So how do you deal with animals ruining your crops? You could always invest in a scary robot to get it done. This “Super Monster Wolf” farm robot keeps unwanted animals from ruining your crops. It makes 48 sounds that can reach up to 1 sq. km. A solar panel is used to power the machine.
Here is another smart telepresence robot that connects your team members across the world. The AVA robot enables workers to move easily around remote locations without having to physically be there. These bots move autonomously and integrate with Cisco Spark.
Meet the Neato Robotics D7 Connected: a robot vacuum with WiFi and Alexa that maps your place and cleans the floor effectively. The robot has a D-shape design and is more than capable of cleaning close to the walls and into corners.
Robots are going to play big roles in our lives in the future. While they are more than capable of handling objects of various shapes, they can’t always recognize when they are touched and adjust based on the force applied. The Re-al project is a haptic feedback system that enables robots to reproduce gentle, soft motions like humans do.
Robotis is behind plenty of cool robots and components for DIY robot builders. Their 2-Finger Adaptive Robot Hand is designed to enable your robot to grip a wide variety of objects. It opens to 108mm and has a max gripping force of 170N. These grippers have a max payload of 5kg.
Here is another autonomous folding drone that can capture 1080p stabilized footage in the air. The LeveTop can fly for 20 minutes. It has a portable frame and weighs less than 1lb. It has a top speed of 33mph.
Here is a kit that lets you build a Raspberry Pi robot capable of carrying you. The Magni has 2 X 200W hub motors, Raspberry Pi 3, and up to 24 hours battery life depending on the batteries you choose. It runs ROS Kinetic on Ubuntu 16.04.
In the future, robots will not only build our cars and homes but also other robots. This video from new China TV takes a look at China’s first robot assembly line that makes robots. Robots work throughout this assembly line, every step of the way. They take care of orders, transportation, testing, and other phases.
Robotic surgeons are nothing new. In fact, there are already a bunch of robot surgery systems available on the market that facilitate minimally invasive surgeries. This video from KUKA shows how the LBR iiwa can be combined with VR feedback for remote surgery.
