Meet the Orbii: a WiFi connected robotic ball that you can move around your home from your smartphone to keep an eye on things. It has a HD camera and a variety of sensors to monitor humidity, temperature, and your environment. The device also comes with a microphone, speaker, motion detection, and machine learning algorithm.
Meet the Scorpion Hexapod: a cool robot capable of moving its tail and moving around in a fairly agile fashion. According to Pieterjan Deconinck, the robot relies on elastic strings for its legs to counter gravity. The robot can be programmed to perform custom tricks.
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Meet the ROBOTIS THORMANG: a 1.5m tall humanoid robot for rescue missions. It has a whole host of sensors, including a 6-axis force-torque sensor, FSR sensor, and navigation, to perform various tasks. It uses over 30 DYNAMIXEL Pro servo modules and has a modular design.
Meet the WaterColorBot: a cool robot that moves a paint brush to paint artwork onto a piece of paper. It dips its brush in water and chooses the right color to paint. The robot works with standard and common watercolor paints, pens, and paper. It has two motors in its frame.
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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