Arc Bicycle: 3D Printed Bicycle Using Robots
Meet the Arc Bicycle: a 3D printed stainless steel bicycle produced using a welding process. Students from TU Delft in the Netherlands used MX3D’s six-axis robotic arms to 3D-print the frame.
Tea Maker Robot Using LEGO Mindstorms
Here is a cool tea maker robot that boils your water and pours it into a cup before dipping the tea bag. Jaakko Alajoki build this robot using a LEGO Mindstorms EV3 kit. Maybe not the fastest tea maker, but making this robot can be quite educational.
RiQ: Arduino Compatible Robot [iOS / Android]
Meet RiQ: a Bluetooth robot that you can control and program from your iOS or Android device. This is a robot kit developed to teach your young ones more about technology and programming. It has multiple sensors, including light and sound.
Unmanned Rover by Charlotte UAV
We have covered plenty of cool unmanned rovers here in the past. This one from Charlotte UAV is another one capable of performing indoor/outdoor inspections. It can be used to collect information about an environment, detect people, vehicles, and objects, and travel between waypoints without assistance. It can adjust its approach based on the surroundings.
Sawyer the Collaborative Robot – 2016 Video
Sawyer, the Collaborative Robot, is quite special. We have covered plenty of fun videos of it in the past. This video shows Sawyer from Rethink Robotics in action. As you can see in the video, the robot can lift and move objects around at a respectable speed.
Maximo Robot Arm: Arduino-driven
Meet the Maximo Robot Arm: a 5-axis robot arm driven by Arduino that can perform a variety of tasks. It has a laser-cut acrylic body, high torque servo motors, and interchangeable head modules. It has 230 parts that you can assemble easily. You get a standard gripper, advanced gripper, palletizer, and pen-holder modules:
Robit: Smart Home Robot
Meet the Robit: a smart home robot that can autonomously move around your house and connect to the Internet. It offers face, object, and pet detection, live streaming, and app support. You can use the robot to play games with kids or teach them programming. It can also let you know when your kids are back home or your pets are being naughty.
Autel Robotics X-Star Premium: 4K Drone
Meet the Autel Robotics X-Star Premium: a 4K drone with a 3-axis stabilizer that allows you to capture beautiful footage in the air. It has various autonomous modes (e.g. follow, orbit) and works with iOS and Android devices. The drone comes with GPS/GLONASS outdoor navigation, SecureFly magnetic interference protection, and the Starpoint Positioning System when GPS signals become unavailable.
Beetle-shaped Robot Powered by Diesel Engines
Meet the Kabutom RX-03: a beetle-shaped robot by Japanese engineer Hitoshi Takahashi that is 11 meters long and weighs 17 tons. It can walk with 6 legs powered by diesel engines. As you can see in the below video, the robot can blow smoke through its nose:
Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand Mimics Human Hand Motion
Here is a biomimetic robotic hand that can mimic movements of your hands with artificial joint capsules, crocheted ligaments and tendons, laser-cut extensor hood, and elastic pulley mechanisms. As you can see in the below video, this robotic hand can be used for telemanipulation. For instance, it can hold a ball, CD, or other objects and manipulate it as you move your hand.
Zhe Xu and Emanuel Todorov are behind this cool project. More information is available here.
