Here is a 4WD off-road RC robot car with Bluetooth control that can be programmed using a graphical interface. The Xiaomi Mitu comes with 3D visuals, so you can easily put it together. This robot car features a digital servo that supports a rotation range of +/- 160 degrees. It has a 4-wheel steering and independent suspension system.
Remember the ALPHRED2: it is an autonomous legged helper robot that can walk, hop, and roll. The robot can use its limbs to pick up objects or push buttons. It can walk stably on rough terrain at speed up to 1.5m/s. The latest video by Dennis Hong shows the robot on caster. It can use its limbs to roll on the floor smoothly.
Meet Cue3: a basketball robot that can shoot the ball with extreme accuracy. It stands 204cm and uses a time-of-flight camera to measure the distance to its surrounding objects by laser to determine the exact location of the hoop. Its AI brain learns from ball trajectory data to adjust shooting strength.
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Cue3 was developed by Toyota engineers. This generation has a longer shooting range, so it can shoot from mid-court. At a recent event, the robot went 10 for 10 with its shots.
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In the past few years, we have covered plenty of cool agricultural drones. UAV-IQ’s drone-based aerial pest control system is worth a look. It involves using aerial robots to release beneficial insects where they are needed to suppress pests.
In the past few years, we have covered plenty of robots that can serve food and drinks. Crown Coffee is planning to use robots to serve coffee. Ella is a 6-axis robot that can brew coffee faster than any human. Since it can work 24/7, it can solve manpower shortages.
Meet the Stacker-Bot: an autonomous mobile robot for warehouses and distribution centers that can retrieve up to 5 cases each trip. As Conveyco explains:
Once up to five totes or cartons have been retrieved in the Stacker-Bot, it is directed via the WMS/WES software host the exact locations required to place the inventory. The rack, shelf level and shelf location for each of the five SKUs is communicated to the Stacker-Bot. The robot always travels via the shortest path to its put-away location.
The Stacker-Bot uses a 2D camera to find its locations. It verifies its position by scanning the barcode on the rack and shelf level. The robot has 500lbs capacity and can travel 1.64ft per second.
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Here is a clever drone that uses a passive folding mechanism to reduce its size and fit through narrow gaps. UC Berkeley’s Morphing Drone has its rigid connections between the arms and body replaced by sprung hinges. When low thrust forces are produced by the propellers, the arms fold down, resulting in the size of the drone reducing by 50%.
The above video shows how this morphing quadcopter works.
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Here is a handy module that lets you turn your drone into a remotely operated flamethrower. The TF-19 WASP flamethrower drone module has a range of 25ft and 1-gallon fuel capacity. It can shoot a stream of fire for 100 seconds.
Robots are going to do many things for us in the future. They are already capable of taking on boring, repetitive tasks. The CatBot is a robot assistant that can take on such tasks. This 6-axis robot by Elephant Robotics weighs only 18kg and is plug & play. It comes with cloud programming and voice control.
