Remember the AxiDraw? It is a wonderful drawing and writing robot that can create humanlike handwritten notes. It can write with your favorite fountain pens and markers. As Evan Fort shows, this writing robot can be used to build an automated Ouija board. It was hidden in a box to animate the board. LEDs were also added to complete the piece.
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CES 2019 is going to be a wonderful event with more companies slated to showcase their AI and robotics technologies. NAVER LABS has announced that it will be exhibiting its portfolio of robots at the event. Around G happens to be an autonomous robot that guides people in large indoor spaces such as shopping malls. AMBIDEX is a robot arm that can interact with humans in a safe fashion. It has a max speed of 5m/s and can carry a payload of 3 kg.
Meet the GEIO robot: an app smart augmented reality gaming robot ready for coding and battles. It comes with a high speed motion system, augmented reality gaming, multi-player modes, and intelligent facial & object recognition system.
Wheeled robots are pretty common but they do run into trouble over uneven terrain. Speedy Whegs is a fast whegs robot that can reach a speed of 44km/h and navigate rough terrain. It has a 3-gear transmission and can adjust its torque ad hoc.
The above video shows it in action. Pretty neat, don’t you think?
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So you are worried about all the germs on your hotel bed? The Cleansebot is a portable germ killing robot that uses UV-C light to kill 99.99% of bacteria. It can disinfect any hotel surface. It has 4 UV-C lights, 18 sensors, and 3 modes. It can also work as a power bank for your smart gadgets.
Robots keep getting more sophisticated all the time. With these soft, skeletonlike robotic hands, they can play piano and perform other tasks with precision. Scientists used 3D printing to build these robotic hands with polymers of different stiffness. By using elastic materials, it is possible to develop robot hands that don’t need motors at every joint.
You are going to catch lots of awesome new robots at CES next year. The Honda P.A.T.H.Bot is one equipped with AI that perceives its surroundings to avoid people and obstacles. The robot measures 1050mm and max speed of 6 km/h.
In the past few years, we have covered how robot bees can be used in the future for pollination. The Living IoT takes a different approach. It is a bionic bumblebee backpack that collects data for a period of up to 7 hours. Unlike tiny drones, those bees don’t need to be recharged while monitoring the environment.
Here is another farming robot that can assist small farm holders with repetitive tasks. The Digital Farmhand Farming Robot has spray boom arms, seeder, and data collection capability. The data collected can be used to monitor plant health.
