Plenty of businesses are using robots for warehouse automation. This video shows the Bluebell robot in action. This prototype robot can transport heavy packages in an Amazon warehouse. As you can see in the video, the robot can navigate its way around obstacles to get the payload to the right spot.
Here is another robot made for more advanced student and educators. The Rae robot is capable of object recognition and tracking. It has a 4K camera and 2x stereo cameras in the front and 2x stereo cameras in the back. It also has a LED ring under it.
In the past few years, we have covered plenty of KUKA robots handling food items. This video shows two KR AGILUS robots processing 10,000 cheese sticks per hour. These robots feed cheese sticks to a packaging machine.
Nadia is a smart humanoid robot from IHMC & Boardwalk robotics with electric and hydraulic actuators. It has a high power to weight ratio and large range of motion. It can operate autonomously or semi-autonomously. In this video, you can see how this robot can recover from unknown disturbances while walking on a treadmill.
Meet the SPD1: a multi-legged walking robot that can be used to inspect pipes of different diameters. It can be used alone or in a group. These robots have a 360-degree camera. You can operate these spiderlike robots with a game controller. The below video shows this robot in action:
Here is another open source robot that can take your coding skills to the next level. The XiaoR GEEK Bionic Robot Dog Kit has 12DOF. It supports 10+ kinds of postures and movements. The XR Dog comes with app control. It can jump, say hi, and perform other moves.
This robot dog has an aluminum alloy body. It has a detachable tail and wear resistant feet. You can program this robot dog via drag & drop.
This is the LOONG 4: a high precision surveillance drone with max load capacity of 10kg. It comes with AI tracking and recognition. It has a payload capacity of 10kg and can fly at high altitudes up to 5000m. It has flight time of 80 minutes.
This drone has flight speed of 15m/s. It can withstand up to level 6 winds.
This is the Apptronik Astra: a general purpose robot that can take on packaging and other tasks in industrial settings. As you can see in the below video, this robot can move its limbs with agility. It also expresses itself through its display.
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Robots handling fragile objects is much more challenging than it looks. Plenty of researchers are working on ways to perfect this. This video from SEAS researchers have developed a soft, robotic gripper that uses tentacles to handle objects like a jellyfish.
Plenty of countries are investing in more advanced drones for combat. The LOONG 5 is a medium-to-large unmanned drone with payload of 20kg and endurance of 240 minutes with capacity for 4 x 82mm and 6 x 60mm mortars.
