We had the chance to cover the Kepler Forerunner K2 a while ago. It is a general purpose humanoid robot with over 80 full body sensors, 40 degrees of freedom and 100 TOPS computing power. It stands 1.78m tall, weighing 85kg. Its hands mimic the structure of the human hand with 12 degrees of freedom.
The Husqvarna 420iQ Automower is almost here. It is a 2025 edition robotic mower with Exact Positioning Operating System, which means it communicates with multiple satellites and a reference station to get centimeter-accurate location data. You can create virtual boundaries, mowing areas, and stay out zones for your robot. It can take on slopes up to 45%.
We have already covered a bunch of self balancing robot bikes here. The Ultra Mobile Vehicle from RAI Institute can do a whole lot more. It can drive, jump, and do challenging tricks. It also comes with a sudden stop feature. As this video shows, this robot changes shape to complete a jump. It can work indoors and outside.
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Meet Dexmate’s Vega: a general-purpose humanoid robot with a Transformer like design and omni-directional wheels to move in any direction. It has a foldable torso and arm design and dexterous hands. You can order this with up to AGX Orin 64GB and 6DOF dexterous hands. Here are the specs:
This robot had a 3OD flexible head and 13DOF dexterous arms. It comes with various sensors, including RGBD/RGB cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, Ultrasonic, force/torque sensors. It is ready for simulators. This model costs just under $90000.
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In the past couple of weeks, Unitree has showed how its humanoid robot can perform dance and martial arts moves. Their latest video shows their “Kung Fu Bot” Game shows the G1 performing 720-degree spinning kicks. The below video is completely raw and not edited or sped up:
Kung Fu BOT GAME😘
720° Spin Kick – Hear the Impact! Kung Fu BOT Gameplay RAW. (No Speed-Up)
(Do not imitate, please keep a safe distance from the machine)#Unitree #Kungfu #EmbodiedAI #SpringFestivalGalaRobot #AI #Humanoid #Bipedal #WorldModel #Robot pic.twitter.com/0CCAyvKdKV— Unitree (@UnitreeRobotics) March 4, 2025
The G1 is very versatile, so it can simulate human hands to achieve tasks. It stands 1.3m tall, weighing 35kg. It has a 3D LiDAR and Depth camera for 360-degree perception. It has up to 43 degrees of freedom depending on the model.
This is the SUNSEEKER V3: an app connected robotic mower with Vision AI that can identify over 160 obstacles. It recognizes boundaries, narrow pathways, and markers to calculate efficient routes. This model can overcome 22-degree slopes. It has a noise rating of 55dB, so it won’t disturb your neighbors. It works on pothole-prone surfaces and sloped lands.
We have already covered many fancy humanoid robots that can get a wide variety of tasks done at factories. Since most will be using many of them, it is essential to have a way to get them to work together. This video from UBTECH shows how a team of Walker S1 humanoid robots can collaborate on tasks. They can pick up large payloads, manipulate deformable objects, sort items, and a lot more.
So you would like to give your robot animated eyes that can be easily programmed? The TouchEye has you covered. It is a dual touch eye module that supports custom animations. It has 2 x 128-inch round touch displays with 240 x240p resolution. It is available in ESP32-S3 & RP2040 models.
Here is an unmanned boat that can autonomously detect and intercept threats than any human operator. Splash’s autonomous surface vessels can provide security around oil rigs and shipping terminals. Their smart algorithm identifies and classifies threats. These boats have a modular design and can carry side-scan sonars and even UAVs.
As the company explains, they have:
implemented full autonomy, and have already driven over a hundred miles in San Francisco bay without a single human input.
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This is the Hi Robot: a Hierarchical Interactive Robot that can listen and think harder to get tasks done. Researchers managed to get robots to think hierarchically with this approach:
– A high-level VLM interprets user input, generates language commands & verbal responses
– A low-level VLA executes atomic actions (e.g., “pick up a slice of bread“)
This lets robots to break down complex prompts and adapt in real-time.
Introducing Hi Robot – Hierarchical Interactive Robot
Our first step at @physical_int towards teaching robots to listen and think harder.A 🧵 on how we make robots more steerable 👇 pic.twitter.com/L77RMdxVOO
— Lucy Shi (@lucy_x_shi) February 26, 2025
By using VLMs, it is possible to relabel demos with hypothetical human prompts and interjections. The above video shows how this robot can make sandwiches.
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