In the past few years, we have covered plenty of cool robots capable of composing music. TeoTronico is a pianist-robot that plays music with its 53 fingers. It moves them with great precision and speed to play the piano like a pro. It can have a mirror-pianist role if connected to another digital piano. It can also reproduce the work of great pianists of the past.
Here is a pair of robots you can pick up to keep your kids entertained. The LOVOT is an adorable bot with a powerful processor and all kinds of sensors and tech in its body to interact with its owner. If you hug one, the other begs to be hugged.
The LOVOT robot has touch sensors throughout its body, six-layered eye display, and Emotional Robotics. According to the manufacture, the robot has more than 10 CPU cores and 50 sensors. It comes with a semi-spherical camera, microphone, thermal camera, powerful servo motors, Bluetooth, obstacle sensor, and many other smart components.
Meet SuperPick: an automated bin picking solution that helps businesses fulfill orders with more accuracy and at a lower cost. It can pick a variety of retail items, regardless of their size, shape, fragility, and weight. Users will be able to interact with SuperPick with a simple internet connection.
Meet the AION Robotics M6: an autonomous rugged robot that can perform tasks in any condition. The M6 UGV can be remotely operated or work autonomously. It can produce 100ft-lb of torque and has a endurance of 8 hours.
Anybody who builds robots for a living knows that not all servos work perfectly out of the box. If you know your electronics, you can always build your own servo tester. The CircuitPython Servo Tester from Adafruit can test the range of motion of a servo (0-180 degrees) and test the smoothness of the motion.
Here is another tough all-terrain robot from SuperDroid Robots that can help you with tasks outdoors. It comes with 120RPM wheelchair motors and 13″ tires. It has 250lbs load capacity, so you can technically use it to move a person.
Autonomous delivery robots are getting smarter all the time. The Postmates Serve robot is an all-electric autonomous delivery robot that uses the latest NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier module. It can carry 50 pounds of goods within a range of 30 miles. People can interact with the robot via its touchscreen and camera.
Here is an autonomous mobile robot capable of taking on 3D mapping of indoor environments. The M1 uses 3D SLAM and hierarchical motion planning and has an extended distance and speed measurement system. It scans at speeds up to 300,000 points per second with a horizontal and vertical field of view of 360-degrees and 30 degrees respectively.
We have covered plenty of large quadcopters here in the past. The SKYF Cargo drone happens to be the biggest multi-rotor drone around. It recently broke the record with a flight of 100 meters with a load of 100 kilograms.
