After many years of being sidelined, turned away, and feared - robots are finally winning
us over.
We’ve seen them pop up everywhere, from laboratories to schools, offices, exhibition
centers, comedy shows, and even the farthest places on our planet where humans wouldn't
dare to visit.
It's pretty tough to track their movements nowadays, particularly if you’re not wired
like them.
With every passing day, new sets of robots are released into society, driving them ever
closer to our hearts and homes.
Join us as we wear our welding glass and take a closer look at some of the newest robots
that you’ll find around.
You’d do well to stick around till the end because some of these innovative automated
machines will attempt to blow your mind away!
Yoshi and Yolanda
There's no clearer evidence that we're living in the future than this pair of droids who
run the show at Yotel hotel in Singapore.
Designed by California-based robotics firm Savioke, Yoshi, and Yolanda will do anything
and everything to make customers feel at home.
This includes welcoming guests, providing room delivery service, and invoking elevators.
These three feet tall robots interact with customers through their touch-sensitive display
screens.
They can also keep you company in the first-floor lounge or on the rooftop bar (depending on
your preference).
But that's not all.
Yoshi and Yolanda can sing you to sleep or entertain you with their strictly horizontal
dancing steps.
We may have just found two of the world’s best hotel attendants.
Tiger X-1
Here's the first product unleashed from Hyundai’s New Horizons Studio based in Silicon Valley.
Tiger X-1 is also the company’s first autonomous Ultimate Mobility Vehicle, and guess what?
Hyundai says Tiger X-1 “can operate as a four-wheel-drive vehicle or a four-legged
walking machine,” meaning it can drive and walk on the most extreme and remote terrains,
possibly even on the surface of another planet.
To do this, the Tiger X-1 has 360-degree directional control and a number of sensors for remote
observation.
The South Korean automobile giant is leaning towards owning a large stake in the robotics
industry, and the early signs look encouraging.
Tiger is short for Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot, and the X-1 signifies
that it's only an experimental prototype.
However, this agile robot could take up an important role in dangerous remote operations
in the near future.
FAR How about a cherry-picking robot?
FAR, a flying autonomous fruit-picking bot, is helping humans deal with the shortage of
global seasonal fruit pickers, which has been worsened by the movement restrictions caused
by Covid-19.
Built by an Israeli company, Tevel Aerobotics Technologies, FAR combines artificial perception
algorithms and other computer-based techniques to identify and pick ripe fruits.
Unlike human fruit pickers, multiple FAR bots can work round the clock to meet enormous
targets.
Additionally, the single autonomous land-based digital brain unit controls these robots so
they don’t obstruct or collide with themselves.
Baubot
Baubot ensures that the construction industry is not left out of the robot invasion.
This innovative multifunctional bot has a whole lot of construction tricks in its bag
despite its diminutive stature.
It can drill, mill, drive in screws, climb stairs, and cut plasma.
The Baubot travels at 3.2 km/h and can transport payloads of up to 500kg.
It’s literally the best friend of any construction worker.
Lastly, this innovative gadget has a robotic arm accuracy of below 1 mm.
Gundam Robot
The 59 feet tall Gundam humanoid robot makes for a terrifying figure.
It's even more intimidating when this gigantic robot moves its 24 articulating joints around
to make human-like movements.
The Gundam Robot is designed based on a 1970s anime series called Mobile Suit Gundam.
And even though it’s stuck in Yokohama, Japan, it is expected to attract and fascinate
tourists from all over the world.
Apart from observing the fearsome stature, visitors will also get a chance to control
the Gundam robot through Softbank’s 5G virtual reality platform.
Titan Robot
Despite being eight-foot-tall, the Titan Robot is anything but terrifying.
If anything, it is best described as a socialite given the way it hilariously interacts with
people.
This 47-kilogram bot has had a few successful outings, including one with American superstar
songstress Rihanna.
According to Cyberstein Robots, the British firm that developed Titan, you can hire this
cool “Goliath” for every conceivable event.
This includes entertainment shows, exhibitions, family occasions, and even corporate shows.
He can be programmed to deliver customized messages to your customers or thrill investors.
We’d rather have him as our bodyguard, though.
Professor Einstein Robot
For less than $300, you can own this “personal genius” named after one of the most intelligent
men of all time.
Like the real-life Professor Einstein, this battery-powered device will answer most science-related
questions when connected to the internet.
However, you might have to lower your expectations, because this rubber-faced robot doesn't inherit
the intelligence of the German-born theoretical physicist it is named after.
Cyberdog Look closely because this might well be your
next pet.
Produced by Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi, the Cyberdog hopes to rival Spot, another
robot dog designed by American robotics company Boston Dynamics.
But make no mistake, they're two different species.
The Cyberdog is smaller and more sleek than Spot.
Also, at $1,600, the Cyberdog is much cheaper than its American counterpart, which costs
$74,500).
The Cyberdog weighs 3 kg, so you shouldn't have any difficulty lifting it; that's if
your current dog isn't the jealous type.
For the testing phase, Xiaomi has produced 1,000 units of this pet-like robot.
The Cyberdog is powered by NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX platform AI Supercomputer which is accompanied
by 384 CUDA Cores, 48 Tensor Cores, 6 Carmel ARM CPUs, and two deep learning acceleration
powertrains.
This open-source robot has a maximum speed of 3.2 meters per second and 11 built-in sensors.
Xiaomi says the first set of Cyberdogs would only be sold to “Xiaomi Fans, engineers,
and robotic enthusiasts,” who can help improve its current features.
For now, though, this open-source robot can do backflips, jump, follow its owner around
like a loyal pet or identify its favorite person from a pool of many people.
We’ll make do with that.
Bot Handy
Introducing your first housework robot, the Samsung Bot Handy.
This advanced AI robot can pour you a glass of wine to celebrate your latest win or do
a range of house chores on your behalf, including washing dishes, doing laundry, and setting
the table for dinner (this is my favorite part).
The Bot Handy was unveiled by the South Korean consumer electronics company Samsung at the
2022 international CES, but the concept and technologies behind it are still being developed.
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Tirobot
The TiRobot Orthopaedic Robotic System is a surgeon’s smart partner in the operating
theater.
Manufactured by Beijing-based Tinavi Medical Technologies, the Tirobot has been tested
successfully across China.
We have no doubt Orthopedic doctors around the world will find the clinical Tirobot useful
because it improves accuracy during operations.
Snailfish
Deep-sea exploration is one of the most unpopular adventures by humans.
Not because it's not fun but because the underwater world is not a very comfortable place to explore.
The temperature is incredibly low, and at around eight tonnes per square inch, the pressure
is ten times more than what is experienced on the surface.
According to NASA, the pressure experienced at that depth can be likened to an “average-sized
woman holding up 48 jumbo jets."
Even Aqua man will struggle to survive this enormous pressure, not the Snailfish, though.
In fact, this soft body robotic diver traveled to the deepest part of the ocean called Mariana
Trench and made it back alive.
As you've seen from the entries in this video, robots are becoming smarter and more efficient.
It's only a matter of time before they become a mainstay in our society.
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