Robotics

  1. A Skull Mounted Robotic Head Frame for a Neurosurgical Robot
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    A Skull Mounted Robotic Head Frame for a Neurosurgical Robot

    Our components are used in all manner of applications from some of Britain's most luxurious cars to space exploration, Actuonix Motion Devices are no exception. This article describes the use of Actuonix linear actuators to provide a super accurate head-frame that interfaces with a neurosurgical robot to enhance positional accuracy. In a research article, Jun Sheng and Jaydev P. Desai...
  2. 5 Skills Coding improves in Children
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    5 Skills Coding improves in Children

    Technology has become more and more ubiquitous in recent years, causing coding to turn into a requirement for basic literacy. Knowing how to use a smartphone or tablet is not enough anymore. Continue reading →
  3. BB8- Join the club and build your own!
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    BB8- Join the club and build your own!

    When BB-8 first rolled onto the Star Wars scene in 2015, fans could not believe the droid was not CGI. This has since lead to one, inevitable outcome; someone was going to try and make one. Continue reading →
  4. STEM Education Workshops at Active Robots
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    STEM Education Workshops at Active Robots

    Active Robots is changing and growing, and so is our education range! Supplying education, maker, and professional engineering industries with our varied ranges means we are aiding STEM careers from the root up. Continue reading →
  5. We're Dedicating International Women’s Day to Cynthia Breazeal
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    We're Dedicating International Women’s Day to Cynthia Breazeal

    Cynthia Breazeal is a scientist and roboticist. She is a pioneer of the world’s first social robot. Cynthia’s approach to innovation helped her develop social robots that improve the quality of people’s lives. She is an inspiration to anyone who wants to use technology that will benefit the health, communication, creativity and educational goals. Continue reading →
  6. Local young engineers win FIRST® LEGO® League UK
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    Local young engineers win FIRST® LEGO® League UK

    A team of young engineers from Bath have been crowned champions of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) FIRST® LEGO® League UK and Ireland competition. Continue reading →
  7. UnicornBot will help kids learn STEM and coding.
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    UnicornBot will help kids learn STEM and coding.

    Robots are an important part of STEM education, and there are many robots that can help children to learn coding. This Robot from UBTECH Robotics is different as it has a purple mane, four legs, and a light-up horn. Continue reading →
  8. RoboteQ
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    RoboteQ

    Raphaël, RoboteQ's European Business Manager, travelled from Geneva to visit Active Robots last week. He was showing us the multiple uses that their products have, as well as how they can be implemented. Continue reading →
  9. Why should robots be used in schools?
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    Why should robots be used in schools?

    With robots slowly infiltrating our daily lives, surely there should be more of them in schools helping children get used to working alongside automation and gaining experience in Technology and Science subjects which are coming to dominate the workplace. So, why should schools start using robots in their lessons? Continue reading →

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