In the future, robots are going to 3D print our homes in a matter of days. This particular house took a week to complete. It has a kitchen, bedroom, living room, bathroom, and everything one would expect in a modern house.
Building your own robots is a great way to learn programming and technology in general. The EZ-B v4/2 Developer Kit comes with everything you need to get started in robotics and internet of things. It comes with an ez-bv4/2 WiFi robot controller, vision camera, servos, ultrasonic line sensor, battery holder, and other necessary components.
So you are looking for a clock that stands out? This Laser Time Writer Robot is worth a look. It writes the time using a laser module on a glow-in-the-dark surface. Thanks to a PIR sensor, the writing sequence is triggered every time a person is detected in front of the clock.
In the past few years, we have covered a bunch of interesting child robots here. Researchers from Osaka University have come up with an robot child head that can display even more realistic expressions.
Affetto is capable of showing a smile, shock, surprise, and other facial expressions. The researchers:
investigated 116 different facial points on Affetto to measure its three-dimensional movement. Facial points were underpinned by so-called deformation units. Each unit comprises a set of mechanisms that create a distinctive facial contortion, such as lowering or raising of part of a lip or eyelid. Measurements from these were then subjected to a mathematical model to quantify their surface motion patterns.
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Handling delicate food items with robots doesn’t have to be a challenge. Not when you can use advanced soft grippers to enable robots to handle any item. This video from Soft Robotics takes a look at how robots can make food & beverage businesses more efficient.
As you can see in the above video, these soft robots can handle food products in a variety of shapes.
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Meet the Mars Rover Creator Bot: an Arduino-based educational robot that can follow lines, avoid obstacles, and display messages and sensor data on its screen. It comes with an Arduino Mega, voice recorder, motion/line/ultrasonic/touch sensors, and everything you need to get started.
Here is another robot kit that teaches kits the basics of coding. The Qdee robot is powered by micro:bit and works with LEGO blocks. It comes with a graphical programming interface and can be configured in a variety of ways. The Qdee kit allows users to use RGB lights, sound sensors, IR remote, and buzzers to build their robots.
Meet the ORIGIBOT2: a telepresence Arduino robot that combines with an Android tablet to bring you two-way audio/video and full control of its arm and gripper. This new version has 7 degrees of freedom, a carbon fiber frame, and improved motors and servos. It can be controlled from any device with an internet connection.
Here is another smart prosthetic hand that can make life easier for amputees. The Hannes Hand is developed by Rehab Technologies IIT – INAIL lab. It is designed to deliver natural hand motion and can return more than 90% of lost functionality to people dealing with hand amputation.
Robots are going to do many things for us. They are already being used by pro cinematographers to increase production value. The Rhino Arc II is a 4-axis robotic camera assistant with smartphone control that can hold up to 15lbs of weight. You can use it on any tripod or your Rhino slider.
