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robotics teacher (2022)
The Free Style category in a global robotics competition is a Greek affair! They created original projects and stood out among 40 teams from 16 countries and won 1st, 3rd and 5th place in the category!
The students from Herakleion represented Greece in the Robochallenge competition and won first place in the Freestyle category, with an original project. An important distinction was achieved by students from Heraklion who participated in an international robotics competition held in Romania.
Hmu Robotics Club (2022)
The robotic bartender is now a reality. ELMEPA students, members of the Robotics Club of the Hellenic Mediterranean University built robots that know how to serve beers!In essence, it is a prototype system of robotic arms that will serve the favorite drink of the summer. Its first test will take place from tomorrow Thursday until July 3 as part of the Beer Festival Crete, which is organized in Heraklion in the forecourt of the ELMEPA Indoor Gymnasium.
The Robotics Club and the Control Systems and Robotics Laboratory of ELMEPA demonstrated a prototype robotic Christmas tree decoration system and 3D printing of ornaments chosen by visitors
But does it make coffee?' It's a question we ask all aspiring inventors. Well, the members of the ELMEPA Robotics Club are preparing to present an automatic frappe production machine! In just one year since its establishment, it has already attracted the interest not only of students but also of the world. With special passion and enthusiasm, students who are active in robotics and innovation, regardless of their knowledge background and school of origin, create innovative projects and organize seminars themselves for younger students. Imaginative projects have already been created, such as the robotic bartender who served frozen Weiss beers at the Beer Festival, the Star Wars battle using robotic arms. And whoever didn't have time to admire the Christmas project of the Robotics Club last year will have the opportunity to be surprised this year as it will be presented again. The Club's collaboration with the Greek Educational Robotics Organization HERO to actively participate in the Sports Robotics Olympiad in a role that will be announced in the coming days is also enviable.
BioMechCrete (2020)
Two students in Crete have designed a fully-functional ventilator in their home — and printed it in 3D — adding another weapon to the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Sotiris Kalaitzakis and Giorgos Patou, students at the Hellenic Mediterranean University, based in Heraklion, Crete, have designed a respirator that costs only 70 to 80 euros to make, while pharmaceutical companies can charge hundreds or even thousands of euros for such devices.
The two students have already made contact with a nursing school in order to make the necessary tests on a human model and ensure the smooth operation of the device. Their version of a fully printable mechanical medical respirator took only three weeks to design and build on a 3D printer, while testing the prototype provided 48 hours of smooth and stable operation.
The machine measures 210 x 180 x 220 mm (8 X 7 X 8.6 inches) and a 12-volt battery is included, making the device fully portable and ideal for patient transportation.
The goal is to provide desperately-needed assistance to hospitals, since there is a serious shortage of available medical respirators since the outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis.
“We wanted to create a large stock of portable and inexpensive breathing machines that can be easily printed and used,” the two students told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
“From the calipers and the AMBU airbag to the valves, all the parts can be printed by a 3D printer that uses biocompatible PLA (polylactic acid) and TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane), without the help of additional supports. No screws are needed as the components are held in place by bundles. The device supports a 2000ml AMBU airbag.”
According to Kalaitzakis and Patou, the user has the ability to control the volume of air delivered to the patient, as well as the number of breaths per second and the ratio of inhalation to exhalation.
The next version, the inventors say, will include the ability to control airflow and pressure, as well as peak pressure and peak width for AC and PEEP applications.