Those of you who have used devices like Alexa know you will have to say the magic word for the device to pick up your commands. Researchers have come up with a continuous listening system for robots that is always active and ready to recognize commands.
Here is another kit that gets your children familiar with robotics and coding. The MoonBot kit comes with servos, motors, and a vision sensor. You will be able to build a MoonMench and Rover too.
Here is another kit that comes with everything you need to build your own app smart drone. The Circuit Scribe Drone Builder Kit comes with step-by-step directions. You will be able to draw wires to the motors with the Circuit Scribe Pen using conductive pen.
You can control this drone from your iOS and Android device. Flying, hovering, and landing can be done with a simple touch. You also get a 480p camera and 3-minute flight time.
Here is another fun project for those of you interested in building your own robots. This Sound Localizing Mannequin Head is built using a Microsoft Kinect, servo that can handle the weight of the head, a Raspberry Pi, and a few other simple parts.
Margaret automatically turns in the direction of people talking near her. You can find out more about this project here.
Here is a modular robot that can autonomously complete tasks by reconfiguring its shape. The robot can explore an unknown environment and use the specifications given to decide when and how to change shape. The Modular self-reconfigurable robot has modules that connect together to form a larger robotic structure.
Robugtix’s spider robots are quite legendary. They are programmable and quite realistic. The company has released a new video that shows a giant black widow spider robot for Halloween.
Pretty neat, don’t you think? We can’t wait to see more robots from these guys.
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Meet the WINBOT X: an intelligent window cleaning robot that adapts to your window and chooses the best cleaning path on its own. It comes with a 4-stage cleaning system and a deep clean mode. The WINBOT X robot also comes with a safety tether system.
The idea of developing robots for lonely people is nothing new. Hitachi is the latest company to introduce a robot for this very purpose. It is capable of detecting human emotions and facial expressions and reacting accordingly.
There are plenty of awesome humanoid robots available on the market these days. NAO still remains head and shoulders above most of them. It is a smart robot with 25 degrees of freedom, 7 touch sensors, 4 directional microphones & speakers, and two 2D cameras to recognize people and objects.
Meet the Conveyor Bot 4.0: a customer order preparation system that uses five robots and two assembly lines with open source software to assemble personal orders. Customers can place their order using a web interface. The robots then combine each order and put them in a cardboard box.
