We have seen a bunch of cool snake robots for manufacturing and search & rescue missions. Titanoboa is not your average snake robot though. It is a 50 feet electromechanical snake that took a few years to complete. The below video shows this snake robot in action:
What do you think? Are you impressed?
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Meet Riley: a smart home robot with a camera, motion detection, night vision, WiFi, and automatic charging to help you keep an eye on your property. Riley can monitor your home and alert you when there is unexpected motion. It has a speaker and a microphone.
Robotic lawn mowers are nothing new. They have gotten more sophisticated over the years but still cost a lot of money. You could always build your own though. The Ardumower is a 3D printed lawn mower that you can build on your own. It has two 12V geared motors and a rechargeable battery. You are going to need an Arduino to get started.
Meet the Wire Beings: an open source robot platform with Arduino and 3D printed parts. The chassis can be customized easily. You can add up to 5 servos to get more degrees of freedom. You also can add various sensors and modules to get more done with this robot.
Meet the Growver: a smart robot that connects to your phone and waters your lawn automatically. It intelligently navigates your lawn and uses water sensors to find dry patches. You can control the robot from your phone. Growver is developed to take better care of your lawn and save you money in the long run.
Drone racing is a lot of fun, but not all drones are ready for racing. The RotorX Atom could be just what you need. It is a FPV micro-racing drone with a carbon fiber frame, durable propellers, and a Micro FPV camera.
In the past few months, we have covered KUKA robot used in many exciting projects. This video shows a KUKA robot used to play board games against human opponents in real life. The robot can pick up pieces, move them around, and put them down without messing things up.
Meet the Hitachi EMIEW3 Humanoid: a robot that could one day give you directions. For instance, it can guide railway passengers to their train. The robot is 60 centimeters high and weighs only 15 kg. According to Reuters, the robot is expected to hit the market in 2018.
Meet NXROBO’s BIG-i robot: a smart home robot that is 2.5 feet tall and weighs 26.5 lbs. It has voice / facial recognition and motion detection. Owners will be able to rely on the robot to make calls and control smart home products.
Meet SCHAFT’s new Bipedal Robot: a robot with two big legs to climb stairs, carry a 60-kg payload, and move in tight spaces while keeping its balance. The robot can move its legs behind its body to get out of tight situations. It can also walk indoors or outside, on rough terrain.
