Meet the DOODLE BOT: a coding, drawing, and writing robot designed to introduce kids to programming. It comes with sample code to create loop functions, change text message, and size.
The robot lets users draw pictures with Go, Turn, Down, and Up functions. Its controller can be used as an Arduino board.
Here is a cool robot that can pop itself up and move around while keeping its body balanced. The Balboa 32U4 is based on an Arduino-compatible ATmega32U4 AVR microcontroller. It uses an IMU for orientation estimation and balancing.
Shoveling snow is not a lot of fun, nor is it good for your back. The good news is you can now use robots to get the job done. This Snow Clearing Robot from Endeavor Robotics can take on light snow. It works the shovel, so you don’t have to.
Meet the Braccio robotic arm: an Arduino robot that can handle various objects on the end of its arm. It can be used to move your camera to follow a subject or keep a solar panel pointed at the sun.
Here is another robotic arm designed to get you familiar with robotics and coding. The 6 DOF XYZRobot Robotic Arm comes with wheels. It is easy to assemble and doesn’t require any soldering. The robot can handle parts at various angles. It is ready for Arduino programming.
The XYZRobot Robotic Arm comes with 6 smart servos, 4 wheels, and a Bluetooth module. You can move it around via your smartphone or tablet.
Robots are already capable of doing many things for us. As this video shows, mobile robots can be used to automate tasks in the lab. They use tags and picture recognition to handle items. The robots are also capable of accessing lab devices.
Meet the LTU Vortex Robot: a clever machine that is capable of moving on the body of an aircraft to perform inspection. It weighs 1.7kg and has force sensors to measure adhesion. It comes with position/velocity/torque controlled motorized wheels to deliver accurate performance. The Vortex actuator is capable of delivering 7.5kg adhesion force.
The ANYmal shouldn’t need any introduction. It is a versatile robot dog that can be taught to take on many tasks. It can handle autonomous navigation in challenging environments. This video shows how it can be used for last-meter package delivery.
So you are passionate about developing smarter autonomous robots? The Visual Teach & Repeat Package from ClearPath can help. It enables long-range autonomous operation of mobile robots in outdoor environments using only a stereo camera. As the company explains:
Similar to how you would learn to drive in a new area, this navigation method has two phases: “teach phase” and “repeat phase”. During the teach phase, the robot is manually driven to build a map or route network. The VT&R processes captured images by extracting features and estimating records of a persona and attitude of the robot. In a similar way, learning a new area requires you to drive all over the area and build a sort of “mental map” of the roads.
The kit has a web-based user interface to allow the operators to interact with it intuitively. VT&R has an advanced image processing, adjustable path planning, and configurable path tracking modules. It has an ROS agnostic data logger.
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Meet the MagicHand Mini R2: a 7DOF dexterous robot hand that can handle objects with natural motion. It has five fingers driven by a servo and a wrist that can turn around. The arm weighs 360g while the complete piece measures 250mm.
