In the past few years, we have covered plenty of high capacity drones here. This Quadcopter Drone showcased on Flying Kyxz’s channel is also worth a look. It has 400kg payload capacity. The idea was to use this quadcopter to test the motors that will be used for 2 and 4-seater manned drones.
So you would like to build your own robot tank with Raspberry Pi or Arduino? This SZDoit Robot Tank Chassis has you covered. It has metal parts with shock absorption to last you a while. It comes with 9V motors, 2 tracks, and 10 bearing wheels. It has a speed of about 100RPM.
Meet the Juno Rover: another robot that will one day explore the surface of the Moon or Mars. Juno can move autonomously or be operated remotely. It can locate objects in real-time while overcoming off-road obstacles. Juno has a robotic arm to scout out rock and soil samples.
Here is another educational robot that can teach your kids a thing or two about coding. The UO Albert can keep your children engaged, read books, and play games when combined with your smartphone. It comes with simple coding cards too.
Meet the RB KAIROS+: a robotic platform that integrates with Universal Robots e-Series arms via plug & play. It is ready to take on pick & place, part feeding, and other similar tasks. It has a steel design and can carry up to 250kg. It has 4 high power motor wheels and can move in all directions.
Remember Cassie? It is a bipedal robot that can reach areas not easily accessible to wheeled robots. This video from Dynamic Robotics Laboratory shows how the robot can now hop, skip, and run. It was achieved by using reinforcement learning to train neural networks to “imitate bipedal gait behaviors with any motion capture data.”
Here is a self-reconfigurable modular robot that can connect to other robots at any point. FreeBOTs have a spherical ferromagnetic shell and an internal magnet. This approach allows more configurations to be achieved. FreeBOT has only two motors but can climb on magnetic walls and combine with others to traverse complex terrain.
Meet the Adeept PiCar Pro: an educational kit that comes with everything you need to build a smart robot car powered with a Raspberry Pi. This kit is compatible with Raspberry Pi 3/4 B/B+ boards. It has a 4DOF robotic arm to manipulate small objects.
Plenty of researchers are working hard to give robots lifelike expressions. Disney Research has posted a video that describes a system for lifelike gaze interaction between people and robots. Motor movements take care of blinking, breathing, and saccades to create complex lifelike behaviors.
