Top Robotic Industries enlisted bellow
iRobot
For
maximizing doctor-patient face-time. Drawing on years of experience with its
self-navigating Roomba vacuums, last year iRobot unveiled RP-VITA, a roving robotic
communications portal that’s already making the rounds at various hospitals.
The bot, which can be controlled remotely with a tablet, uses sensors to find
its way to a given patient, and onboard cameras and displays allow for face-to-face
interaction with doctors. While iRobot is already a powerhouse in the home and
on the battlefield, its first medical automaton should be a shot in the arm for
healthcare robotics.
Founded: 1990
CEO: Colin Angle
Headquarters: Bedford, MA
Founders: Rodney Brooks, Helen Greiner
Company Site: http://www.irobot.com/
Mazor Robotics
For turning robots into brain
surgeons. While global interest in surgical robots has grabbed headlines and
reeled in staggering profits for companies like Intuitive Surgical,
Israel-based Mazor
Robotics has been quietly pushing the technology into the uncharted
territory of neurosurgery. The company has pioneered the use of 3D imaging to
immediately confirm spinal surgery results, and its Renaissance system, which
in January had its 20th hospital installation in the United States, is the
first to secure FDA approval for brain procedures.
Headquarters: Caesarea
Founded: 2001
Founders: Moshe Shoham, Eli Zehavi
Company Site: http://www.mazorrobotics.com
Recon Robotics
For building an army of throwable
spybots. Last year, French commandos tossed the Recon Scout XT into an armed
standoff with a spree-killer. The stealthy, 1.2-pound barbell-shaped microbot
confirmed his location, and the suspect was killed, without any other
casualties. Since then, Recon Robotics has sold another 1,000 bots to the
U.S. Army, while also introducing the next generation of dirt-simple,
indispensable scouts, the Throwbot XT, which can transmit audio as well as
infrared video.
Headquarters: Edina MN
Founded: 2006
Founders: Mary Wilson
Company Site: http://www.reconrobotics.com
SpaceX
For getting to the space station,
and back, with a robot spacecraft. SpaceX made history when its Dragon capsule
docked with the International Space Station, a milestone for the burgeoning
commercial space industry. Less talked about, though, was its robotic triumph:
The Dragon is an autonomous vehicle, and the company plans to keep it largely
self-piloted, even if, in the coming years, it’s approved to ferry passengers
to and from the station.
Headquarters: Hawthorne, CA
Founded: 2002
Founders: Elon Musk
Company Site: www.spacex.com
Lockheed Martin
For
flying robot pilots through unfriendly skies. Like other defense contractors, Lockheed Martin
develops its share of death-dealing hardware. But the K-MAX unmanned (and
unarmed) chopper, developed jointly with the Kaman Corporation, has
distinguished itself in more peaceful duties, too, delivering more than 2
million pounds of food, gear, and other supplies to U.S. Marines in Afghanistan
since its deployment in late 2011. It will continue to keep human pilots out of
the crosshairs, as the DoD has extended its deployment through March, with an
option to continue through September.
Headquarters: Bethesda, MD, Fort Worth, MD
Founded: 1995
Founders: Malcolm Loughead, Allan Haines Loughead, Genn L. Martin
Company Site: www.lockheedmartin.com
PV Kraftwerker
For
harnessing machines to harness the power of the sun. With the upfront costs of
solar power slowing its widespread adoption, PV-Kraftwerker’s
Momo robot is a glimpse of brighter days ahead: when robots will install entire
solar fields with little to no human assistance. For now, Momo’s skills are
limited—it merely carries and positions the heavier components—but the company
has been hired to create a more self-sufficient version that would set up
panels in the irradiated surroundings of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant.
For making humanoid robots with a
purpose. While Honda’s Asimo still makes the occasional public appearance,
dancing and bowing for our amusement, the anthropomorphic robots at Boston Dynamics
are busting their shiny asses. The treadmill-running, push-up-pumping PETMAN,
originally built to test protective military gear, has become the humanoid
platform for the Pentagon’s most ambitious robotics challenge yet, which aims
to create disaster-response bots that can drive cars, use hand-tools, and
otherwise rescue our lesser species.
Founded: 1992
Founders: Marc Raibert
Company Site: www.bostondynamics.com
Ekso Bionics
For bringing wearable robots to
market. The Ekso
Bionics exoskeleton is life-changing technology: a pair of
mechanical legs that gauge the wearer’s intentions and move entirely under
their own power, with none of the device’s 45 pounds borne by the user. But
keep the Iron Man fantasies in check—this system assists, rather than augments,
providing a robotic, bipedal alternative to wheelchairs. Its latest version,
which hit the market last year, includes new walking modes for improved
rehabilition and a wireless usage monitor.
For details click- http://www.eksobionics.com
Seegrid
For proving that bot-driven
forklifts aren't as scary as they sound. Amazon’s $775 million acquisition of
Kiva Systems last year signaled an unprecedented shift toward the fully
automated distribution center. But in contrast to Kiva, which makes robotic
warehouses that are completely retrofitted with machine swarms, Seegrid takes
existing industrial trucks—from pallet-movers to forklifts—equips them with
proprietary sensors and hardware, and unleashes them as robotic heavy-lifters
in existing warehouses, where they’re smart enough to maneuver around their
more fragile colleagues.
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