Robots are getting a whole lot smarter with AI and deep learning. ABB Robotics has used a dual-arm YuMi robot with AI to sort trash. These robots can learn to recognize and categorize trash for recycling. The below video shows this AI robot in action:
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There are plenty of smart quadrupedal robots that use smart sensors and vision to navigate unstructured areas. The GR Vision 60 is a foldable all-terrain robot that can adapt to rough terrains and traverse obstacles. This video shows it in blind-mode managing unstructured terrain without vision or force sensors in its legs.
Robots are already capable of cooking hamburgers, omelets, and other simple meals. Idiap Research Institute researchers have shared a video that shows what it takes to teach robots to make traditional Swiss raclette.
Here is an advanced exoskeleton with brain-machine interface that lets paralyzed people walk again. In fact, a 28-year-old quadraplegic recently tested this hi-tech suit at the Clinatec research center in Grenoble, France. To complete this test, Thibault had two brain implants installed. Since the start of the trial, he has been able to walk more than 100 meters.
Here is a magic cube with auto-solve and scramble function to help you become a speedcuber. The eX-Mars Cube provides you with step-by-step solving instructions in learning mode. It has adjustable sensitivity and brightness and can record your time. You can also have it replay what you have just solved.
Meet the UBTECH JIMU Champbot: a coding robot kit that comes with 522 pieces to build 3 robots (ChampBot, BasketBot or ScoreBot). It can be programmed with Blockly to shoot baskets into hoops. 360-degree animated instructions are also included.
Remember SARA? It is a lightweight robot designed for human-robot collaboration. It weighs only 22.6kg and has 7 degrees of freedom. It delivers speed up to 400 degrees per second on its axis. The robot has toque sensors in each joint and a force-torque-sensor at the base.
Meet HapticSnakes: multi-haptic snake-like feedback robots that can be worn around the waist to deliver feedback in various parts of the body. They were developed to address the limitation of traditional haptic feedback devices:
HapticSnakes, which are snake-like waist-worn robots that can deliver multiple types of feedback in various body locations, including taps-, gestures-, airflow-, brushing- and gripper-based feedbacks. We developed two robots, one is lightweight and suitable for taps and gestures, while the other is capable of multiple types of feedback.
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