Our world is evolving fast. Right now, in the relatively primitive 2020s, robots and AI algorithms are taking over from our ordinary jobs. Take this for example: the Keloggs factory in London uses robotic arms and scanners to sort different types of cereal, since the old factory is too small to have each type on separate conveyors. This article will show, in great detail, the amazing robots changing our world.
Air-Powered Robots
This first item will revolutionise the world of toys. The component that coordinates the robot's movement delays the amount of air speeding into the legs, which are a system of recyclable plastic tubes. The bot does have simple mechanical sensors in the form of soft bubbles filled with fluid at the tip of each leg. When the bubbles are depressed, the robot reverses direction.
Weather-Forecasting Sweets
Japan has been known for not holding back on crazy sweets, and this incredible invention really is a contender. These edible treats are 3D-printed using a special algorithm accounting the day’s current weather forecast. Named Cyber Wagashi, the temperature, wind speed and atmospheric pressure effect the major factors of the sweet. Rounded petals represent a high pressure system, and angled petals represent a low pressure system. The wind speed determines the width of the bottom layer, and atmospheric pressure changes the height of the sweet. Temperatures determine the colour, from super madly incredibly hot as black, and super madly incredibly cold as white.
Robot With ‘Feelings’
An unnamed robot has been taught to show it’s feelings, in the form of changing it’s skin. Guy Hoffman at Cornell University have developed a robot that features an array of two shapes, goosebumps and spikes, which map different emotional states. The activation units for both shapes are integrated into texture modules, with fluidic chambers connecting bumps of the same kind. "One of the challenges," Hoffman said, "is that a lot of shape-changing technologies are quite loud, due to the pumps involved, and these make them also quite bulky."
If there's a 3D printer making sweets, I want one .
I now feel better informed about developments in robotics. I particularly like the idea of weather forecasting sweets. If I had any extra cash, I would buy the sweets first.