How our robotic systems help to maximise mission success

Generally speaking, it is often the case that robotic systems operators are unwittingly held back from maximising on mission success. Throughout this article, we'll be addressing six key areas in which operators are kept from realising their fleet's full potential and explore how our large T7 and medium-sized T4 robots help to overcome this:

1. Reliability Many robots within the market are simply not robust enough for the challenging environments in which they are set to work. For example, it's surprising how frequently some robots are damaged due to rough handling, accidental drops, tipping over on uneven terrain, or colliding with objects when operating remotely. This can end up being extremely costly depending on how regularly replacement parts are required. Incredibly durable, our T7 and T4 robots do not fail often. In the rare cases that they do, they have multiple modes of failure recovery. One of our T4's most unique capabilities is its ability to self-right at the press of a button thanks to omni-directional stabilizers. By quickly getting the robot back up and running should it ever tip over, mission success isn't compromised and downtime is minimised.

Moreover, in a digital world where turning it off and on again is a go-to response in the event of an error, robotic systems operators will often seek the option to turn the robot's capabilities on and off remotely to reboot the system should anything go wrong. Our T7 and T4 systems offer this, enabling operators to remotely cycle power to the robot's subsystems in order to reset parts of the system mid-mission. This is also a really useful feature during missions where electronic countermeasures (ECM) are used concurrently with the robot. The robot can be put to sleep for a period of time, fully eliminating any Radio Frequency (RF) emissions and allowing the ECM team to characterise the RF environment and scan for threats. This sleep functionality has the added benefit of enabling a full restart of the robot remotely to aid in resetting system errors.

2. Capability While an element of responsibility does lie with the operator to do a good job during a mission, a worker is only as good as the tools available to them. It goes without saying that if a robot is incapable of sufficiently completing the tasks it was procured to do, or is too complex for the operator to use confidently, it will negatively impact mission success. By instead procuring a robot that is designed for easy use and equipped with the right capabilities to tackle mission objectives, operators don't need to work so hard, turning challenging tasks into manageable jobs.

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