Author: Abate De Mey
The Smallest, Lightest Solar-Powered Drone Takes Flight
Scientists in China have built what they claim to be the smallest and lightest solar-powered aerial vehicle. It’s small enough to sit in the palm of a person’s hand, weighs […]
Yahboom MicroROS ESP32 Robot Car with App Control
This is the Yahboom MicroROS Robot Car: an ESP32 Python programmable robot that uses a virtual machine for advanced features, such as obstacle avoidance, path planning, and LiDAR navigation. It […]
Expressive Bipedal Robotic Character with Reinforcement Learning
Here is an expressive bipedal robotic character with a reinforcement learning-based control architecture that can execute artistic motions. It is remote controlled with a puppeteering interface which allows for expressive […]
Nadia Humanoid Robot Playing Ping Pong
Nadia is a cool humanoid robot with a high power-to-weight ratio and long range of motion that can box and do other activities with agility. It is designed for autonomous […]
Autonomous Humanoid Robot ARTEMIS Playing Soccer
Soccer competitions for robots are held every year. We have covered a bunch of these events in the past. This video shows Team RoMeLa’s autonomous robot soccer practice. The ARTEMIS […]
ANTHBOT App Smart Auto Mapping Robot Mower with C-TOF
Here is another smart robotic mower that cuts your grass without you having to break a sweat. The ANTHBOT App Smart Robot Mower comes with auto mapping and boundary wire […]
Self Amputating Soft Robot Inspired by Lizards
Here is a robot that can detach a part of its body to escape difficult situations. It is inspired by lizards and ants. The Faboratory at Yale University researchers developed […]
Soft Robot Can Amputate and Reattach Its Own Legs
Among the many things that humans cannot do (without some fairly substantial modification) is shifting our body morphology around on demand. It sounds a little extreme to be talking about […]
Video Friday: Unitree Talks Robots
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the […]
Humanoid Robot Learns Dance Using Videos & Motion Capture Data
Here is a humanoid robot that can perform a variety of moves, including simple dance routines and common gestures such as waving and hugging. Engineers at the University of California […]