*This page is intended to serve the same function as the SCUTTLE Applications Guide (in PDF) but to become more dynamic, open, and easily navigable.
Robotic projects, listed by their application, which focus a project on a mechanical design.
Discussion of problem:
- Tasks that require a broomstick are often tedious, located in narrow spaces, or requiring frequent repetition. The fact that we have attached an item to a broomstick indicates right away that the human arm is not sufficient to do a job easily.
Discussion of solution:
- Achieve painting, cleaning, or other maintenance functions with your SCUTTLE by attaching any off-the-shelf tool that uses the standard ACME (broomstick) thread.
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Discussion of problem:
- The most expensive part of a ship is the maintenance, which relies on continuous painting to prevent corrosion
- Every crew member of a ship is costly, so docking the ships may be required to dock for painting.
- Discovery of rust & deteriorated paint may be more important than applying paint.
- It is tedious to search a whole ship for rust so currently there is no affordable solution.
- Remote communication is unreliable on the sea, so remote expertise cannot help very much with identifying rust, etc.
Discussion of solution:
- A robot painter could make continuous scanning for rust, 24 hours per day, reducing docking time for the ship.
- The robot painter can utilize edge AI to take photos and evaluate paint
- While automation is still expensive, only high-cost problems are feasible and this is a high-cost problem.
- Solar energy is highly available, making continuous recharge of the robot feasible