Meet AGRowBot: an autonomous ground gardening robot that lets you take better care of your crops and get a handle on weeds. The AGRowBot is designed for small to medium-sized farms. It enables farmers to identify weeds and nutrition requirements at plant level.
Richard Browning’s Daedalus has been covered in the media a ton recently. It is a custom-built exoskeleton with body-mounted mini jet engines that can take the users off the ground and move them at impressive speeds.
In the near future, we will be able to print robots for custom tasks in minutes. As New Scientist explains, University of Copenhagen in Denmark researchers have developed a robot-builder that can print new robots in less than 13 minutes. The process is called 1D printing.
Robots are going to be used by many businesses to provide better support to their customers. You could even see them in banks in the future. Take Pari for instance. It is a humanoid robot for banks that was manufactured in Nepal by Paaila Technology.
There are plenty of powerful UGVs available these days. We are seeing more them getting their own drones to take on even more tasks. The Komodo UGV Robot is the latest one that integrates with a quadopter. The drone provides the Komodo with an aerial view of its surroundings. It can help the vehicle improve its position and orientation.
Meet the Multitom Rax: a robot-supported 3D X-Ray machine with fully automated arms that allow a variety of examinations. It doesn’t require patients to be repositioned to get the job done as they sit, stand or lie down for examinations.
This robotic x-ray system lets you perform radiography, 3D tomography, fluoroscopy, and other scans. It provides you with real-time 3D images.
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Robotic wearables are going to become more of a thing in the future as sensors, motors, and other tech advance. Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have created textile-based sensors to register motor movements of the human body. The technology can be used to create soft, wearable robots for a variety of tasks.
In the past few months, we have covered plenty of artificial muscles that allow robots more natural movements. Suzumori Endo Lab, Tokyo Institute of Technology has developed pneumatic artificial muscles to mimic the human neck. Researchers tried to mimic bones, ligaments, and muscles in the neck area.
Meet the ExploDrone system: a drone-based IED simulation system that helps the troops get ready for aerial threats. It can simulate two types of attacks carried out by enemy drones. ExploDrone drones can fly to a target and deliver a munition payload or trigger IED simulators mounted to their body.
Here is a cute robotic vacuum that cleans your desktop, so you don’t have to. The Cat Desktop Robotic Vacuum Cleaner has a touch sensor, so when you stroke it, it makes a sound and change direction. It also changes directions when encountering an obstacle.
