Following the release of the unique Zuta LABS robotic printer, we want to tell you about this project more and we take it as an opportunity to offer you a review of outstanding mini robots that can make our lives more interesting and innovative.

This little gimmick has become a real success in the innovative world. Little printer directly connects with smartphone or PCs, and allows the user to print any documents of any size on any type of paper. The gadget is equipped with a mechanical system and a battery that provides a full hour of printing. Zuta Labs has a great kick-off on Kickstarter campaign and now it is world’s first mini mobile printer.

HelloEgg is voice-control kitchen assistant which will be of great help in your cooking process. It is an electronic egg broadcasting video tutorials which explain step-by-step preparation of different dishes. If during cooking you get bored, you can just talk with it about life, the universe and other philosophical topics. Product plans to be released in 2017, but it is already available for pre-order. - Click to Tweet about me!

PneuHound is a miniature robot dog, which will replace your pet. The idea of creating a dog-robot isn’t new, but this model of the pet replies customers’ expectations better. It is compact, and it is equipped with pneumatic components, which make its movement more softly. If you like little dogs, which you can put in your bag, this model of pet-robots is created for you. However, to make PneuHound act like a pet, its creators, researchers in the Hosoda Laboratory of Osaka University have to provide it with a number of sensors and intelligent control system.

It is a sphere, which was created for security and monitoring. This robot can patrol a large area with a flat surface. But if necessary, it is able to move through deep snow, mud, sand, due to its unique system of movement. And the most amazing thing - it can float on water. To ensure the monitoring functions, the robot is equipped with two color video cameras that can be operated separately – each of them can transfer the video to the final user in a normal or together they can make a video in a three-dimensional stereoscopic format. The robot is connected to the operator, but can operate in autonomous mode as well. It has a GPS and compass to help it to navigate in area. transfer picture with both cameras

Robot Music Tank is a fun crawler audio player. The user can program the robot so that it moves next to the person and at the same time it reproduces the music, by using the remote control system. List of the music playback can also be defined by the owner of the robot. It is equipped with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth; the design is created by Caterpillar Inc.

Annoying robot, which is designed to attract people’s attention and to encourage them to carry on a conversation. Japanese scientists created a robot called Talking-Ally, which constantly monitors the direction of human gaze and his/her actions, so that it determines whether a person is attentive, or not. This is a new direction in the creation and maintenance of human and robot communication. It adapts to all threads and does not stop talking. Well, I think it can be used for psychotherapeutic purposes, for example to help to overcome depression.

This satellite security system is presented in a form of a rectangular device measuring 55 x 70 x 20 mm, which is easily hidden anywhere in the vehicle, is connected to the satellite monitoring system and has a number of advantages, such as autonomy - it works without additional charge up to 4 years, miniaturization, invisibility and reasonable price. You can activate the "Alarm" mode, the mobile app on your phone, and if it understands that the car is stolen, it will transmit the location often.

Robotics Ecobox is a boxed autonomous system of growing plants without ground area. The project addresses the problem of climate, creates favorable conditions for plants and alerts its owner by the Internet or smartphone. The system has various features such as irrigation, fertilization, control of lighting and heating. And also it is equipped with sensors that monitor environmental parameters around the clock. If there is a deviation from the norm, the system decides what to do and when. This is a project of the Ukrainian developers, and now it is available only in Ukraine but it is going to be released on European Markets in the nearest future.

Author: Yuliya Voronevich

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