Telerobotic & Telepresence Toys

[Fledermaus]

Born for FPV, Insane FPV RC Plane Flight Through Shed, Train and Car Chase, Almost Crash Stall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYe6LgSnig4&feature=related

FPV RPV na varanda - FPV on the balcony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgWIdpegfuc&feature=related

The day I lost my FPV Easystar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okgATpm449U&feature=related

FPV FUNJET Fastest Video piloted funjet for som racing Around fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFCSnVTN5Vw&feature=related

World's Best FPV EZ* Video! RC Plane Onboard Camera Crash Accident Wind Turbine Heli Bike Funny Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx0pU_u4Q9E

[Fledermaus]

1. robotic surgery demonstration

robotic surgery demonstration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NZLpWrJGgk

Robot Peeling a Grape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvUIocA12pc&feature=related

Surgical robotics was little more than a medical curiosity until 1999, the year Intuitive Surgical introduced the da Vinci® Surgical System. Today, Intuitive Surgical is the global leader in the rapidly emerging field of robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery. Since its inception, the company has consistently provided surgeons and hospitals with the tools needed to improve clinical outcomes and to help patients return to active and productive lives.

[Fledermaus]

2. The first anthropomorphic manipulator developed at SSC San Diego, Remote Presence Demonstration

The first anthropomorphic (human configured) manipulator developed at SSC San Diego was the Remote Presence Demonstration System, nicknamed "Greenman". It was assembled in 1983 using MB Associates arms and a SSC San Diego-developed torso and head. It had an exoskeletal master controller with kinematic equivalency and spatial correspondence of the torso, arms, and head. Its vision system consisted of two 525-line video cameras each having a 35 degree field of view and video camera eyepiece monitors mounted in an aviator's helmet.

Greenman provided SSC San Diego with valuable experience in teleoperation and telepresence issues and designs. Even with its simple claw hands and no force or tactile feedback, novice operators could readily perform manipulative tasks without training. However, it clearly showed that dextrous hands, force feedback, and a high-resolution vision system were necessary for diver-equivalent work capability. Also the Greenman was not designed for in-water use, and demonstration of in-water work was deemed necessary to fully demonstrate the diver-equivalency concept. These shortcomings were later addressed in the TOPS project.

Additional photographs and movie from the Greenman project:
http://www.spawar.navy.mil/robots/telepres/greenman/greenman.html

[Fledermaus]

3. NASA to Launch Human-Like Robot to Join Space Station Crew

NASA will launch the first human-like robot to space later this year to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station. Robonaut 2, or R2, was developed jointly by NASA and General Motors under a cooperative agreement to develop a robotic assistant that can work alongside humans, whether they are astronauts in space or workers at GM manufacturing plants on Earth.

The 300-pound R2 consists of a head and a torso with two arms and two hands. R2 will launch on space shuttle Discovery as part of the STS-133 mission planned for September. Once aboard the station, engineers will monitor how the robot operates in weightlessness.

R2 will be confined to operations in the station's Destiny laboratory. However, future enhancements and modifications may allow it to move more freely around the station's interior or outside the complex.

[Fledermaus]

4. Teleoperator/Telepresence System (1988-1991)

(1988-1991)
The Teleoperator/Teleoresence System / Concept Verification Model (TOPS/CVM) is the latest step in the continual effort at SSC San Diego to develop advanced remotely operated undersea work systems. The thrust of this particular project was the development of highly dextrous, general purpose, telerobotic master/slave work systems that can mimic human manipulative performance without the associated operational limitations (i.e., depth, bottom time, temperature, and exposure to hazardous conditions). Key areas addressed by the TOPS/CVM project include: human-level dexterity, force reflective exoskeletal controllers, and stereoscopic vision.
1.4 MB MPEG movie: TOPS demonstrating human-level dexterity while manipulating an egg, placing a nut onto a bolt, and screwing on a light bulb.
http://www.spawar.navy.mil/robots/telepres/tops/tops.html