Meet the Stork Plate: a drone dropper kit that lets you attach, carry, and deliver things with your DJI drone. Once you attach this to your drone, you can drop payload by panning down on your camera to trigger the release function.
Here is another robot that can take on labor-intensive tasks in greenhouses and nurseries autonomously. The BigTop robot has a set of smart sensors to observe its surroundings. While it can operate independently, BigTop can also be controlled by an operator.
Here is another Raspberry Pi robot that can teach you about coding and robotics. The Adeept RaspClaws Hexapod Robot Kit is ready for Python programming. It can recognize objects and track motion (based on OpenCV).
Here is another robot that can move and park cars autonomously to save garages and businesses time and space. The GETA AGV can lift and move cars in all directions. It operates without pre-planned routes, using advanced route planning algorithm for dynamic parking.
Meet the SmallKat: a 3D printed open source robot cat designed for research and education. This 16 DOF quadrupedal platform can stream sensor & servo data over WiFi. The kit has 16 × MG92b micro servos, ESP32 dev modules, 1 x Turnigy 1000mAh battery, and all the parts you need to put it together.
Robots are already capable of automating many tasks for food businesses. Foodly happens to be a humanoid robot capable of packing lunch boxes. It has two arms to pick up fried food and put it in the box. It has food safe end-effectors to get the job done.
Robots are already being used to perform inspection and sample collection in environments dangerous to humans. While soft robots have been used for many tasks, their usefulness under radiation has yet to be assessed. Researchers have now tested effectiveness soft robots fabricated from polydimethylsiloxane under radiation.
As they explain:
We investigated gamma-induced mechanical damage in the PDMS materials’ mechanical properties, including elongation, tensile strength, and stiffness. We selected three radiation environments from the nuclear industry to represent a wide range of radiation and then submerged a 3D printed hexapus robot into a radiation environment to estimate its operation time. Results of this study show that with increasing exposure to gamma irradiation, the mechanical properties of PDMS decrease in functionality but are minimally impacted up to 20 kGy gamma radiation
These soft robots could operate for 12h in two of the 3 radiation environments. More info is available here.
So you would like to use your DJI drone for delivery? The FLiFLi AirDrop kit has you covered. It is a release & drop device that can be attached to DJI Phantom drones and can be activated with remote control.
Creating robots for outdoor environments is going to be much easier with HEBI’s R-Series smart actuators. They allow you to create robots that can be deployed in wet & dirty environments. R-Series actuators are IP67 rated and come with sensors for position, velocity, and torque control.
Meet the DroneGun MkIII: a drone countermeasure device that lets you deal with rogue drones without damaging their payload. This drone gun weighs only 1.95kg and can be operated with one hand. It is battery operated and has a range of 500m. It can disrupt multiple RF frequency bands simultaneously (433MHz, 915MHz, 2.4GHz & 5.8GHz).
