Meet Photon: an educational robot designed to make kids familiar with technology and programming. These cute robots grow with their owners. They are compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows devices. The Photon Robot relies on gamification to keep your children engaged.
There are plenty of interesting Arduino robot arms on the market. Learning how to control them with a software like Arm Link does not have to be a hassle. RobotGeek has posted a guide that shows you how to control arduino-compatible robot arms with the InterbotiX Arm Link.
So you love dogs but don’t want to adopt a real one? You may want to give this robot dog a look. The Genibo SD Robot Dog is a cute toy with a fun personality. It does not like its sides touched and needs your attention to stay awake. It comes with a 10-channel touch sensor, vision and voice recognition, and 2600 mAh battery.
Meet Weldguide IV : a thru-arc sensor for robotic welding systems that guides robots to the correct path and yields faster, more accurate results. Weldguide IV is easy to program and can track difficult welding joint variations. In fact, it offers 6 tracking modes.
Biological robots are becoming more sophisticated all the time. This video from Ritu Raman describes bio robots that can be genetically engineered to react to light. Optical stimulus is less invasive and can be used to selectively stimulate only certain regions of muscles.
Commercial drones are not cheap assets, so when they malfunction in the air, you’d want them to drop to the ground in a graceful fashion. Let’s not forget that falling UAVs can damage people and assets by accident. ParaZero’s SafeAir recovery system is designed to protect people and drones. It comes with a pyrotechnic parachute launcher to protect expensive drones.
Meet CRACUNS: a submersible UAV that can be launched from a fixed position underwater or from an unmanned underwater vehicle. Researchers at the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland are behind the Corrosion Resistant Aerial Covert Unmanned Nautical System.
Here is a cool LEGO creation capable of decorating eggs for Easter or other occasions. The machine was built using the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 kit. It can print 7 different patterns onto an egg. As the maker explains, the egg bot uses motors to move the egg, raise and lower the marker, and move the arm from side to side.
JK Brickworks has more on this project. What do you think? How would you improve this?
Meet SCAMP: a robot capable of flying, perching, climbing, and recovering from failure. It is designed to operate on rough vertical surfaces. The Stanford Climbing and Aerial Maneuvering Platform uses its onboard sensors and computers to complete tasks.
Robots are already being used in business environments to get things done. The Panasonic Assist Robot is a wearable solution that uses advanced control and sensor technologies to help people lift heavy objects. Such a technology could also be used to make life easier for the elderly.
