In order to keep up with a fast car, you are going to need a fast drone. The GT-R Drone from Nissan is a fast FPV racing drone optimized for speed. It can reach 100 km/h from a standstill in just 1.3 and has a max speed of 185 km/h.
Remember Spot from Boston Dynamics? This versatile robot dog now has a smaller sibling. SpotMini is an all-electric robot dog weighing 55 lbs without its arm. It runs 90 minutes on a full charge. SpotMini is quiet and has sensors such as solid state gyro, depth cameras, and proprioception sensors to navigate and manipulate items.
Meet Vyo: a social robot that can control your smart home. It looks after your devices. It supports screen feedback, expressive gestures, and physical icons for communication. Users get physical icons, each representing a smart home device.
Teaching robots new skills is not always straight forward. In fact, program them to autonomously try new tasks in new environments can be quite challenging. This video shows how robots with shared autonomy can perform tasks without any prior knowledge about them.
Remember Robit? It is an affordable home robot that helps you get things done around your home. The robot connects to the Internet and autonomously moves around your home. It can detect objects, faces, and pets. It also features live streaming.
In order to program industrial robots, you need to have a solid understanding of coding and robotics. Take these Standford students in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory for instance. They have managed to teach robots how to play dominoes or the xylophone.
Pepper is a wonderful human-shaped robot capable of recognizing human emotions and adapting its behavior. It can perform a wide variety of tasks. This video shows how these robots can work as a fashion sales assistant, providing customers with info on items for sale as well as fashion suggestions.
In the past few months, we have covered plenty of cool DIY robots here. This VR360 Telepresence RoverBot is also interesting. It is a 360-video rover built using a Raspberry Pi, DiddyBorg Kit, and Ricoh Theta S to get started.
Meet Andbot: a personal robot with sensors to serve as your personal assistant. It comes with full-range hand and arm motions and person recognition. The robot has sensors to catch smoke, gas, and fire accidents. It integrates with your smart home to control lighting, TV, and other devices.
Meet the SPRK+: a robotic ball designed to teach your children about programming through play. It can be programmed to navigate a maze, mimic the solar system, swim across the water, and more. It comes with a visual interface for programming.
