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ANAT technology
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Articulated Nimble Adaptable Trunk Overview ANAT technology allows the creation of modular robots based on U and H shaped modules, that are far more robust then their L shaped predecessors. By connecting many of these particular modules together like LEGO blocks, you can form almost any robot, reducing the cost of manufacturing. The modular design of this technology uses connected identical modules, varying only in size. These modules can be rotary, prismatic or of a wheeled type.. Each module contains an actuator in order to make the second structural member pivot relatively to the first one. The actuator is connected to the second member, but is in no way subjected to any outside loads applied on the module. This is because outside pressure is supported by the axis which is distributed to the frames of connected modules like the ancient Roman arc structure. This allows robots using ANAT technology to be created with a high payload carrying capacity to robot weight ratio while maintaining high flexibility. This technology has generated a family of products, from mobile robots, to robotic manipulators, to ergonomic arms and even hybrid walker robots. History Invented in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1997 by Charles Khairallah M.Ing of Robotics Design, when Mr. Khairallah was still an student in robotics. The first prototype robot made with ANAT technology was called ANAT Robot and was later developed into an industrial manipulator called the ANAT AMI-100, released to the market in 2000. In 2002, a non robotic version of the AMI-100 was created, for use in the manufacturing industry, called the ANATERGOARM, a manual ergonomic arm. The family of ANAT mobile robots began with the release of the ANATROLLER ARI-100 in 2003, a robot specialized in duct cleaning. By 2006, the family grew with the addition of the ARE-100 and the ARI-50. 
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