Aerial-Biped: a Drone with Legs That Can Walk
In the past few years, we have covered a whole host of ground systems that rely on drones to complete missions on the ground or from the air. The Aerial-Biped takes a different approach. It is a quadrotor with legs to act like a bipedal robot.
Sense Expandable Educational Robot
Here is another cool robot kit designed to teach users coding and engineering concepts. The Sense Bot comes with infrared range detectors, line detector, and expansion slots. It can be programmed in Python, C, or using blocks. Kids can program the robot to follow a line or engage in battles.
FARO 8-Axis Design ScanArm 2.0: Robotic 3D Scanner
Meet the FARO Design ScanArm 2.0: a portable 8-axis 3D scanner that lets you get the job done while reducing human error. It can capture complex geometric objects with fast frame rate of 600,000 points per second through its probe. This unit weighs under 10kg.
This Robot Can Tie Your Shoes
We all learn to tie our shoes at a young age, some of us better than others. Teaching a robot to do it is not as straight forward as it may look. Andrew Choi and his fellow researchers have developed a robot capable of tying shoelaces.
Altino Autonomous Car Teaches Kids Coding
Here is another coding kit designed to get young kids interested in coding. Altino Autonomous Cars can make teaching coding more interactive. They come with an Atmega88 processor, IR receiver, various sensors, buzzer, 8×8 Dot-matrix, and everything else you need to get started.
Warthog UGV Manipulator Teleoperation Kit
Remember the Warthog UGV? It is an all-terrain unmanned ground vehicle capable of traveling on land and in water. It is fully extensible and ROS ready. This powerful machine is capable of moving 272kg. The Manipulator Teleoperation kit lets you do more with this machine.
Moverio BT-35E Smart Glasses for Drone Operators
Meet the Moverio BT-35E: a pair of smart glasses with a binocular Si-OLED HD display with drone piloting, work, and entertainment applications. These work with HDMI 1.4 and USB Type-C output devices. The Moverio BT-35E glasses have 720 resolution with 80” projected screen size at 16.4ft.
