Meet the KUKA KMP 1500: an autonomous, smart mobile platform with SLAM capability using laser scanners. It has mecanum wheels for omnidirectional movement. These robots integrate into the production process and handle product transportation to optimize your logistics management.
Meet the PD8-AW-HS: a Night Surveyor drone from Prodrone that uses an ultra-light-sensitive camera to send live clear images to the operator in low-light conditions. This flying machine is ideal for night-time surveillance, search & rescue operation, and inspections in dark spaces.
Here are mergeable robots that combine their nervous systems to take on various tasks. Modular robots have been around for some time. Nithin Mathews, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Rehan O’Grady, Francesco Mondada & Marco Dorigo have built robots that self-assemble and reconfigure to become better at taking on different types of terrain and performing a wide range of tasks.
As the researchers explain:
the robots we present can merge to form larger bodies with a single centralized controller, split into separate bodies with independent controllers, and self-heal by removing or replacing malfunctioning body parts.
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Here is a RC hovercraft that you can easily control over land and water. The LiteHawk RANGER comes with FPV functionality. It has two fan motors to glide across smooth surfaces. RANGERS also has a camera. The hovercraft has a centrally mounted motor that activates when you turn on the machine and raise it off the ground, into floating position.
Here is another hexapod that you can program using a drag & drop interface to learn robotics and coding. The Vorpal Combat Hexapod has 3D printed parts. It is open source, made from standard Arduino hardware. You can control the robot via Bluetooth.
Meet Hubert the Humanoid: a research-grade humanoid robot kit ready for ROS, machine learning, and other applications. The robot comes with dual stereo vision cameras, Raspberry Pi 3, 24 smart servos, Arduino compatible servo controller, Bluetooth, functional grippers, speaker/microphone, and touchscreen LCD head.
We have already covered a bunch of robots capable of playing music. They can also be used to conduct an opera. A YuMi collaborative dual-arm robot is being prepared to debut as conductor at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Italy.
As Andrea Colombini explains:
my movements were captured with a process called “lead-through programming,” where the robot’s two arms are guided to follow my motions with great attention to detail; these movements are then recorded. The second step involved fine-tuning the movements in ABB’s RobotStudio software, where we made sure the motions were synchronized to the music.
More information about this fascinating event is available here.
Meet the Cubroid: a robot building block for kids that gets them started in coding and robotics. It comes with DC motor, LED, sound, touch sensor, light sensor, and proximity sensor blocks. It is also compatible with LEGO. The kit makes it easy for your kids to build their own robots and program them from a smartphone.
Here is a drone that can deliver parcels up to 500 grams overs steep or uneven terrain. EPFL scientists developed it to avoid obstacles along the way. The drone has a protective cage and foldable design. It is compact enough to be carried around in a backpack.
Meet the REMUS 100: an underwater vehicle with autonomous features that can dive to depths up to 100 meters. It can complete 12-hour missions. The REMUS 100 AUV has a smart navigation suite and 18650 Li-Ion battery packs.
