Laboratory + Industrial Automation

Automation offers optimized management of existing resources and can accelerate the adoption of new technologies. SRI's solutions for automating complex tasks are safer and more affordable, and clients benefit from a faster time to market and a shorter product development cycle.

Examples of SRI's automation technologies include:

  • Electroadhesion, an SRI technology applied to robotic grippers for factory, laboratory, or residential automation

  • Machine vision technology for detecting and measuring objects. Used in combination with advanced controllers and robotic actuators, it can automate highly challenging tasks, such as parcel handling, manufacturing assembly, and parts feeding.

  • Test systems automation for clients who need to rapidly develop and evaluate new lab or industrial products

Projects

the ARM-H robotic hand

SRI and partners are developing highly dexterous low-cost robotic hands for military applications and other real-world uses.

Products + Solutions

magnetic encoding equipment

Until recently, there has not been a reliable, accurate, and inexpensive means to sense the motion and location of machine components such as hydraulic cylinders.

Taurus Dexterous Robot held by a researcher

SRI is developing Taurus, a potentially life-saving telemanipulation tool for military and domestic bomb squads to defuse vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs). Following field trials, Taurus enters commercial markets in 2012.

SRI In the News

Robots Credited For Helping Keep Jobs From Going Overseas

This news story focuses on how robotics is benefiting manufacturing and service industries while helping to keep jobs in the U.S. The story includes an interview with Rich Mahoney,director of SRI’s Robotics Program.

Taurus robot being held by an SRI researcher
SRI's Latest Bot Disposes of Bombs

This video highlights SRI’s Taurus robot, a 15-pound robot that offers human-like dexterity from a remote distance.