This is LASDRA (Large-size Aerial Skeleton with Distributed Rotor Actuation system): a modular and scalable aerial robot made with multiple omnidirectional aerial robots. It features dragon-like autonomous flying. This particular version has 7 links with 24DOF, measuring 8.4m long. The 5-link version is a bit smaller and has 18DOF.
Mowing the lawn is not everyone’s favorite activity. The good news is now you can get robots to do it. The YUKA 1500 is a robotic lawn mower with 3D vision position and RTK fusion mapping that can cover 0.37 acre lawns. It has an adjustable cutting height of 1.2 to 4 inches. It features smart obstacle avoidance and can recognize up to 100 objects.
No matter how hard you try, you are going to have leaves and other debris in your pool. With the Anpool P1, you can get it all cleaned without breaking a sweat. This smart path planning robotic pool skimmer has dual power supply options (solar & DC). It also is smart enough to plan an efficient path and avoid obstacles. It can stay away from stairways.
This is the AiHand: a robotic hand with AI vision, Glowy ultrasonic sensor, and an expansion interface that can take your coding to the next level. It is powered by a micro:bit controller with Bluetooth, accelerometer, 3 buttons and a 5 x 5 LED matrix.
Multi-wheel robots transporting payloads over flat terrain is nothing new. They do struggle over rough terrain, so biped robots may be a better option. This video explores the idea of using multi-biped robot carriers for these types of tasks. The goal was to design “a decentralized controller for such systems that can be effectively applied to varying numbers and configurations of rigidly attached bipedal robots without retraining.” Training the controller was done with reinforcement learning.
Remember the Hiwonder TurboPi? It is a Raspberry Pi powered AI vision robot car for Python programming. It has now been upgraded to the RPi 5. It comes with a HD wide-angle camera, Glowy ultrasonic sensor and a 4-channel line follower. It comes with a RPi expansion board and active heatsink on top of the RPi 5 module.
This is Morphy: a clever drone with sensorized flexible joints in its arms that make it resilient against collisions at high speeds. It can also squeeze through openings. This drone has 3D Hall-effect sensors. This drone weighs only 260g. It has a camera, battery, TOF sensor, and a 8-core processor.
This is the Ozobot Ari: an Android Robot with a high resolution display that displays text, images and animations. It comes with various sensors, including an accelerometer, gyroscope and time of flight sensor. It comes with Ari Tells Time, Calculator, Write with Ari, and Rocket Launcher apps.
This is the Sphero BOLT+: a round educational robot with a LCD screen to show 650+ animations and graphics. It combines with the Sphero Edu app for block-based programming. This robot has a polycarbonate shell to protect its electronics. It has draw, block, and text programming modes.
