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Face Mask Detection Robot
These robots roam freely among humans and detect faces without masks. They are specially
deployed during COVID-19 pandemic and proved very useful.
Robots in Space and Research
Robots play an important role in space and research programmes. Robots are sent to space
because sending a robot in space is much cheaper than sending a human. They don’t need to
eat or sleep. Hence, they can work for long hours and they can survive in space for many years
and can be left out there for further research. Robots can do a lot of things that human can’t.
Some can withstand harsh conditions, like extreme temperatures or high levels of radiation.
Some of the very successful NASA’s robots are:
• Mars Rovers like Perseverance and Curiosity.
• A-PUFFER which is short form for Autonomous Pop-
Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot, is capable of flattening
itself out and duck down to investigate tight spots.
• The BRUIE robot can float on the water and roll its
wheel along the underside of an icy surface while
taking pictures and collecting data. This would be used
in future to search sign of life on icy bodies elsewhere
in the solar system.
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