Here is another tough mobile platform for your indoor and outdoor projects. The Dr. Robot Jaguar Lite Tracked Robot comes with WiFi, outdoor GPS, and 9 DOF IMU. It can handle slopes up to 45 degrees. The robot has a speed of 8.5km/hr.
Here is a quadrupedal robot with a 6 degrees of freedom arm that can perform dynamic movement while manipulating things. Robotic Systems Lab has come up with a motion planning and control for ALMA torque-controlled robot that enables it to walk, trot, and pace while executing tasks.
Remember Flippy? It is an autonomous robot that can work a grill and fryer. It comes with automatic switching and cleaning capability. It recognizes and monitors items and can work collaboratively with people. Flippy has 3D and thermal sensors for eyes and cloud AI for brain.
Flippy integrates with POS systems. It has OSHA-compliant laser sensors to allow staff to collaborate with its safely.
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Meet the EDrone Black Knight Drone: a WiFi quadcopter that folds down to a 7″ cube, so you can take it anywhere. It has convenient features such as headless mode, one-button return, WiFi FPV transmission, and G-sensor control. You can also perform 3D flips with this.
Here is an AI drone that can be controlled only using your gaze. Researcher from the the University of Pennsylvania and New York University have developed a deep learning system using NVIDIA GPUs that enable pilots to control drones by moving their eyes.
They used a set of glasses with a gaze tracker, camera, and IMU to estimate the position of the operators with respect to the quadcopter to allow them to navigate a drone in a new environment. The drone doesn’t need additional external sensors to work. As explained on NVIDIA’s blog:
Using NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GPUs and the cuDNN-accelerated TensorFlow deep learning framework, the team trained their neural networks to compute the 3D navigation waypoint from the 2D gaze coordinate provided from the glasses. They also trained the networks to perform object detection.
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Here is a cool technology inspired by NASA that turns soft objects into robots. As Yale researchers explain, the robotic skins have embedded actuators and sensors. They are removable and transferable. These robotic skins are modular, so they can combine to achieve complex motion.
Meet the Super Dragon: a 10m long tendon-driven articulate manipulator that can complete tasks through narrow openings from a distance. Super Dragon also comes with a camera to let the operators see what it sees. The below video shows it in action:
Here is another hydrogen-powered drone ready for challenging missions. The Narwhal 2 hydrogen drone has an aerial aluminum frame and can withstand rain, dust, and fire. It has 30 km transmitters. It can link to drones and control stations over WiFi, 4G, and other methods.
Here is a plugin for Autodesk Maya that enables you to program KUKA robots like a pro. anyRobot’s Robot Animator is for anyone who knows how to animate inside Maya. Robots can be programmed by dragging their 3D model through space.
Just like us, our pets need to stay active to be happy and healthy. The VARRAM Fitness Robot can help with that. It is a cute little bot that keeps your pet busy and can reward her with a treat. You can use your smartphone to schedule automatic routines, create custom actions, or manually play with your pet.
