Remember the SpotMini? It was a robot dog with electric actuation, 17 joints, 3D vision system, and payload of 14 kg, capable of handling objects, climbing stairs, and moving indoors/outside. The new model, as shown in the below video, looks even more capable.
Here is another fun drone that you can control using hand gestures. The Aura Drone combines with GestureBotics glove to bring you hand control. You can move the quadcopter in all directions, perform sideways flips, and more. The safety frame protects the drone from bumps and drops.
Plenty of companies are working on perfecting autonomous driving systems. Visteon is serious about these technologies and apparently capable of developing Level 3 of autonomy, with eyes towards Level 4. This teaser video shows the Visteon Autonomous Driving System in action.
Meet Project Elysium: a robotic custom PC build that is water-cooled and ready for your latest games. This dual ITX PC has wings that move up and down. According to the maker, it took over 200 hours to complete. This video shows a time-lapse of it:
Meet the HapticDrone: an innovative solution that involves using a drone to provide hatpic, touch, and weight feedback in VR environments. It renders forces in one dimension. It has non-contact hand following mode, in which the drone follows your hand in all directions.
Here is another robot that can keep your aquarium clean without you having to break a sweat. The MOAI robot is controlled via your smartphone. You will be able to put it on a schedule and view a livestream of your fish tank. The robot has real-time navigation and adaptive mapping.
Robots and drones are already making life easier for farmers. The Dino is a vegetable weeding robot that straddles vegetable beds to weed large-scale farms. It weeds your crops autonomously without human supervision. Naïo’s robot is flexible and scalable, so farmers will be able to change tools to adapt it to their soil and crops.
Meet the FANUC R-1000iA/120F-7B 7-Axis robot: a versatile machine for spot welding and other applications. The robot is capable of fold into itself, making itself shorter to operate in tight spaces. This video shows this 7-axis robot performing spot welding on an automotive body side.
Here is a cool bag that allows Mavic Pro owners to carry their drone and its accessories with them everywhere they go more conveniently. The Penna SlingBag is lightweight and durable. It has space for your headphones, propellers, battery charging hub, cables, headsets, iPad, and everything else.
Meet Gomer: a programmable robot with soft arm that can pick up and carry fragile objects and everything else. It has a camera and wheels, so you can program it to bring you a drink, remote, or anything else.
