Meet MARA from Acutronic Robotics: a modular collaborative robot with ROS 2.0 running on each actuator and sensor. The robot features industrial-grade features such as synchronization and deterministic communication latencies. These bots are ready for daisy chaining.
In the past few years, we have seen plenty of interesting robots that will one day make our food in the kitchen. You can’t buy one yet but many restaurants are already relying on robots for automation. This video shows an automated kitchen with machines transferring ingredients to pots and tossing them.
Meet the Hybo iLidar: an affordable LiDAR sensor that helps robot and drone makers build smarter machines. It has a compact size and 180-degree field of view, so you don’t need to rotate to capture 2D data.
Robot-assisted surgery is nothing new. We have already covered plenty of surgery robots that can help surgeons perform minimally invasive procedures. The Remebot is China’s first homegrown neurosurgery robot. It helps with surgery on a patient with cerebral hematoma.
Here is another portable security, surveillance, and tactical robot from Inspectorbots. The Stealth Pan/Tilt Trackbot (SPTT) has a rugged design with an all-aluminum shell. It can turn on a time and provide you with a video of its surroundings using a HD camera.
Meet the Rooster UAV: a hybrid reconnaissance drone that can provide real-time images from remote and dangerous locations. It can fly in the air and roll on the ground. It features an energy efficient operation and livestreaming.
Here is an AI-enabled pet system with a robotic ball that lets you properly train your dog and keep her active. It consists of a WiFi controlled robotic ball with a camera, a wireless charging base, and a WiFi controlled treat tosser with a camera. Pet parents will be able to video their dogs in 1080p resolution. Two-way audio and pre-recorded messages are supported.
Plenty of robots are capable of recognizing objects and people. Researchers are always looking for ways to speed it up though. While deep learning techniques can help, they have limits in robotic applications. Elisa Maiettini, Giulia Pasquale, Lorenzo Rosasco, and Lorenzo Natale have come up with a new approach to speed up object recognition in robots.
Meet the DollyPLUS: a motorized smart dolly from edelkrone that combines with your tripod and camera to capture smooth curved and straight slides. It can be programmed to travel between two points and go in a loop. It can also circle any target you choose to capture video.
So you would like to give your DIY robots a decent pair of arms and hands? The 5-DOF Humanoid Robotic Arm & Hand from SainSmart is worth a look. It uses 6 servos and lets you control each finger separately. This handmade bionic hand has 5 degrees of freedom in total.
