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Meet Joey the Pipe Cleaning Robot
Smart ‘Joey’ bots could soon swarm underground to clean and inspect our pipes
A robot small enough to explore the lungs
Engineers and scientists have paved the way for a robot that can reach some of the smallest bronchial tubes in the lungs – to take tissue samples or deliver cancer therapy.
University of Leeds lead human-robot interaction control strategy project
Dr. Zhenhong Li, research fellow from the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering is leading FREEpHRI, a project that aims to improve human-robot interaction. Read more… Image: Adobe Stock
T-rays could ‘revolutionise cancer treatment’
Read about the work of Robotics at Leeds Professor Pietro Valdastri in developing new means of detecting bowel cancer. Full article…
Using robotic assistance to make colonoscopy kinder and easier
Read about the latest publication from Leeds roboticists in Nature Machine Intelligence on how colonoscopies can be made easier for patients and clinicians.
Robots for combating Covid-19
A team from Robotics at Leeds recently took part in a range of trials to assess the effectiveness of using robots to disinfect public spaces to help prevent the further spread of Covid-19. You can read more in the BBC News article and see video of the trials on Facebook.
The robot opening a window on an ancient civilisation
A new video released on YouTube follows the story of Leeds researchers and their part in using a specially designed robot to film previously unexplored sections of an Egyptian pyramid. As well as the documentary, the research team have also released the full nine hours of raw footage of the exploration. Read more.
Universities Minister, Chris Skidmore, meets Robotics at Leeds Researchers
Chris Skidmore, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, visited Nexus and reviewed some of the exciting research being undertaken by academics at University of Leeds, including the Robotics at Leeds team. Read more here.
Leeds Team Win KUKA Innovation Award
Robot manufacturer KUKA recently awarded a team from the University of Leeds’ STORM Lab the KUKA Innovation Award. Read more about this on the KUKA blog.