Top Game-Changing Robotic Innovations to Look at in 2021

Robotic innovations are touching every aspect of humans' life and work

Robots have been around for decades ago. They come in every form and type. With relentless robotic innovations, robots continue coming closer to human lives and incorporating into every aspect of life and work. Robotic innovations simply mean the automation of a variety of tasks that were formerly performed by humans. Robotics technology has come a long way from research labs to venture into new spheres. From self-driving vehicles to automating complex tasks and lifting heavy machines, robots aid humans in every type of business.

According to Statista, the global robots market is forecast to reach nearly US$210 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of around 26% during 2018-2025. Here's a look at the top game-changing robotic innovations worth looking at in 2021.

Picoh

Picoh is an expressive little robot head and a programmable robot that can become as smart as you make it. The robot has an expressive face that portrays a range of emotions using Pixel IntoFace technology, a color-changing base and a touch-sensitive nose, making the bot lively and animated. Users can send real-time updates to Picoh so that the system can be customized as desired with a few changes in code.

Saul Robot

Saul is a germ-zapping robot that harnesses the power of technology to kill off viruses, including the Ebola virus. The robot was employed by the Air Force to eradicate the virus in rooms where quarantine procedures are conducted on aid workers. Saul is developed by Xenex and is able to eliminate traces of Ebola using powerful pulses of highly energetic ultraviolet rays. It breaks down and weakens the cell walls of the virus.

DeeperSense

DeeperSense significantly improves the capabilities for environment perception of service robots to improve their performance and reliability, achieve new functionality, and open up new applications for robotics. DeeperSense adopts a novel approach of using Artificial Intelligence and data-driven Machine Learning / DeepLearning to combine the capabilities of non-visual and visual sensors with the objective to improve their joint capability of environment perception beyond the capabilities of the individual sensors.

Inflatable 3D-Printed Robots

Inflatable 3D-printed robots are being developed by NASA interns Chuck Sullivan and Jack Fitzpatrick to explore Mars. These soft robots are made with supple rubber that is partially built by a 3D printing mold. The soft body allows the robots to move and bend without damaging their internal mechanics. The flexible body also makes the soft robots better equipped to maneuver difficult terrain, increase their range of motion, and reducing their size to fit their surroundings.

Luka Robot

Luka is a reading robot companion for kids. The robot recognizes and reads over 20,000 English picture books, and over 70,000 Chinese titles. Every day, new books are being added to its cloud library to make it more perfect for kids. Luka engages and supports children to read independently, whenever, wherever. Developed by LingTech, Luka has a friendly owl-inspired design that will make it appealing for kids to interact with on a daily basis.

UBTECH 'Cruzr'

It is a humanoid service robot that designs to expand the capabilities of a business to keep customers and team members connected to the information they need most. The robot features a mobile design that can easily move around an office space or even an airport terminal and features an expansive screen that will provide visual information to users. It also features an open-source platform that will allow businesses to customize the capabilities of the unit to act accordingly in specific environments.