Applications
Micro-Robotics provides the control intelligence behind numerous
other brand names in industrial, electronic or mechanical products.
Application Snippets
Full application stories and case studies are difficult to
prepare, not least because many of our customers have an eye to
the ease with which it has been possible to create their
products with our controllers.
Because of this we've listed some miniature application stories,
with no names attached, so you can get a feel for what our
products are capable of.
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All 37 downlink stations for state television channel in Thailand are
controlled by Micro-Robotics controllers.
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A Micro-Robotics Scorpion Controller flew on board the Space Shuttle
Challenger, carrying out a chemistry experiment in zero gravity.
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VM-1 controllers, integrated with mobile phone and satellite
positioning modules, are used to track trucks and their
trailers to help prevent hijacking of valuable loads.
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Many cranes on North Sea oil and gas
platforms use K4S controllers to monitor the kinetic
energy in their load so that the operator can always be sure of
braking the load before it crashes through the deck.
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K4 Controllers were used in a surgical robot that moved broken
bones into position under control of a surgeon who viewed the
wound site via a real time X-Ray monitor.
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In several major European cities, the buses and taxis are tracked by
VM-1 controllers (again, in conjunction with GSM and GPS modules).
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For a while, the whole of BBC Radio output was switched by a
bank of relays controlled by a single K4 controller. The K4 was
chosen because of its record of reliability.
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The VM-1 has been used for automatic testing of over 2,000,000 domestic
washing machines. The controller is valued in this application for its
price and its reliability in an electrically harsh environment.
Here are some of the broad areas we've been involved in:
- Medical instruments
- Security systems (buildings and vehicles)
- Public transport
- Asset tracking (GPS, GPRS)
- Environmental control (building management)
- Vending machines
- Broadcast systems (monitoring and control)
- Trade launches
- Leisure (golf courses, swimming pools)
- Mining and quarrying
- Light industrial control
- Testing and quality control
- Construction industry
- Offshore installations
- Submersibles
- Signs and displays
- Farming
- Research
- Retail (baking, refrigeration)
- Film and television (animatronics)
- Power distribution
- Water companies
Here are some of the controllers
we've designed recently in our consultancy business.
Design Gallery
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Coal analysis puts
embedded design to the test
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Day of the Triffids :
security systems with wireless reporting. (New Electronics
Magazine)
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No sting in the tail: a review
in New Electronics
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The Sorion
Group
is a recommended systems integrator
for VM-1. They operate mainly in the Automotive industry.
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