Cool robotic animals that really exist (19 photos + 9 videos)

In recent years, robotics has reached such a level of development that many amazing robotic animals have been born. They can move, make sounds, react to their environment, and even socialize with people and other animals.





In this article, we present the top amazing robot animals that you may not have seen yet.

MorpHex MKII



Looking at this robot, it seems that he is from a sci-fi movie about attack bots. MKI is a robot with six legs, which it can transform and then turn into a moving ball. This is Kare Halverson's project, and since it's still a work in progress, we'll see where it goes. On its feet, the robot moves like a crab in the wild, but when it rolls, its speed is much higher. The use of the robot is still unknown as Halverson uses his research and continues to develop new models, turning them into wonderful devices.



Robot snake







Art and science create amazing things together. The Vancouver-based eatART Foundation invents robots that teach people about the role of energy in our lives. The battery-powered mechanical snake, over 15 meters long, was created just to get people talking about climate change. True titanoboans went extinct 60 million years ago due to climate change.

It took a team of more than 30 people more than a year to create such a robot. Lightweight welded aluminum vertebrae and 60 hydraulic cylinders that act like muscles interact with seven microcontrollers that act as the robot's brain. These components, along with wires, tubing and hydraulic oil, allow the creature to move like a slithering snake, much like the real snake it is modeled after. The robot may be a far cry from the creature that terrorized the Earth 60 million years ago, but it's still incredibly cool and amazes people.



Robot Hummingbird



What if drones were the size of your palm? What if they could maneuver through destroyed buildings and cluttered spaces to help victims trapped under rubble? Purdue University has developed these tiny robotic hummingbirds. Who else can fly like a bird and soar like an insect? Trained with machine learning algorithms based on various techniques that birds naturally use every day, the robots learn by imitating birds. Therefore, the drone knows how to move independently, like a hummingbird, and how to recognize how to perform a maneuver. Artificial intelligence combined with flexible flapping wings means the robot can teach itself new tricks. Lack of vision is not a hindrance because he uses his senses of touch to determine location by varying the strength of the electrical current.



Bat bot





Bats have long captured the imagination of engineers and scientists with their unrivaled agility, but their complex wing movements are one of the things that have eluded those who seek to recreate their flight. The design developed by Caltech will hopefully help engineers create safer, more efficient flying robots that provide greater understanding of how bats fly. The Batbot weighs just 93 grams and is shaped like a bat with a wingspan of approximately 30 cm. The robots can change the shape of their wings by bending, extending and twisting their shoulders, elbows, wrists and legs. This helps simulate the extremely complex power mechanisms of flight that bats possess. A bot inspired by a bat could be more energy efficient than today's flying robots. There are potential applications for bots in situations where more traditional four-rotor drones cannot cope and crash, causing damage to themselves or others. We can look at a lot from animals and study what they are capable of in order to further improve robotics technology.



Six-legged robot scorpion





You have to see it to believe it. This is one of the most unique and terrifying robots. Students at Ghent University in Belgium designed and created a 3D printed scorpion that demonstrates the intuitive and complex mechatronic functionality of flower compression technology. The robot, like its animal counterpart, can even strike with its tail. Designed with six legs that move in all directions and an extendable tail, it leaves a small red mark on its victims. Scientists wanted to create a digitally designed robot with multiple capabilities. The scorpion was the inspiration because the tail and claws provide unique functionality not found in any other animal. What do you think? Would you like to be close to this giant scorpion?

Robot spider t8x





There is no animal that moves as incredibly as a spider. So Robugtix decided to make a robot spider. TX8 is the only robot that has graceful movements that mimic the natural movements of a spider. There are 26 servo motors installed inside the robot, which are combined with advanced robotic algorithms to control the multi-legged walking robot. Simple commands for the TX8 can be executed from smartphones, tablets or computers. Bigfoot Robotic Engines takes care of this automatically, using complex math calculations in the background. It uses inverse kinematics calculations: leg movement, trajectory coordination, gliding, advanced motor control, etc. Whether you're new to robotics, just want to have fun, or use it for research, the TX8 provides a convenient way to play or work with the most advanced robotics technology available to consumers.



Robot Shark





It was created by researchers from the Chinese Aerospace Scientific and Industrial Corporation. This is the world's first robotic shark. Since January 2022, she has lived in the Shanghai Haichang Aquarium. Its length is 4.7 meters and its speed can reach 42 meters per minute. This robot imitates the movements of a living shark and is powered by a lithium battery. It can swim, turn, surface and dive like a real shark. And it even has a mouth and gills that open and close exactly like those of this predator. This is the first of many projects planned by the company that serve three main purposes: entertainment, information and science. Scientific purposes include hydrological research, environmental inspection and underwater photography. Experts hope to develop new types of robots for study and demonstration in parks and schools.

Bionic robot wheel





Based on the unique movements of the flick-flac spider, the bionic wheel robot was created to be able to walk and roll. The robot, based on the unique rolling spider, is simply amazing. It can optimally adapt to its environment, just like the flick-flac spider does. The robot can move over rough terrain, roll on a flat surface, stop on uneven surfaces, and in addition it can walk. This success in robotics is one of the important steps towards progress and a stage towards creating robots that can withstand even the most dangerous climbs.



Bionic robot kangaroo







Festo continues to present its incredible creations to the world. Now the company has developed a bionic kangaroo, one of the most unique animals in the world. Experts took inspiration from the jumping mechanisms of kangaroos. The unusually long hind legs of these animals allow the kangaroo to increase its speed without expending additional energy. In robotics, this means that kangaroos can harness energy generated by mechanical hind legs, which a bionic kangaroo can recover, store and retrieve. This generated, stored, renewable and regenerated energy can play a huge role in industrial automation. The artificial kangaroo gives Festo the opportunity to show how pneumatic and electric drive technologies can be combined into one unique, highly dynamic system unlike anything created before.



Pleurobot - a bio-inspired salamander robot



Reproducing a robot in animal form is not always difficult. It is difficult to reproduce animal behavior in different situations. EPFL has created the most salamander-like robot. And she came incredibly close to recreating an exact replica of the animal. The robot uses 64 points on the skeleton to recreate three-dimensional movements of the bones, to which they respond in a similar way to the joints and muscles of a real salamander. Almost perfectly reproduces the center of gravity of the animal. These robots can walk on land, swim underwater, and move smoothly. They are ideal for search and rescue work. EPFL hopes to recreate ancient tetrapods and bring dinosaurs back to life. Let's wait and see.