There is no better way to learn about robots and drones than building and programming your own. The STEM Dragon drone Kit from OnPoynt comes with everything you need to build your own quadcopter. It is GPS stabilized and has 2 heading-independent flight modes.
In the past few years, we have covered a whole host of robots that can help farmers save money and become more productive. The Androver II is an autonomous vineyard robot that can cultivate the soil and mow the grass in the vineyard. It uses a 2D laser scanner for navigation.
Here is a wearable robot that can assist you with walking by enhancing gait efficiency and reducing load on your joints. GEMS-H, GEMS-K and GEMS-A target the hip, knee and ankle, respectively. GEMS-H can help people achieve a more dynamic/balanced walking.
Here is a robotic puppy with lifelike movement designed to keep seniors company. Tombot robotic puppies don’t need to be fed but can put a smile on the face of lonely people. It has a hyper-realistic look and can interact to touch. It also understands voice commands. Tombot is software upgradeable too.
Meet the Inspector 3.0: a smart underwater robot that can overcome 2.5 knot currents. It comes 5 thrusters to move smoothly under the surface of the water. You also get a full HD camera and 5000-lumen light array to get a better view.
Robots are going to do many household chores for us in the future, including purifying the air we breath. Take the Samsung Bot Air: it is a smart machine that uses sensors to identify air quality and move to the source of unclean air. It gives you feedback through its lights.
Meet the FLexBot Hexacopter: an open source 3D printed drone with camera that you can put together to learn more about these flying machines. It comes with open source 3D printing files, Arduino based firmware, and app to let you customize your experience.
Quadcopters are getting smarter every year. While they still crash, many companies are working to improve them in this area. Failsafe from Verity is a control algorithm that can be applied to any drone to enable quadcopters to continue flying after propulsion system failure. As the company explains:
When a Failsafe drone has a propulsion system failure, instead of spinning out of control and crashing to the ground, the drone stays in the air using sophisticated algorithms to stabilize itself and can be safely navigated to a secure landing location.Failsafe works indoors and outdoors, on autonomous as well as remote controlled drones.
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Samsung is working on a bunch of new awesome robots and AI-enabled devices. Its Chef Garden is an AI farming platform that lets you grow plants indoors. You can choose from a wide variety of seed capsules to get started. Chef Garden controls the conditions to ensure optimal growth.
