Meet the Polaris 9650IQ Sport Robotic Pool Vacuum: a smart robot that can keep your pool water clean. It comes with app control and WiFi for easy programming. It has a 4-wheel drive that enables it to climb over obstacles. The robot uses Vortex Vacuum technology to maintain maximum suction.
Here is a robotic extra thumb that can be controlled by moving your toes. It lets you handle objects more easily. By wiggling each toe, the wears could move the thumb in different directions. The additional thumb can make your life easier but it can affect the brain, making it less certain how your hands work.
The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful platform for learning coding. With the Makeblock mBot Mega Kit, you can build a metal robot car that can be programmed in Python. This robot comes with omnidirectional mecanum wheels. It is based on the Mega AT2560 and lets you connect up to 10 servos and 8 DC motors.
Meet the Sphero indi robot: an educational robot with app control that teaches you the basics of coding. It comes with a color sensor and tiles that you can use to build mazes. The companion app lets you program the robot via drag & drop.
Reachy is an open source interactive robot with an expressive head, bio-inspired arm, and open hardware/software/data platform. As we have covered in the past, this robot can be taught new skills via demonstration. As the below video shows, it can be teleoperated in VR to play a dice game.
Meet the Shadow Teleoperation System: an innovative remote robot control system that uses 5-fingered dexterous hands to allow operators to manipulate items from a safe distance. It is designed to mimic the operator’s hand movement.
Here is a soft robot gripper inspired by Japanese Kirigami. It can securely pick up objects of various sizes, weights, shapes, and fragility. This is achieved by cutting a sheet of flexible plastic in the right spots.
Meet the EBO from Enabot: a mobile robot designed to keep you and your family company. It lets you stay connected with your kids and pets when you are not around. It comes with 2-way audio, night vision, self-charging capability, and remote control.
