Here is a musculoskeletal robot inspired by the human body with multifilament muscles to move. It performs smoothly and can move its upper parts too. The leg has the same number of muscles as a human leg.
Meet DiddyBorg: a Raspberry Pi robot with a 3mm cast Acrylic Perspex chassis, 6 motors, two access motor controller, and full build instructions. You can use it to build robots that autonomously follow a ball. The robot is compatible with Raspberry Pi model B or model B+ and the Pi camera. You can control it via a Bluetooth remote control.
Here is an all-terrain robotic utility vehicle capable of offering the performance of a tractor. Grizzly is an all-electric machine with a maximum continuous force of 1400 lbf and payload capacity of 600kg.
Meet the RoboGlove: a force-multiplying battery-powered wearable designed by GM and NASA. It has sensors, actuators, and tendons that are comparable to the nerves, muscles, and tendons in a human hand.
Teaching robots how to handle jumps and drops is not as easy as some make it look. This Pneumatic-driven jumping robot uses an anthropomorphic muscular skeleton structure to keep moving. This video shows how this robot handles sequential jumping with simple reflex-based control:
So you are interested in drone racing? The FPV Drone Racing Kit from Autonomous comes with everything you need to get started. It comes with 2 drones, 2 controllers, flags, cones, backpack, VR headsets, and racing apps. You also get an app to challenge your friends and keep up with footage from other racers.
Robots can do many things for us already. As this video shows, they can handle tools such as a chainsaw to carve a stool. An industrial robot is used to turn a trunk of a tree into a stool.
Robotics events can be lots of fun as you get to see what researchers are working on and learn more about this field. This video shows what a wide variety of robots presented at Plymouth University.
So you want to experiment with AI programming? The Deep Learning Robot kit has you covered. Built on the 192-Core Nvidia Tegra K1, the kit has everything you need to build a robot to move around your home and detect objects. You get a Kobuki mobile base, Asus Xtion Pro 3D depth camera, microphone and speaker for speech recognition, and pre-installed software.
Robots are increasingly playing a bigger role in manufacturing environments. We have already covered plenty of collaborative robots that work with humans to increase operational efficiency in manufacturing. This video shows how robots are making a difference in the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen.
