This is the PONGBOT NOVA S: a portable table tennis robot that you can use to practice all kinds of shots. It lets you adjust ball spin, frequency, and speed. It comes with 264 drills for you to get started fast. It can shoot anywhere on a 3×3 grid on the table. The NOVA S is compatible with iOS and Android devices.
This is the Unitree G1: an agile AI humanoid robot that you can bring home for as low as $16k. It comes with force controlled dexterous hands to manipulate a variety of objects. It can get off the ground with agility. It has a max walking speed of 2m/s. As the below video shows, this robot can recover from being kicked and punched.
Here is a low-cost bimanual robot that can learn everyday tasks from what it is shown. Mobile ALOHA has two arms and wheels, so it can move around and manipulate things. It can cook shrimp, operate an elevator, clean a pan, push chairs around, high five people, and open cabinets. The researches used imitation learning to teach the robot via human demonstration in the environment.
This is the Dreame X40 Ultra: a 12000pa robot vacuum and mop with extendable and liftable side brush to get rid of dirt in every part of your home, including tight corners. It also has mop lift function not to cause any mess on your carpets. This robot features smart mop and washboard cleaning.
Here is another educational robot that can be 3D printed. The MiKoBots is a 3D printable robotic arm with open source software that can be used to teach kids coding and electronics. It lets you connect multiple end effector tools, including a magnet and vacuum tool. This robot has max payload capacity of 1.5kg. It weighs only 9kg, so you can easily move it around.
This is the DJI Agras T50: an agricultural drone with 40kg spraying and 50kg spraying capacity that supports fully automatic and manual operation. It has multidirectional obstacle avoidance. It can cover up to 21 hectares per hour. This drone has a weighing sensor to let you monitor payload in real-time.
Robots are going to cook many things for us in the future. We have already covered them making omelets, cooking sausages, and even flipping burgers. This video shows an AI robot chef making sweet potato chips. It cuts the potato into thin pieces and fries them.
These types of tasks can be solved in DinoRobotStudio software.
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This is the Bantam Tools NextDraw 2234: a drawing and writing robot for artists and educators. It has a 23 x 32-inch drawing area. It comes with auto homing and more speed with its firmware update. This robot has a pen holder that can handle a variety of pens. It has a special software tailored for Inkspace. It works with Windows, Linux, and Mac devices.
This is the XGO-Rider: a Raspberry Pi powered self balancing wheel-legged robot with ChatGPT integration. It is smart enough to detect gestures and human poses. It can also follow you. This robot is ready for Python and Blockly. It has a 5MP camera, dual microphones and a speaker to see, hear, and interact with you.
In the past few years, we have covered a whole host of snake robots that can move through pipes and tight areas for inspection. This COBRA robot takes a different approach. It moves items through locomotion. It simply moves its body to get an object moved to a new location. The developers used a non-impulsive implicit contact path planning approach to pull this off.
