Remember Hal? It is a robotic assistive limb from Cyberdyne that uses sensors to detect signals from the patients’ body to assist with movement. It is a neurologically-controlled exoskeleton that puts patients in control, enhancing their mobility.
Here is another 3D printed humanoid robot that can be used for studying human-robot interaction, rehab, and other applications. The HBS-1 is a child-size robot made mostly from ABS using rapid prototyping. Servomotors and shape memory alloy actuators are used for movement.
In the past few years, we have covered plenty of expensive telepresence robots here. Many of them are too expensive for the average person though. The Oculus is a telepresence robot kit with motorized frame and software to turn any laptop into a web controlled robot.
Remember the SEER? It is a humanoid robot head that can maintain eye contact and imitate facial expressions. The Simulative Emotional Expression Robot has two modes. It uses a camera to recognize and track facial features. The latest video from toodooda shows the robot’s real-time face-mirroring capability.
Meet the PlutoX: an open source drone kit with everything you need to take your aerial robotics game to the next level. The PlutoX comes with WiFi, range sensor, motors, propellers, and DIY projects for you to try. It can be coded with Cygnus IDE.
The drone is crash resistant. You can control it from your smartphone. By adding sensors, you can turn it smarter. PlutoX has a max flight time of 12 minutes.
Robots are already capable of doing many boring tasks for us. When it comes to scrubbing commercial spaces, Tammela Robotics’ Robotic Scrubber is capable of doing the job. This smart self driving floor scrubbing robot features an on-board touchscreen display. It can execute cleaning with a single press.
The robot takes care of menial tasks, so workers can focus on more important problems. These robots can operate safely among humans.
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Meet the Robo Chameleon from Silverlit: a cute robot animal with a magnetic tongue, cute tail, rotating eyes, and color changing lights. You can activate the tongue using the remote control. Robo Chameleon rotates its eyes and wiggles its tail as it moves. The below video shows it in action:
Here is a cool Android Things robotic flower that reacts to your facial expressions. It can open up its petals and change its color to interact with you. Expression Flower is based on a Raspberry Pi and comes with a camera mounted in its center. It uses machine learning to identify facial expressions.
To complete this project, you are going to need a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, 1m 144 LED strip, power splitter, 5V power supply, and other standard components to complete this project.
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Here is another social robot designed to teach your kids technology and basics of coding. The Aisoy1 KiK is based on a Raspberry Pi. It is available with 3 personalities. It learns by adapting to your preferences. Aisoy1 KiK speaks English and Spanish. It has servo motors for movement, speaker, and a color LED on its bellies.
