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In the industry, batteries are tested for several batteries together, so if one of them is inadequate, the problem is that we no longer have enough batteries to put them in the box. Therefore, these batteries are disposed of in an additional landfill where we need an additional robot to put the batteries in a box. In order to optimize and reduce the battery sorting, we thought of sorting one battery at a time. So we had to imagine a whole new look and function of the device in general.
Using a Beckhoff-PLC to control a 4-axis IGUS-robot using the new kinematic transformation libraries.
The goal is constructing a demo pick-and-place system for IGUS to be used at demofairs. Keep in mind that this a schoolproject that has to be finished by the end of june so the demo is no fully functional yet. For now the robot can pick up one item and place it in a holder. The full system will be able to pick up four items of different colours and place it in four different holders.
The product we are developing was an half boiled egg cracking machine where it serve Singapore style breakfast, half boiled egg with kaya/butter toast bread. As there is a standard equipment in the market that cook half boiled egg but it doesnt have the capability to crack and dispense the egg, also higher end equipment using robot that able to cook and serve sunny side & scramble egg in the market with too high cost for the F&B retail industry to adpot.
Therefore we came out an idea of half boiled egg cracking machine that able to cook and maintain the egg freshness, and with a push button, it able to crack and serve the egg freshly to the customer. The idea developed with Igus lead screw, motors, slider as well as it serve the food industry safe and hygiene purpose which is maintenance free and free of lubrication and overall prototype we using 3D printer to print major of the parts and using arduino controller to prove the concept.
Moreover the equipment idea was designed as modular so in future it able to integrate with Sunny Side & Scamble Egg Cooking equipment and further on with Toast making equipment.
Laboratory-based experimental systems play a critical role in population biology, community ecology, and evolutionary biology. Such systems use model organisms – which typically reproduce rapidly and pose few ethical issues – to generate data to test and develop models and theory in arenas which provide analogues of real systems. One of the most well-established uses single-celled freshwater protists which can be assembled in communities of competitors, predators, and parasites. This system has been used for over 100 years to test fundamental ecological theory and processes, and recently has provided data to develop methods to help predict the loss of populations, a key goal for conservation prioritisation given current extinction rates.
Our team was tasked with producing a demonstration device that would be used to show the excelence and competence of our institution mainly for attracting new students. We decided to automate a table football game, where human players will be able to play directly against or with a computerized players. We call it 'KiberzBall'.
Delta robot demo application known from LinkedIn videos
I am a wildlife camera man specialising in underwater cinematography. I have spent the last 25 years working on productions such as Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet for the BBC natural History Unit and more Recently Our Planet for Netflix.
In recent years as a supplement to traveling to locations to film animals underwater I have started to film underwater animals in science facilities and more recently in my home tropical marine aquarium studio.
Filming animals ex Situ allows for greater control, higher magnification photography and the use of specialist techniques to elucidate exciting parts of animals morphology and life history in ways not possible in the wild. Simply we can wait longer for animals to behave and study them in far greater detail. It is not a replacement for filming in the wild but a wonderful supplement to it.
We have been seeking to develop a Marine suitable Helmseat Recliner Mechanism for some time as part of a new, innovative product range. The idea has proven simpler than a solution due to the rigours of an environment where salt water gets into everything, the sun beats down mercilessly & guests/crew spill all manner of things with wild abandon!
After several dead ends, working with igus UK we are now closing on a solution in the form of a RoboLink powered mechanism, where a high IP rating, solid performance & reliability are built in.
Snake arm or ophiomorphic robots are currently in use in the aerospace and nuclear industries for visual inspection in tight or restricted access within wing structures or in nuclear reactors where direct human access is not possible due to restricted access and the hazardous environment.