Rook Drone: Internet Connected Home Drone
Meet the Rook Drone: a home drone that connects to the Internet and lets you watch your place and keep an eye on your pet. The drone can be controlled using a point and drag interface on your smartphone or voice commands. You will also be able to remotely view pictures and videos on your phone.
SPIKE: Robotic High Speed Motion Control System for Cameras
Using robots to capture beautiful shots is nothing new. Take Spike for instance. It is a high speed motion control system that moves the camera freely, allowing pros to shoot high speed sequences with precision. The system supports repeatable camera moves, which can be created and modified in seconds.
HACKberry: Open Source 3D Printed Bionic Arm
Here is a 3D printed bionic arm that could make life easier for a lot of folks. Developers and artificial arm users will be able to customize it to build solutions suitable for them. We have heard a lot about this bionic arm in the media in the past. This video shows how you can set it up:
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:
