Meet the SKEYE Hexa drone: a 6-propeller drone that fits in the palm of your hand and can perform acrobatic flips. It is easy to fly, so beginners can get started with it quickly. The SKEYE Hexa drone offers adjustable gyro sensitivity. To get started, simply throw it into the air.
We have covered plenty of cool quadcopters here in the past. This Flying R2D2 Quadcopter should prove interesting to Star Wars fans though. Arturo is a custom-built flying quadcopter with an autopilot navigation system, an articulating dome, LED lights, and a speaker for sounds.
Don Melara completed this project in 8 days. You can find out more about it here. What do you think? Are you impressed?
Meet Xiaoyong: a $350 robot powered by a MTK6735 Quad-core ARM Cortex processor that runs Android. It comes with a 5″ screen, touch sensors on its head, camera, and an IR sensor. The robot supports voice commands. It can control smart home appliances. It comes with a 17000 mAh battery.
The robot can also be used to make video calls. Xiaoyong is expected to ship in China at the end of 2015.
Meet the Katana Racing Drone: a high-speed drone with a video feed, allowing you to race and see all the action. It features foldable arms, a crash-resistant carbon fiber arm, and a slim structure. You can optionally use first-person-view goggles and a HD camera with it.
Meet the Mopet Robot Mop: another robotic vacuum cleaner that roams around your house to clean your floors. It it small enough to get in and out of tight spaces. The robot also makes your home smell great. It works for 6 hours on a fully charged battery. You get a brush, aroma tray, pad, and everything else you need to get started. Won’t outperform a Roomba but looks cute.
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Boston Dynamics’ robotic dogs should not need any introduction. We have covered many of them here in the past. In this video, Boston Dynamic shows Spot robodogs pulling a sleigh. Funnily enough, a real human was used as Santa, but that could always change in the future.
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Meet the Robobuilder UXA-90: a 1m tall humanoid robot with 300FPS vision processing, fall detection algorithm, and a soccer mode for competitions. It can produce human-like movement patterns. The robot comes with pre-programmed emotional gestures and mouth expressions. You get source files for body design as well.
In the past few months, we have covered a bunch of awesome robot arms for research. The Meca500 is another 6-axis robot arm that could prove useful for research, education, and laboratory automation. It comes with programming and simulation software. It supports an Ethernet connection and can be used with ROS.
Meet the Sparki: a programmable, Arduino compatible robot that you can control with a remote control. It comes with a Bluetooth module, various sensors, and stepper motors for you to get started. It also has a motorized gripper. By playing with this robot, you will learn about edge avoidance, line following, room navigation, and more.
Teaching robots to climb the stairs without an accident is easier said than done. Anyone who has done robot development is familiar with the challenges involved in teaching robots new skills. Qian Wang, a student from Institute of Media Innovation at Nanyang Technological University, has created a set of motions that enable the HR-OS1 robot to climb the stairs.
