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The robo cyber security firm from Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) is once again leading an investigation involving international experts on the importance of security in the Robot Operating System (ROS) and the DDS communications middlware

The participants in the study have discovered more than a dozen of dangerous vulnerabilities present in more than 650 devices online today, very common in the Industrial field, the University, and even in Hospitals and Military Agencies

Alias Robotics' research has been cited and published by the United States Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency, which reflects the importance of the conclusions set forth.

To mitigate these vulnerabilities, Alias Robotics has contributed to SROS2, a series of developer tools to detect insecurities in ROS 2 and DDS

VITORIA, Spain, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of researchers led by the Spanish firm Alias Robotics - specialized in robotic cybersecurity - together with cybersecurity experts from several multinationals and cybersecurity professionals from various governments, have discovered about fifteen dangerous vulnerabilities, some critical, in the Robot Operating System (ROS) and the DDS communications protocols that affect industrial systems and robots that, if used by cybercriminals, could have "devastating consequences. In turn, they have detected that these vulnerabilities are present in almost 650 different devices exposed on the Internet and used not only in industry, but also in healthcare or in the military field.

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Robotics and IT security professionals from the firm Alias Robotics in Spain have collaborated in recent months with security experts from around the world in the detection of security vulnerabilities in the Robot Operating System (ROS) and in the software communications middleware DDS ("Data Distribution Service"), present in many systems (autonomous cars, industrial robotic arms, aerospace systems, military equipment, critical infrastructure, ), as well as in industrial robots.

In particular, the vulnerabilities affect DDS, an 'intermediate software' (called middleware) that is the main communication bus between different robotic devices, that is, the core of ROS 2 (Robot Operating System ), which is used by the majority of robotics engineers for all types of present or future industrial robots, with applications in the business world, in the industrial field, but also in the world of health, as is the case of surgical robots. As per Victor Vilches studies suggests that the use of ROS will grow significantly over the next few years and that by 2024, 55% of commercialized robots will use ROS.

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From Alias Robotics -specialized in robot cyber security- it is considered that "DDS is a middleware still largely insecure communications technology , used in areas where security is very important, so investment in cybersecurity is needed immediately". They also consider that the response times of the DDS manufacturers are too long, "which greatly exposes these systems to cyber-attacks," according to Vctor Mayoral-Vilches, a leading robot cybersecurity researcher from Alias Robotics and founder of the startup.

In his opinion, " cybercriminals could today use these vulnerabilities to paralyze robots and critical infrastructures all over the world leveraging DDS". The company from Vitoria warns that it is necessary for robotics and automation companies to invest in cybersecurity and cooperate "with qualified groups in robot cybersecurity".

Summary of results

The results of this research derive from the collaboration of several researchers including Vctor Mayoral-Vilches (Alias Robotics), Federico Maggi, Mars Cheng, Patrick Kuo , Chizuru Toyama, Rainer Vosseler, and Ta-Lun Yen (Trend Micro and TxOne) and Erik Boasson (ADLINK Labs).

Its impact in robotics has been led by Alias Robotics and a good part of these vulnerabilities "have not been patched or mitigated by the manufacturers serving robotics companies today".

The team of researchers has come to detect up to 13 security vulnerabilities (some classified as "critical" by cybersecurity experts), which could affect both workers and users who handle industrial robots that include this DDS software. Based on the security-immaturity of DDS, the appearance of new vulnerabilities affecting DDS in the coming months is not ruled out.

One of the conclusions is that these vulnerabilities are present in almost 650 different devices used in across areas of application around the world. From Alias Robotics they have detected devices affected by these vulnerabilities in organizations such as NASA, but also in global data centers (Huawei Cloud Service), large industrial multinationals (Siemens), as well as hospitals, banks and universities in 34 countries, affecting 100 organizations through 89 Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

Key vulnerability findings

These detected vulnerabilities could lead to the loss of control of the robotic device, its complete loss of security, the denial of services through brute force, the possibility of facilitating access to the device through the exploitation of remote services, problems in the supply chain or the fact that attackers abuse the security protocols themselves to create an efficient command and control channel.

The authors of the study, have found that many of these security vulnerabilities - some even with the source code (proprietary) exposed to the public - have been open "for a long time, even years, so today cybercriminals could use them to paralyze critical infrastructure around the world" , according to Vctor Mayoral-Vilches.

In his opinion, "many still robotic device manufacturers prioritize their business development and continue to ignore cybersecurity." Mayoral-Vilches emphasizes that many of the manufacturers refuse to solve the problems "because if they did they would not comply with the DDS standard/specification". This is a problem of magnitude" - emphasizes the founder of Alias Robotics - "since the revision of the DDS standard may take years to be properly revised".

The report, which has been recently cited and published by the United States Agency for Security and Cybersecurity Infrastructure, was presented during 2021 in various forums including 'Black Hat 2021' from Las Vegas, the world's largest annual cybersecurity forum - but also at the ROS-Industrial Conference 2021 and more recently at a session organized by the European Commission on safety, security and performance. His research will continue to be presented throughout 2022 at new conferences and industry forums.

Tools to identify ROS 2 and DDS vulnerabilities

In order to mitigate the threats found and train robotics engineers in security matters, the Alias Robotics team has led a second research effort that has contributed and released a series of extensions to tools under an open source license that allow detecting these vulnerabilities in ROS 2 and DDS.

The results of this effort have been summarized in the article "SROS2: Usable Cyber Security Tools for ROS 2" which has been sent to the International Conference on Robots and Systems (IROS 2022).

Aliases Robotics was founded in 2018 by Vctor Mayoral-Vilches and has become an international leader in cybersecurity solutions for robots. His team is the creator of the first Immune Robot System (RIS), an intelligent antivirus that protects bots from cybercriminals from the inside out. RIS is incorporated into robots to protect them as it evolves and adapts like the human immune system.

Alias Robotics is made up of renowned robotics engineers, scientists and security researchers with more than 10 years of experience. Its clients include large automation companies, government institutions and users of industrial robots http://www.aliasrobotics.com

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Interact Analysis and Geek+. The pandemic meant warehouses had to cope with social distancing and staff absences. It also caused a massive e-commerce boost and has led to a protracted labor shortage. All this has forced warehouse managers to take a deeper look at the possibilities offered by warehouse automation and to accelerate any existing plans they had to automate. The goal is not only to improve the efficiency of their businesses in a newly competitive landscape, but also to boost staff retention by improving working lives. At the same time, the pandemic has highlighted that nothing is certain and that industries can be turned upside down overnight. Flexibility for operations and not being tied to major infrastructure for too long is of much greater importance.

On top of COVID-related challenges, other major changes in the market are afoot too. These include so-called mass customization which, for warehouses, means that the product lines they have to store and deliver are liable to change size and shape at short notice. As well as demands for ever more rapid delivery.

An AMR solution usually presents several major benefits compared to fixed automation: it is cheaper, it is faster to deploy, it is more flexible, and it is easier to scale. New mobile robot solutions are enabling robots to select individual totes and bring them to pickers, instead of bringing whole racks, resulting in major efficiency improvements. Meanwhile, combining sophisticated software management systems with the wide variety of AMR platforms now available gives the option of knitting different robot types together into a single solution. Ultimately, this presents the possibility of a wholesale replacement of fixed automation solutions with mobile ones.

To put it bluntly: if a team of well managed mobile robots can pick and carry any item to any location in a warehouse, why would anybody ever install a fixed conveyor belt ever again?

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MONMOUTH Eight students from Monmouth Memorial School are to fly to Dallas in early May to compete in the 2022 VEX Robotics World Championship.

The Monmouth students comprise two of 10 teams selected from Maine.

Ive never been on a plane. Im really excited, said Liam Mitchell, a seventh grader. We didnt know we had been chosen, so we were so excited, but I had to tell them (his teammates) to calm down.

Mitchells father, Seth, started the robotics team at Monmouth Memorial School after realizing students interest in Lego robotics, which was already offered at the school. Seth Mitchell put together a grant request and secured funding to buy VEX Robotics, a step up from the Legos, and offered the program to middle and high school students.

In the first year the school offered VEX Robotics, Mitchell began with a small team of students who worked together to figure out how to reach the next level. The following year, the school had four teams, and since then has continued to grow. Now in its fifth year, the club has two middle school and four high school teams.

Seventh grader Lillian Carlton said making the jump from Lego robotics to VEX was difficult.

I thought at first that I didnt belong, she said. Then, a few classes later, I got more into it. I could stay calm, write everything down. Then, I got the hang of it.

Used around the world, VEX Robotics is similar to Legos, but metal, and instructs students in using computer code and engineering skills to build controllable robots.

Seth Mitchell said he has help from Brian Barker, a local engineer, who coaches alongside him and teaches students to program computers. Barkers son, Timothy, an eighth grader, is on one of the teams headed the championship. Mitchell is an English teacher-turned-technology integrator at Monmouth Memorial School.

To qualify for the world championship, two of the middle school teams won at a state competition in early March. They won two of the 10 places Maine has to compete in the VEX Robotics World Championship.

One team, McMetal, won the Excellence Award, an all-around award, and the other team, The Bac0nat0rs, won the Design Award, based on an interview process and how well the team kept its design notebook.

An alien should be able to read our notes and know how to build our robot. Carlton said.

Reece Angell, a seventh grader, said when her team, The Bac0nat0rs, learned it had won the Design Award, its members did not realize the award meant they would be traveling to Texas with the McMetal team.

There was a lot of screaming after they realized they would be going to Dallas, too, Angell said.

The Bac0nat0rs are in the process of rebuilding their robot to prevent further errors, the students said, while McMetal added more details to its winning design. The teams use code to program the robots to move and pick up objects, which is the goal and earns them points.

Barker said the level at which the middle school and high school students are programing, designing and executing is that of college students. The Monmouth students get to school at 6:30 a.m. almost every day to work on their robots. They also stay after school a couple of days each week for practice.

Carlton said she and classmate Angell had to program what looked like an Xbox controller to command the robot. To find the missing link in the code, they had to compare side by side the computer programming code on both of their laptops to find the error.

We cant do anything without Mr. Barker or Mr. Mitchell, Angell said. They encourage us a lot, and encouraged us to take our robot apart and put it back together.

Getting the students to Dallas is expected to cost about $10,000, including $1,200 to register each team. The teams will stay for four nights, from Monday to Friday, and are getting most of the money for the trip through fundraisers in which local businesses make donations. The businesses names then go onto a banner or might be placed on decals attached to a robot.

The robots will travel by FedEx between Maine and Texas, wrapped in bubble wrap and secured in a box.

Mitchell compared the VEX Robotics World Championship to a rock concert mixed with a science contest. It is held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas, which can hold more than 11,000 people.

The Monmouth students expect to compete with others from around the world. Seth Mitchell said when the team went to the world championship in 2019, it had to use Google Translate to communicate with students from South Korea.

Liam Mitchell of The Bac0nat0rs said he is excited about competing and meeting students from other countries.

Im really excited to see people from different cultures, he said.

Ultimately, the Monmouth students and coaches said they expect competing in Dallas will provide them opportunities to upgrade their skills and learn to build a better robot.

Every competition, Angell said, we get better and gain a better understanding.

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ALBANY Following a pandemic-induced two-year hiatus, Albany High School's Robotics Club is winning titles again.

The Falcons robotics team earned second place in a recent majorcompetition, making the students and their latest creation "Rein," eligible to compete at the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Houston this spring. But the cost is an obstacle.

One of the club's founding principles has been to allow any member to participate without financial cost. The team relies on donations from parents and companies to cover expenses related to competitions.

The club has less than a month to raise $46,500 for airfare, hotel and meal costs associated with the three-day event, which takes place April 20-23.

A group of parents have launched a Go Fund Me page to help raise the funds.

"Participation in the Robotics Club is highly correlated to high achievement at school and college acceptance," organizer Gillian Flynn wrote. "This chance to compete is a tremendous honor and a validation of all their time and commitment to their school, and we want to make it happen for them."

Rein the robot designed, built and programmed with the help of advisers from National Grid seamlessly scoops up balls and shoots them into a basketball hoop.

The Albany High robotics team was the runner-up in the 2022 New York Tech Valley FIRST Regional Robotics Competition held at the MVP Arena in downtown Albany earlier this month.

Albany was among 41 teams competing in the regional competition this year, with teams coming from the Capital Region, New York and other states.

The Falcons won the regional contest in 2018 and participated in the national championships in Detroit that same year.

Any donations remaining beyond what is actually necessary will be used to help fund future Albany robotics team competitions.

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Skyline Robotics has unveiled the future of window cleaning with Ozmo, describing it as the worlds first high-rise window-cleaning robot, and investors are taking notice. (See video below.)

The company has closed a successful pre-Series A funding round led by Standard Industries with contributions from Karcher New Venture and Gefen Capital.

Skyline will use the funding across a variety of business operations including expanding its New York City team, as well as continued product development and new capabilities to own the facade operations of the future.

Skyline Robotics funding round comes as the first Ozmo robots get set to report to work in New York City, home to some of the worlds tallest buildings.

The company has reached a multi-year partnership with Platinum, a building restoration and maintenance service provider in New York City, owning contracts for 65 percent of Class A buildings.

Additionally, Skyline Robotics has announced that Ross Blum has been promoted to president of the company. He will also continue to serve in a dual role as Skylines chief operating officer.

Ozmo is outfitted with cutting-edge computer vision, machine learning, and artificial intelligence technology, the smart, automated service robot targets high-risk skyscraper windows and has proven to clean three times faster than traditional window washers without missing a spot.

Ozmo is still operated by humans, resulting in a collaborative relationship that keeps humans out of harms way.

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SeaPerch is an underwater robotics competition where kids build an ROV (remote operated vehicle) in teams of two to five and compete against other teams in the region.

There are two challenges in the water -- an obstacle course and a national mission challenge based on real-life events.

This years theme was space exploration. Teams are ranked by speed, design, and engineering principles and processes. Additionally, teams submit a full engineering notebook for evaluation and/or a technical design report.

Congratulations to Oregon seniors Riley Fahey and Adam Mikkelson for leading their two SeaPerch teams to secure a 3rd and 6th place finish at the SW regional hosted at the Verona Aquatics Center on Thursday, March 17.

Adams team, The High Climbers time trial was the fastest for the challenge finishing in 1:11 with Rileys team, A few Dudes finishing at 1:23 - many teams timed out at 10 minutes.

A Few Dudes secured their 3rd place finish with high marks on their engineering notebook and engineering design process which was evaluated by University of Wisconsin graduate students using a national rubric set by RoboNation.

Congratulations to these two seniors and their teams for their hard work and dedication to STEM. We wish them good luck on their future endeavors. Riley will be attending Stevens Point for wildlife management and will continue with orchestra. Adam is undecided where he will attend but is planning on a career in mathematics and/or economics.

A special recognition award was given to Adam Mikkelson for his leadership as the president of Oregon Science club. Adam has been running and coordinating meetings, outings and events for the past three years without assistance from staff or teacher advisor. There is no teacher advisor for Oregon High School.

Other Oregon students at the event included Alex Seitler, a junior who was a part of the sixth place team, and Brody Dion and Chad Karolczak, both seniors who were there to support.

Eighteen teams from five schools competed in the SW Wisconsin Regional that took place on March 17 at the Verona Aquatic Center including Kickapoo, Hillsboro, Sun Prairie, and Verona.

Hillsboro took first place, Kickapoo second. and Oregon third.

Hope Mikkelson, Verona Area High School science teacher has been involved with this since she brought it to Wisconsin eight years ago. She now coordinates and plans the SW Regional yearly. She credits the teachers as being an integral part of the success of this challenge as well as the student leaders in Science Club.

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MARLTON - We already know that girls can do it all.

But thisall-girls robotics teamis defining girl power with robots that are out of this world hoping to inspire other young girls to gain an interest inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Apart from being the head coach of Team Outer Galaxy, DeepakMandrekar is a dedicated father raisinghis teenagedaughters,Shruti Mandrekar andNidhi Mandrekar, to be confident in who they are. As a girl-dad, Mandrekar is aware of the inequities women face in navigating theworld.

But that didn't stop him andhis daughters from making it possible fortheir all-girls robotics team from successin a male-dominated competitive sport.

"This istheir second season.But the reason whyI made it is because I felt likethis is more to motivate the local children, especially local elementary and middle schoolsto have an interest towards robotics," Mandrekar said.

However, whatMandrekar didn't know is that whilehehad worked toput together hisrobotics team comprised of sixseventh- through twelfth-grade girls including his two daughters, the coronavirus pandemic would ultimatelycause FIRST Robotics, an international high school robotics competition, to go fully remote in its 2020-21 season.

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Although their first season as a team wasn't what they had expected, not only was Team Outer Galaxylooking forward tocompeting in-personfor the first time since their founding, the girls were also looking for a challenge, and this year they would get one with the opportunity to compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge.

The FIRST Tech Challenge,a robotics competition for students in grades seven through 12, pit teamshead to head indesigning, building, and programming a robot. Team Outer Galaxycompetesin South Jersey league within the New Jersey region often competing against teams who are older than their younger members.

"My team basically competes with most of the New Jersey highschools. Only 15% to 20% arecommunity owned teams and 80% are high school teams from New Jersey," Mandrekar said.

Mandrekar explained that once the mission is announced the teams must come up with a strategy and define how they want to build the robot. Then, the team is responsible for creatinga computer aided design, CAD, of how the robot will be built and what it will do. Then the fabrication process begins.

"They do the electrical setup of the robot, like all the wiring, and it's basically motors, wires,sensors and all of that. Then once the robot is built they program the robot using Java, they automate the robot using the sensors, so there's a lot of work that goes into preparation," Mandrekar said.

But the robotics are just one piece. Next, the team does outreach within their community to share their STEM journey and robotics with companies in hopes of gaining sponsors and even conducts workshops at local schools free of cost.

"They connect with the community.Even our team, they conduct workshops for the local elementary and middle school children around robotics, they show the LEGO robots, then they show this bigger robot to them,they demo so it'skind of inspirational to myself as a coach but at the same time, this is a good avenue for kids who do not have exposure to STEM robotics, or want to get into a good avenue tolearn more about the team, attend one of their workshops, and all these workshops are free, meaning where we go, there are no charges involved," Mandrekar said.

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Each team member hasa primary and a secondary responsibility that allows everyone to acquire skills in more than one area. Focus areas within the team include programming, design and build, strategy, outreach, professional connections, planning and finance. Team captain Shruti Mandrekar empowers eachteam memberto have aunique role on the team so that everyone has the opportunity to succeed in a specific area.

"I make sure that everyone has a lead role in something so that they're actively part of it, even if they're new, they get tolearn something new, but also be in charge ofsomething that they know a lot about and learn throughout the season," Shruti said. "And also making sure that all the new team members, which was most of our team this year, since a lot of them were rookies, making sure that they were able to acquire the skills that they needed, especially like programming and building to make sure they understood the game. So it's really a lot of delegating, but also helping people like guiding them and helping them troubleshoot."

Shruti also details what it's like to be on a competitive team with her family.

"It's a really like, unique experience. I feel like becausea lot of the timeswe're always discussinglike different and new strategies or newideas that we have at the dinner table sometimewe're able to collaborate like even outside of our team meetings,"Shruti said.

Outer Galaxy ranked third in their leagueafter an impressive run in the threetournaments prior to the South Jersey leaguetournament where the team was a Semi-Finalist Captain team.

The team also received the THINK awardwhich is given to the team that best reflects the journey the team went throughas they experienced the engineering design process during the build in the 2021-22 season.

The team also qualified for the state championship on March 6 and again were recognized with the THINK award as runner up. But the accomplishments don't stop there. In addition to winning three out of five of their matches at the state championship, Team Outer Galaxy had seven sponsors this competition season including sponsorships from companies like REV Robotics and TE Connectivity.

The team, Shruti explained, doesn't shrink against the all-boys and male-dominated teams.

"I don't think it's as intimidating but I do feel like sometimeswe have to put more emphasis on making sure that our ideas are communicated and are understood at the same level as other people's ideas. Because sometimes they do like disregard ideas that are given by girls, that's just sometimeswhatends up happening,"Shruti said. "But I know that when we speak to people, whether it's all guys or mixedthatwe make sure that our ideas areeffectively communicated so that we know that they know that we know what we're talking about."

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Despite challenging inequalities,Mandrekar says accolades from other coaches on the girls' performance has been uplifting.

"I got a lot of feedback from the other high school coaches during this tournament, and even at the state championships, like, 'hey, your team is in the first season, and they are doing so well.' And especially being all girls. It's really motivating feedback that you get from many of these school coaches."

Mandrekar adds that he also seen a notable differencein all of thegirls' confidence.

"This particular robot metal fabricatingand all is consideredmore like aboys thing and the girls have been doing it.They have become so confident across the season, they can they fabricate the parts on their own, that has helped builda lot of confidence in them and their abilities to even excel in this engineering field,"Mandrekar said.

Nidhi Mandrekar, the youngest of the two siblings on Team Outer Galaxy, says knowing that she and her teammates put their all into this year's competitive season brought her joy.

"I think my biggest accomplishment this season was definitely being ableto go to state knowing that all the effort that I put into it and like all the time that all of us put into it was able toget put into something that was it was really cool.It was really cool to see how it all came together," Nidhi said.

Nidhi is already looking forward to next season.

"I am definitely looking forward to more building becausebuilding ismore my strong suit. So I'm looking definitely more building andI also want to go into our programming too kind of like being able to broaden thetechnical stuff that I'm in. But alsobroadening the amount of like communications I do andjustoverall being able to learn more andgrow," Nidhi said.

As head coach, Mandrekar also wants to focus on enriching the girls' technical skills next competition season in addition to conducting more workshops at elementary and middle schools in Marlton.

"We can conduct Zoom sessions, or they can come to our base location andwe can conduct a workshop and along with a hands-on demo of the robot," Mandrekar said.

New team member recruitment is already underway for the 2022-23 competitive season.

To learn more about Team Outer Galaxy visit their websitehttp://outergalaxy.org/index.php.

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AI and robotics have revolutionized the healthcare industry providing advanced solutions for treatments

AI and Robotics are already working in several healthcare establishments. Theyre carrying out tasks such as genetic testing, robotic surgery, cancer research, data collection, and more. Additionally, in the dermatology sector, AI is detecting skin cancer. The process of detecting skin cancer involves a technology, MelaFind, that uses infrared light to evaluate the skin condition. Afterward, with its sophisticated algorithms, AI evaluates the scanned data to determine skin cancers seriousness. AI and Robotics require more unveiling and continued experimentation to become an integral part of the industry and bring innovations through these emerging technologies.

The ubiquitous growth of these two technologies has the potential to transform numerous aspects of healthcare. From providing personal care to patients to automating the drug production process, AI and Robotics can ensure a faster roll-out date and an efficient and accurate operation. Moreover, there are several big tech firms out there that are capitalizing on AI and Robotics to improve the healthcare infrastructure. For example, Google is collaborating with the healthcare delivery network to build prediction models. With so many tech-savvy companies involved in the fray, the AI and Robotics implementation is destined to prosper and revolutionize how the healthcare industry provides health care. Moreover, here is some way in which AI and Robotics are improving the healthcare industry currently:

These robots are generally aimed towards distributing stocks all around the hospital or wherever theyre needed. Weve discussed these types of robots above as well; however, their importance and viability need to be explained furthermore. In hospitals, there are times when multiple patients require instant medication or assistance. In such situations, the staff is usually in a hurry to assist the patient instead of carrying out other tasks. Hence, supplementary robots today are quickly taking care of tasks such as restocking, taking out the trash, and cleaning while the humans are spending more time with the patient. A great example of a supplementary robot would be the automated UV Light Disinfection Robot that goes into each hospital room and delivers a measured dose of UVC light to disinfect the targeted area. This robot also reduces significant pathogens in direct and shadowed areas.

Multiple robotic systems used in the worlds top hospitals today provide immense feasibility in carrying out more complex tasks at a rapid and accurate pace. Robots concrete focus and attentive robots further strengthen their core functionality and enable them to perform tasks with extreme precision. These robots are backed by AI that allows them to learn while performing tasks. Due to such traits of robots, their importance in a healthcare organization cannot be denied. As long as the software is correctly programmed within the robots, there are no chances of failure; however, human supervision is necessary. Its a fact that robots need continual checkups and maintenance to work properly; hence, human intervention is crucial for now.

The idea of remote treatment has been there for more than a decade now. The technology was initially halted due to poor network connectivity at the time of its implementation. However, further developments and experiments were conducted after the invention of 4G and 5G networks. Today, although human intervention is required in the remote treatment sector, machines can perform several complex tasks independently. Recently, the U.S. Department of Defense funded the research at Carnegie Mellon University and Pittsburghs University to create a robotic trauma care system for treating soldiers. Another impressive technological marvel is the bot-pill that performs an endoscopy in a very comfortable way compared to other options. Generally, the bot takes pictures of your intestines as it travels through them, and you can eliminate it naturally.

The precise and accurate diagnostics of human health conditions is where AI truly shines. The AI detects patterns that are leading the patient towards various health conditions. It determines the patients current state by analyzing and studying the healthcare records and data. Tests so far have concluded that AI is capable of accurately diagnosing diseases in 87% of the cases. In contrast, health condition detection by humans had an 86% accuracy rate. This accuracy is further supported by the fact that Robots and AI can skim through thousands of cases instantly, looking for correlations between hundreds of variables. Moreover, IBM Watson, healthcare technology, has hit the 99% mark in diagnosing cancer. Hence, considering the percentages mentioned above, I pretty much assume that AI and Robotics can rival even the finest doctors of the world when it comes to diagnostics.

Robots can perform daily tasks and carry out several functions that are being performed by humans. For example, a robot can make a sick or elderly person/patient feel attended to all the time, minimizing the need for human presence. These robots are programmed to act as personal assistants. Moreover, robots can also engage patients in conversations, help them take their medicine on time by reminding them, and even perform a basic checkup on them to analyze their health from time to time. Some simple routine checkups may include evaluating the patients blood pressure, sugar levels, and temperature.

Additionally, the technology of robots engaged in the task mentioned above is based on AI and machine learning; hence, they continuously learn from their patients experiences. This learning further modifies their personality and sentiment analysis capabilities.

Some specific robots are designed to help the medical staff focus on other essential aspects of the hospital. These robots are helping patients by assisting them in walking or monitoring their health status. Before the dawn of AI and Robots, tasks such as helping a patient walk, assisting the patient for his/her checkup, taking the history of the patients illness were manual and time-consuming. However, today these tasks can be easily automated and quickly carried out by machines. Moreover, today, robots are helping humans with everything from minimally invasive procedures to complex open-heart surgeries. The technologies integrated within the machines like a built-in camera, mechanical arms, and surgical equipment provide more precision, flexibility, and control beyond human capabilities. The sensors in these bionic feet connect with the persons muscles and allow more mobility and stability. These sensors perfectly replicate human feet functioning and give the user more advantage over the original feet.

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In this report, a comprehensive analysis of the current global Mobile Robotics Software market in terms of demand and supply environment is provided, as well as price trends currently and in the next few years. This report also includes global and regional market size and forecast, major product development trends, and typical downstream segment scenarios, under the context of market drivers and inhibitors analysis. The report overview includes studying the market scope, leading players like ABB, Accelerated Dynamics X., RoboDK, Brain Corp, Aethon, Asimov Robotics, etc., market segments and sub-segments, market analysis by type, application, geography, and the remaining chapters that shed light on the overview of the Mobile Robotics Software market

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Global Mobile Robotics Software Market: Segment Analysis

The research report includes specific segments by region (country), by company, by Type, and by Application. This study provides information about the sales and revenue during the historic and forecasted period of 2015 to 2028. Understanding the segments helps in identifying the importance of different factors that aid the market growth.

The key market players for the global Mobile Robotics Software market are listed below:

Mobile Robotics Software Market Segmented by Types

Mobile Robotics Software Market Segmented by Applications

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Islamabad : LearnOBots in collaboration with the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) is offering an exciting 2.5 weeks of Robotics and AI Summer Camp to provide skill-based fun learning for the students aged 8-14. According to an official source, the students, between the aged of 8-14 years, will be able to explore domains of science and technology and discover their passion in a safe and healthy environment, following all SoPs of COVID-19. The camp will serve as an insightful activity for the kids who intend to gain scientific knowledge and discover innovations.

The summer camp is a DIY hands-on STEAM and Robotics platform that allows for a great summertime, in addition to a well-needed future careers exposure.

Students will be able to explore science and technology which allows them to discover their passion for the future.

The activities to be offered during the camp include Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Electronics, and Professional Development (Future Careers).

The first, second, and third camps will be held in the months of June, July, and August respectively.

The details of the registration can be acquired through phone numbers: 03351166117 and 0335116616. LearnOBots is a private educational company based at National Science and Technology Park, NUST which gives hands-on training to kids in the domain of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics (STEAM).

The company helps kids identify their passion and channelize it into a productive activity through making exciting stuff, creating new things, and finding solutions to real life problems.

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