RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use: The FDA puts the blessing on RP-VITA's auton...

RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use

RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use: The FDA puts the blessing on RP-VITA's auton...

The disruptor that's mounted on the PackBot 310 SUGV isn't quite what we were hoping for, which would have been something significantly more Klingon-y. Instead, it's what is for some reason called a 'Pigstick' disruptor, which is specifically designed to blow the stuffing out of IEDs: Rather than firing some sort of round (like a bullet), the Pigstick disruptor uses an explosive charge to launch a high-velocity projectile of water at a target. This water "slug" does an excellent job of shredding IEDs to bits without setting them off, and while it's not intended for use against humans, I'd stay out of its way if I were you. The good news is that if you ever do accidentally (or otherwise) get hit by a disruptor cannon from an iRobot SUGV, the FDA has decreed that RP-VITA will be available in hospitals to help you out. The specific bit that just got approved is the autonomous...

Full article: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/medical-robot...

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@robotics_news » 04 Feb '13, 9am
سرانجام سیستم های پزشک روبوت آی روبوتز (پزشک از راه دور و روبات) میتوانند بدون حضور انسان ناظر به دیدار بیماران... [link]
@EztekLimited » 22 Jan '13, 3pm
Robots can be let loose in hospitals! [link] #iRobot #RPVITA plus #Packbot video
@IJARS_Journal » 22 Jan '13, 8am
RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use [link] on @AutomatonBlog by @BotJunkie
@RoboticsWatcher » 22 Jan '13, 8am
RT @gbctechtraining: Telepresence Robots Approved for Hospital Use #robots #robotics [link] #fb
@eepublishers » 22 Jan '13, 6am
RT @IEEESpectrum: RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV good for Disruptor Use: The FDA puts the blessing on RP-VITA. [link]
@GlobalFuturist1 » 21 Jan '13, 9pm
Biomedics-IEEE RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use: The FDA puts t... [link] #bio #med #sci
@gbctechtraining » 21 Jan '13, 4pm
Telepresence Robots Approved for Hospital Use #robots #robotics [link] #fb
@NeilRobbins » 21 Jan '13, 4pm
Loving the new products from iRobot [link] (esp. the SUGV Pigstick Disruptor!)
@dnedohinmacek » 21 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @IEEESpectrum: RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use: The FDA puts the blessing on RP-VITA's auton... [link]
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RT @CientificaLtd: RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use [link]
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RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use [link] #tech
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RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use [link] #IEEE #IEEEGreen
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RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use: The FDA puts the blessing on RP-VITA's auton... [link]
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RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use: The FDA puts the blessing on RP-VITA's auton... [link]
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RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use [link]
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RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use [link]
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RP-VITA Approved for Hospital Use, SUGV Approved for Disruptor Use: The FDA puts the blessing on RP-VITA's auton... [link]