It’s important that during a space mission
astronaut have reliable and anti-flammable lithium-ion batteries to assist them
in maintaining spacecraft, their spacesuits and other technologies that keep the
crew safe in high-stakes situations. Now, technologists are beginning to
utilize these same batteries on Earth, too.
Hospitals are most likely where you’ll encounter a
battery that was first developed for out-of-this-world use. It’s important that
during power outages, technologies such as robotic arms used in surgeries
continue to operate without missing a beat.
The Indian healthcare industry started embracing
surgical robotics during 2006 and witnessed a substantial increase in the
number of surgical robots since its inception in
This power system, which was used to operate robots
remotely in space, can be used in hospitals in order to provide reliability to
robotic surgeries that, in
High-density energy storage systems used in space
exploration look like a small battery, only fatter and resemble today’s
lithium-ion batteries. But Salles assures us that technologists are capable of developing
these specialized batteries into any space or size needed to accomplish the
mission.
As technology evolves, Salles and other IEEE power
and energy society members are hopeful that these batteries provide new
opportunities to keep people safe in whatever application — in space or on
Earth.