What’s better than an electric vehicle? Maybe one that comes with a robotic flexible body to change size when you need more air or room for more people. The iEV X Electric Vehicle is 100% electric. It measures 78cm wide and can carry up to 2 people.
Tiny drones don’t have a whole lot of payload capacity. As it turns out, they can be modified to haul much heavier objects. Standard researchers have developed small flying robots that can perch and move objects 40 times their weight using winches, gecko adhesives and microspines.
Here is another self-flying camera that can capture all the action from the air. The Skydio R1 Self-Flying 4K Drone can track people and vehicles. It is smart enough to fly around obstacles autonomously.
Meet the VAVA Mobile Pet Cam: a cute little robot that lets you keep a close eye on your pets, give them a treat, and also play with them. The robot comes with a 1080p camera with 120-degree wide-angle lens. It has a laser pointer and cat teaser. The VAVA Mobile Pet cam is smart enough to avoid the stairs and obstacles.
In the past few years, we have seem a bunch of innovative robots from UBTECH. These guys are now working on a bipedal home robot that can walk down the stairs, watch over kids, and even play with them. It serves as a face scanning voice-activated smart home assistant.
The idea of using a robotic third hand to assist people with everyday tasks is nothing new. This video from the ASU Bio-Inspired Mechatronics Lab explores a soft poly-limb, which is a soft robot for manipulation assistance of healthy and impaired users.
Meet the Nybble: a cute robotic cat designed to help you take your coding skills to the next level. The robot can be put together like a puzzle. It comes with a distance sensor, LED eyes, elastic neck, 8 x DOF legs, 11 metal servos, a swinging tail, and an Arduino compatible motion controller.
Here is another cute robot that can serve as your smart companion. The LIKU robot can understand your mood and reacts to your touch. It can avoid obstacles as it walks and can even dance to change your mood when you are bored.
So you wish you had a training partner to work on your ping pong game all the time? The Butterfly Amicus Prime Table Tennis Robot can help. It is a smartphone controlled robot that can deliver 120 balls per minute. It comes with 20 pre-programmed drills to help you get started.
Here is another robotic hand you can use to enhance your DIY robots. The INNO 6 Bionic Hand has 6 degrees of freedom, 5 x 9g steering gears and 3D printed parts. It has a height of about 235mm.
