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    Fireproofing the Firefighting Robot
    (Laurin Publishing Co. Inc., 2009) Keçeci, Emin Faruk; Keçeci, Emin Faruk; 03.10. Department of Mechanical Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    Researchers at the Institute of Technology in Izmir, Turkey, have successfully developed a mechanical firefighter robot that will work inside the flames. The robot uses both passive and active cooling systems that, for a limited time, keep the inner temperature at a safe level for the electronic components inside the device, to survive the flame. The body of the robot is made of aluminum and comprises two shells attached to each other with rods. The robot is controlled with a remote unit by an operator, who can observe the fire via a CCD camera. Control and cooling subsystems will allow the robot to work in these rough conditions. The control system allows the robot to use the navigation system as well as the sensory and cooling systems. The robot will be controlled with radiofrequency communications and is able to break doors and climb stairs to work in upper-level fires.
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    Low-Power and Low-Cost Stiffness-Variable Oesophageal Tissue Phantom
    (Springer Verlag, 2017) Thorn, Alexander; Afacan, Dorukhan; Ingham, Emily; Kavak, Can; Miyashita, Shuhei; Damian, Dana D.; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    Biological tissues are complex structures with changing mechanical properties depending on physiological or pathological factors. Thus they are extendible under normal conditions or stiff if they are subject to an inflammatory reaction. We design and fabricate a low-power and low-cost stiffness-variable tissue phantom (SVTP) that can extend up to 250% and contract up to 5.4% at 5 V (1.4 W), mimicking properties of biological tissues. We investigated the mechanical characteristics of SVTP in simulation and experiment. We also demonstrate its potential by building an oesophagus phantom for testing appropriate force controls in a robotic implant that is meant to manipulate biological oesophageal tissues with changing stiffness in vivo. The entire platform permits efficient testing of robotic implants in the context of anomalies such as long gap esophageal atresia, and could potentially serve as a replacement for live animal tissues.
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    The Arrows Project: Robotic Technologies for Underwater Archaeology
    (IOP Publishing Ltd., 2018) Allotta, Benedetto; Dede, Mehmet İsmet Can; Ridolfi, Alessandro; Salvetti, Ovidio; Reggiannini, Marco; Kruusmaa, Maarja; Salumäe, Taavi; Lane, David Mike; Frost, Gordon; Tsiogkas, Nikolaos; Cocco, Michele; Gualdesi, Lavinio; Lacava, Giovanni; Roig, Daniel; Gündoğdu, Hilal Tolasa; Dede, Mehmet İsmet Can; Baines, Steven; Tusa, Sebastiano; Latti, Priit; Scaradozzi, David; 03.10. Department of Mechanical Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    The paper summarizes the main results achieved during the three-year European FP7 ARROWS project (ARchaeological RObot systems for the Worlds Seas). ARROWS concluded at the end of August 2015 and proposed to adapt and develop low-cost Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) technologies to reduce the operational cost of typical underwater archaeological campaigns. The methodology used by ARROWS researchers identified archaeologists requirements for all the phases of a campaign. These were based on guidelines issued by the project Archaeology Advisory Group (AAG), which comprised of many European archaeologists belonging to the consortium. One of the main goals of the ARROWS project was the development of a heterogeneous team of cooperating AUVs; these comprised of prototypes developed in the project and commercially available vehicles. Three different AUVs have been built and tested at sea: MARTA, characterized by flexible hardware modularity for easy adaption of payload and propulsion systems, U-CAT, a turtle inspired bio-mimetic robot devoted to shipwreck penetration and A-Size AUV, a small light weight vehicle which is easily deployable by a single person. The project also included the development of a cleaning tool for well-known artefacts and maintenance operations. Results from the official final demonstrations of the project, held in Sicily and in Estonia during Summer 2015, are presented in the paper as an experimental proof of the validity of the developed robotic tools.