preface
Having a cool robot is everyone's dream, Love to play computer games Recently, I also had the opportunity to get a new product from Leju: Aelos Pro Robot. I believe that those who have known about robots should have heard about Leju. Leju has always been a leader in the industry in the field of humanoid robots. Aelos series robots are also his family's flagship products. Today, we are going to experience Aelos Pro, which is an upgraded version of Aelos EDU robots. Let's take a look at the improvement and new highlights of this product.
Appearance
When I saw Aelos Pro for the first time, I was attracted by its "cute and cute" appearance. The body surface used a lot of white as the main color. Many technology products like to use white, which makes the products have a sense of technology and high level. Some blue and black embellishments are also used, adding a bit of flexibility.
The overall appearance design is very similar to the animation toys that children liked in childhood. I believe that children will also have this feeling. In this way, it will produce a sense of intimacy, and also shorten the distance between people and technology. This is crucial, because many times, when children want to learn a new thing, it is not the difficulty that stops them, but the sense of distance.
The main materials of Aelos Pro robot are PC and ABS, which are characterized by light weight and strong toughness. The body surface is treated with bright surface, which is very smooth to the touch.
The connection between the joints is made of aluminum alloy, which ensures the firmness and stability.
A camera has been added to the robot head, which can realize visual feedback, face recognition and other functions, which will be described in detail below.
In addition, Aelos Pro robot adds a pair of electric manipulators, which can be programmed to realize simple grasping action.
There are three interfaces on the front, which are both the interface of the sensor and the interface of the output module. It supports adsorption of multiple sensors and output modules (such as LED lights and fans).
There are: power supply, switch, reset button, microUSB interface at the lower back.
The appearance design of the human shape with a strong sense of line also fits the image of the robot in people's minds. It has to be said that the overall appearance design of Aelos Pro is very cutting-edge and pleasing.
Athletic ability
After looking at the appearance, let's take a look at the sports ability of Aelos Pro. As a biped robot, walking and moving are essential projects. Let's first take a look at the actual performance of Aelos Pro.
(Walk slowly)
(Go quickly)
(Move)
(Turning around)
As can be seen from the figure, the performance of Aelos Pro is quite stable. Even in the fast walking mode, it can maintain balance, which also reflects the superior gait algorithm of Aelos Pro. For humanoid robots, gait algorithm is particularly important. Aelos Pro benefits from the technical accumulation of the previous robots, and the gait algorithm has reached a new level, which is better than most competitors on the market.
In addition, as a humanoid robot, there must be various DIY actions. Let's see the action performance of Aelos Pro.
(Mirs spread their wings)
(Push Ups)
(rollover)
It can be seen that Aelos Pro has completed these movements very easily and smoothly. The author thinks that this performance is excellent. Aelos Pro has 19 steering engines working together, which can imitate almost all human movements. Of course, the core benefits from the improved gait algorithm, which greatly improves the balance performance of the robot.
After a period of trial play, Aelos Pro's movements are very pleasing, smart and cute, which greatly increases the author's interest in this robot, and he wants to make trouble with it from time to time.
It is also worth mentioning that Aelos Pro steering gear has low sound, long service life, strong wear resistance and fall resistance. It uses aerospace grade plastic gear plastic shell, which has high strength, smaller dead zone width and fast signal response. Leju's self-developed steering gear and gait algorithm are excellent in the industry, and have absolute advantages over competing products.
Head function&manipulator
As mentioned above, Compared with the Aelos EDU version, the Aelos Pro robot has a new camera and head rotation function in the head, which is also the focus of this upgrade.
The head can rotate 180 ° (90 ° left and 90 ° right).
Now let's take a look at the functions of this camera. The first is visual feedback, and the second is recognition.
Visual feedback, to put it bluntly, is to transfer the things captured by the camera to the computer screen. To achieve this function, the WiFi information needs to be filled into the robot in the PC software. The two devices need to be in the same LAN.
Recognition function: the camera can recognize face, expression, gender, age and color, fully reflecting the scalability of Aelos robot.
The addition of cameras has added another dimension to the use experience of Aelos Pro robot. Imagine that the visual feedback+recognition function is just the foundation of AI? With the camera, the robot can make corresponding actions according to the identified things.
For example, when recognizing that your expression is happy, the robot gives happy feedback; When I recognize that you are sad, I will make some funny moves to make you happy; When you recognize red when walking fast, you will pause and so on. It is very playable and can help children better understand what AI is.
There is no doubt that the addition of cameras can make robots more "smart", provide more interesting possibilities for programming, and deepen children's understanding of human-computer interaction.
This time, the gripper part of Aelos Pro is upgraded to a manipulator, which can realize some simple grasping actions, and create more interesting interactions among users, robots and objects.
Robots with visual feedback can achieve more interesting things.
For example, the head can perform steering tracking according to the recognized color;
The identified objects can be grasped by the manipulator;
To sum up the significance of the camera and manipulator added to Aelos Pro this time is to let Aelos Pro create more possibilities and achieve more complex things. What you need to do is to give full play to your brain to create.
Because of this, many robot competitions will choose Aelos series robots as special competition machines, such as the humanoid robot task challenge under NOC. Not only that, the Aelos 1st generation robot corps has made appearances on the Spring Festival Gala and the Pingchang Winter Olympic Games and other stages, and the uniform action in the performance also impressed the audience.
Handle
The Aelos Pro robot can be controlled by a handle. The shape of the handle is basically the same as that of the game handle. There is an OLED screen in the middle of the handle, which can be used to view the control mode, control channel, and battery power of the robot. The keys are arranged symmetrically. The buttons on the handle can be customized by PC software.
expand
In addition to the three built-in infrared, geomagnetic and six axis sensors, the Aelos Pro also has three external interfaces, which can be expanded according to the actual situation, such as flame sensors, temperature sensors, photosensitive sensors, LED lights and fan modules. And the expansion accessories are adsorption type, which is very convenient for expansion accessories.
For example, through the flame sensor and fan module, the induction fire source+fire extinguishing operation can be realized; Or replace the fan module with LED light module and add alarm sound to make a fire alarm device. The combination of sensors and output modules can improve the intelligence of Aelos Pro. In the process of programming and learning, we can integrate the relevant knowledge of artificial intelligence, which once again highlights the significance of Steam education.
Endurance
The battery capacity of Aelos Pro is 2200mAh. During the time when the author used the robot, he seldom encountered the situation of power failure. When the robot was powered down, he would give a voice prompt to charge it. The author thought that he should not worry too much about the endurance.
programming
After talking about hardware, let's take a look at software. In terms of software, the PC side is Aelos EDU version. Open the interface. The EDU version interface is very easy for beginners to accept. The interface is simple, and the blue and white tones look comfortable. The user experience is good.
The top is the menu bar, the left is the instruction library, the middle is the editing area, the upper right corner is the action attempt area, and the lower right corner is the machine value attempt area.
The overall framework is very clear, and blocks of different colors are used as categories to distinguish. This way is very friendly for beginners or children. It is also very simple to start, and is not so boring. Therefore, I am more interested in learning about programming. It only took me a short time to get into the door. It is not like programming, but more like a modular thing.
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For example, the robot can be programmed to "sort garbage";
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Or let the robot walk in a maze;
Running relay;
Playing golf;
play football;
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Bowling and so on.
A variety of complex competitive sports and action tasks can be easily realized by Aelos Pro through programming and operation of PC software. Combined with the physical operation of robots, users can further learn and understand programming, and this "learning to apply" approach is also more impressive.
This building block programming helps to cultivate programming thinking, thinking about problems with programming thinking. Users can drag and drop the building block instruction module according to their own thinking, ideas, build their own works, and enjoy the fun of the creative process. It is very helpful for logical thinking ability, creative ability, and programming logic ability.
summary
During the experience of Aelos Pro robot, the greatest feeling of the author is that it is very interesting to learn programming with Aelos Pro robot, and programming is no longer as boring as the traditional impression. Leju will turn it into a fun way to let you better learn and understand programming.
As a member of Steam Education, Leju has always had its own unique ideas and technologies in humanoid robot education, and has made many contributions to innovative education. Now the country has a great demand for comprehensive talents, and education should also be diversified and innovative.
In general, Aelos Pro is undoubtedly a quite excellent product. By virtue of Leju's self-developed steering gear and excellent gait algorithm, it stands out in the humanoid robot market and is very competitive. It can be said that the use of multiple expansion modules and PC software can complement each other. This product has very good learning and application value for children and beginners of programming, and will benefit users for life.
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