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Date Created: 23 Apr 2014 8:47 PM Date Created
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Magnetically Actuated Micro-Robots

23 Apr 2014

Found this little bit of fun wondering the Nets.

Magnetically controlled robots from SRI ...Cool

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DAB over 11 years ago +1

Very cool. Depending upon the power needed, I could see these robots setup to keep solar collectors clean. Also think about keeping sky scrapper windows clean. No more dangling people off the building…

shabaz over 11 years ago

Hi DAB,
That's a really cool idea you suggest - solar panel scrubber magnets. Reminds me (although not similar at all) of the degaussing coils that TVs used to have?
This is like a modern adaptation, de-greasing :-)
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Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to DAB

nice idea Window cleaning in general would be a nice use case I think.
Hard to power though with out a film that would block some of the light from the solar panel or the house the window was in?!
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DAB over 11 years ago

Very cool.

Depending upon the power needed, I could see these robots setup to keep solar collectors clean.
Also think about keeping sky scrapper windows clean. No more dangling people off the building so that they can be injured by variant wind speeds.

Lots of possibility here if the logistics work.

DAB
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