Meet the TIAGo Base: a modular mobile platform designed for automation of deliveries in industrial settings. It measures .54m x 0.54m x 0.3m and can be upgraded to take on more complex tasks. The base can handle payloads up to 50kg.
Robots are already being used to inspect dangerous environments and complete repetitive tasks with precision and without fatigue. These Wall-E robots are being used to perform safety check at a local electrical substation in China.
Here is another solution for removing unauthorized drones from your air space safely. The DroneCatcher is a multicopter with a netgun. It can shoot a net to capture rogue drones and move them to a safe zone. It can also deploy a parachute for heavier threats.
Robots are already being used in hospitals to make life easier for doctors and nurses. TUG by Aethon can also help. It is an autonomous mobile robot with an omni-directional platform. It has an independently driven 4-wheel mechanism. The robot can navigate autonomously and doesn’t need magnetic or wire guides.
Meet the IRB 14050 Single-arm YuMi Robot: a compact collaborative robot from ABB that can be integrated into your production environment easily. It has a lightweight design and supports mounting in any direction (table, ceiling, wall).
We are all used to ATM machines these days. But how would companies go about testing new ATM machines? As it turns out, Kinova robots can be used to work these machines. Kinova has partnered with Desjardins to develop ATM testing robots. The system consists of an ATM simulation software and a lightweight robot arm with human-like movements.
Plenty of top photo studios are exploring the idea of using robots to capture complex shots. We have already seen how KIRA and robotic solutions like it can increase production value significantly. This video from Bots UK demonstrates a UR10 robot used to work a camera. It can move the camera to capture a product from every angle.
Programming robots is not always straight forward. The good news is researchers are now developing sophisticated solutions to control robots with gestures and brainwaves. MIT researchers have developed a system that can detect in real-time if a person notices an error by a robot doing a task. The person can use gestures to scroll through and select the correct option for the robot to execute.
For this project, a Baxter robot is used. As the researchers explain:
With human supervision, the robot went from choosing the correct target 70 percent of the time to more than 97 percent of the time.
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Meet the My Loopy: a cute little robot that uses sensors and artificial intelligence to learn and react to the world. It can respond to touch, light, temperature, and motion with more than 250 phrases and responses.
My Loopy responds with its 7 built-in sensors. While it works without an app, you can use a drag & drop platform to customize its behavior. You can pre-order this cute robot on Kickstarter.
In the past few years, we have covered a bunch of awesome drink mixing robots. Would you like to build your own? The Drinkmotizer might give you an idea. It is a Raspberry Pi & Arduino driving machine that can prepare your favorite drinks without you having to break a sweat.
You will need to invest over $1000 to build something like this from scratch. In addition to a Raspberry Pi Model B and Arduino Uno, you are going to need a breadboard, 2 Centepede Arduino IO breakout board, a touchscreen monitor, motors, and a few other parts. More information about this project is available here.
