1080pHAMR-E: electroadhesive crawling on engine walls
A centimetre-scale tethered robot uses electroadhesive feet to crawl on vertical, inverted and curved conductive surfaces.
Tethered climbing experimentsRead case
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Robots in equipment, body passages, exploration sites, industrial facilities and orbital servicing.
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1080pFLARE: twin snake robots patch thermal-barrier coatings
Two snake robots reach a combustor through limited access to observe and patch local thermal-barrier coating damage.
Laboratory engine testsRead case
1080pEELS: a snake robot for passages through ice
A segmented robot combines rotating screw propulsion with environmental mapping in ground tests on ice, snow, sand and glacier passages.
Ground prototypes and glacier testsRead case
Miniature robot for wall-to-wall transitions
Kirigami-inspired adhesive tracks and negative-pressure preload enable a miniature robot to transition between surfaces of varying curvature.
Experiments and engine-component testsRead case
720pMiniature climbing robot with active compliance
A unified active-compliance mechanism adapts to varied surfaces, with visual-inspection tests inside a decommissioned engine.
Experiments and decommissioned-engine testsRead case
1080pA soft robot that advances by tip growth
A flexible tube grows by eversion at its tip, offering another way to move around obstacles.
Growth-based proof of conceptRead case
4KMagnetically steered thread in a cerebral-vessel model
A magnetic field steers a slender thread, with a hydrogel coating to reduce friction.
Vascular-model experimentsRead case
720pINSPECT: embedded optical probes through borescope ports
Retractable optical probes use borescope ports to observe adjacent compressor-blade edges during slow rotation.
Compressor-rig integration testsRead case
1080pSWARM: a concept for miniature inspection robots in engines
A proposed snake carrier would deploy and retrieve miniature crawlers to inspect surfaces beyond conventional borescope access.
System concept and locomotion prototypesRead case
VideoReachBot: finding anchors with extendable booms
Microspine grippers at the ends of extendable booms find anchors on rock surfaces.
Lab prototypes and single-boom field testsRead case
720pSOLO: pipe inspection from a manhole
The tracked SOLO robot is deployed through a manhole to collect interior imagery for sewer assessment.
Manufacturer deployment demonstrationRead case
1080pPeripheral-airway navigation with a magnetic catheter
A 2.4 mm magnetic catheter integrates shape sensing and an optical fibre for peripheral-airway navigation and laser delivery.
Phantom and ex-vivo validationRead case
1080pmini-RCM: an origami-inspired miniature teleoperator
The miniature teleoperated mini-RCM demonstrates tracing and simulated retinal-vein cannulation.
Bench-top micromanipulationRead case
Snake robot in earthquake rubble
After the 2017 Mexico City earthquake, a snake robot provided camera views inside gaps inaccessible to conventional cameras.
Documented earthquake deploymentRead case
1080pAn ingestible origami robot in a stomach model
A robot unfolds from a capsule and uses magnetic guidance to remove a button battery in a simulated stomach.
Simulated-stomach proof of conceptRead case
Elios 3Infrastructure
VideoElios 3: protected drone inspection in enclosed facilities
A protective cage, visual imaging and lidar support aerial inspection and spatial mapping inside enclosed facilities.
Manufacturer product demonstrationRead case
MillirobotMedical
Magnetic millirobots for locomotion and delivery research
Magnetic actuation and origami-inspired structures support millimetre-scale research on locomotion, shape change and delivery.
Research prototype for medical useRead case
480pContact-aided continuum robot
Internal contact-aided compliant mechanisms improve a slender manipulator’s resistance to twisting and compression buckling.
Laboratory validationRead case
Nested continuumMechanisms
Nested continuum robot
Nested tendon-driven and concentric-tube structures use axial sliding to adjust a continuum robot’s configuration and stiffness.
Design, modeling and experimentsRead case
540pTAP: torque, angle and pressure for tactile feedback
Combined tactile measurements provide contact-state feedback for placement, stacking and cutting experiments without vision.
Manipulation experimentsRead case
540pInsect-scale bistable jumper
Tunable energy barriers control storage and release to produce multiple jumping modes at insect scale.
Laboratory prototypeRead case
VideoSpot: remote inspection in an operating converter station
Visual and thermal inspection in an energised valve hall inaccessible to personnel.
Used in site inspection routinesRead case
Spot: thermal and gauge inspections at a gas-fired power plant
Collecting heat-recovery steam-generator thermograms and temperature-gauge images across industrial stairs and platforms.
Power-plant field pilotRead case
Spot: from an industrial test site to a refinery
Trials at a simulated industrial site and Whiting refinery examined mobility through narrow passages, grating and stairs.
Industrial testing and field trialRead case
VideoANYmal X: multi-level inspection in a chemical plant
Field tests at BASF Ludwigshafen examined automated inspection of gauges, pumps and tanks.
Chemical-plant field testsRead case
VideoLEMUR and gecko-inspired adhesion for spacecraft surfaces
Adhesion, locomotion and grasping studied on spacecraft-surface mock-ups and in microgravity tests.
Ground and simulated-microgravity validationRead case
VideoA space continuum arm: orbital technology tests for refuelling
Orbital tests aboard Xiyuan-0 examined simulated refuelling and compliant manipulation.
Orbital technology demonstrationRead case
VideoDextre and RRM: orbital servicing and fluid transfer
Removing caps, operating valves and transferring ethanol on an external station experiment module.
Orbital demonstration on the ISSRead case
RELL and Dextre: locating external ammonia leaks on the ISS
A robot-mounted gas detector surveys the station exterior for cooling-system leaks.
Documented orbital leak localisationRead case
720pBerkeley Humanoid Lite: a reproducible humanoid platform
Open hardware and learning-based control, from 3D-printed gearboxes to arm manipulation and bipedal walking.
Research prototype and hardware experimentsRead case
1080pHOVER: switching whole-body control modes within one policy
A humanoid policy tracks hand, head and root commands while coordinating upper and lower body motion.
Hardware control experimentsRead case
VideoAtlas: autonomous handling of engine-cover parts
Moving parts between supplier containers and a sequencing dolly from a list of bin locations.
Manufacturer hardware demonstrationRead case
VideoOptimus Gen 2: walking, balance and hand manipulation
Tesla’s official video shows revised actuators, walking and hand motion, including gentle handling of an egg.
Manufacturer prototype demonstrationRead case
GR00T N1: bimanual humanoid manipulation
Studying pick-and-place, handovers and bimanual coordination with hardware demonstrations, simulation and task-specific adaptation.
Model and hardware manipulation experimentsRead case
1080pGemini Robotics: coordinating whole-body movement
An official whole-body demonstration shows a robot carrying a container while moving, linking instruction understanding with execution.
Official model demonstrationRead case
π₀: from language instructions to laundry handling
A cross-embodiment vision-language-action model studies folding laundry, clearing tables and assembling boxes.
Hardware manipulation researchRead case
720pMobile ALOHA: learning with two arms and a mobile base
Teleoperated demonstrations support learned mobile tasks such as opening cabinets, rinsing a pan and cooking.
Hardware imitation-learning experimentsRead case
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