The idea of using robots to 3D print objects is nothing new. Swarm Fabrication by Hiroki Kaimoto and Samin Farajian takes a different approach. It involves using swarm robots as reconfigurable 3D printers. As the researchers explain, they constructed “X-Y-Z plotter with multiple toio robots, which can be used for drawing plotters and 3D printers.”
Here is a set of robots that let you stay in touch with your friends and family members who don’t live close-by. The MoMoBot allow social interactions between people at a distance. They are based on the toio robotic platform. They can pat users on the hand, give them a high five, and a whole lot more.
Meet the Miko 3: a cute robot companion with AI designed to keep your kids engaged while teaching team new things. It can express its emotions and understands users’ moods. It has a whole host of free and paid apps for your kids to take advantage of.
Here is an advanced programmable robot that takes your coding game to the next level. This Mecanum wheel robot car comes with WiFi video transmission. Here are the specs:
This robotic arm comes with LiDAR navigation capability.
Meet the FCSTAR: a flying, driving, and climbing robot that can adapt to challenging conditions. It can crawl over grass, gravel, and dirt or climb walls. It has a sprawl range of 0 to 45 degrees.
Here is an inflatable robotic hand that gives amputees real-time tactile control. Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University developed this low-cost neuroprosthetic hand to perform daily activities such as pouring drinks and zipping a suitcase. This robotic hand weighs half a pound. It took about $500 to build it.
Here is another humanoid robot that can teach you a thing or two about coding. The Hiwonder AI Vision Humanoid Robot is ready for Python programming. It is powered by Raspberry Pi 4B. It comes with smartphone and PC control. It is smart enough to recognize tags/colors and follow lines.
Here is a bipedal walking robot that can fly, slackline and skateboard. This robot has thrusters and legs to change mode. It has sensors that enable it to operate indoors and outdoors. It has on-board computers, a stereo camera, a protection helmet, and propeller arms.
Meet the Duco robot: an autonomous electronics fabrication robot that enables room-scale circuitry to make everyday surfaces interactive. As the researchers explain, Duco
achieves single-layer or multi-layer circuit fabrication on 2D surfaces as well as 2D cutouts that can be assembled into 3D objects by loading various functional inks to the wall-hanging drawing robot, as well as employing an optional laser cutting head as a cutting tool.
As the above video shows, this robot can be used to turn a wall into a musical instrument or smart home controller.
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