Here is another robot that can serve customers ice cream and looks cute doing it. The Reita-kun Ice Cream Robot goes to work when the customer selects what she/he wants. It grabs a cone and prepares the ice cream. As you can see in the below video, the robot arm has a dinosaur skin. It even blows steam through its nose.
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Robots are going to do a lot of things in space for us in the future. Take the GITAI’s G1 robot for instance: it is a space station robot with two arms to handle all kinds of tools and objects. It has cameras for streaming high resolution and wide FOV video.
The G1 features omni-directional sensing and has 8 DOF in each arm. The below video shows how this robot can use a wide variety of tools for sample collection.
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Meet the PD4-AW-AQ: an all-weather drone that can land on water. It can even capture under water images. This drone flies for up to 21 minutes on battery. It can reach a max speed of 50mph and has max payload of 8.8lbs.
Researchers are always looking for ways to improve battery efficiency in robots. The University of Michigan engineers have now come up with a rechargeable zinc battery that integrates into the structure of robots to provide more energy. Here is how it works:
The new battery works by passing hydroxide ions between a zinc electrode and the air side through an electrolyte membrane. That membrane is partly a network of aramid nanofibers—the carbon-based fibers found in Kevlar vests—and a new water-based polymer gel. The gel helps shuttle the hydroxide ions between the electrodes.
The battery is made of non-toxic materials. To test it, researchers experimented with worm and scorpion shaped robots.
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Here is another robot that can make life easier for wheelchair users. Accenture & Intel are supporting this project led by Neuro-Biomorphic Engineering Lab (NBEL) at the Open University of Israel in collaboration with ALYN Hospital. The robotic arm simply assists patients with spinal injuries in performing daily tasks.
Meet the Promobot Thermocontrol: an autonomous screening robot that can take temperature without contact in less than 5 seconds with 0.2C accuracy. It can add photo, name, and measurement results to the database and is ready for over 600 screenings per hour.
Here is a robotic system designed for testing and maintenance of wind turbine blades. It has a conductivity inspection rate of 10 minutes per blade. It can perform conductivity and visual tests to find potential issues. The robot can assess blade surface condition with 12 micrometers.
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Meet the Deep Trekker Revolution: an underwater robot designed to withstand harsh conditions. It is rated to depths up to 305m. The revolution NAV has advanced stabilization features, so it can operate in strong currents. It comes with an ultra HD camera with 260-degree revolving head. Pilots can adjust the angle of your camera, lights, laser scaler, imaging sonar and grabber for their application.
Meet the Aziro V3: an autonomous mobile robot for inventory taking purposes that can navigate on retail sales floor to scan RFID tags for products. The AZIRO robotic platform uses 3D depth sensors, laser range finders, sonar sensors, and bumper sensors to get the job done effectively.
