Meet the Velodyne Ultra Puck LiDAR: another smart component for drone, robot, and driveless car researchers. It comes with a 200m range and compact form. It has a horizontal (360°) and vertical (40°) FoV. Ultra Puck has a power efficient design. The below video shows it in action:
Robots are being used in plenty of medical facilities to help patients recover faster. The Healbot-T Rehabilitation Robot is a treadmill type walking assist robot for stroke patients. It has 14 degrees of freedom to support natural walking motion.
Remember T-800‘s robot arm from the Terminator movie? You can now bring an animatronic version of it home. It is fully articulated and comes with hundreds of handcrafted parts. The piece features motion and sound. Its motion can be programmed from a PC. The motion and sound file can be stored on a SD card.
Robots are getting smarter all the time. They still need basic programming and algorithms to take on complex tasks. Columbia Engineering Researchers are working to unshackle robots. They are aiming to create a robot that learns what it is from scratch. The robot get to work with no knowledge of physics and geometry. Once it creates a self-simulation, it can adapt to different situations to handle different tasks. It can also repair damage on its own body.
Remember Sophia? She has gotten a lot of coverage in the media over the past couple of years. Little Sophia by Hanson Robotics is a 14″ version of it that you can bring home to introduce your kids to technology and coding. This cute little robot girl has various facial expressions, face tracking, and programmable features.
Jenga robots are nothing new. We have covered a bunch of simple ones in the past. This MIT robot goes about playing it in a smarter fashion. It has a soft-pronged gripper, camera, and force-sensing wrist cuff to feel the tower and blocks. The robot uses visual and tactile feedback it receives to play the game like a pro.
Meet Mini ADA: a smart humanoid robot that can serve your visitors at airports, hotels, shopping malls, fairs, and everywhere else. It stands 1.3m and runs for 8 hours on battery. It supports English, Russian, and Arabic languages.
The robot comes with stereo vision cameras inside its eyes for people recognition. It also has 3 multi-directional microphones.
Meet the Micro Drone 4.0: a palm-sized drone with autonomous features that helps you get flying without a deep learning curve. It has a 2-axis mechanical gimbal to capture smooth 1080p HD video. It has a fusion of sensors to achieve automatic hovering.
iRobot is behind plenty of smart robot vacuums. Their Terra Robotic Mower can also make your life easier. It can be set up without any wires. It uses Imprint Smart Mapping and Straight-Line navigation to get the job done efficiently. You can control the Terra from your smartphone.
Just like Roombas, this robot returns to its base when it is done.
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Meet the Alta 8 Pro: an advanced 8-rotor drone that provides reliable performance in the air. It features open PX4 integration. This multirotor has a lightweight airframe (13lbs) but can carry up to 20lb load. It uses smart sensors to hold its position in harsh weather.
The Alta 8 Pro has a small footprint, so you can take it anywhere. It comes with a FPV mount plate, free app, inverted landing gear, cables, and tools you need to disassemble your drone.
