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Automated mining inspection against the odds
Rajant Corporation achieved a historic unmanned underground mine inspection at one of the US’ largest underground room and pillar limestone operations.
23 February 2022, by
Silicon Valley Robotics
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337
podcast
Autonomously Mapping the Seafloor, with Anthony DiMare and Charles Chiau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJP6B5jfaOE
Robohub Podcast · Autonomously Mapping the Seafloor
Anthony DiMare and Charles Chiau deep dive into how Bedrock Ocean is innovating in the world of M...
26 August 2021, by
Abate De Mey
An expert on search and rescue robots explains the technologies used in disasters like the Florida condo collapse
A drone flies above search and rescue personnel at the site of the Champlain Towers South Condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida. AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee
Texas A&M’s Robin Murphy has depl...
01 July 2021, by
Robin Murphy
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326
podcast
Deep Sea Mining, with Benjamin Pietro Filardo
Robohub Podcast · Deep Sea Mining
In this episode, Abate follows up with Benjamin Pietro Filardo, founder of Pliant Energy Systems and NACROM, the North American Consortium for Responsible Ocean M...
18 January 2021, by
Abate De Mey
Stanford researchers develop a new type of soft, growing robot
By Taylor Kubota, Stanford News Service
Imagine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of a collapsed building. Instead of digging through the debris by hand or having dogs sniff for signs of ...
25 July 2017, by
Stanford University News
Robots to the rescue!
This article was first published on the IEC e-tech website.
Rapid advances in technology are revolutionizing the roles of aerial, terrestrial and maritime robotic systems in disaster relief, search...
19 July 2017, by
Peter Feuilherade
Robots on drilling platforms: Austrian-German consortium wins international competition
Last week taurob, together with research partner TU Darmstadt, was announced the winner of the ARGOS Challenge, powered by Oil & Gas giant Total S.A.
In a three-year competition, five internati...
22 May 2017, by
Robohub Editors
Bristol professors to play role in creating robots for dangerous nuclear sites
The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is part of a consortium which has received a £4.6 million grant to build a new generation of robots for use in nuclear sites. The funding from the ...
01 March 2017, by
UWE Bristol
Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE: Semi-finalists set sail on a journey to illuminate the ocean
We have just taken another momentous step in the journey to unveil the hidden wonders of our own planet!
Since the launch of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE at the American Geophysical Union Fall ...
22 February 2017, by
Jyotika Virmani
Robotic Functions Validations: Interview with Jussi Aaltonen
The UNEXMIN (Underwater Explorer for Flooded Mines) project is almost one year old. After a busy first year of work, UNEXMIN is on-schedule to deliver the first mechanical UX-1 prototype. Jussi Aalton...
27 January 2017, by
Luís Lopes
Robotics in harsh environments
In the field of hostile conditions, outer space is often considered the epitome of harsh environments. However, it’s not necessary to travel so far in order to locate situations with extreme condi...
04 November 2016, by
Alex Regrettier
Discussing the future of mining robots
Robots, like Julius from the Mining-ROX project, are a promising option to keep mining economical and safe. In our interview, we spoke with Prof. Bernhard Jung from TU Freiberg about why robots are im...
24 October 2016, by
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
Mining and nuclear decommissioning: Robots in dangerous and dirty areas
Workers have long confronted dangerous and dirty jobs. They’ve had to dig to the bottom of mines, or put themselves in harm's way to decommission ageing nuclear sites. It’s time to make these jobs...
03 June 2016, by
SPARC
XPRIZE calling all innovators to help map our ocean
There is a very interesting planet near us. It has almost 130 million square miles of land and the longest continuous mountain chain in the solar system, spanning over 40,000 miles. This planet receiv...
29 December 2015, by
Jyotika Virmani
Mining Automation, with Martin Adams
Link to audio file (14:19)
In today’s episode we speak with Martin Adams from the University of Chile about using robots in the mining industry. Mining is a dangerous job that would strongly benef...
12 July 2013, by
Podcast team
Space mining: Robots in the final frontier
Over the past two decades, robotic planetary exploration has generated an incredible wealth of knowledge about our neighbors in the Solar System. We now realize that celestial bodies within our reach...
01 July 2013, by
Kris Zacny
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082
podcast
Demining and defusing, with Frédéric Guerne and Paul Bosscher
Link to audio file (46:31)In this episode we speak with Frédéric Guerne, director of Digger DTR, and with Paul Bosscher, chief robotics engineer at Harris Corp., about robots which assist us in demi...
15 July 2011, by
Podcast team
