Stretch is an autonomous mobile robot for warehouses that we covered here a while back. Thanks to Multipack, Stretch can now pick and place multiple boxes (up to 4 at once). It can move multiple boxes with a single swing for higher productivity. Stretch has a perception system that combines with a gripper to consider different candidate groupings of boxes that can be picked together.
The ANYmal robot dog is a versatile robot that can take on uneven terrain. We have covered plenty of projects that involve using it to complete challenging missions. This video shows how this quadruped robot can take on uneven wooden obstacles.
Pretty impressive, don’t you think?
Autonomous vehicles are going to help businesses deal with labor shortages and inefficiencies in the future. Take Honda’s Autonomous Work Vehicle for instance: it is designed to perform repetitive tasks. This fully electric vehicle operates autonomously. It can attach and carry sensors and a camera. As this video shows, this robot recently performed a perimeter fence inspection autonomously.
Robot dogs are going to do many things for us. They are already capable of taking care of inspection and maintenance tasks. US Navy researchers are exploring the idea of using a robotic dog with an arm to perform routine maintenance tasks. The challenge is for this robot to get used to the movement and sway of the ship. The below video shows it in action:
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This is the RobotLAB Botinkit Max: a smart kitchen robot with precise digital controls that enables restaurants to replicate recipes. Thanks to a smart digital cooking algorithm and a FMP taste modeling platform, this robot can replicate any cuisine. This robot can perform temperature control, stir-frying, seasoning, and pot sterilization. This robot can cook 24 hours a day.
The TALOS is a walking humanoid robot that is fully torque controllable. It has torque sensor feedback in all its joints. It has 6kg payload per arm, so it can pick up all kinds of industrial tools. In this video, you can see this robot walking using Model Predictive Control send to a Whole-Body Inverse Dynamics (WBID) controller.
Robot mowers are getting smarter and more silent all the time. The SUNSEEKER L22 is a robot lawn mower with app control. It comes with intelligent mapping and app control. It has a rain sensor to detect when it needs to stop. This quiet robot lawn mower has a noise rating of 52dB.
This is the Dobot Magician E6: a desktop grade 6-axis collaborative robot for computer science and engineering students. It comes with collision detection for safe operation. It can be installed on a desk and has a control box with simple external wiring.
Robots are getting smarter all the time. No matter how many sensors and advanced processors they get, they need to be able to recover from falls. This video shows how Digit can now self-right and stand back up after it falls. For this test, obstacle avoidance was turned off.
There are plenty of advanced robots that are used in search & rescue and other missions. They are not much of help if they get stuck on clothes. This video from SuperDroid Robots shows how the LT2-F Bulldog robot can handle clothes piles. This robot comes with a multi-axis robotic arm. It has a set of rear flipper arms to lift the robot up and over.
