The difficult job of a cameraman at Eurovision 2024 During Eurovision 2024 held at Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, French singer Slimae was filmed by cameraman Anton Tarente. The singer's performance impressed, but he also owes a lot to his operator, who was able to film him from all angles using his steadicam (device used to stabilize the camera) equipped with an articulated arm.
Robot serving ice cream (Fail) At Global Village in Dubai, the ice cream vendor was replaced by IceAlice, a robotic arm capable of serving ice cream. Only when serving this ice cream, the waiter didn't make it. The robot crushes the cup, the ice cream falls into the void, and the arm clamp breaks.
Master handling with an excavator On a road near Epsom, England, an excavator operator moves the arm of his machine with precision movements to spread asphalt on a small path.
A 1970's tank simulator This simulator from the 1970s uses a miniature world to simulate the driver's perspective, and was intended for training soldiers in chariot driving.
At that time, the simulator was controlled by a bulky 1970s computer, but the museum was unable to put the parts together and rebuild this piece when they rebuilt the device. So now the emulator is controlled by a Raspberry Pi. The tank's tiny portholes are connected to a camera mounted on a miniature model. The camera is moved by a robotic arm based on the movements the user makes in the simulator.
Robot picking apples An apple-picking robot from American company Advanced Farm works in an orchard. It is capable of picking 30 apples per minute with its 6 robotic arms, equipped with suction cups to grab the fruit without damaging it.
Metal 3D printer The company Meltio manufactures a metal printer, which operates using a robotic arm and a powerful laser beam. The laser melts a metal wire or metal powder, and creates any design given to it in 3D form.
Camera with personality Russian filmmaker la_rushka made a nice video with the remote control camera stabilizer DJI Ronin SC 2. The stabilizer arm follows the movements of a smartphone remotely.
A giant jellyfish During a mission in November 2021, the Doc Ricketts submarine of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (GOOD) managed to film a giant jellyfish ghost (Stygiomedusa gigantea) at great depths in the Gulf of California. The jellyfish has a bell more than one meter wide and ribs like ribs that can extend over ten meters. In more than a century, only a hundred of these jellyfish have been observed, especially because of the inaccessible depth at which they live.
Artificial arm lifts a dumbbell Developed by the Polish robotics team Automaton Robotics, This human-like mechanical arm is capable of lifting a 7 kg dumbbell. This 1 kg synthetic member is electric and uses hydraulics and various sensors to move the joints.
Loading a rock with a crane (fail) As he stands next to a crane, a man loads a rock on his platform. But it will not control the arm properly, and the truck will be overturned by the weight falling into a ravine.
Spot robot got a hand The Boston Dynamics Robot Spot now has an arm in addition to legs and cameras. So it can perform various tasks, such as picking up objects, to tidy up the living room, to open doors, valves and switches, and do gardening. The arm and body movements are automatically coordinated to simplify handling. Spot robot programmed using a new mobile API that supports remote operations.
Through the eye of the needle The operator of an excavator moves the arm of his machine with great precision, to place a hook in the hole of a metal rail.
A strange fish walking on the seabed This is a fish of the family Ogcocephalidae, or "batfish" as they are commonly called. This fish has two arms, with which it can move "walking" at the bottom as he searches for food.
Robot unloads fruit crates A robotic arm that has the ability to simultaneously lift 6 crates full of fruit and unload them.