Here is a robotic fish that is powered by its own artificial circulatory system. Cornell University were inspired by a lionfish to build this robot. It can achieve a upstream speed of 15cm per minute. It has its own pectoral fins and is powered by a system of two electrodes and liquid electrolyte that flows between them.
In the future, you will see more robots at airports, train stations, and public places that can help you find your way around. Take SEMMI (Socio-Empathetic Human-Machine Interaction): a service robot designed to assist travelers at Berlin’s central station. It runs a voice assistant software and can help travelers in different languages.
Taking out rogue drones is an area the U.S. Army is researching all the time. It is now retrofitting Stinger missiles with proximity fuses to counter the threat of enemy unmanned aircraft systems. They can now intercept drones and destroy them with direct hits or by detonating near them.
Here is another smart lawnmower that cuts your grass, so you don’t have to. The Husqvarna Automower 115H can handle lawns up to 0.4 acres. Its cutting height can be adjusted from 2 to 3.6 inches. The robot has an advanced navigation system to get around obstacles and go through narrow passages.
In the future, autonomous vehicles will be used to deliver our packages, food, and everything else. Domino’s is already planning to test autonomous pizza delivery in Houston. It has teamed up with Nuro to use its unmanned delivery vehicles (R2) for the job.
In the past few years, we have covered plenty of interesting robots by Aerones. Their latest painting robot is a remote and semi-automated painting robot for wind turbines. It serves as a cheaper alternative to cranes and rope access. These robots are ideal for LEP and ice-phobic coating applications.
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3D printed drones are nothing new. Plenty of people have been experimenting with them. Army researchers have teamed with the U.S. Marine Corps to test 3D printed quadcopters for combat situations. These quadcopoters have parts that snap together like LEGOs. They can be assembled in 20 minutes.
The researchers made these flying machines easy to fly. The above video shows it in action.
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There is no better way to learn robotics than building your own robots. You don’t have to spend a fortune to get started either. Trash Fish is an illuminated robotic fish that can hang from any ceiling. It is built with Circuit Playground Express, Adafruit NeoPixel LEDs, a micro servo, and a few other simple parts.
Meet DRACO: a liquid-cooled 10DOF bipedal platform that can be used for any humanoid system. It comes with access to low level control software and libraries RT Linux/ROS integration. UT Human Centered Robotics Lab has shared a video that shows what it takes to achieve dynamic locomotion this robot.
Meet the OTSAW O-R3: an intelligent autonomous security robot with face recognition that can patrol streets, pathways, and open spaces, avoid dynamic obstacles, and return-to-base automatically. The robot uses laser scanning, HD cameras, and LiDAR for surveillance. The data gathered in real-time.
