Meet the ECOVACS DEEBOT T10 Plus: a robot vacuum and mop with 3000Pa suction power, object recognition and avoidance, and TrueMapping 2.0 SLAM tech. It has a front-facing starlight camera that lets you monitor your home live. You can also use this robot to stay in touch with your pets.
Magnetically actuated soft robots are nothing new. Most require an external magnetic field to generate motion. This video shows an electromagnetically actuated soft robot that carries its own magnet to move. It retracts and repels the magnet to generate motion, with its feet transforming this motion into forward locomotion.
Playing soccer with robots is nothing new. We have covered plenty of them here in the past. This video shows the Sox robot cat playing soccer with two Bittle robot dogs. Those two are programmable and run on Arduino. You can program them in C++ or Python. The below video shows them in action:
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Here is a robot with passive elastic legs that can learn to walk in an hour. Inspired by animals, this robot has a
a bioinspired closed-loop central pattern generator “that is designed to elastically mitigate short term perturbations using sparse contact feedback.” With the amount of long term corrective feedback minimized, the robot learns to match the controller to its mechanics and learns to walk in an hour.
Here is another robot kit that introduces you to AI programming concepts. The Hiwonder AI Autonomous Driving Kit comes with an AiNova Robot and WonderCam vision module. It can recognize traffic lights and road signs. This robot also has mp3 audio capability.
Meet the EXO X7 Ranger Plus Drone: a 4K camera drone with a 3-axis gimbal and 360-degree obstacle avoidance capability. It comes with a 1/3.2″ SONY sensor and can capture 2K30fps video and 4k photos. It lasts up to 25 days on battery.
Meet the NaTiddy Gecko Plus: a corded robotic pool cleaner that can clean the waterline horizontally. It has a 5μm ultra-high density filter to get rid of finer impurities in your water. This robot has 130W of suction power. It has max speed of 20m/min. It has a high flow of 4756 GPH.
This robot can cover the walls, floor, stairs, and every corner of your pool. It can handle bumpy pool floors. It has a corrosion resistant design. You can use this robot in square, round, or irregular shape pools.
Here is another robot vacuum that cleans your floors without you having to break a sweat.The roborock Q7 Max+ Robot has 4200Pa suction power and runs for 180 minutes. It combines with your phone to let you set no go zones and no-mop areas. This robot offers hands-free cleaning for up to 7 weeks. It works with Amazon Alexa.
Meet the Kawasaki Robotics ASTORINO: a 6-axis educational robot 3D printed with a carbon fiber filament. It weighs only 15kg and has a max range of 560mm. This robot has max payload of 0.5kg. This robot is easy to repair as you get the STL files to print parts for it. This robot supports AS programming.
Meet the Quantix Mapper: a hybrid VTOL drone that can launch vertically and transition to horizontal flight. It combines with a tablet for easy operation. Users can generate data maps with the touch of a button. This drone can be used to capture damage from storm, flood or fire or monitor crop growth.
