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Collecting the samples of lunar soil and delivery them to Earth was a part of the Luna program, that included a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976. The lunar soil samples were successfully retrieved by Luna-16, Luna-20 and Luna-24 probes. All these spacecrafts had…
ASIMO (which is an acronym for Advanced Step in Innovative MObility) is an android created by Honda, Japanese public multinational company. This robot was created to be a helper to people. ASIMO was designed to operate in real-world environments, with the ability to walk or run on two feet.[1-6] ASIMO, model of 2005. [11] 1…
Unimate was the first patented industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey, in 1961. It was created by George Devol in the 1950s using his original patent filed in 1954 and granted in 1961. George Devol, together with Joseph Engelberger, started…
The iRobot 510 PackBot is a series of military robots by iRobot Corporation (USA). It is one of the most successful battle-tested robots in the world. Modular, adaptable and expandable, PackBot performs bomb disposal, surveillance/reconnaissance and a wide range of other dangerous missions while keeping armed forces out of harm’s way.[1][2][3] iRobot 510 PackBot. [4]…
Shakey the robot was the first general-purpose mobile robot to be able to reason about its own actions. While other robots would have to be instructed on each individual step of completing a larger task, Shakey could analyze the command and break it down into basic chunks by itself.[1][2][3][4] Shakey was developed from 1966 through…
The Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout is a multipurpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) – helicopter, developed by Northrop Grumman for use by the United States Armed Forces. The first flight of the MQ-8B version took place on 18 December 2006 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.[1][2][4][5] A US Navy MQ-8B with the BRITE Star II…
The da Vinci Surgical System is a robotic surgical equipment made by Intuitive Surgical Inc. and designed to facilitate complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach. The da Vinci System consists of a surgeon’s console and a patient-side cart with four interactive robotic arms controlled from the console.[1][2][3] da Vinci Surgical System. [5] Three of…
Geminoid is an android that looks and moves like its prototype with very high level of resemblance. The first model of this robot (was developed in 2006), Geminoid HI-1, was the cybernetic twin of its creator, Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro from Japan, who works at Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR, based in Kyoto) and Osaka…
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (Microsoft RDS, MRDS) is a Windows-based environment for robot control and simulation. It is aimed at academic, hobbyist, and commercial developers and handles a wide variety of robot hardware.[1][2][3] Screenshot of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio. [4] 1 Features include: a visual programming tool, Microsoft Visual Programming Language, for creating and debugging…
SpringWalker Exoskelton is a self-actuated spring-action human bipedal device that includes a back-mounted frame attached to the upper torso of a user, and separate articulated right and left leg frames pivotally attached by U-joints to lower portions of the back frame.[1][2] Drawing of SpringWalker. [1] The user’s feet are secured to the leg frames so…
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