Robot cleaner in the “red zone”
As the world faces the challenge of COVID-19, robots have begun to be developed,
UVD robotsequipped with eight UV lamps.Once in a room, it will take about 20 minutes for the robot to completely disinfect it, damaging the DNA and RNA of the microbes, preventing them from reproducing. Since excess UV light is also harmful to humans, people should remain outside while the robot does its work.
Robot graduate
A Japanese university has used remote-controlled robots and Zoom to conduct a virtual graduation.
Tokyo Business Breakthrough University (BusinessBreakthrough University (BBT), which was prevented from holding a traditional commencement ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic, used remote-controlled robots to hold a virtual graduation. Using robotic avatars, students virtually attended the ceremony using video conferencing tools to display their faces on mobile devices. Newme telepresence robots were developed by ANA and work as remote-controlled, customizable avatars. The robots, who wore typical graduation hats and gowns, had tablets instead of faces.
Robot dog in the fight against the pandemic
2020 was definitely the year BostonDynamics. Their robot dogs, Spot, have been making headlines all the time. At the beginning of the year, the company published the code for its robot dog Spot on GitHub.
Now anyone can write for himyour programs and, for example, teach him to sing or play a dog waltz. In addition, Boston Dynamics contributed to the fight against the pandemic and gave one of the hospitals in April four-legged robots that can interview patients with coronavirus and record their vital signs. Spot was being tested at a Massachusetts hospital, where it was used as a mobile telemedicine platform. He remotely assessed the urgency of treatment in tents and parking lots. This helped minimize the time hospital staff spent interacting with potentially infectious patients.
Boston dynamics
The robot dogs didn't stop there. In May, Singapore authorities began using a four-legged robot to remind park visitors to keep a safe distance from each other. Several dogs have been patrolling Bishan Ang Mo Kio City Park for two weeks, broadcasting pre-recorded messages to “maintain appropriate distancing.”
Spot also began to be used asa shepherd robot that can also grow vegetables and harvest crops, and Ford factories leased their four-legged Spot robots from Boston Dynamics to create highly detailed and accurate maps of factories. As a result, the company even announced that it was ready to sell a four-legged robot.
And today the Boston Dynamics company celebrated a fruitful year, presenting a New Year's video with dancing robots of its production.
Dolphin robot
Edge Innovations is a design, development andproduction from San Francisco - presented its work on a hyper-real robot dolphin. These real-time animatronics combine programmed behavior and artificial intelligence. Developers hope that realistic animatronics used in Hollywood films could one day entertain crowds at theme parks instead of captive wild animals.
The developers hope that animatronics canwin back audiences who refuse to visit theme parks that use captive animals. At the moment, about 20 European countries have already banned or limited the presence of wild animals in circuses. In Russia, unfortunately, there is no such ban.
Edge Oceanarium Prototype from Edge Innovations on Vimeo.
Robot bartender
Japan's first robot bartender in 2020, beforethe outbreak of a global pandemic, began serving drinks in a Tokyo pub as part of a test that could trigger a wave of automation in restaurants and stores trying to recruit staff in a rapidly aging society.
Converted industrial robot feedsDrinks at Yoronotaki's own corner of the pub. The face on the connected tablet smiles as he chatters about the weather while preparing orders. A robot created by QBIT Robotics can pour a beer in 40 seconds and mix a cocktail in a minute. It uses four cameras to monitor customers and analyze their expressions using artificial intelligence software.
“Dealing with people can be difficult. With this robot you can just come and get drunk,” — Satoshi Harada, an employee of the Yoronotaki restaurant, shared his impressions after ordering.
Robot brute
Japanese Gundam Factory Yokohama in Septemberpresented tests of the new 18-meter humanoid robot Gundam. In the video published by the developers, you can see how the robot moves its limbs. And by the end of December, all fans of the popular anime universe Gundam were presented with an 18-meter moving robot of the same name. Gundam tells about a future in which people fight among themselves with the help of huge humanoid robots.
A presentation of a giantmechanized hero of the anime "Gundam". The robot was shown to the public, who were waiting for the presentation of the huge robot in the dock, where it was lined up. Japanese engineers demonstrated how the character, whose height is 18 m and weighs 25 tons, moves. An exhibition was also organized at the Gundam Factory complex with a story about the stages of creation robot models.
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