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FaceHaptics: Facial Haptics for Immersive VR Using a Robotic Arm

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Virtual reality environments can be fun to explore but researchers are always looking for ways to make them more immersive. FaceHaptics takes an interesting approach to this issue. It uses a robot arm attached to a VR headset to deliver facial haptics.

FaceHaptics: Robot Arm based Versatile Facial Haptics for Immersive Environments

The device comes with actuators, rubber tip, and radial fan. Thanks to this, you will be able to feel the leaves brushing your face or wetness of a virtual waterfall.

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Akara Robotics’ UV Disinfecting Robot

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UV light is used at hospitals for sanitization. More hospitals are now relying on robots to take on this task. Akara Robotics has turned the TurtleBot 2 into a UV disinfecting robot. It can go from room to room and rotate to cover every area, without putting humans in danger.

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JNC Teeny Tiny Robot Vacuum Cleaner

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There are plenty of fancy vacuum cleaners on the market. Not all of them are tiny enough to fit under your furniture though. The JNC Teeny Tiny Robot Vacuum Cleaner is a slim robot that can access hard to reach areas. It has a 2.95cm body, 3 cleaning patterns, and 2 brushes. It delivers suction power up to 1000pa.

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Quantix Recon: Fully Automated VTOL Reconnaissance Drone

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Meet the Quantix Recon: a fully automated reconnaissance unmanned aircraft with VTOL design and radio frequency silent mode. It can survey up to 1.6 square kilometers or 20 linear km per 45 minute on battery.

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mechDOG Robot Dog Based on Arduino

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Arduino and Raspberry Pi are wonderful platforms for building custom programmable robots. As this video from Mech-Dickel Robotics shows, it is possible to build a robot dog based Arduino, with Lynxmotion Smart Servos. It has a handcrafted aluminum chassis with high impact polystyrene parts.

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Haptic Glove for Drone Teleoperation

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There are plenty of drones that can be controlled with a joystick or smartphone. With a haptic controller, you can easily control your drone’s trajectory with accuracy. This video by EPFLLIS shows a hand-worn haptic drone controller that is much easier to get a handle on than a radio controller.

Hand-worn Haptic Interface for Drone Teleoperation

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Sweat Powered Electronic Skin Developed By University of California Researchers

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Electronic skins are nothing new. We have covered a bunch of them in the past. University of California researchers have come up with an e-skin that can be embedded with sensors to monitor users’ vitals. Best of all, it draws energy from sweat.

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Ladybird Beetle Inspired Origami Robot

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Plenty of robots are inspired by nature. This jump-gliding origami has wings inspired by ladybird beetle. The SNU BioRobotics Lab developed a compliant origami based artificial vein that is deployable in 0.12 seconds. It can endure 210g of force.

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Degerminator Robot with UV Germicidal Light

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Robots that can kill germs are nothing new. They rely on UV-C light to get rid of 99.99% of dangerous germs and bacteria at hospitals and other sensitive environments. The Degerminator Robot is another one that uses a 60W UV germicidal lamp to disinfect. It has 4 wheels and autonomous navigation with the help of a LiDAR sensor.

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PATRICK Brittle Star Robot

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Meet PATRICK: a brittle star robot that can crawl under water. This untethered soft robot uses feedback control to complete missions. It limbs are made of silicone rubber and powered by four shape memory alloy springs. The below video shows PATRICK in action:

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