The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful platform for learning electronics and building custom robots. The ANTBEE 4WD Smart Robot Kit comes with everything you need to get started faster.
This robot comes with mecanum wheels, so it can move in every direction and turn on a dime. It has a STM32 control driver.
Robots are going to do our planetary exploration missions for us in the future. Plenty of researchers and companies are working on perfecting them. These robots will need to learn how to work together to take on complex tasks. This video from DLR RM shows the Arches crater exploration project which involved 2 tethered rovers working together to safely explore a crater with loose volcanic soil.
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Here is another robot designed for wind turbine blade inspection. Inspectorbots’ Wind Turbine Blade can crawl down the inside of the blade looking for damage or points of failure. They use 16 LEDs for great visibility in dark environments. The below video shows these turbine robots in action:
There are plenty of powerful robot vacuums with all kinds of fancy features that cost a lot of money. The Tesvor S5 Max is an app connected vacuum and mop with 6000Pa suction power. It comes with LiDAR navigation. It has a 5200mAh battery that lasts up to 260 minute on battery.
This is the Mercury Humanoid Robot: a smart robot that can grab items, open draws, and do a whole lot more. As this video from Elephant Robotics shows, it can be operated in VR. The Mercury X1 is a wheeled humanoid with 19DOF. It uses dual NVIDIA Jetson controllers. It also has an advanced perception system.
Figure 01 is an AI powered general purpose humanoid robot that can be taught a variety of tasks. It stands 5’6″, weighing 60kg. It has payload capacity of 20kg. It can handle various tools. In this video update, the company demonstrates how the robot can now make coffee autonomously. As you can see, the robot can insert the capsule and get the coffee machine started. Figure 01 has learned to self correct mistakes:
Here a robotic system designed for installing helically shaped bird diverters on overhead power lines. The Mini LineFly installs PLP’s BIRD-FLIGHT Diverters on overhead lines while reducing risk to lineworkers. It places them at the proper intervals while reducing chances of birds accidentally coming in contact with power lines. It also prevents costly power outages.
Working in a greenhouse can be time-consuming and tiresome. Robots can help humans with repetitive tasks. Floating Robotics has come up with a picking robot for greenhouses. It takes care of defoliating, harvesting and boxing vegetables. It has a camera to monitor the crops and is smart enough to recognize different plants and objects.
Arthroplasty is a surgical procedure to restore the function of a joint. As it turns out, robots can be used to assist with these procedures. As this video shows, the HURWA Joint Surgical Robot KUKA LBR Med (based on KUKA LBR Med) “allows for precise control over the amount and angle of osteotomy, ensuring accuracy of bone resection and limiting the osteotomy plane.”
In the future, many stores may use drones to deliver certain orders. Walmart, Amazon, and other large companies are working on that. This video from Wing shows how quick meals, groceries, and over-the-counter medicines in under 30 minutes via drone.
