Frag Out! Magazine
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ENVIRONMENTAL SWAB This tool is used to take samples of material for laboratory analysis by performing environmental swabs on the surface of objects. It includes a work- ing attachment, which has a sponge (sterile, dry, or soaked in neutralizing buffer) mounted with a spring-loaded clamp and a transport container attached to a rail on the body of the robot. The container is to hold the working attachment in a position easy for the gripper of the robot (thanks to magnets) and, after collecting the sample, to secure it against influence of the environment, which may distort the analysis later on. FORENSIC SAMPLERS SET Those are standard samplers used by forensics technicians (swabs and indentures) adjusted to be operated with the gripper of the robot by adding a proper base and a handle. It should be mentioned that placing the sampler in the handle does not re- quire any adjustments in the sampler, as well as do not interfere with its construction. The handle was designed in such a way, so that the replacement of the sampler is easy and quick, and does not un- seal it, which could distort the results of analysis later on. Moreover, design of the handle helps in operating the sampler with the gripper and in the further decontamination activities. The handle is attached t the UGV body with MIL- STD-1913 mount. SPME ABSORBER It is an electronic device used for adsorption of chemical molecules from air and fluids with the solid phase micro-extraction (SPME). The device ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES