Robots are already helping businesses become more operationally efficient. The JetSnake system is designed to handle missions that could be risky to humans. It can navigate in tight spaces and operate at pressures up to 5 bar. It can be used for cleaning, declogging, and inspection missions.
In the past few months, we have covered plenty of awesome bio-inspired robots. In the future, robots will not only perform tasks but collaborate with each other. This video from Festo covers how they managed to build BionicANTs using 3D printing. These machines can make autonomous decisions and cooperate with each other.
Meet the Mu: a smart robotic head that turns your LEGO projects and other toys smarter. It has a brain and an eye to get your kids familiar with various components of a robot and basics of computer vision. Mu is equipped with infrared transmitters. It has algorithms to recognize patterns, such as lines, colors, shapes, and faces.
Meet the Zmodo 360° Robotic Camera: a smart home gadget with 360-degree motion detection and automatic rotation. It also comes with two sensors for your doors or windows, alerting you when something’s open. Pivot offers 1080p HD video. It comes with temperature and humidity sensors. You also get night vision functionality. More information is available here.
Meet Double 2: a telepresence robot that lets you attend meetings at a remote location from anywhere. It has a shock absorption mechanism that allows the robot to maintain stability while moving around obstacles. It can go up to 80% faster when you need to cover a long distance.
There is no better way to learn about quadcopters and UAVs than building your own. CoDrone can help with that. It is an educational kit with everything you need to build a drone that can follow you and engage in laser battles. The developers have step-by-step videos to show you how to get started.
Meet EPOR: an educational robot with a visual programming interface that helps you get started in robotics. It offers camera and color tracking and Arduino compatibility. You can attach additional sensors to do more with this robot.
Meet the Seawolf OceanMaster: an underwater vehicle that lets you view and capture beautiful videos underwater. This ROV kit comes with a 7″ monitor, near-neutral buoyancy control cable, stabilizer, and a hard case. Just bring your GoPro, and you are set.
In the future, your drone will be able to help you fish like a pro. Take FishingMaster for instance. It is a quadcopter with a remote controlled bait deploy system. It can cast the hook to any location within a radius of 1000 meters. FishingMaster has brushless motors and a wind-resistant design. It comes with the TTR SHARK flight controller. The battery lasts up to 16 minutes.
Meet the Rokid Robot: a smart robot with AI, an octa-core processor, microphone, camera, and speaker to serve you in your home. It responds to your voice commands and gestures. The robot can answer questions, play music, and remind you to do things. It has face recognition.
As you can see in the above video, this smart assistant displays info on its display. ARMDevices.net has the full story.
