The airplane manufacturer Airbus UK has put into good use the advance technology of the Adaptive Robot Control (ARC). Allowing for metrology-assisted production, the Metris Adaptive Control solutions have effectively proven to achieve advancement in terms of time saving and quality driven production process. The metrology enabled into a robotic drilling solution allows for the metrology device to position, verify, and validate during the process. The K-series uses LEDs to monitor the robot, the part, the fixturing, and the drilling, all done in real time monitoring to instantaneously do corrections on the fly. Successfully implemented solutions have reported a vast reduction in time and zero defects using the Metris Adaptive Solution. For larger applications such as the use of several robots to complete a larger task, the Metris IGPS system can be scaled up to accommodate any size.
An ongoing exploration of the planet Mars which involves robotic space mission using two robotic exploration rovers designed to perform geological tasks is currently undertaken by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) which designed, built, operated and was tasked with the collaboration of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to manage the project for NASA. The objective of the mission is to gather scientific data of rocks and soils to investigate and find clues of past water activities on mars to study the possibility of sustaining life on the planet. Two robotic rovers named Spirit and Opportunity were already deployed and are still currently collecting scientific information communicated back to earth, both were functioning beyond their initially expected target performance lifespan starting from its primary launch mission since 2003, although there have been ensuing problems encountered recently with the deteriorating performance of the first deployed rover Spirit which is now immobile, still it was retasked to perform as a stationary science platform to maximize its use. The second rover Opportunity is seen here in the video as an improved version of the first rover Spirit. It is fully equipped with a laser gun, a high-tensile strength drilling equipment, a wide array of precision robotic limbs complete with geologic accessories, and an internal built-in spectrometer for analysis of chemical properties of rocks and soil samples.
A look at the past, present and future of robot technology. Imagine what humans are capable of doing in improving the science of robotics...or should we be more concerned with what robots may become so capable of doing to humans once robots becomes so advanced?
(ARC). Allowing for metrology-assisted production, the Metris Adaptive Control solutions
have effectively proven to achieve advancement in terms of time saving and quality driven production process
. The metrology
enabled into a robotic drilling
solution allows for the metrology device to position, verify, and validate during the process. The K-series uses LEDs to monitor the robot
, the part, the fixturing, and the drilling
, all done in real time monitoring
to instantaneously do corrections on the fly. Successfully implemented solutions have reported a vast reduction in time and zero defects using the Metris Adaptive Solution
. For larger applications such as the use of several robots to complete a larger task, the Metris IGPS system can be scaled up to accommodate any size.