{"id":758,"date":"2014-11-13T13:35:23","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T13:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/?p=758"},"modified":"2021-07-21T10:02:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T09:02:48","slug":"baxter-ebola-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/baxter-ebola-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Baxter – Not just your ordinary research robot"},"content":{"rendered":"
Baxter joins a research project to help find robotic solutions to\u00a0disaster and emergency relief workers currently dealing with Ebola.\u00a0Robots have been playing an increasingly important role supporting humans with\u00a0tasks\u00a0which contain a high element of danger or risk\u00a0in the field of disaster and emergency relief. People have utilised robots during the clean up after 9\/11, the Fukushima power plant disaster and more recently the Ebola crisis. The potential for robots in the field of disaster and emergency relief is uncharted, not only creating new jobs but protecting\u00a0those already in employment, and now even the White House is getting involved<\/a>.<\/p>\n The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa is now uncovering another new purpose for robots and with this comes a problem for robotics researchers to deliver a practical workable solution.\u00a0As part of this, the Baxter Research Robot has moved out of the research lab and into the role of lab assistant helping Ebola aid workers with manual handling processes to reduce the risk of contamination. However, the BBC<\/a> has identified a gap between the potential for robots to fulfil these roles and the education level of robotics students in providing practical solutions for workers. Currently most robotics research is undertaken on a theoretical level with very little solutions testing but now with the development\u00a0of Baxter this void is being filled with Baxter’s implementation in robotics labs across the world.<\/p>\nBaxter Ebola Research<\/h2>\n