Solar Voyager: Autonomous Solar Powered Boat
Meet Solar Voyager: an autonomous solar powered boat designed to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It is over 4 meters in length and one meter in width. The boat has enough space to store two solar panels.
Spencer Robot Accompanies Passengers To Their Gate
Meet Spencer: a cool robot designed to guide passengers to their gate. It can recognize social interactions and interact with people. Spencer can adapt its speed to the walking speed of passengers following it.
Leo: Fully Autonomous Baggage Robot for Airports
Meet Leo: SITA’s fully autonomous, self-propelling baggage robot that allows passengers to drop their bags outside the airport and print bag tags without having to wait a whole lot. The robot can avoid obstacles and transport up to 2 suitcases with a maximum weight of 32kg.
Jenga Robot Stacks and Removes Blocks
Robots are capable of doing many things for us. That includes playing Jenga. This Jenga Robot is not only capable of stacking the tower, but it can also remove blocks like a pro. This video shows how well this Jenga robot performs:
Jenga Robot at Automate 2015
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TORU Cube Warehouse Robot
Meet the TORU Cube: a warehouse robot made up of a mobile base, retractable and rotatable column with a gripper system, and removable shelf that can pick specific items and deliver them to a shipping station. The robot has a boxgrasper capable of grasping rectangular objects.
Makita RobotPRO DRC200 Robot Vacuum Cleaner
Here is a robotic vacuum cleaner designed to clean offices and business environments. The Makita RobotPRO DRC200 robot supports swappable batteries and uses them sequentially, so you can charge one as the robot does the cleaning with the other.
5-fingered Robot Hand with Self-learning
Here is a 5-fingered robot hand that can learn on its own to perform dexterous manipulation. A University of Washington team of computer scientists and engineers built this robot not to need humans for direction. The robot uses machine learning to become more adept at getting its tasks done.
Robo Terp 3 Bio-Inspired Robotic Turtle
Meet Robo Terp 3: a bio-inspired robot that mimics the walking and swimming gaits of a terrapin. It has 3 DoF joints and can swim against the current. It rotational shoulder joint enables the robot to transition from swimming to walking.
Olli – Self Driving Vehicle Powered by IBM Watson
Here is a self-driving electric vehicle with space for up to 12 people and IBM Watson integration. Olli from Local Motors uses 30+ sensors to gather data and make decisions fast. Riders can interact with the vehicle, asking about how it works, their destination, and more.
Docking Station for ANYmal Keeps It Active for Long Periods
It was only a month ago that we had the opportunity to cover ANYmal. It is an autonomous quadrupedal robot capable of climbing and dynamic running. It has sensors to analyze and create maps of its environment to get around. With this docking station, the robot can stay active for long periods without human interaction.
