Author: Robothusiast
MaXXII Skid-steering Tracked Robot
This is the MaXXII: a skid-steering tracked robot with autonomous navigation and ROS support. It has rubber tracks to take on outdoor tasks. You can add your own sensors for […]
Solo Robot Learning Backflips from Human Demonstrations
Robots are going to become a whole lot more agile in the future. Plenty of researchers are working on perfecting them. Learning agile skills can be challenging but imitation learning […]
IFR: China surpasses U.S. in robot density
Robot density in the manufacturing industry in 2021. | Source: IFR China now has more industrial robots per 10,000 workers than the United States, according to the International Federation of […]
Robot helps researchers achieve a new record at the world's deepest cave pit
A small city in the east of Czechia called Hranice harbors a unique natural wonder that is not (yet) trending on Instagram. The Hranice Abyss is the deepest underwater cave […]
How ROS 2 fixed a robot arm’s latency, jerky motions
Optimax Systems is America’s largest optics prototype manufacturer in the medical, defense, and space industries. Optimax optics are aboard Mars rovers, Pluto New Horizons, Tess, ROMAN, Mercury messenger, the ISS, […]
ABB opens robotics mega factory in Shanghai
ABB opened a new 67,000-square-meter robotics factory in Kangquiao, Shanghai, China last week. The $150 million facility harnesses virtual planning and production management systems to maximize productivity. The new facility […]
Robotic pipe crawlers using maxon DC motors
The crawlers access pipe sections with multiple bends, elbows and vertical sections, previously thought to be unreachable, up to 1km+ from point of entry. The award winning weld inspection system […]
Ekso Bionics buys Parker Hannifin’s exoskeleton business for $10M
Ekso Bionics Holdings has purchased the Indego exoskeleton line and the rest of Parker Hannifin’s Human Motion and Control (HMC) business unit. The $10 million deal includes the planned development […]
XiaoR GEEK AI ROS SLAM Robot Car
This is the XiaoR GEEK AI ROS SLAM Robot Car: an educational robot with mecanum wheels that can be programmed with Python. It has a LiDAR module for mapping and […]
Reconfigurable Drone System for Parcel Transportation
It is no secret that plenty of companies are working on perfecting parcel delivery drones. This video shows a reconfigurable drone system that can handle parcels of varying mass and […]