Meet the Limodo Window Wizard: an app smart window cleaning robot that saves you time at home. It comes with path & edge detection, suction, and a hook anti-fall system for safety. It has a 30-minute backup battery too.
Here is a fully autonomous trash picking robot that can pick up cigarette butts and other small trash automatically. The Angsa is solar powered autonomous robot that uses a camera and AI to recognize and pick up trash. The below video shows it in action:
Meet the LOBOT uHandbit Micro:bit Robot Arm: an open source educational kit that teaches you the basics of coding. It comes with ultrasonic/color sensors and anti-block servos. You can interact with the uHandbit robot from your smartphone or PC.
Meet the Wing Rider: a flying robot that flaps its wings like a real bird. The robot glides with wind and flies with electric power, so it can stay in the air for a very long time.
Here is another affordable robot kit that teaches your kids the basics of coding and logical thinking. The Yahboom Micro:bit 5-in-1 Robot Car comes with 173 blocks, motors, servos, and everything you need to get started. You can control the robot using an iOS or Android device.
Surgery robots are becoming more advanced all the time. The ExcelsiusGPS robotic navigation platform can prove useful to spine surgeons. It combines a robotic arm, imaging, and real-time information transmission for precise trajectory alignment in spine surgery.
Surgeons can visualize, plan, and navigate patient anatomy in real-time. They can also access active navigation, force sensing feedback, and other important info.
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Here is a robotized pre-assembly system that involves Kinova Gen3 robots performing the job thanks to visual recognition. With embedded vision for object recognition, torque sensing, and interchangeable end effectors, these robots can perform dynamic grasping and manipulation tasks.
Here is another fun project that shows you how to use Arduino to build your own music playing robots. HackSpace Magazine has shared a guide for a xylophone playing robot. It has 3D printed components and will simply require an Arduino Uno, LED, tactile button, glockenspiel, servos, power supply, and other simple parts.
Robots are already being used for search & rescue missions. In the future, they will be used to autonomously explore pits, caves, and subsurface terrains on this planet and others in our solar system. Team CoSTAR is working on autonomous subsurface explorers. The idea is to use these robots for both planetary exploration and terrestrial applications.
Remember the Youbionic Hand? It is a 3D printed prosthetic hand that works with Arduino and can perform all movements of the human hand thanks to its 6 active actuators. The Youbionic Paw is also worth a look. You can wear it on your hand to hold and manipulate things.
