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Autonomous Overhead Powerline Drone Recharging

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Drones are used for a wide variety of tasks. Most of them have a limited range, so they require charging mid-mission. Researchers have now come up with a fully autonomous self-recharging drone system. This drone has a vision and navigation system to locate powerlines to land on them. Here is how it works:

A passively actuated gripping mechanism grasps the powerline cable during landing after which a control circuit regulates the magnetic field inside a split-core current transformer to provide sufficient holding force as well as battery recharging.

Autonomous Overhead Powerline Recharging for Uninterrupted Drone Operations - ICRA 2024

This approach allows drones to take on longer missions without major interruptions.

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SliceIt!: Simulation Based Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Food Slicing

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Teaching robots how to slice food ingredients is easier said than done. SliceIt! is a simulation based approach for training food slicing skills. The approach consists of:

collecting a small dataset of real food-cutting examples, then calibrating high-fidelity simulations of knife-food cutting interactions and robot motion control. Reinforcement learning agents are trained in this calibrated simulation environment to learn optimal compliance control policies that modulate knife forces.

SliceIt!: Simulation-Based Reinforcement Learning for Compliant Robotic Food Slicing

Once the info is transferred to the robot, it will be able to perform food slicing tasks efficiently and safely.

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Snail Inspired Robot That Can Climb Walls

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Here is a robot inspired by the movements of a snail that can climb walls. It was made by researchers at the University of Bristol. They used a slicing suction approach to pull this off. This robot can carry 1kg of mass. It can slide vertically and upside down.

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Cafe Robot Using LLM To Make Drinks

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Robots are already capable of operating coffee machines. The Cafe Robot takes it to the next level by leveraging the power of LLMs. It can scoop, pour liquid and perform other tasks required to make coffee. As the researchers explain, this robot makes coffees and cakes by using AI based skills.

dialogue for making coffee, as well as the coordination of each action based on the dialogue, is facilitated by the Integral Task Planner

The below video shows it in action:

Cafe Robot: Integrated AI Skillset Based on Large Language Models

 

[HT: Jad Tarifi, Nima Asgharbeygi, Shuhei Takamatsu, Masataka Goto]

Sony’s Microsurgery Assistance Robot

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Robots have been used for surgeries for a long time. Sony has developed a new robot that offers assistance with microsurgeries. It is designed to work on veins and nerves. It uses a highly sensitive control device to capture the movements the surgeon’s hands and fingers and replicate them.

Microsurgery Assistance Robot Stitching a Corn Kernel | Sony Group

Sony's New Microsurgery Robot

This robotic system has a compact system to store surgical instruments that its robot arm can exchange without human intervention. This prototype has 1.3-type 4K OLED Microdisplays.

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ArrayBot Distributed Manipulation System for Tabletop Objects

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This is the ArrayBot: a distributed manipulation system on a 16 x 16 array of sliding pillars with tactile sensors that can manipulate and support objects on a table. Researchers used reinforcement learning algorithms to pull this off. As they explain:

“we train RL agents that can relocate diverse objects through tactile observations only… Surprisingly, we find that the discovered policy can not only generalize to unseen object shapes in the simulator but also transfer to the physical robot without any domain randomization.”

[ICRA2024] ArrayBot: Reinforcement Learning for Generalizable Distributed Manipulation through Touch

Such an approach can be used to relocate two melons in parallel, relocate a dragon fruit, and a lot more.

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NAVER 1784 Starbucks with 100 Robots

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In the future, robots are going to do most things for us. Plenty of companies are experimenting with robots at restaurants. This video from Naver Labs shows a Starbucks on the second floor of 1784 which uses more than 100 service robots called Rookie delivering drinks to meeting rooms. This room also has a dual-arm robot.

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REX Evolution 8-in-1 Python Coding Robot

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This is the REX Evolution Robot Kit: it comes with everything you need to make 8 models. It not only introduces your kids to STEM concepts but helps them become better coders with Python. This robot has WiFi and Bluetooth control. It supports block based programming for beginners.

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GARMI Caregiving Assistant Robot for Seniors with ChatGPT

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This is the GARMI: a caregiving assistant robot that can support seniors in performing a variety of tasks. It comes with ChatGPT integration. It can bring water and breakfast to beds, book medical appointments and help users get out of the bed and perform rehab exercises. The below video shows it in action:

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Yarbo 2024 Autonomous Yard Robot: Mower, Leaf Blower, Snow Blower Robot

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This is the Yarbo 2024 Autonomous Yard Robot: a modular robot that can cut grass, clear snow, and blow leaves away. It can also patrol your property and tow things. The Core module is the main part of this system. It lets you attach up to two modules. The snow blower can handle 12 inches of snow. It has two cameras for accuracy.

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