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Evolution of humanoid robotics The development of human-like robots is in its early stages SPONSORING Support of young researchers in robotics FAULHABER supports educational programs and technical development in the field of robotics Smooth sailing through the laboratory Automation in medical laboratory diagnostics MEDICAL SCIENCES High-tech instead of medical treatment Stimulation of parts of the brain MEDICAL SCIENCES Small pumps that save lives Use in cardiac surgery Robot-assisted operation with tactile dexterity Interview with Florian Klug, student at the Institute for Electromechanical...

Dear readers, Reality or ction? Enrichment or threat? Man or machine? Even if our relationship with machines appears to be fundamentally positive in today’s highly technical world, robotics remains a topic characterized by strong contrasts. In Publisher/Editor: DR. FRITZ FAULHABER GMBH & CO. KG Schönaich · Germany Phone: +49(0)7031/638-0 Fax: +49(0)7031/638-100 Email: [email protected] www.faulhaber.com the areas of manufacturing and production equipment, the use of robots or, rather, automated machines has become essential. There, they perform tasks that are too strenuous, too time-consuming...

Robots explore other planets, produce car parts and vacuum dust and are today almost omnipresent. They do not, however, usually look like the science ction fan might imagine: they move around as a at trolley on wheels or are permanently installed as bulky machines in industrial halls. Humanoid robots with eyes and ears, arms and legs are still in their early stages of development. A division of Dongbu Robot is working in this eld. As muscles for its mechanical people, the Korean company uses motors from FAULHABER. Humanoid robots – copied from nature, but still with limited freedom of movement...

robots, Dongbu Robot developed the servo units of the HerkuleX series. They consist of a drive motor, a high-performance gearhead, an electronic feedback system (encoder) and a communication interface, all of which are accommodated together in a sturdy plastic housing. The encoder ensures that the servo always exactly knows its current position. It also translates the control signal, for example, for the command "step forwards", and tells the motor how many revolutions are needed in order to perform the task. An optimally coordinated interaction between motor, software and control unit gives...

DC-MICROMOTORS Coreless, self-supporting copper coils with skew winding technology Minimal moment of inertia of rotor Precious metal commutation High dynamics Cogging-free, precise running The complex mechanics of human movements are replicated with 20 servo units INTERACTION BETWEEN MOTOR, SOFTWARE AND CONTROL UNIT Dongbu Robot Co., Ltd., Korea www.dongburobot.com FAULHABER Germany www.faulhaber.com FAULHABER motion

Support young researchers OF Dodd Disler, COO of MICROMO, at the DARPA Robotics Challenge in Florida The CHIMP robot is designed for versatile use under harsh and dangerous environmental conditions Their precision and efficiency makes FAULHABER motors ideal for driving robots, which is why we have become a major supplier of the growing robotics industry. FAULHABER also supports education and technical development in the field of robotics by providing both financial assistance and free motors to many teams and for many activities. One example is our involvement in the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge...

The World Cup team: Florian Schäfer, Gian Jörimann, Michael Baumann achieved a third place with its Tartan Rescue CHIMP (CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform). The 90 kg robot is designed for executing complex tasks in dangerous, degraded, human-engineered environments. FAULHABER also sponsors Helveticrobot, a non-profit organization aiming at educating Swiss youngsters in robotics. It encompasses a number of teams working on complex robotics problems, including questions of mechanics, electronics and software. Since 2009 Helveticrobot has participated in the international Robot Soccer World...

Automation in medical laboratory diagnostics. Most of us have probably had to provide a blood or urine sample as a patient at the doctor for preventive medical check-ups, prior to operations or for diagnostic purposes. The samples are placed in small test tubes, labelled, taken to the laboratory and – a couple of days later – we, the patients, are informed of the result; we learn our blood, sugar, liver or kidney values. But where is this laboratory located in which our health is analysed, and what exactly happens there?

Our doctor certainly doesn’t operate his own laboratory. The analysis of our blood and urine samples has instead been taken over by highly-specialized laboratories that perform many thousands of analyses every day. They, too, can benefit from state-ofthe-art automation technology today. As with many other automation tasks, high-performance microdrives play a key roll here as well. They convince above all with good efficiency, high torque in a small design, reliability and low power consumption. Many laboratories that perform medical sample analyses still use manual distribution systems even today....

Thus, the requirements placed on an automatic sample distribution system are high – not only with respect to capacity and reliability – but particularly in terms of flexibility, and that in two ways: the distribution system must be able to handle alternating tasks and changes to the workflow. It must also be easily expandable so that, e.g., new or modified analysis devices can be integrated even at a later point in time without considerable effort. With the development of the lab.sms® fully automatic sample distribution system, GLP Systems has demonstrated that these requirements can be met today....

after the analysis and thus move over track switches frequently. The high sorting capacity of the track switches thereby satisfies an important prerequisite for the organizational flexibility in laboratory operation. Also important for smooth operation are the "small trolleys" on which the samples travel through the laboratory. Speed and reliability have top priority here. Compact drives for fast, reliable transport The compact trolleys, i.e., "specimen taxis", actually have a very simple design. Drive, battery, electronics and proximity switch are all integrated, allowing the taxis to very precisely...