Meet the A’seedbot: an autonomous tree planting robot that can plant a tree in fertile areas in deserts. Created by Mazyar Etehadi from the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation, this robot measures 8 inches long. It has solar panels to recharge its battery during the day. It has 3D printed legs that let it crawl over sand.
Remember the Robo-C? It is a human-like robot that acts and talks like a human to interact with people visiting your place of business. It can be made to have the appearance of anybody. The Robo-C robot can greet people, provide them with info on your products and services, or be programmed to discuss certain topics. The below video shows it in action:
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Here is an open source haptic feedback glove that lets you feel what a remote robot is feeling. You can also modify it for VR applications. Remote Feelings has 4 sensing resistors in each finger. It has USB connectivity but according to the maker, WiFi and Bluetooth features can be added to it.
Here is a robotic slope mower ideal for solar farm applications. It has a total of 44 inch cutting width. It is powered by a 19HP Briggs & Stratton Engine and features an electric start system. It is smart enough to perceive its surroundings and avoid obstacles. The below video shows it in action:
Sony’s aibo shouldn’t need any introduction. It is a gorgeous robot dog that recognizes faces, does tricks and develops its own unique personality as you interact with it. Aibo has a 64-bit quad-core processor and 22 degrees of freedom. It has 2 OLED eyes, speaker, 4 microphones, 2 cameras, various sensors, and WiFi connectivity. Sony has just announced an aibo Strawberry Milk Edition. While it has many similarities to other versions, it can perform a dance routine with a voice command.
Here is another educational robot that helps you take your coding to the next level. The Yahboom Jetbot Mini AI Robot is ROS compatible. It is ready for face detection, object/color recognition, and gesture detection. You get an app to control the robot.
Meet the Magswitch CoBot SmartMagGrip E30: an intelligent magnetic gripper designed for collaborative robots that reduces cycle time while ensuring safety. It comes with variable field output. It comes with 3 pole shoe kits and is smart enough to determine and conform when the proper part is picked.
Meet John Deere’s Autonomous 8R Tractor: a smart tractor with a TruSet-enabled chisel plow and StarFire GPS system designed to help farmers grow more. It has 6 stereo cameras for 360-degree obstacle detection. It uses a deep neural network to classify the images captured.
Meet Nina from Doosan Robotics: a camera robot that can take your filmmaking to the next level. It comes with a user-friendly software for easy motion control. This robot is smart enough to sense objects and calculate distance automatically. Doosan is planning to create an open platform to let users exchange camera movements and set up difficult-to-film angles at the click of a button.
Here is another robot with 3D printed parts that can teach you a thing or two about programming. The OTTO H robot can be controlled with iOS and Android devices. This DIY robot kit comes with an Arduino Nano controller.
