To help construction companies combat with the manpower shortage due to the COVID-19, Weston Robot has developed various solutions including material handling robot within the construction site, inspection and patrolling robot for daily progress reporting, disinfection robot, and exoskeletons for construction workers to reduce the fatigue, and increase the work productivity.
Picture: Minister of State for National Development Kiat How Tan Trying Out Exoskeletons for Fatique Reduction
Construction sites are normally unstructured environments and construction jobs often take place at different heights, thus making robot automation a very challenging task. In developed countries such as Japan and USA, where there the majority (if not all) portion of construction workers are local employees with different ages, assistive exoskeletons are widely used. Depending on the job requirements, back support exoskeleton (e.g., backX), leg/knee support exoskeleton (e.g., legX) and shoulder/neck support exoskeleton (e.g., shoulderX/neckX) are widely adopted to help workers reduce fatigue and improve the work productivity. In Singapore, we see the trends of adopting exoskeletons in constructions amid of the COVID-19.
Picture: Shoulder Support Exoskeletons (shoulderX) for Over-the-chest Jobs
Picture: Back Support Exoskeletons (backX) for Body-Bending Jobs
Picture: Leg/Knee Support Exoskeletons (legX) for Frequent Squating Jobs
Although automation is a very challenging task at construction sites, we do slowly roll out robotics solutions for some relatively easily automated jobs, for example, material handling using our tracked robots within the construction sites (automation is not needed), daily patrolling and progress reporting using our robot dogs, and disinfection robots with our robot base Hunter.
Picture: Weston Robot's Material Handling Robot and Inspection/Patrolling Robot Dogs
Video: Minister of State for National Development Kiat How Tan Trying Out Exoskeletons for Fatique Reduction
- 06-053D lidar is one of the key enabling technologies that helps robots see and understand our world. Ouster's 3D lidars have been widely adopted in autonomous driving and robotics research and deployment. Weston Robot now officially partners with Ouster to promote the lidar-based navigation for outdoor robotics applications.
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Weston Robot Launches Robots to Combat COVID-19
Weston Robot (Singapore) launches mobile robots to combat COVID-19. The mobile disinfection robots enable disinfection using chemicals for open area, and UV lights for enclosed spaces (MRT and dormitory). The mobile temperature screening robots proactively search for persons with abnormal body temperature. It can also be used for mask detection and social distance measuring. - 12-16
Weston Robot Awarded The Most Innovative Startup 2020
Weston Robot was invited to participate in OCBC EMERGING ENTERPRISE AWARD 2020, where more than 400 Singapore-based SMEs submitted their application. After rounds of competitive internal review and on-site presentation, Weston Robot won the Best Innovation Award, and was
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