport future and help the economy.

Following years of data gathering and testing with a combination of simulators and live technology trials in real-world environments, the team are focusing on the complex arrival and departure aspects such as where the vehicle can pull up and park or establishing procedures for reaching properties behind gates.

William Sachiti explained:

As a small company, to get things done quickly, we try to follow the path of least resistance. We began deliveries in Hounslow where one of our partners, Eurovia UK, are based. My own local community is the next location and were keen to hear from other local authorities to determine wheres next.

In late January the team began driving the Kar-go delivery bot in Surrey to scan the proposed delivery routes in preparation for using the vehicle to make semi-autonomous deliveries from mid-February. The AI has been designed with multiple fail-safe layers and in line with current regulations for testing autonomous vehicles there will be a safety driver in the vehicle at all times and the team will gradually increase the degree of autonomy used as the trials progress.

How it worksKar-go focuses on the small shoe-boxed sized parcels, where delivery could account for a third of the price of the item. Most of that cost is incurred in the last-mile, delivering from a depot to a home. Kar-go aims to reduce this cost by as much as 90%. Inside the vehicle is a patented package management system which can sort packages on the move ensuring that the recipient can only access the compartment containing their goods.

Providing a more convenient customer experience by delivering on demand, it will ultimately work in conjunction with an app. The recipient is notified that Kar-go is near and can follow the vehicle as it arrives via the app. They can then meet Kar-go as they would a pre-booked taxi. Using the app to open the vehicle hatch, Kar-go will then present them with their goods. For the trials, they will use a basic version of this system.

Founded by graduates and professors who met at the University of Aberystwyth in Wales, Academy of Robotics have developed and patented a specialist form of AI for Kar-gos operating system. It uses algorithms based on evolution which can learn and 'self-optimise' in real-time to make the best decisions.

William Sachiti, CEO and Founder of Academy of Robotics adds:

What makes Kar-go magical for me is that we applied artificial intelligence and robotics in a useful, but good way: the technology is there when it is needed and out of the way when it isn't. Unlike many iterations of artificial intelligence systems on the internet today that want something from you or want to keep you in some app or drive you to make buying decisions, we don't.

Notes to editorsFull company information for Academy of Robotics and images are available here http://bit.ly/Kar-goTomorrowToday including video footage of Kar-go on the roads in Banstead, Surrey http://bit.ly/Kar-goSurrey

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SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Fetch Robotics, the leader in cloud robotics, today announced itsnew PalletTransport1500, an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) that supports cross-docking, returns and case picking workflowsfor contactless pallet transport in distribution centers. The PalletTransport1500 will utilize Honeywell Intelligrated's Momentum warehouse execution system software, known as Momentum WES, to safely move pallets and other large payloads up to 1136kg (2504 lbs.). Honeywell's Intelligrated's turnkey Pallet Conveyance solution, powered by Momentum WES and the PalletTransport1500, is designed to support workflows for e-commerce fulllment, store replenishment and wholesale distribution center operations.

With next and even same-day delivery quickly becoming expected service levels, distribution centers today are under immense pressure to meet rising consumer expectations with a limited labor supply. To contend with growing order volumes and accelerated order cycle times, many facilities have increased their reliance on forklifts despite the safety risks each year, over 11% of all forklifts are involved in an injury, and a single work site injury can cost facility owners an estimated $150,000. Additionally, with vendors demanding increasingly strict service level agreements and the diversity of SKUs exploding exponentially, it's no longer possible to keep up with delivery commitments just by hiring more people. Traditional warehouse workflows in which associates fulfill individual orders one at a time are breaking down, leading to inefficient pick paths through large warehousing facilities. This approach results in unnecessary travel time and reduced picking volume, a problem that is further exacerbated by rising order volumes.

"Even the most well-managed distribution centers are struggling to keep up with the ongoing growth of e-commerce, which is putting tremendous stress on facilities and warehouse associates to move goods in and out of facilities at record speed," said Fetch Chief Product Officer Stefan Nusser. "By combining Fetch's new PalletTransport1500 with Honeywell Intelligrated's Momentum WES, distribution and fulfillment centers will now be able to orchestrate every aspect of automated warehouse execution for maximum facility efficiency and safety."

The PalletTransport1500 consists of the Fetch Freight1500 AMR with an integrated lift and a pick-up and delivery station, and already conforms with the new ANSI/RIA R15.08 standard for autonomous mobile robots. When combined with Momentum WES, which is designed to address e-commerce fulfillment challenges by orchestrating nearly every aspect of automated warehouse execution, the PalletTransport1500 can manage long-haul material transport without any need for human involvement, saving the time spend of operating forklifts and freeing up workers for more value-added activities. By taking care of long-haul movements in the facility and keeping forklifts contained to inbound and outbound docks, the Pallet Conveyance solution reduces injuries and creates a safer, more efficient warehouse environment overall.

"To compete in the fast-paced, high-stakes world of e-commerce, modern distribution and fulfillment center operations are introducing increasing levels of automation. Too often these automated systems operate independently, performing very discrete tasks and processes," said Thomas Evans, CTO of Honeywell Robotics. "This collaboration with Fetch to have a turnkey solution with Momentum gives those in the e-commerce industry a competitive advantage that will optimize productivity, increase operational safety, and provide significant return on investment."

Through the integrated Pallet Conveyance solution, facilities can leverage the PalletTransport1500 to support a wide variety of workflows including:

This latest offering builds on Fetch's ongoing partnership with Honeywell, which combines the power of Honeywell software with Fetch's existing suite of AMRs to support autonomous workflows for smaller payloads. With the additional capabilities of the PalletTransport1500, the combined offering now supports picking and material movement workflows for payloads of all sizes, enabling a fully optimized warehouse environment.

About Fetch RoboticsFetch Robotics is an award-winning intralogistics automation company headquartered in Silicon Valley. By combining autonomous mobile robotics with the power of the cloud, the Fetch Cloud Robotics Platform provides on-demand automation solutions for material handling and inventory management, with the power to find, track, and move almost anything in any facility. Fetch Robotics' solutions and services are deployed in leading distribution, fulfillment, and manufacturing centers around the world, augmenting workforces to drive increased efficiency and productivity. For more information, please visit http://www.fetchrobotics.com or follow the company on Twitter @FetchRobotics.

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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio forecast the global sealing and dispensing robots market is expected to grow by USD 1.31 billion during 2021-2025 as per Technavio. This marks a significant market slow down compared to the 2020 growth estimates due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of 2020. However, healthy growth is expected to continue throughout the forecast period, and the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of almost 11%.

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The sealing and dispensing robots market is driven by the increase in industrial automation. In addition, the increase in 3D multi-imaging and image scanning is anticipated to boost the growth of the sealing and dispensing robots market.

Due to the shift in industries from manual tools and equipment to robotic solutions the demand for automation is increasing. For sealing and dispensing operations, the robots operate efficiently by increasing production and improving the quality of products. The vision systems, increased payload capacity, multi-axis dimensions, and increased arm length for extended reach allows robots to work with more complex objects. Due to COVID-19, several industries were hindered as the governments had declared the closure of operations industries. However, these end-user industries increased the adoption of automation for their critical manufacturing operations. Therefore, with the increasing adoption of factory automation, the demand for sealing and dispensing robots will increase during the forecast period.

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Major Five Sealing and Dispensing Robots Companies:

ABB Ltd.

ABB Ltd. operates the business through Electrification, Industrial Automation, Motion, Robotics & Discrete Automation, and Corporate and Other. The company offers an Integrated Dispensing Function Package, a complete set of dispensing components such as electrically driven dosers, applicators, hoses, material temperature conditioning units, among others.

DAIHEN Corp.

DAIHEN Corp. operates the business through Power Transmission & Distribution Products, Welding & Mechatronics, Advanced Components, and Other. The company offers FD-B4S, a 7-axis robot with a conventional welding system in different payload systems, including medium, low, and high payloads.

Dover Corp.

Dover Corp. operates the business through Engineered Products, Fueling Solutions, Imaging and Identification, Pumps and Process Solutions, and Refrigeration and Food Equipment. The company offers smart sealing and dispensing robots through its brand, Techcon.

FANUC Corp.

FANUC Corp. operates the business through FA, ROBOT, ROBOMACHINE, and Service. The company offers automotive adhesive dispensing robots used in a wide variety of applications such as arc welding, assembly, CNC milling, CNC motion control, and CNC turning among others.

Graco Inc.

Graco Inc. operates the business through Industrial, Process, and Contractor. The company offers a line of automated adhesive dispense systems such as UniXact Benchtop Jetting Systems and UniXact Dispensing Cells.

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Software and services provider PickNik Robotics leverages commercial and open source software, including Robot Operating, to provide its customers with advanced motion control and manipulation solutions.

By Dan Kara | December 22, 2020

Editors Note: Robotics Business Reviews coverage emphasizes innovation, including start-up companies (or young companies). RBR Start-Up Profiles highlight individual start-up companies using a consistent, templated format that makes for quick, yet informed reading, that also simplifies comparative analysis.

Founder Dave Coleman (Co-Founder and CEO)

Funding Status Picknik Robotics is self funded at this time.

PickNik Robotics offers a suite of software libraries to make robotic manipulation more capable, including open source and commercially licensed technologies.

Primary Target Markets Defense / Security, Healthcare / Medical, Logistics / Supply Chain

Technology / Product / Service(s) PickNik Robotics offers a suite of software libraries to make robotic manipulation more capable, including open source and commercially licensed technologies.

Value Proposition As robots move out of the carefully arranged factories and more into unstructured, collaborative environments, it becomes harder and harder to understand the systems limitations and rigorously test every corner case. PickNik Robotics increases their customers confidence in selling or deploying robotics automation by providing a fall back mechanism that serves as a stop-gap while whatever root issue is addressed or software improved to their robotics system.

Demand Drivers PickNik Robotics save their customers money by increasing the uptime of their system, which results in better cycle time, increased output, and/or happier customers. The company also enables robotic minimally viable products (MVPs) to be rolled out sooner, because the MoveIt Studio solution can be dropped in and enable a suite of instant functionality. On-demand, remote assistance from a call center affords all these benefits at a fraction of the price of keeping troubleshooters on-site at each location for low-frequency intervention.

PickNik Robotics has had commercial contracts with approximately 50 companies to date, and many collaborative partnerships in the open source community.

Business Model A freemium (open source) model has already gained 1,000s of non-paying users of PickNik Robotics MoveIt software. Many of these users are at leading robotics companies. PickNik Robotics current monetization strategy is selling engineering services and support. They have already begun selling software licenses as a premium upgrade. Some of the licenses are per-robot seat, non-recurring. Others are based on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) monthly subscription model.

Partners PickNik Robotics has had commercial contracts with approximately 50 companies to date, and many collaborative partnerships in the open source community. Our partners include Amazon, Microsoft, Open Robotics, Intel, Hello Robot, Motive Mechatronics, and AppliedLogix.

Customers AppliedLogix, Rapyuta Robotics, Tethers Unlimited, Realtime Robotics, Numurus, and Franka Emika. The company has additional customers which prefer to remain anonymous.

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DUBLIN, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Market By Offering, By End User, By Region, Industry Analysis and Forecast, 2020 - 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Market size is expected to reach $145.5 billion by 2026, rising at a market growth of 24.6% CAGR during the forecast period. Autonomous mobile robots are responsible for performing informed and un-coerced tasks in a very precise way. Autonomous mobile robots are functional in various fields like household cleaning, maintenance, delivery of goods & services, space flight, and wastewater treatment. Generally, autonomous mobile robots are present as a separate unit in an industry, but it is within the strict limitations of the direct environment. It is because, in an industrial autonomous mobile robot, the factory workplace is challenging. These challenges are in terms that workplace function in as the processes are expected to contain unpredictable, and chaotic variables.

These robots are largely adopted for personal uses, like companionship and entertainment, it becomes the key driving factor for the growth of the market. There is a growing demand for automated ground vehicles (AGVs) of warehouse automation and it is another factor that is boosting the market growth. Professional robots are adapted for medical applications, like surgery assistance, and laboratory automation is one of the major factors that is driving the market. Though, warehouse automation is the latest trend witnessed in the industry and AGVs play a very dynamic role in the warehouse automation process. Additionally, the robots also help the logistic companies for achieving a short- to medium-term payback period and offer a greater return on investment (ROI).

The development of IoT and AI has given a new aspect in developing the idea that robots can interact with humans. Moreover, the development of MEMS and sensors, and improvements in visualization technology have enhanced the accuracy and efficiency of mobile robots. The mobile robot market is continuously growing for domestic applications it results from modernization and innovation in the field of robotics. Advancements in technologies and research activities have resulted in the development of domestic cleaning robots, and they are very helpful for humans to perform ordinary tasks.

Based on Offering, the market is segmented into Services, Software and Robotic System. Robotic Segment is further segmented across Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UGV), Unmanned Maritime Vehicle (UGV) and Humanoid. Based on End User, the market is segmented into Logistics & Warehousing, Agriculture & Forestry, Healthcare, Manufacturing & Mining, Residential, Military & Defense and Others. Based on Regions, the market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, Middle East & Africa.

The major strategies followed by the market participants are Product Launches and Partnerships. Based on the Analysis presented in the Cardinal matrix; Midea Group Co., Ltd. and Honeywell International, Inc. are the forerunners in the Autonomous Mobile Robots Market. Companies such as BAE Systems PLC, Teradyne, Inc., The Boeing Company, and Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd., Omron Corporation, QinetiQ Group PLC, L3Harris Technologies, Inc., and Thales Group S.A. are some of the key innovators in the market.

The market research report covers the analysis of key stake holders of the market. Key companies profiled in the report include BAE Systems PLC, Honeywell International, Inc., L3Harris Technologies, Inc., Omron Corporation, Thales Group S.A., Midea Group Co., Ltd., The Boeing Company (Boeing Aircraft Holding Company), Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. (Temasek Holdings Private Limited), QinetiQ Group PLC (The Carlyle Group) and Teradyne, Inc. (Mobile Industrial Robots A/S).

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Chapter 1. Market Scope & Methodology1.1 Market Definition1.2 Objectives1.3 Market Scope1.4 Segmentation1.4.1 Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Market, by Offering1.4.2 Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Market, by End User1.4.3 Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Market, by Geography1.5 Methodology for the research

Chapter 2. Market Overview2.1 Introduction2.1.1 Overview2.1.2 Executive Summary2.1.3 Market Composition and Scenario2.2 Key Factors Impacting the Market2.2.1 Market Drivers2.2.2 Market Restraints

Chapter 3. Competition Analysis - Global3.1 Cardinal Matrix3.2 Recent Industry Wide Strategic Developments3.2.1 Partnerships, Collaborations and Agreements3.2.2 Product Launches and Product Expansions3.2.3 Geographical Expansions3.2.4 Acquisition and Mergers3.3 Top Winning Strategies3.3.1 Key Leading Strategies: Percentage Distribution (2016-2020)3.3.2 Key Strategic Move: (Product Launches and Product Expansions : 2017, Apr - 2020, Sep) Leading Players

Chapter 4. Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Offering4.1 Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Services Market by Region4.2 Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Software Market by Region4.3 Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Robotic System Market by Region4.4 Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Robotic System Type4.4.1.1 Global Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region4.4.1.2 Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region4.4.1.3 Global Unmanned Maritime Vehicle (UMV) Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region4.4.1.4 Global Humanoid Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region

Chapter 5. Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by End Use5.1 Global Logistics & Warehousing Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region5.2 Global Agriculture & Forestry Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region5.3 Global Healthcare Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region5.4 Global Manufacturing & Mining Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region5.5 Global Residential Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region5.6 Global Military & Defense Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region5.7 Global Others Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region

Chapter 6. Global Autonomous Mobile Robots Market by Region6.1 North America Autonomous Mobile Robots Market6.2 Europe Autonomous Mobile Robots Market6.3 Asia Pacific Autonomous Mobile Robots Market6.4 LAMEA Autonomous Mobile Robots Market

Chapter 7. Company Profiles7.1 BAE Systems PLC7.1.1 Company Overview7.1.2 Financial Analysis7.1.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis7.1.4 Research & Development Expenses7.1.5 Recent strategies and developments:7.1.5.1 Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements:7.1.5.2 Acquisition and Mergers:7.1.5.3 Product Launches and Product Expansions:7.1.6 SWOT Analysis7.2 Honeywell International, Inc.7.2.1 Company Overview7.2.2 Financial Analysis7.2.3 Regional & Segmental Analysis7.2.4 Research & Development Expenses7.2.5 Recent strategies and developments:7.2.5.1 Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements:7.2.5.2 Acquisition and Mergers:7.2.5.3 Product Launches and Product Expansions:7.2.5.4 Geographical Expansions:7.2.6 SWOT Analysis7.3 L3Harris Technologies, Inc.7.3.1 Company Overview7.3.2 Financial Analysis7.3.3 Regional & Segmental Analysis7.3.4 Research & Development Expenses7.3.5 Recent strategies and developments:7.3.5.1 Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements:7.3.6 SWOT Analysis7.4 Omron Corporation7.4.1 Company Overview7.4.2 Financial Analysis7.4.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis7.4.4 Research & Development Expense7.4.5 Recent strategies and developments:7.4.5.1 Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements:7.4.5.2 Product Launches and Product Expansions:7.4.6 SWOT Analysis7.5 Thales Group S.A.7.5.1 Company Overview7.5.2 Financial Analysis7.5.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis7.5.4 Research and Development Expense7.5.5 SWOT Analysis7.6 Midea Group Co., Ltd.7.6.1 Company Overview7.6.2 Financial Analysis7.6.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis7.6.4 Research and Development Expense7.6.5 Recent strategies and developments:7.6.5.1 Product Launches and Product Expansions:7.7 The Boeing Company (Boeing Aircraft Holding Company)7.7.1 Company Overview7.7.2 Financial Analysis7.7.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis7.7.4 Research and Development Expense7.7.5 Recent strategies and developments:7.7.5.1 Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements:7.7.5.2 Acquisition and Mergers:7.8 Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. (Temasek Holdings Private Limited)7.8.1 Company Overview7.8.2 Financial Analysis7.8.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis7.8.4 Recent strategies and developments:7.8.4.1 Acquisition and Mergers:7.8.4.2 Product Launches and Product Expansions:7.9 QinetiQ Group PLC (The Carlyle Group)7.9.1 Company Overview7.9.2 Financial Analysis7.9.3 Regional Analysis7.9.4 Research and Development Expense7.9.5 Recent strategies and developments:7.9.5.1 Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements:7.10. Teradyne, Inc. (Mobile Industrial Robots A/S)7.10.1 Company Overview7.10.2 Financial Analysis7.10.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis7.10.4 Recent strategies and developments:7.10.4.1 Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements:7.10.4.2 Product Launches and Product Expansions:7.10.4.3 Geographical Expansions

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Thailand will equip vocational students with skills to work alongside and maintain factory robots to cater anticipated demand for 200,000 robotics-trained workers by 2024, the Bangkok Post reported.

The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (OVEC) will oversee the scheme, which is part of the revamped Thailand vocation education system project launched in October.

The scheme comes at a crucial time when factories are moving from China to Thailand, and the urgent need to fill the gap for robotics-trained workers grows as many of these factories automate with robotics.

Monthon Paksuwan, OVEC deputy secretary-general said during the recently concluded 5 New S-curve webinar that education policymakers have already forged partnerships with private firms to offer upskilling courses in robotics

He added that the scheme will begin with mechatronics and robotic courses of the Human Capital Excellent Center (HCEC), which are taught to a total of 5,200 students annually at 161 private and state schools across the country.

The HCEC is also launching special courses to retrain teachers and help them keep up with changing robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

Robotics thrive despite COVID-19 pandemic

In the last 11 months between January to November, the automation and robotics industry players in Thailand have invested a total of 651-million baht up from 29-million baht last year.

Previously, Thailand used 3,000-4,000 units of industrial robotics, but this has risen to 10,000-20,000 units to replace the human workforce, particularly migrant workers," Djitt Laowattana, executive adviser of the Eastern Economic Corridor Human Development Center (EEC HDC), told the Bangkok Post.

In the EEC, demand for robotic-skilled workforce has jumped from around 30,000 to 50,000 after the pandemic.

Furthermore, by early 2021, the EEC area will be ready for the 5G network that would move the country towards Industry 4.0, Laowattana said. Smart manufacturing will take shape with the integration of automation, Internet of Things (IoT), big data and cloud in the production process.

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AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Harmonic Bionics, Inc. announced today that they will be partnering with Korean-based H Robotics, Inc. to assist with the US distribution of rebless, a smart rehabilitation device and recent recipient of a CES 2021 Innovation Award in the Health and Wellness category.

rebless is an FDA-registered robotic, exercise therapy device for both upper and lower limbs, providing motion to the elbow, wrist, ankle, and knee joints. With multiple operating modes, rebless allows for passive, active, and active-assisted range of motion and exercise, so therapy can be customized based on each individual patient's condition and progress.

rebless is controlled through an app downloaded onto the patient's smart phone or mobile device. Care providers will use the rebless Clinic software to prescribe exercise regimens, manage and export patient output, and perform telemedicine visits.

"An aging population and increasing rates of neurological and musculoskeletal disorders could lead to a shortage in access to proper therapy for patients," said H Robotics CEO Dr. Ig-Mo Koo. "We designed rebless to help facilitate teletherapy making it easier to receive care, while its programmability and automation helps deliver the precise repetitions needed for recovery."

"In a time when access to healthcare is a challenge, we are excited to help bring this unique product to the US market," said Harmonic Bionics CEO Christopher Prentice. "We believe rebless meets the quadruple aim of healthcare by addressing outcomes, costs, the clinical experience, and the patient experience in a positive manner. Home therapy assisted by telemedicine can increase access and compliance to needed therapy, leading to better outcomes. rebless has the potential to advance the rehabilitation process and enhance the experience for patients and providers."

Visit HRoboticsInc.com or contact [emailprotected] for more information on rebless. Harmonic Bionics plans to begin virtual demonstrations in January 2021.

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Harmonic Bionics aims to empower patients and their care providers by designing intelligent technology that facilitates data-driven treatment for neurological and musculoskeletal movement impairments. Our flagship product, Harmony SHR, is a bilateral, upper-extremity exoskeleton dynamically designed to provide unique value in three areas of practice: neuroscience and movement science research, movement disorder assessment/diagnostics, and rehabilitation. We intend to optimize upper-extremity therapy with Harmony SHR by enabling early intervention, increasing functional repetition, and employing patient-specific intent-based therapy through novel exercises.

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H Robotics develops, manufactures, and distributes state-of-the-art rehabilitation solutions, including medical robots and data-driven, telemedicine offerings for people who suffer with stroke complications and other neurological or musculoskeletal diseases. By leveraging our strengths in software and robotic technology, we aim to create products and services that provide value to our customers and contribute to a healthier world and a happier life.

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If life in Russia seems far removed from drones, smart assistants and robotic vacuum cleaners, we have news for you: Russian robotics and robots are alive and kicking. They disinfect buildings, deliver parcels, put out fires, work the land and serve the public. We list the 5 most out-of-this-world (yet firmly in it).

Robotics firm Promobot, based in the Ural city of Perm, has created several robots of particular relevance in these pandemic-hit times: remote temperature measurement stations, a robot disinfector and a consultant robot for medical institutions, which can measure temperature and other vital signs.

Promobot Thermocontrol is an autonomous terminal for non-contact temperature measurement in high-footfall areas. The measurement takes no more than 5 seconds and is accurate to within 0.2C.

Meanwhile, the Scorpion disinfector robot looks like a small tank. It is controlled remotely, using ultrasonic sensors and the GPS/GLONASS navigation systems to overcome obstacles, such as stairs and curbs. The robot is equipped with a cistern containing a disinfectant liquid and a spray device.

Russian company Copter Express Technologies (COEX) develops unpiloted aerial vehicles, including for delivery of small cargo instead of human couriers. For example, the COEX Pelican mini-quadcopter is capable of delivering a parcel weighing up to 2 kg; its top speed is 75 km/h with a delivery range of 5 km. Not bad.

Agrobot is not just a robot, but an entire autopilot system for agricultural machinery, which automates many farming tasks, making the process faster and more focused, eliminating the human factor.

Aurora Robotics' creation is able to cultivate lands in remote areas and harsh climates, can operate at night and in smoke or fog, and is not afraid of cold weather or precipitation.

Such systems herald the era of precision farming: to robot eyes, fields are not uniform different zones need different amounts of fertilization.

The ROIN RTP-M heavy hydraulic robot, built by Intehros, is designed to extinguish oil and gas gushers and blowouts. Any accident at a well can easily turn into an environmental disaster and pose a huge risk to emergency response teams.

The RTP-M keeps humans well away from the danger zone, and can extinguish a blaze at a distance of 1.5 km. The Russian company has near-term plans to unveil its already patented invention on the Middle East market.

Kiki is a next-generation interactive mobile service robot, able to hold a conversation with a person (using a self-learning neural network) and mimic human gestures. The robot has 17 degrees of freedom (in robotics, this means movable joints) and boasts a wide range of facial expressions and gestures; it can rotate its neck and body, and sensitive zones on the body react to touch.

Kikis main task is to attract attention. Plus, it can place orders, take payments and converse with human clients.

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Robots dont always get a good rep. Theyre depicted in sci-fi movies taking over the world or (more immediately) taking peoples jobs. The truth is, we owe a lot to robots and the people who create them. They do a world of goodquite literallyso its about time they get their due. Lets dive into how were using robotics to help the environment and save the planet.

Stated by Ecorobotics, bots can be used to clean up oil spills and fight biofouling. Some of them can even ingest microbes and turn them into energy. A robot can function for months using this method, and generates more energy than it consumes. In non-oil-related cleanup efforts, robots can be used to collect plastic wastea dire need for our polluted oceans. Robots are slowly helping us reverse this danger.

Humans constantly produce waste that needs to be disposed of in an environmentally friendly way. Automating waste treatment and recycling procedures can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions that come from these procedures. They can help sort recycled materials more quickly than humans, too, so the products can be put to use sooner.

Robots can also collect sludge and waste materials from industrial tanksa much safer and efficient alternative to a human employee scrubbing toxic material. They can remove waste and transport it to an appropriate place so it doesnt seep into our water supply or soil.

Planting trees helps stop climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the air and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere. Engineers are focusing on robotics that plant fully grown treesrather than seedlingsbecause they have a better chance of survival. Forests are incredibly important. Not only do they clean the air, but they also create a thriving habitat for animals; theyre critical to a healthy food chain and ecosystem. Deforestation can easily upset the balance, and robots are helping us prevent this.

Robots are helping to prevent soil erosion as well. Normally, sheet piles are driven into the ground with a pile driver. The process is loud, dangerous for surrounding structures, and requires lots of toxic pollutants to complete the job. With new, eco-friendly vibrational mechanisms, sheet piles can be driven into the ground using minimal gas and energy.

Special bots also help with soil sustainability. They are able to detect chemical levels in the soil so that humans can assess and take proper measures to protect it. Identifying the problem is the first step to a solution, after all.

When we combine the efforts of people and robots in just the right way, we can save the environment. Our world is our only homewe can show it some love by using man-made solutions to clean up our man-made messes, protecting it for the future.

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The JTA is currently working with local colleges, medical campuses, and other partners to create the nation's first public transportation network powered by autonomous vehicles. GreenPower's fully autonomous EV Star, developed in collaboration with Perrone Robotics, is expected to enter service in February 2021 after an initial calibration period.

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Brendan Riley, President of GreenPower commented, "We are seeing a dramatic increase in autonomous vehicle demand and this vehicle demonstrates the compelling marriage of advanced technologies with the customer's own unique requirements. An autonomous vehicle like our EV Star really opens the door for other automated applications, such as delivery services, and we really see a wide-open market. With a fully autonomous EV Star, GreenPower can lead the way in this exciting, disruptive space."

Ryne Shetterly, VP of Sales and Marketing at GreenPower added, "The collaboration between Perrone Robotics and GreenPower Motor Company has proved successful and we are excited to deliver the first unit to JTA." Shetterly continued, "As a result, we are in the process of building a second unit in partnership with both First Transit and Perrone Robotics for a nationwide sales demo tour scheduled to begin in March 2021. First Transit is one of the leading transit solutions providers to transit properties all across country and this tour will allow GreenPower to leverage their reach and influence within the space."

About GreenPower Motor Company Inc.GreenPower designs, builds and distributes a full suite of high-floor and low-floor vehicles, including transit buses, school buses, shuttles, a cargo van and a double decker. GreenPower employs a clean-sheet design to manufacture all-electric buses that are purpose built to be battery powered with zero emissions. GreenPower integrates global suppliers for key components, such as Siemens or TM4 for the drive motors, Knorr for the brakes, ZF for the axles and Parker for the dash and control systems. This OEM platform allows GreenPower to meet the specifications of various operators while providing standard parts for ease of maintenance and accessibility for warranty requirements. For further information go to http://www.greenpowerbus.com

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A few days ago, Robotics Today hosted an online seminar with Professor Carlotta Berry from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. In her talk, Carlotta presented the multidisciplinary benefits of robotics in engineering education. In is worth highlighting that Carlotta Berry is one of the 30 women in robotics you need to know about in 2020.

This presentation summarizes the multidisciplinary benefits of robotics in engineering education. I will describe how it is used at a primarily undergraduate institution to encourage robotics education and research. There will be a review of how robotics is used in several courses to illustrate engineering design concepts as well as controls, artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction, and software development. This will be a multimedia presentation of student projects in freshman design, mobile robotics, independent research and graduate theses.

Carlotta A. Berry is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She has a bachelors degree in mathematics from Spelman College, bachelors degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, masters in electrical engineering from Wayne State University, and PhD from Vanderbilt University. She is one of a team of faculty in ECE, ME and CSSE at Rose-Hulman to create and direct the first multidisciplinary minor in robotics. She is the Co-Director of the NSF S-STEM Rose Building Undergraduate Diversity (ROSE-BUD) Program and advisor for the National Society of Black Engineers. She was previously the President of the Technical Editor Board for the ASEE Computers in Education Journal. Dr. Berry has been selected as one of 30 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About 2020 by robohub.org, Reinvented Magazine Interview of the Year Award on Purpose and Passion, Women and Hi Tech Leading Light Award You Inspire Me and Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Women in STEM. She has taught undergraduate courses in Human-Robot Interaction, Mobile Robotics, circuits, controls, signals and system, freshman and senior design. Her research interests are in robotics education, interface design, human-robot interaction, and increasing underrepresented populations in STEM fields. She has a special passion for diversifying the engineering profession by encouraging more women and underrepresented minorities to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees. She feels that the profession should reflect the world that we live in in order to solve the unique problems that we face.

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in 2020, robotics and their artificial intelligence truly became humans best friends and even saviors in many instances. the bots proved to be more than just cool gadgets; they evolved to step in as doctors, law-enforcement and builders as the world was and still is battling to understand, control and live with COVID-19. our TOP 10 robotic and artificial intelligence stories of 2020 highlight these moments of positivity. they showcase our smart technologies in function, from artistic, musical and conceptual through to the down-right practical.

continuing ourTOP 10round-ups of 2020, we look back at 10 virtual and augmented reality stories that attracted our and, most importantly, designboom readers attention over the past 12 months.

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based in amsterdam, bas uterwijk is a freelance photographer that uses GAN (generative adversarial network) to generate hyper-realistic portraits of famous historical figures.trained with thousands of photographs, these deep learning networks are able to generate photographs that look at least superficially genuine to the human eye. from michelangelos david and napoleon to the statue of liberty, uterwijk usesartificial intelligenceto create photography-type images that might give us an idea of how these people really looked like.

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out TOP 10 robotic and artificial intelligence stories of 2020 needed to include our battle against coronavirus. as the world was faced with the initial challenge of COVID-19 as the pandemic first started robots began to be designed to help the fight by disinfecting hospital rooms with concentrated UV light.developed by danish companyUVD robots,the autonomous machines are used as part of regular cleaning cycles and are extremely helpful at preventing and reducing the spread of infectious diseases, viral infections, bacteria and other types of harmful organic microorganisms in the environment by breaking down their DNA-structure.

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the business breakthrough university in tokyo, who werent allowed to have a traditional graduation ceremony due to coronavirus, used remote controlled robots to hold a virtual graduation. also referred to as avatar robots, students called into the ceremony using video-conferencing tool zoom to display their faces on the mobile devices. the newme telepresence robots were designed byANA group and work as remotely controlled, customizable avatars. the robots, which were dressed in typical graduation caps and gowns, used tablets in place of the face allowing the students to see one another.

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as a bot that featured many times throughout 2020, the boston dynamics spot dog was a must-feature in our TOP 10 robotic and artificial intelligence stories of 2020. the brand explored its many different uses: first we reported how the dog bot is protecting frontline healthcare workers by helping doctors treat infected patients by minimizing their exposure; then, the strait timespublished a video of how singapore is deploying them at the bishan-ang mo kio park to remind visitors of safesocial distancingmeasures.

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architecture firmfoster + partners has also been using spot boston dynamics agile robot dog as a tool to capture and monitor construction progression on-site.the two companies have been working together to explore the potential of a robot in a dynamic environment such as a construction site, capturing changes on a regular basis, and being able to easily compare the as-designed models against the as-built reality.

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terminus group, a chinese technology firm,unveiled a design by bjarke ingels groupfor its future headquarters in chongqing,china.named AI CITY, the development will be dedicated to terminus aspirations in the fields ofartificial intelligenceof things (AIoT),robotics, networking, and big data. the first phase of the hi-tech campus, dubbed cloud valley, takes inspiration from the regions undulating landscape.

edge innovations a san francisco-based design, development, and production studio has delivered some of the worlds most innovative, technical and artistic creations to visionaries including james cameron andfrank gehry.the team, led by formerwalt disney imagineeringcreatives, has been working on a hyper-realroboticdolphin intended on reimagining the entertainment, educational, and business potential of the marine animal industry. these real-time animatronics (or mechatronic puppets) bring together live puppeteering, programmed behavior, andartificial intelligenceto create a totally unique experience.

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bjrk collaborated with microsoft to create AI-generated music based on on the changing weather patterns and position of the sun. called krsafn, which means choir archive in icelandic, the composition will be played continuously in the lobby of sister city, a hotel in new yorks lower east side that opened in the spring of 2019.krsafn uses sounds from bjrks musical archives, which she has compiled over the last 17 years, to create new arrangements.

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koreon start-up neofect developed a roboticglove which can help patients suffering from paralysis for grabbing and picking up the product prototype, named neomano, is a smart glove designed to help those rehabilitating after a stroke and spinal cord injuries (SCI).SCI can cause weakness or complete loss of muscle function and loss of sensation in the body below the level of injury, among others.

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our TOP 10 robotic and artificial intelligence stories of 2020 would not be complete without mention of the black lives matter movement. a giant gundamrobot showed its first signs of life in footage shared on social media. modeled after a character from mobile suit gundam, a 1979 televised anime series, the 18-meter-tall (59 ft) robot has been under construction in the japanese city of yokohama for years. filmed at the gundam factory yokohama, the speeded-up video shows the automaton taking a knee before demonstrating its ability to move its arms, hands, and fingers.

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Dublin, Dec. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "COVID-19 Impact on Industrial Robotics - Global Market Outlook (2019-2027)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Global Industrial Robotics market accounted for $39.64 billion in 2019 and is expected to reach $101.72 billion by 2027 growing at a CAGR of 12.5% during the forecast period.

Some of the key factors propelling the market growth include Dearth of skilled labor and solicitation of proposals by governments, public-private companies to mitigate the adverse impact of COVID-19, increasing investments for innovations and automation in industries. However, high installation cost of industrial robots, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises is likely to hamper the market.

An industrial robot is a robot system used in manufacturing industries. These are automated, programmable and capable of movement on three or more axis. In simple terms, it is described as a programmable, mechanical device used in place of a person to perform dangerous or repetitive tasks with a high degree of accuracy. They are designed specifically for different applications such as welding, painting, assembly, pick and place for printed circuit boards, packaging and labeling, palletizing, product inspection, and testing in manufacturing industries.

By end user, automotive segment is anticipated to grow at the significant rate during the forecast period. The automotive industry continues to use industrial robots in their assembly line. The industry has seen the most extensive use for robots in manufacturing and assembling components such as engines, chassis, axles, and brakes. The automotive industry is one of the largest users of industrial robots; however, the market is expected to be severely affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has hindered production and significantly reduced consumer demand. Due to this, vehicle manufacturers are expected to reduce their investments in automation, affecting the market for industrial robots.

On the basis of geography, APAC is projected to have considerable market growth during the forecast period, owing to decrease in the sales of industrial robots in countries like China due to the falling demand from the automotive sector and the effects of the US-China trade war. The automotive and electrical & electronics industries are the most important drivers for traditional industrial robots in APAC. Although China is expected to witness a decline in growth from 2020 onwards, due to trade restrictions and the COVID-19 pandemic, it is still likely to remain a significant market in APAC.

Some of the key players in the Industrial Robotics Market include FANUC, KUKA, Omron Adept, Doosan Robotics, ABB Group, Yaskawa Electric Corporation, Durr AG, Cyberdyne, Stryker, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, B+M Surface Systems, Bosch Group, General Electric, Northrop Grumman, Denso Corporation, Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp., Seiko Epson Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

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Key Topics Covered:

1 Executive Summary

2 Preface2.1 Abstract 2.2 Stake Holders 2.3 Research Scope 2.4 Research Methodology 2.5 Research Sources

3 Market Trend Analysis3.1 Introduction 3.2 Drivers 3.3 Restraints 3.4 Opportunities 3.5 Threats 3.6 End User Analysis 3.7 Emerging Markets 3.8 Impact of Covid-19

4 Porters Five Force Analysis4.1 Bargaining power of suppliers 4.2 Bargaining power of buyers 4.3 Threat of substitutes 4.4 Threat of new entrants 4.5 Competitive rivalry

5 Global COVID-19 Impact on Industrial Robotics Market, By Type5.1 Introduction 5.2 Traditional Industrial Robots 5.2.1 Parallel/Delta Robots 5.2.2 Cartesian/Gantry/Linear Robots 5.2.3 Articulated Robots 5.2.4 SCARA Robots 5.3 Vacuum Robotics 5.4 Laser Processing Robotics 5.5 Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) 5.6 Collaborative Robots 5.7 Other Robots 5.7.1 Swing Arm 5.7.2 Cylindrical 5.7.3 Spherical

6 Global COVID-19 Impact on Industrial Robotics Market, By Function6.1 Introduction 6.2 Material Handling 6.3 Cutting and Processing 6.4 Assembling & Disassembling 6.5 Painting & Dispensing 6.6 Soldering & Welding 6.7 Milling & Grinding

7 Global COVID-19 Impact on Industrial Robotics Market, By Configuration7.1 Introduction 7.2 Mobile Robots 7.3 Mounted Robots

8 Global COVID-19 Impact on Industrial Robotics Market, By Payload8.1 Introduction 8.2 0-20 KG 8.3 20-80 KG 8.4 80-300 KG 8.5 300-1000 KG 8.6 1000-3000 KG

9 Global COVID-19 Impact on Industrial Robotics Market, By Component9.1 Introduction 9.2 End Effector 9.3 Drive 9.4 Sensors 9.5 Power Supply 9.6 Motors 9.7 Robot Controller Unit 9.8 Robotic Arm

10 Global COVID-19 Impact on Industrial Robotics Market, By End User10.1 Introduction 10.2 Precision Engineering and Optics 10.3 Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics 10.4 Automotive 10.5 Electrical and Electronics 10.6 Metals and Machinery 10.7 Chemicals, Rubber, and Plastics 10.8 Food & Beverages 10.9 Construction 10.10 Home Appliances 10.11 Agriculture

11 Global COVID-19 Impact on Industrial Robotics Market, By Subsystem11.1 Introduction 11.2 Software 11.3 Robot Machines 11.4 Peripherals & System Engineering

12 Global COVID-19 Impact on Industrial Robotics Market, By Geography12.1 Introduction 12.2 North America 12.2.1 US 12.2.2 Canada 12.2.3 Mexico 12.3 Europe 12.3.1 Germany 12.3.2 UK 12.3.3 Italy 12.3.4 France 12.3.5 Spain 12.3.6 Rest of Europe 12.4 Asia Pacific 12.4.1 Japan 12.4.2 China 12.4.3 India 12.4.4 Australia 12.4.5 New Zealand 12.4.6 South Korea 12.4.7 Rest of Asia Pacific 12.5 South America 12.5.1 Argentina 12.5.2 Brazil 12.5.3 Chile 12.5.4 Rest of South America 12.6 Middle East & Africa 12.6.1 Saudi Arabia 12.6.2 UAE 12.6.3 Qatar 12.6.4 South Africa 12.6.5 Rest of Middle East & Africa

13 Key Developments13.1 Agreements, Partnerships, Collaborations and Joint Ventures 13.2 Acquisitions & Mergers 13.3 New Product Launch 13.4 Expansions 13.5 Other Key Strategies

14 Company Profiling14.1 FANUC 14.2 KUKA 14.3 Omron Adept 14.4 Doosan Robotics 14.5 ABB Group 14.6 Yaskawa Electric Corporation 14.7 Durr AG 14.8 Cyberdyne 14.9 Stryker 14.10 Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. 14.11 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 14.12 B+M Surface Systems 14.13 Bosch Group 14.14 General Electric 14.15 Northrop Grumman 14.16 Denso Corporation 14.17 Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. 14.18 Seiko Epson Corporation 14.19 Panasonic Corporation 14.20 Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

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The majority of the literature on urologic robotic surgery centers around the transperitoneal approach. However, the robotic retroperitoneal approach is gaining momentum. The minimally invasive retroperitoneal approach to renal surgery was initially developed in the 1990s by urologists performing laparoscopic nephrectomies for benign conditions.1 They found that patients undergoing retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy resumed normal oral intake faster and had a trend toward lower postoperative narcotic requirements compared to their transperitoneal counterparts. Other groups adopted this technique and demonstrated shorter operative time,2,3 warm ischemia time, and hospital stay.3 However, the challenge of laparoscopic suturing in the retroperitoneal space may have prevented the widespread adoption of this approach. In the 2000s, urologists quickly embraced the robotic platform and now routinely perform robotic renal surgery employing the benefits of instrument articulation and 3D view.

These improvements in robotic technology have reinvigorated interest in retroperitoneal access for renal surgery. The robotic retroperitoneal approach again has been shown to decrease the length of hospital stay,4-6 decrease intraoperative blood loss,4,5 and shorten operative time.5,7 It offers direct access to the kidney without the need to mobilize the bowel and provides an avenue for urologists to avoid the hostile abdomen of a patient with prior abdominal surgery.8 Barriers to learning this technique may include the different perspective of hilar and renal anatomy, the smaller working space, and unfamiliarity with positioning, access, and docking the robot. However, once these are overcome, the benefits of retroperitoneal surgery are readily apparent.

Applications

The robotic retroperitoneal approach has been primarily implemented in partial nephrectomy cases but has also been used to perform radical nephrectomies,9 nephroureterectomies,10 pyeloplasties,11-13 and adrenalectomies.14,15 In the domain of partial nephrectomy, the retroperitoneal approach is thought to be especially useful for posterior and lateral tumors,15 but Arora et al showed that surgeons can take a retroperitoneal approach to anterior tumors without any difference in operative time, estimated blood loss, intra-operative complications, or postoperative complications.4

Benefits of the retroperitoneal approach

In retroperitoneal renal surgery, the kidney is quickly encountered after a brief dissection of the retroperitoneal space. Unlike transperitoneal surgery, there is no need to mobilize the bowel. The surgeon never encounters nor has to retract the liver or spleen. There is no need to kocherize the duodenum for right-sided cases, and the tail of the pancreas is never encountered on the left. The hilum, and particularly the renal artery, is readily accessible for clamping within minutes of docking without navigating the renal vein. This direct approach to the kidney and rapid hilar access with minimal dissection allows for a much shorter operative time compared with the transperitoneal approach.8 Any postoperative bleed or urine leak is contained in the retroperitoneum, which may prevent the development of an ileus and other morbidities.16 These benefits can be especially useful in patients with intra-abdominal adhesions, ventral hernias, or colostomies, or those who are on peritoneal dialysis, but can also be applied to routine renal or adrenal surgery. The proximal ureter, renal pelvis, adrenal gland, and regional lymph nodes have all been accessed using the retroperitoneal approach.

Key points on surgical technique

Patients should be placed in a full lateral decubitus position with the table slightly flexed to increase space between the ribs and iliac crest (Figure 1). An axillary roll is utilized, and the patient is secured and padded using a beanbag, foam, and tape. The camera port incision is made 2 fingerbreadths above the iliac crest in the midaxillary line. Blunt finger dissection is carried down to the thoracolumbar fascia, which is divided sharply with scissors. Development of the retroperitoneal space can be performed either using a finger or small balloon dissector. At this point, pneumo-retroperitoneum is established. Landmarks are identified, including the psoas muscle as the floor and transversus abdominus muscle as the ceiling, with the peritoneal reflection draping medially. A posterior 8-mm robotic port is placed under direct vision 8 cm from the camera port, and through this a Kittner laparoscopic dissector is used to medialize the peritoneal reflection. A second 8-mm robotic port is placed after the peritoneum has been mobilized. It is critical to place the anterior port after mobilizing the peritoneum to prevent the port from being placed transperitoneally. A 12-mm assistant port is subsequently placed just inferior and medial to the camera port in a similar fashion. Robotic port placement can be varied to optimize access to the lower versus upper pole of the kidney or retroperitoneal space. The robot is docked over the 12-mm camera port with a slight anterior rotation (Figure 2). Once the robot is docked, the kidney is elevated off the psoas muscle and the hilum is identified by the pulsation of the renal artery. When approaching the hilum, the renal artery is usually the first vessel encountered. If needed, the renal vein can be skeletonized. We do not routinely close the fascia of the port sites.

Conclusions

Robotic retroperitoneal surgery is a valuable technique in the surgeons toolbox. With more familiarity, surgeons can employ the benefits offered by this approach. We anticipate further advancements in this field in an effort to minimize postoperative morbidity and the use of health care resources. We also imagine the retroperitoneal approach in novel applications such as ureteroplasty and ureterolithotomy. The continued miniaturization and refinement of the robotic platform combined with improved surgeon comfort will facilitate future innovation and refinement of urologic surgery in the retroperitoneal space.

Koehne is a 5th-year urology resident at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois. Radtke completed a robotics/endourology fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center in June 2020 and is now in community practice in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Gupta is associate professor of urology, radiology, and surgery at Loyola University Medical Center.

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Adhering to the declaration would prohibit researchers from working on robots that conduct search-and-rescue operations, or in the new field of social robotics. One of Dr. Bethels research projects is developing technology that would use small, humanlike robots to interview children who have been abused, sexually assaulted, trafficked or otherwise traumatized. In one of her recent studies, 250 children and adolescents who were interviewed about bullying were often willing to confide information in a robot that they would not disclose to an adult.

Having an investigator drive a robot in another room thus could yield less painful, more informative interviews of child survivors, said Dr. Bethel, who is a trained forensic interviewer.

You have to understand the problem space before you can talk about robotics and police work, she said. Theyre making a lot of generalizations without a lot of information.

Dr. Crawford is among the signers of both No Justice, No Robots and the Black in Computing open letter. And you know, anytime something like this happens, or awareness is made, especially in the community that I function in, I try to make sure that I support it, he said.

Dr. Jenkins declined to sign the No Justice statement. I thought it was worth consideration, he said. But in the end, I thought the bigger issue is, really, representation in the room in the research lab, in the classroom, and the development team, the executive board. Ethics discussions should be rooted in that first fundamental civil-rights question, he said.

Dr. Howard has not signed either statement. She reiterated her point that biased algorithms are the result, in part, of the skewed demographic white, male, able-bodied that designs and tests the software.

If external people who have ethical values arent working with these law enforcement entities, then who is? she said. When you say no, others are going to say yes. Its not good if theres no one in the room to say, Um, I dont believe the robot should kill.

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The idea to offer the course, which is open to ninth through 12th graders, came from teacher David Ericson, who also leads the Quadrangles robotics team at South. In the class, students build and program robots and learn about the history of robotics, automation, motors and other topics. Ericson has been navigating how to adapt the class for online students.

The idea is to be able to expand on real world situations and then incorporate that into the classroom, and thats what were doing, Ericson said. Robots can be a really good thing. For example, robotic firemen why have a human go into a fire when we can program a robot to do that same function?

London Mitchell, a freshman, said prior to the class she had no experience with robotics, but had an interest in STEM.

I saw robotics as an elective and that just seemed like a really neat thing, Mitchell said. Im really glad that I ended up deciding to take it because its been really cool and interesting and Ive learned a lot already.

Ericson said hes aware that some students have no experience with robotics, so students read about the history of robotics before moving on to learning about automation and pneumatics and hydraulic systems. With their reading assignments, students do online discussion posts.

Other topics of the class include circuits, motors, how pumps and compressors work together to make pneumatic hydraulics work, the structure of a robot and motion subsystems, so how a robot moves forward or backwards and how it turns or lifts things. The class discusses if controls are autonomous or teleoperation. In other words, are things being done via remote control or automatically through programming.

Right now were in the coding stage of robots and thats been really fascinating, Mitchell said. Ive never really done that before. Its really interesting just to think through how that works. Then also, the readings that were doing are kind of learning about the history of robotics. Thats also really interesting to me like how it has come so far from where we started.

Ericson said even though the idea of a robot has been around for a long time, its a relatively new field. Ericson said he has the ability to provide one robot kit per student, up to 30 students, and has around 15 programming kits, so students are paired up with those. Students use the programming software called ROBOTC on desktops in the classroom.

The difficulty curve for getting ROBOTC set up and getting your first program written is a bit of a steep one, Hazel Roeder, a sophomore, said. So I try to assist with that and getting peoples first program down so that way they can have their robot run and actually do tasks.

As a teacher, some of Ericsons proudest moments come when he teaches a concept or idea that students can use to formulate into solutions for problems.

Thats what its all about to me, thats how I teach, Ericson said. I teach that using the applied problem, project based approach.

Ericson said it can be very difficult as a teacher to watch students struggle to figure things out, but he realizes that if he does the work for students, they wont learn anything. Thats why teamwork is a part of his class. Brock Teagarden, a junior, said students helping one another gives the class a good and fun environment.

The education level seems to increase higher when a student helps another student as opposed to the teacher helping the student, Ericson said. This is a very student centered environment. It is the students working with the students and theyre producing their results. And thats exactly what STEM education is. Thats exactly what its all about. Were practicing it here at Bloomington High School South and Im proud to be part of it.

Online and in person

Payton Gross, a senior, said its kind of hard to be an online student right now, because as someone who was already on the robotics team, she enjoys the hands-on aspect of building a robot.

But also, being online and not having the chance to do that, it gives me more of an opportunity to analyze the basics of robotics and really build my own foundation of knowledge that I can then use later on, Gross said.

Ericson said with his online students, he gives them curriculum in a written form, but they dont get the active engagement of being in class and being able to be hands-on or the ability to use ROBOTC, which is on the desktops in the classroom but not laptops, he said.

From a teaching standpoint, its very difficult, Ericson said. I feel that the students that are out there online, dont get the same level that you get being in person. But I also understand why parents and students would want to stay home, too. I understand that totally.

As of right now, the Monroe County Community School Corp. will be in phase yellow on Nov. 30, following the districts Thanksgiving break, which means high schoolers will be on a hybrid schedule.

Online, I mean, I cant pass the projects through the computer, Ericson said. And I cant ask them to try to gather up materials to be able to do stuff.

Ericson also teaches a construction class, so students are working with saws and drills, quite different from other subjects, like art, where some supplies might be able to be sent home.

For the robotics club, one of the things that we did do is we have taken tubs of parts to certain students to build prototypes with, Ericson said. So there is some active stuff going on. But the students by themselves, they can come and talk to the mentors, but as far as being able to interact together as a team, and in person were not doing that, its all virtual.

Diversity in robotics and STEM

I am a diversity STEM instructor, so Im engaging everybody and showing their perspective on things, Ericson said. And Im encouraging people to work together. Robotics is something that men and women both should be involved with.

Gross said For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), is an organization that the robotics club at South is involved in.

Its this whole global program that has different levels of robotics for different ages, Gross said. In 2019 for the overall program, 48% of any of the participants were actually women. So thats almost a 50/50 divide, which is a really good number, considering how STEM is often male dominated. And FIRST is really working to change that.

Gross said in past years, the robotics team at South has done programs with Girls in Engineering, Math and Science (GEMS) at the Bloomington High School North library and does middle school outreach programs to expand diversity, including racial diversity. Due to COVID-19, those kind of outreach efforts have been more difficult.

Gross said as a freshman on the robotics team, she was able to volunteer at the FIRST World Championship competition in Detroit, Michigan, and she saw a lot of teams of all girls from Japan, Pakistan and other areas of the world.

It really, really helped inspire me to stay in the program and really help develop the diversity within not only our Bloomington area, but hopefully someday across the world, Gross said.

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"We thank Orthopedics This Week for recognizing Fusion Robotics and our vision to remove economic and efficiency barriers from the robotics equation in spine surgery. Congratulations to Kevin Frank, Dave Vaughan, Pedro Costa, Michael Vogele, MD, Kirstin Boes and Kevin Foley, MD for inventing and guiding this system to fruition. Congratulations also to our partners Interventional Systems and Intellijoint Surgical, for their creation of the robot and camera components, respectively," said Brad Clayton, Fusion Robotics CEO.

Fusion Robotics is focused on addressing the issues limiting the adoption of spinal robotics. These include navigation line-of-sight interference, inefficient surgical operation, and time-consuming system setup and breakdown. These problems, combined with prohibitive up-front and on-going cost structures, limit the use of robotics for the vast majority of spine procedures.

Kevin Foley, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Fusion Robotics, commented on these constraints. "Spine surgeons are looking for ways to increase their surgical efficiency, reduce radiation exposure, standardize their practices, and extend their careers. Surgical robotics have the potential to help them achieve each of these objectives, and more. However, inefficiency, impracticality and cost continue to be substantial barriers to adoption. We believe that our system substantially lowers these barriers and will allow many more physicians to explore how robotics can be deployed to enhance their practices."

Fusion Robotics has assembled unique system components around an exceptionally easy-to-use and streamlined workflow which eliminates line-of-sight constraints and anticipates the surgeon's next step. The company believes numerous pivotal robotics innovations, combined with approximately 80% reduced cost, will enable the use of robotics in the majority of lumbar fusion procedures. Fusion Robotics has submitted a premarket notification 510(k) to FDA, which is pending, for its 3D imaging integrated robotics platform, and is also developing fluoroscopy-guided robotics capabilities for use in Ambulatory Surgery Centers. The company plans to commercialize both capabilities in 2021 with leadership assistance from its Chairman and major investor, Alex Lukianov (NuVasive founder and past CEO).

About Fusion Robotics, LLCFusion Robotics, LLC is a medical device manufacturer, headquartered in Boulder CO, which is focused on the research, development and commercialization of robotics technologies for spinal surgical applications.

About Interventional Systems / iSYS Medizintechnik GmbHInterventional Systems, founded in 2010 and located in Austria, is focused on development, engineering and clinical integration of value-based robotic solution for various clinical applications.

About Intellijoint Surgical Inc.Intellijoint Surgical (Ontario, Canada) develops and commercializes surgical navigation solutions for total joint replacements. It is committed to improving patients' lives by providing every surgeon with effective, easy-to-use technology. For more information on Intellijoint Surgical visit http://www.intellijointsurgical.com.

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By combining magnetic materials with magnetic fields, robotics researchers continue to develop machines that can be remotely manipulated in all kinds of useful ways, such as somersault through the colon or crawl through blood vessels to deliver drugs. Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong have developed a new type of spray-on coating they say can give regular objects these kinds of capabilities, with particular potential in biomedical applications.

The research focuses on expanding the use of insect-scale robots measured in mere millimeters, the tiny size of which lends itself to applications in the human body. Back in 2018, we looked at an interesting example of these types of "millirobot," where scientists embedded magnetic microparticles into a rubbery silicon robot body, which could then be made to walk, crawl, jump and roll via application of an external magnetic field.

Rather than build a magnetic millirobot from the ground up, the authors of the new study set out to develop a tool that could be used to construct magnetic millirobots from regular objects. This tool comes in the form of a magnetic coating called M-spray, which is made of polyvinyl alcohol, gluten and iron particles, and can adhere to smooth and textured surfaces of all kinds of materials.

Our idea is that by putting on this magnetic coat, we can turn any objects into a robot and control their locomotion, says Dr Shen Yajing, who led the research team. The M-spray we developed can stick on the targeted object and activate the object when driven by a magnetic field.

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The film formed by the M-spray is less than a quarter of a millimeter thick, which the team says is key to maintaining the form and size of the original object. The team demonstrated the approach using cotton threads, thin films and plastic pipes as their starting objects, which became soft tiny robots capable of walking, crawl and rolling with the help of a magnetic field. But interestingly, the mode of locomotion isnt set in stone once the coating is applied.

The locomotion mode can actually be reprogrammed on demand by wetting the solidified coating, turning it into a glue-like substance. Then, by applying a strong magnetic field, the magnetic particles within the coating can be redistributed and realigned, changing the way the robot reacts to the magnetic field.

The team demonstrated this by having the same millirobot change from a caterpillar-like movement to a slower concertina-like movement, as a way of squeezing through a narrow gap. In another experiment, the researchers coated a catheter in the M-spray and reprogrammed its locomotion mode on the fly to have it perform both smooth and sharp turns, which could help avoid injury when these medical devices are inserted into the human body.

In vivo experiments followed, involving capsules coated with M-spray and anesthetized rabbits. The rabbits were administered the capsules and the team tracked them as they moved through the stomach with radiology imaging, before dissolving the coating when the capsules reached a targeted location. This is made possible by the makeup of the M-spray that enables it to disintegrate into powder under a magnetic field or acidic environments.

All the raw materials of M-spray, namely PVA, gluten and iron particles, are biocompatible, says Shen. The disintegrated coating could be absorbed or excreted by the human body.

Beyond biomedical applications, the team sees a range of potential uses for the technology.

"We hope this construction strategy can contribute to the development and application of millirobots in different fields, such as active transportation, moveable sensor and devices, particularly for the tasks in limited space, said Dr Shen.

The research was published in the journal Science Robotics, while you can see a demonstration of the robots in the video below.

Novel magnetic spray transforms objects into millirobots for biomedical applications

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