{"id":288900,"date":"2021-08-27T01:30:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T01:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=21838"},"modified":"2021-08-27T02:11:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T02:11:33","slug":"wa-made-robot-spider-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/08\/27\/wa-made-robot-spider-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"WA made robot \u2018spider\u2019 unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An Australian company<\/strong> that is exporting robotic parts to help with the clean-up of Japan&#8217;s Fukushima nuclear plant has unveiled its latest invention: a spider-like robot with magnetic feet for use in hazardous area inspections.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Western Australia robotics company <a href=\"https:\/\/nexxis.com.au\/\">Nexxis<\/a> officially unveiled Magneto-EX, a small robot that managing director Jason De Silveira said could be used by not only the oil and gas sector, but any industry where there&#8217;s a need for hazardous, confined space inspections.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21844\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Robot-800x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Robot-800x600-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Robot-800x600-1-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Robot-800x600-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Magneto-EX robot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Developed with the financial assistance and industry support of the CSIRO\u2019s Data61, <a href=\"https:\/\/sixde.com.au\/\">SixDe<\/a> and National Energy Resources Australia, Magneto-EX can place its feet in small gaps and on narrow beams, adapting its body configuration to navigate complex geometry and through narrow apertures.<\/p>\n<p>The company is now seeking partners for viability testing and a commercial release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s operating at heights, deep underground or in the presence of toxic chemicals, industrial worksites are dangerous places,&#8221; Nexxis&#8217; Mr Silveira said. &#8220;And confined spaces pose the biggest risk in terms of death or injury. Anything that can be done to keep humans out of these environments is a great step forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 75% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Cut_006_Mastered_SM.mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/593031850?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479&amp;h=c65b2f6877\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>Until now, robotic inspections haven\u2019t been possible in such spaces due to the risk of ignition, he said. But Magneto-EX changes that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With its design approved, EX-certification, our prototype can work safely and reliably in the most extreme conditions, alleviating the risk to human operators,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re confident Magneto-EX will not only save lives but will also dramatically reduce downtime costs at an industrywide level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nexxis estimates that working in confined spaces is estimated to be 100 to 150 times more hazardous than operating on an open site, due to confined spaces not being designed for people to work in, often with poor ventilation that allows for hazardous atmospheres to quickly develop.<\/p>\n<p>Western Australia&#8217;s Innovation and ICT Minister Don Punch said Nexxis\u2019 Magneto-EX was a prime example of how the state&#8217;s robotics sector was &#8220;thriving and competing globally&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovation has an important role to play in growing and diversifying the state\u2019s economy, and the Western Australian Government is committed to nurturing local innovators,&#8221; Mr Punch said.<\/p>\n<p>Western Australia Chief Scientist Professor Peter Klinken: \u201cNexxis is a prime example of how innovative and technological expertise can be found right here in Western Australia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The National Energy Resources Australia&#8217;s chief executive officer Miranda Taylor said it had been &#8220;exciting&#8221; to help Nexxis on its journey so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNERA\u2019s support of Nexxis dates back to 2018 when they were a team of just eight and it\u2019s been wonderful to have been able to provide that early support to them as they have grown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Taylor said the next step for the company was to partner with early adopters and trial and refine the device, with the aim to make it available commercially\u00a0&#8220;sometime next year&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNexxis is helping to position Australia as a world leader in automated robotic inspection research and manufacturing,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re already exporting robotic parts to help with the clean-up at the Fukushima nuclear plant. Magneto-EX is a major step forward in safer inspections in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/wa-company-unveils-spider-like-robot-for-hazardous-inspections\/\">WA made robot &#8216;spider&#8217; unveiled<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/\">InnovationAus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/wa-company-unveils-spider-like-robot-for-hazardous-inspections\/\">InnovationAus<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian company that is exporting robotic parts to help with the clean-up of Japan\u2019s Fukushima nuclear plant has unveiled its latest invention: a spider-like robot with magnetic feet for use in hazardous area inspections. On Friday, Western Australia robotics company Nexxis officially unveiled Magneto-EX, a small robot that managing director Jason De Silveira said&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/wa-company-unveils-spider-like-robot-for-hazardous-inspections\/\">WA made robot \u2018spider\u2019 unveiled<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/\">InnovationAus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7505,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2790,6848,34372,34373,8148,34374,553,34375],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288900"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288967,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288900\/revisions\/288967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}