Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
ICRA 2023: 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON
RoboCup 2023: 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE
RSS 2023: 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, KOREA
IEEE RO-MAN 2023: 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, KOREA
Enjoy today’s videos!
Meet Dog-E, the One in a Million Robot Dog!
Uncrate this pup to reveal a unique combination of colorful lights, sounds and personality traits, so no two Dog-Es are ever the same! Unique movements, personality and sounds brings this robot dog to life, and Dog-E’s personality influences how it behaves and responds to you with over 200 sounds and reactions. Dog-E talks with its tail, using persistence of vision (POV) technology to communicate with you. Train your Dog-E to learn your name and do tricks, track its needs or even toss it a treat! Multiple people can mint, save and load unique profiles with the app, so Dog-E is a robot dog for the whole family!
[ WowWee ]
The average human spends 26 years sleeping and 30 years working. That leaves just 1–2 hours in a day to truly connect with family, elders, or pets—if we’re lucky. With all that time apart and no one there to supervise, there can be a lot of concern about the health and safety of our loved ones. This is why we created EBO X—not just for you but for ourselves as well.
[ Ebo X ]
Labrador Systems is at CES this week, demonstrating its Retriever robot, now with Amazon Echo integration.
[ Labrador ]
With a wrap-up of the main events that marked 2022 for us, the RSL team wishes you a happy and eventful 2023.
[ RSL ]
What if you could walk way faster without trying any harder? Moonwalkers basically put an electric moving sidewalk right under your feet. WIRED’s Brent Rose has some questions: Are they real? Are they safe? Are they actually any good? Brent goes inside Shift Robotics’ research and development lab to get some answers.
[ Wired ]
How Wing designs its delivery drones.
[ Wing ]
Breaking news: Robot passes mirror test.
[ Sanctuary AI ]
The Guardian XM intelligent manipulator offers speed, dexterity, precision, and strength in a compact, lightweight package. With six degrees of freedom, an optimized strength-to-weight ratio, embedded intelligence, and a sleek hardware design that can withstand extreme temperatures and environmental conditions (IP66), the Guardian robotic arm can be used for a variety of complex outdoor and indoor applications.
[ Sarcos ]
A custom, closed-course testing fortress and an urban, high-speed proving ground? Yeah, you could say we take our structured testing seriously. Experience how we put the WaymoDriver to the test at each of our state-of-the-art facilities.
[ Waymo ]
Skydio, the leading American drone manufacturer, believes the responsible use of drones is the core of any public safety mission and we bake responsible engagement into our DNA. We developed the Skydio Engagement and Responsible Use Principles—a groundbreaking set of policy and ethical principles to guide our work and drive the industry forward. We also partnered with DRONERESPONDERS—the leading association focused on first-responder drone programs—to develop the “Five C’s” of responsible drone use by public-safety agencies.
Of course, Skydio’s drones are a lot of fun for nonemergencies, too:
[ Skydio ]
Evan Ackerman is a senior editor at IEEE Spectrum. Since 2007, he has written over 6,000 articles on robotics and technology. He has a degree in Martian geology and is excellent at playing bagpipes.
