Meet the Phenomobile Scouting Robot: a fully autonomous platform that can be used with various sensors to take on scouting tasks. It is powered by solar energy and works up to 12 hours a day without human intervention.
In the past few years, we have covered plenty of awesome robotic arms. MX3D’s industrial robot arm is fully 3D printed in stainless steel with wire arc additive manufacturing. Thanks to this approach, the weight can be reduced by 50% without compromising performance.
Here is another robot kit that comes with everything you need to build and program your own quadruped robot. The Freenove Quadruped Robot Kit can be controlled with your computer or Android device. It comes with acrylic/mechanical parts, ESP8266 WiFi module, and 12 x EMAX ES08AII servos.
KUKA robots have been used for plenty of amazing projects. As this video shows, a robot bartender is used to mix drinks for visitors. “Toni” is a KUKA robot that serves guests automatically.
In the past few months, we have been following the progress of the Star8 green technology funded EMAV. It is a drone that can take a human off the ground and fly them over short distances. Flying Kyxz has shared a video that this aerial vehicle tested in Tall Lake.
So you would like to build your robot tank? The Heneng Robot Tank Platform is worth a look. It doesn’t require any assembly and works with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and other popular microcontrollers. It has 2 x 12V DC motors with max speed of 93RPM on load.
Meet the Nonapode: a robotic motion simulator with a very large workspace that uses 3 redundant degrees of freedom to “avoid the singularities of the mechanism.” This video from Laval University Robotics Laboratory researchers shows Baymax taking a ride in this motion simulator.
Meet the RS-LiDAR-M1: a MEM-based LiDAR sensor for self-driving passenger vehicles with an embedded AI algorithm that not only collects & interprets 3D point cloud data but also processes road data in real-time.
Here is another snake inspired robot that can move over rough terrain and dive underwater. The ACM-R5H robot emulates the motion of a snake on ground or underwater. It can be customized with different sensors to take on various tasks.
Meet the W120 iGlassbot: a robotic window cleaner for indoor and outdoor jobs. It features smart cleaning routes and anti-falling sensor. You can interact with the robot from your iOS/Android device. The Mamibot W120 robot has 3000Pa suction power and a 650mAh battery.
