HEBI’s inchworm-style robot offer a modular platform for developers. Source: HEBI Robotics
HEBI Robotics has been recognized with another RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its “inchworm” family of robots. The robots have feet that use suction, magnets, or other types of grippers to traverse challenging environments end over end.
The RBR50 awards, presented by The Robot Report (formerly Robotics Business Review), celebrate the most innovative and influential technologies, applications, startups, and business models. HEBI said the recognition underscores its “commitment to pushing the envelope of what is not only possible, but practical, with robotics.”
“We are very pleased to be recognized again by the RBR50 Awards,” said Bob Raida, CEO of HEBI Robotics. “We are also very excited about the potential use cases for inchworm-style robots. We can now automate a whole host of tasks that would otherwise require humans to work in hazardous or confined environments.”
HEBI Robotics designs modular systems
HEBI Robotics spun out of the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Biorobotics Lab in 2014. The Pittsburgh-based company said it produces an agile platform for robotics development paired with hardware and software tools that make it possible to create capable and robust custom robots quickly.
Researchers around the world use HEBI components to accelerate their work. Led by Prof. Howie Choset, the company said it has collaborated with its industrial partners to develop practical automation systems that address challenging applications in the field.
The inchworm-style robots use smart actuators arranged in a snake-like configuration in addition to the multiple types of grippers. HEBI said this innovative approach, along with the modularity of its systems, transcends the limitations of conventional robots.
The company added that this combination of technologies enables mobility and manipulation in complex, dangerous, and difficult-to-reach workspaces.
Repeat winner exhibits at Robotics Summit
HEBI Robotics previously won an RBR50 award in 2023 for applying modularity to mobile robots.
Last week, the company demonstrated the inchworm mobile manipulator composed of its industrial H-Series robotic actuators in the RBR50 Showcase at the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston. It also participated in the RBR50 Gala.
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