The software for the EV3, which is based on the same National Instruments LabView software used for industrial robot applications, has been upgraded.

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Vecna is working on other potential applications for the robot technology - including helping move heavy patients in hospital.

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The practical applications of using a robot to weave a structure is that it could become a deployable platform capable of building a large structure, like say a gantry platform inside or around another large structure.

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