The idea of drones capturing other drones with a net is nothing new. Researchers at the Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab at Stanford University have come up with a clever approach to grab aerial targets with a gripper. It has a lightweight design 23g and closes within 12ms to make the capture.
Here is another educational robot designed to get kids familiar with basics of coding. The Totem Spider Robot with micro:bit comes with over 220 pieces. The kit comes with a kinetic sensor board with 2 capacitive touch sensor strips, 4 addressable LEDs, light sensor/buzzer, and vibramotor for haptic feedback.
This is the Hiwonder TurboPi: a Raspberry Pi 4B powered robot with omnidirectional wheels that can easily move in all directions. It uses a camera and OpenCV to recognize and track items. TurboPi has 2 driving modes. Its camera enables it to recognize lights and road signs.
Here is another robot that can make deliveries at your place of business. The ATEAGO Delivery Robot O1 has multiple trays to move 15kg of load around. It has a cruising speed of 0.2 to 1.2m/s. The unit has a 7-inch display and runs Android 5.1
This robot comes with a camera, LiDAR, ultrasound sensor, and a emergency stop switch. You can find out more about it here.
Here is a soft robotic glove designed to speed up hand rehab. The SYREBO Soft Robotic Hand Rehab Glove (HR-C12) is powered by flexible pneumatic bionic muscles that help users move and re-learn hand movement. It has 6 training modes, including mirror, pinch, and fine motor training.
The above video shows this soft robotic glove in action. You can find out more here.
Meet the Mecabot X: an autonomous mobile robot platform built for indoor service applications. It comes with mecanum wheels, so it can move in all directions. It comes with a metal chassis, depth camera, LiDAR, and an ROS controller. This robot can travel at speeds up to 1.39 km/h. It can be powered by a Jetson Nano, TX or Xavier.
Here is an educational robot from Elephant Robotics that can write, draw, and laser engrave. The ultraArm P340 has a working radius of 340mm and payload of 650g. It has ±0.1mm repeatability. This kit is ready for Python programming. It is based on Arduino but also allows drag & drop programming.
ultraArm is compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. It supports ROS simulation. It uses 3 stepper motors for smooth performance. It works with a variety of end effectors.
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The Dobot Magician is an advanced educational robot that can write, draw, laser engrave, and 3D print. It comes with a modular design, so you can easily swap tools. It supports major programming languages, including Java, Python, and C#. You can easily control the robot with DobotStudio.
Here is another robot designed to introduce kids to the basics of coding. The GinoBot Expandable Coding Robot comes with everything you need to build 2 robots. The robot has 2 proximity sensors on each corner, 2 color sensors, and 2 programmable multi-color LED lights.
In the past few years, we have covered plenty of clever robots here. This light powered fairly-like robot is also worth a look. Researchers of the Light Robots group at Tampere University Hao Zeng & Jianfeng Yang are behind this design.
As they explain, this robot can be powered by light sources such as a laser beam. A light beam can be used to control take-off/landing. The fairy robot can adapt to wind direction by changing its shape. Such robots can be used for artificial pollination.
