Meet the Bruu: a motorized beer pong robot with sensors that runs for 3 hours and lets you play fun games. The robot uses 6 infrared sensors to understand its surroundings. According to the makers, the Bruu supports standard cups.
Here is another fun project for those of you interested in building and programming your own robots. jackbur4242’s project shows how you to build self-balancing robot knights with a lance. You can remotely control the robot and engage in battles with your friends.
Robots are already capable of taking fast food and other entry level jobs from people. In the future, they will be able able to replace tattoo artists. This video shows how an industrial robot arm can be used to apply complex tattoo art on human skin safely.
Here is another fun Arduino project for DIY robot makers among you. The Hungry Robot by HappyThingsMaker involves building a 3D printed robot that likes to eat things. You are going to need an Arduino Nano, distance sensor, servo motor, toy eye balls, and a few other components to complete this project.
Anybody who has done advanced robot programming knows the importance of investing in the right components for their projects. This CE30 Solid State TOF LiDAR has a large FoV and doesn’t have mechanical rotating components.
It is no secret that many hospitals struggle to deal with surge of patients. One way to handle it is to use robot nurses to automate simple chores, freeing up staff members to focus on more important tasks. The Mongkutwattana General Hospital in Bangkok is already doing it. It is using 3 robot nurses in yellow uniform to deliver medicine and documents.
Mistreating robots is not a wise idea. You can always use tools like Shelly to teach kids how to behave around their companion robots. This is a tortoise-like robot with a touch interface that reacts to touch and hits. Shelly is happy when you gently touch its shell but goes hiding in it if hit.
So you would like to use robots to test apps on your smartphone? The Tapster robot is worth a look. It simulates a human finger on a capacitive touchscreen device. It has open source hardware and 3D printable parts. It is programmed with Node.js, Johnny Five, and Arduino.
Meet SoFi: CSAIL’s soft robotic fish designed to swim along fish under water. MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory designed this robot to swim at depths of more than 50 feet for up to 40 minutes. It uses its undulating tail and controls its own buoyancy. A waterproofed Super Nintendo Controller is used to make the robot perform specific moves.
