More robots will fight our wars in the future. As this video shows, the Kongsberg remote weapon station can be integrated onto an unmanned vehicle to fire Javelin missiles. This project comes out of a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Company.
Meet the GyroPalm: a gesture control smartwatch that can be used to control smart home devices, drones, and robots. With WiFi setup, you will be able to control items from anywhere. The GyroPalm smartwatch supports custom gestures.
Meet the U-Drone: a compact, cable drone that can be used to explore underground tunnels without GPS reception. The drone can be operated at distances of up to 100 meters.
Intel has a new LiDAR camera for developers to take advantage of. The Intel RealSense LiDAR Camera L515 is capable of generating 23m depth points per second. It has a high accuracy over a range of up to 9m. It has a depth resolution of 1024 x 768 at 30 frames per second.
As Intel explains:
Intel RealSense lidar camera L515 has an internal vision processor, motion blur artifact reduction and short photon-to-depth latency. The lightweight L515 consumes less than 3.5 watts of power, enabling easy mounting on handheld devices with the flexibility of long battery life. The camera also features an accelerometer, gyroscope and FHD RGB video camera. It uses the open source Intel RealSense SDK 2.0.
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Here is a cute little robot that understands voice commands to responds to your questions, get you the weather, and a whole lot more. The Anki Vector Robot engages you with light, sound, and touch interaction to keep you entertained.
Remember the Guardian XO: it is a full-body powered industrial exoskeleton that can multiply force to make life easier for workers. It allows users to lift up to 200 pounds and walk for extended work sessions. The good news is the alpha units will be shipping customers in late 2020.
Meet the ECOBOT Sweep 111: an autonomous cleaning robot that uses a powerful vacuum and brush to get rid of dust and debris in one sweep. It can get rid of the trash on the ground and around the edges. The below videos show it in action:
Here is another educational kit that introduces your kids to basic coding concepts. The NexusBot robot can be programmed to wave, dance, walk, recognize images, and avoid obstacles. It has a drag & drop coding interface (Microsoft MakeCode) but more advanced users can write code in Python.
MIT’s Media Lab is behind many amazing concepts. Its researchers are developing prosthetic limbs that users can control with their minds and move like a biological one. The below video shows what goes into building these bionic legs.
Digit from Agility Robotics have been covered a whole lot in the media. It is a bipedal robot with 4 DOF arms to handle items. It is strong enough to pick up and move up to 40lbs of weight. The latest video from Agility Robotics shows Digit v2’s dynamic obstacle avoidance.
