This is Robby: a mini STEM robot designed to teach kids ages 6+ coding. It comes with an Arduino based microcontroller, 3 servo motors, and an expansion board. It has a simple design and inspires kids to come up with their own designs.
This robot is Arduino IDE compatible, so kids can change its code and write their own. You can find out more about it here.
In the future, remote controlled trucks will be used to deliver aid supplies to remote destinations. This video shows how a SHERP vehicle was teleoperated. These off-road vehicles can overcome obstacles up to a meter. They can move over challenging terrains.
This vehicle was equipped with various sensors for real-time monitoring of its surroundings, including depth cameras and LiDAR.
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Meet the SWIFTI CRB 1300 Industrial Cobot from ABB Robotics: a collaborative robot with payload option up to 11kg and reach of up to 1.4m. SWIFTI comes with ABB’s SafeMove safety functionality. It is smart enough to stop before contact with a human.
Meet the GANKER EX Robot: an advanced battlebot with app control, smooth motion, electronic scoring, and man-machine sync functionality. It comes with a wearable controller that you can use to get the robot to mimic your moves.
Meet the TizzyToy 1080p Single Propeller Helicopter: a RC toy with 15 minutes flight time and one-touch take-off/landing function that can fly stably thanks to a 6-axis gyroscope. It comes with a 2.4GHz remote that lets you choose from 3 speed settings.
In the past few years, we have covered plenty of clever soft actuators. This one shared by Michael Dickey on YouTube shows a soft actuator using bubbles. Here is how it works:
the gas is created by electrochemical reactions that are controlled by electrochemistry. Rather than rubber, the chamber is made of hydrogel, which is a polymer network swollen with water. The water is the reactant that converts to gas. The resulting bubbles inflate the chamber within the hydrogel.
This approach can potentially used to make soft actuators that can operate underwater.
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Plenty of businesses are investing in robots to make life easier for their customers while saving money. Hyundai Motor Group’s hotel delivery robot is an AI-based self-driving bot that can move between floors and deliver items to patrons. As the below video shows, these robots can be summoned with a smartphone.
DJI is behind some of the best drones on the market. Many of them are too expensive for beginners. The DJI Mini 3 is a more affordable camera drone with 4K HDR video capability. It lasts up to 38 minutes on battery but that can be increases to 51 minutes.
Meet the GPK-32 4-Wheel Drive (4WD) Inspection Robot: a powerful robot that can inspect hard to reach areas. It can record HD images and videos. The GPK-32 has an anodized black aluminum chassis, a HD camera of and LED spotlights. It lasts up to 2 hours on battery.
This is the One-Wheel Cubli: an inverted pendulum system that can balance on its pivot using a single reaction wheel. It has 2 degrees of freedom. As the inertia in one direction is higher than the other, the system moves faster in the direction with the lower inertia.
