In the past few months, we have covered plenty of robots capable of producing human-like handwriting. You can always build your own with Arduino though. Creativity Buzz has shared a guide that shows you how to use an Arduino UNO R3, Mg90S Metal Gear Servos, 2 DVD writers, and a few other components to pull it off.
Meet Trexo: a robotic exoskeleton designed for kids with cerebral palsy, paraplegia, stroke, spinal cord injury, and other diseases. It attaches to any walker and coverts it into a fully powered exoskeleton device. Parents can monitor the progress of their children closely.
Sex bots have been getting a lot of coverage in the media lately. A bunch of companies are working on perfecting them. Harmony is an AI sex bot that works as a conversational partner. The plan is to allow buyers to fully customize their Android girl.
Meet the iAssist robot: a collaborative machine that can handle workpieces, electrodes, and tools to help save business time and money. Kuka and Makino collaborated on this mobile automation system.
In the past few months, we have covered plenty of robots that can pick apples and other fruits to save farming businesses time and money. The Panasonic Tomato Harvest Robot also looks promising. It identifies and picks tomatoes without damaging them.
Tired of running after balls on the tennis court and bending down to pick them up? The Tennibot has you covered. It is a ball collecting robot that runs for 5 hours and can collect 70 balls per turn. It has a compact design, so you can fit it in your car when done.
Tennibot has multiple modes and adjustable speed and position. You can set it up from your smartphone. More info is available here.
AI bots are getting smarter all the time. They are capable of beating us in Chess, Go, and many other fields. Can an AI drone pilot outperform a human in a race? JPL Engineers tried just that. Their AI drone uses 2 cameras to track its position and matches it to a pre-loaded map.
There is no better way to learn electronics and coding than playing around with Raspberry Pi and other comparable platforms. howchoo’s latest guide shows you how to turn a Furby into an Alexa enabled toy. You will need a Pi Zero W, Amazon’s Alexa Voice service, an Adafruit TB6612 1.2A DC/Stepper Motor Driver, and a few other parts to get started.
Meet the 8 Shooter: a beer filling robot from Martin Robotics that takes care of your bottling needs. It lets users change between various bottle sizes and get more bottled in less time.
