Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Robotics

Two-legged Cassie Cal robot can juggle a ball on its head

Cassie may not have any arms to work with, but that doesn’t keep it from juggling a ball on its head.

Aquatic rover BRUIE to explore ice-covered oceans of an icy moon

The Buoyant Rover is around three feet (1 meter) long and equipped with two wheels to roll along beneath the ice.

“CRS-H” Robots to come in U.S. Army to dispose of explosives

Robot designed to detect, identify, access, render safe, exploit, and achieve final disposition of heavy explosive ordnance.

A quadruped robot that can climb vertical ladders autonomously

The robot that’s able to climb vertical ladders that a real dog would struggle with.

US Marine Corps is developing a robotic crawler to clear broken-wave mines

An unmanned robot system to scour the waters for threats in a mined environment.

Veo FreeMove, a safety-ratable vision system for human-robot interaction

It signals the robot to slow or stop as necessary for worker safety, and then to resume its program when it can do so safely.

The MIT Mini Cheetah robot can backflip and play soccer

The MIT Mini Cheetah can backflip out of leaf piles, spring in slow motion from under piles of fall leaves, and even play soccer.

A new hexacopter drone to inspect glass facades of skyscrapers

The device with six hexagonal rotors can "avoid obstacles and even jump over grooves on wall surfaces."

MIT’s new robot can ‘grow’ like a plant, and squeeze through tight spaces

Its extendable appendage can meander through tight spaces and then lift heavy loads.

Volocopter designed a giant agricultural drone sprayer with John Deere

Featuring a potential payload of 200kg, the VoloDrone is able to cover an enormous area, especially under difficult operating conditions.

TerraView RangePro X8 drone has over 70 minutes of flight time

Not only does the RangePro X8 fly longer, each battery can support over 500 charging cycles over its useful lifespan.

UrchinBot, designed for underwater cleaning and inspection applications

UrchinBot is definitely one of the weirdest looking robots we’ve ever seen.

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