In the past few years, we have covered plenty of fancy omnidirectional robots here. Many of them are large and take a lot of space. This video shows a palm-sized omnidirectional robot driven by 2 torus wheels. These wheels are made of coil springs. The below video shows this robot in action:
Meet the xArm-ESP32 Robotic Arm: an educational desktop robot arm with MicroPython programming support. It works with Hiwonder sensors for more advanced projects. This robot can be controlled with a glove, joystick, and app.
Here is another robotic glove that can help with rehabilitation exercises. The SYREBO robotic therapy gloves help speed up recovery. It has 3 modes (passive, mirro, and ADLs training). It helps patients perform finger flexion/extension and reduce muscle tension. It also has a user friendly touch control unit.
This is the Golfi: an autonomous golf putting robot that learns how to putt the ball from an arbitrary point on the green with a camera system for image recognition and a neural network. It can predict the stroke velocity vector required to complete a hole in one. The below video shows it in action:
Meet the Robooter: an all-terrain wheelchair with omni-wheels that can move freely on grass, sand, and other uneven surfaces. It has an intuitive controller with an enlarged joystick and voice prompts.
In the past few years, we have covered a few robots that can feed people with disabilities. Teaching robots how to use a fork is not always straightforward. This video from Standford ILIAD shows a zero-shot framework to “sense visuo-haptic properties of a previously unseen item and reactively skewer it, all within a single interaction.”
Drones are getting smarter all the time with all kinds of sensors to avoid collisions and operate safely. Many of them are still not collision resistant though. HiPeR Lab researchers have come with a collision-resilient aerial vehicle with with an icosahedron tensegrity structure. It can withstand high speed impacts and start operation after collisions.
Here is a Jetson Nano robot designed for more advanced students. The Transbot Jetson Nano Robot comes with Silan A1 sensor and is ready for autonomous navigation. It ships with the Astra Pro 3D camera for 3D mapping. This AI robot has guarding and tracking capability. It has a tracked chassis with 2 motors.
Here is an aircraft that can achieve a range of up to 900km on liquid nitrogen. H3 Dynamics’s 25kg test aircraft also can go for 350km with pressurized hydrogen. It has a externalized nacelle design that frees up 30L of fuselage volume.
This is the SAFER rehabilitation platform: a rehab robot with sensorized cuff that can perform a wide variety of movements. It can automate a mobilization therapy or performing a functional task. The smart cuff attaches the patient’s leg or arm and can reproduce the senses in a therapist’s hand.
