Modular robot

[MPSecare]

Anyone want to help fund a project for EMP grenades

[sethboy66]

The replicators will be here soon...

[aseohosting]

wow!! AWESOME!

[Koelker12]

One step closer to Voltron...

Or the Megazord

[igib2635]

Rumor has it that Elton John, George Michael and Tom Cruze all have one

[TheJustinfernandez]

indeed like molecules..

this is impressive,

[controledmind]

But how does it see wether its movements are "good" or "bad" to choose the best movement pattern?

[DeMause]

@controledmind Based on the speed it is moving at.

[Ratama]

it is not a robot it is a simulation of a robot.

[mikeccuk2006]

portal personality core !

[xXxGenasai]

So informing.

[dickieharris100]

It still has four legs ! Nothing is independent about this !

[DylanSkutnik]

simply amazing and yet scary?

[antonbuckley]

and don't forget animals lol, this could be my new pet lol xD

[antonbuckley]

I love these sort of robots, there like atoms... TRANSFORMERS lol xP

[littlemute]

i don't know why.. but i feel sorry for it

[Snemelk]

Replicators :-D

[moocowcow222]

@Snemelk stargate lol. Nerdiness is the fuel for inventions.

[ishtarooni]

Wow, is anybody thinking of applying these robots to aid a paraplaegic or a quadrulpegic human in their exercises and locomotion?!!! I'd be most interested to find out as I am physically challenged since age four, due to a viral infection with the polio virus. i am 56 now and still struggling with the polio sequaelae and newly, with the post-polio syndrome...

[Coasterstyla98]

Hehe,Awesome!

[deathjester145]

ITS LEARNING!!!!

[ShogunPJ]

The robots. They're... Learning.

[MultiMan120]

@ShogunPJ he's using tools! He's developed emotions! Run!

[fuunguus]

I'm tired of these small (10 modules at max) robots, when will we see one with hundreds of modules? That would be awesome, and kinda scary! And probably only useful for wars and stuff but who cares.

[bandpractice]

modularity is awesome!

[Kaiserks3338]

It is the matter of time when someday robots have self awareness

[cutiko]

Sinergy FTW¡¡¡

[iamnorwegian]

Great, now when the revolution comes, nothing will stop them.

[AVerbene]

or you can just add wheels

[SuperEpicGamer]

"No central control system" just like how Skynet is.

[purplemonkeyelephant]

@SuperEpicGamer Lmao

[Krumbz2003]

Super interesting video here! It's like robotic evolution.

[rambokam88]

this is really, really cool

[mrboxleytheonly]

as Aristotle once said.. "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts"

[cutiko]

@mrboxleytheonly that is a close system, this is an open closed one

[masagrad]

this niggers are crazy!

[Krumbz2003]

@masagrad Grammar. Put the shotgun down and learn it.

[qunniq]

SMART COMBAT BOTS

[Xxero0]

Magic everywhere up in this bitch....

[13baldjj]

@Xxero0 lol ICP - Miracles?

[kokorosenshi]

this is actually pretty cool

[EddyBergman]

It usually takes me more time then 20 minutesto speed up again after some of my components fail so hats off to the robot ^^

[rabbitsib]

great but not really efficient is it

[brunkinator]

fucking CUBIX!!!!!

[djsuperstar717]

This is revolutionary!!!!

If they could make the robots nano sized then you could use them to make Body Armor or Clothing,

Like you could have 1 nano robot suit that could change its look and behavior when you download new designs off the internet,

Or you could have Transformers type of cars,

Or tools that can change its shape with the push of a button,

The possibilities are endless!!!!

[Stoylz]

ROFLCOPTER

[Nullstr1ng]

if then else

[FourAngelsX]

so when we are fighting robots for our lives and we shoot them in the legs they can keep coming for us yay

[WampireDj]

Replicators Alpha version....

[M30W3R]

It looks like they could build a robot that can crawl in destroyed buildings, isn't it?

At least it's the only useful purpose I can see in these robots...

[giascle]

Wasn't there already a video about this?

[Nullstr1ng]

@giascle there's a lot of video about this!

[AtomicKennen]

OMIGOSH! A headless baby.....

[Sirob972]

remember me of transformers 2 when he drop the little balls into the hole then the robot re-assemble itself > we are fucked lol

[DjDedan]

I wonder if its using an evolutionary algorithm to adapt? anyone know?

[newcoleco]

Well, it's not the first time I've seen a robot adapting its movements if a leg is damaged, but here it's about modules so it's cool to hear about this. I remember a documentary about a guy making robotic insects using analog input/output, not digital, and I remember that in the documentary they said that a dog was afraid of these very small robots... but I can't find the documentary back, maybe someone know what I'm talking about.

[raven50x]

I hear Cyberdyne is hiring...

[Zimy0]

If they already built the robot why can't we see the robot demonstrate this and not a computer simulation?

[Richardgwm]

I think I saw this movie. Sarah Connor is in for it.

[Tripp393]

At the end of the day humans are robots, more advanced robots. Flesh is simply a more advanced form than metal. Which means flesh decays for a beneficial reason, and should not be seen as a failing for not being immortal like metal.

[vincenmt]

Just put this software in some MEMS and presto! nanides.

[Acornoa]

Aaaawwwww that was kinda cute

[Razzfazz87]

Not all that new. But Im guessing this is the next-gen of the other robots I saw over a year ago doing this (only new thing is the simulation the other robot had it already working and could detach and reattach limbs)

[lygophile]

i don't quite understand what they mean when they say modules. exactly what was disabled now?

[WJordW]

@lygophile Modules as in each circuler ball you see on the robot. What she is basically saying is when a mudule (one of it's circuler balls) is disabled the mechanism within the robot learns to adapt without that disabled module, it finds another pattern of walking. So in that sense it's independent.

[lygophile]

@WJordW. k thanks. they still fail to tell us which of them were disabled in the video that the robot was adjusting to.

[WJordW]

@lygophile Well at 0:13 they show what would happen if 'some' modules were to fail, it's modules would move randomly until all the modules adjust to a functional walking pattern.

[lygophile]

@WJordW. i don't think that's what they meant, because then there wouldn't be any reason it wouldn't get back to it's former top speed. that would just be a do-over.

[WJordW]

@lygophile Sorry you've lost me, there wouldnt be any reason for what? Different behaviours of walking effect the speed, if you go to the end the women goes on to say that it wasnt as fast as it initially was because of the different stride pattern but this is not allways the case.

[lygophile]

@WJordW. uhm, i think what you're suggesting is that they deleted the developed walking behavior of the entire robot, so it would have to learn all over. although i might be reading wrong.

what i said is that i don't think that's what they meant. she is talking about how it has to "compensate", so it seems they gave it a handicap, not force it to start over.

i think they disabled a part of the robot, but they're not saying which part.

[WJordW]

@lygophile Right to cut all this blabber, it reads "the back module fails". 0:30

[lygophile]

@WJordW. ah, right. thanks. no wonder it doesnt reach its former top speed eh?

[Bear5177]

That is amazing.

[Riptor552]

Robot hive-mind in development.

[ReisendeEuropa]

@Riptor552 baby Borg?

[SlashDotDash121]

WooHoo!

I maybe my kids could have a real transformer one day!

Or just one for myself ;)

[MeningsMod]

We should start to invest in EMP weapons!!

[beriorgar]

wheels are overrated

[Cyrathil]

@beriorgar Especially in rough terrain where wheels have a notoriously shit performance.

[limpkit2011]

i think we are moving into the future too fast.

[sausage4mash]

@limpkit2011 I think way too slowly

[DRealfriknKeenan]

imagine if there were trillions of these, each the size of a human cell. those would be the best robots ever

[Jourei91]

So, I need to kill this robot 10 times until I'm safe?

I think I'm just gonna tie myself in the next shuttle going to the moon or mars...

[DRealfriknKeenan]

@Jourei91 maybe we should give these guys a central "nerve system" just in case so they're easier to manually disable

[suupertramp]

@Jourei91 you could just tie the ROBOT to the next shuttle. might save you some stress :P

[Jourei91]

@suupertramp

But then it'll be waiting for me there. :(

[suupertramp]

@Jourei91 oh that cant be good :(

[DamienHell]

So now even disabling legs will not stop the robotic hordes.

[defect530]

you idiot's, robots are going to save this world not destroy it!

[robertghouston]

@defect530 Damn right!  Robots are efficient and wouldn't wage wars... unless we tell them to.

[Konve]

@robertghouston Or unless they figgure out they can...

[rommel241]

Its just a basic neural network... with simple outputs for the limb movements.

[xanax76est]

- these are like digo ball -

[monkeys8myhw]

Do people in prison celebrate halloween.... if so how?

[744268]

I wonder if this technology could be adapted for mars rovers. It would certainly help solve the stuck-on-a-rock problem.

[rockbass]

is anyone else starting to get scared? humans are on the verge of destroying themselves, yet are still creating these better, stronger, faster, smarter machines......

yeah, im getting scared.

[Alexrose12345678910]

@rockbass Android type robots are a million miles away from being able to walk efficiently, let alone run around, jumping and dodging bullets and killing the human race with mounted guns.

Besides, a good electromagnetic pulse would get rid of any rogue robot.

[rockbass]

@Alexrose12345678910 i'm just sayin' man...just sayin...

[MrSweJohn]

I never expected that this would be the prototype terminator.

[Steaphany]

@MrSweJohn They never said this was a DOD killing device

[MrSweJohn]

@Steaphany

They never said it wasn't either!

[Brynnybob]

put spikes on that sht and its the end of the world. im just saying.

[singular23]

This is so awesome!

[refink33]

great, so even when we hack out future Overlords into pieces they'll regroup and still mow us down... EMP ftw

[the12221]

Thats is cool.

[insanepotato]

naww how cute haha

[Athaeus]

Adaptive robot that can never be stopped - we've found the next terminator!

[BoaVenom18]

@Athaeus no stupid! this is only the begging it WILL BE BACK!

[BillyBobsEel]

I like how it learns...

[Meninx87]

Today this, tomorrow the T1000!

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@Meninx87 you must either be joking, or you're a impressionable moron, who thinks everything that happens in the movies, will happen in real life if we make one wrong move.

[Meninx87]

@TheReasonWhyGuy You are the saddest person i've ever met. Can't you really recognize irony when you look it? Oh man...relax and take your life more serenely...

[Adammarr111]

Smart LAD

[Shalek]

This is so sweet, I love watching this evolution-esque simulations.

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@Shalek If you like these, then check out kjlg74's program and videos. :)

He's made a very nice virtual creature evolution program :D

[Shalek]

@TheReasonWhyGuy Oh I've seen those before, they are great :).

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@Shalek might I recommend you give it a try.

It's a program you can download, and run on your computer :)

I recommend starting the program at night, and stopping it in the morning, because then it's getting something done, while you're sleeping :D

Trust me, Waking up and seeing how something has learned how to walk is more interesting than most people might think :)

[Shalek]

@TheReasonWhyGuy Thanks for the suggestion. I've also been wanting to write my own evolution program for a while ^_^.

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@Shalek it's a fun and challenging exercise... especially if you're working with neural nets :)

[mate2000]

It acts a bit like living things: when you have no clue about the outside world, you need a starting point so you start doing random things, and then you learn by remembering the movements that were successful by accident.

[BZSPIRIT]

Once the robots take over, we'll be looking at this video as one of the things that led to our downfall. :P

[interted]

very good idea! i bet it uses a reinforcement learning algorithm

[selvmordspilot]

Awesome! That's AI for you, right there!

[Alexoneil]

I think it's phenominal!

[cyberspy79]

im not sure if i want this in my bathtub

[cheesypeesy2]

I'm not satisfied until it does a barrel roll.

[sweYoda2]

Replicators here we come! :D

[Th30Hacker]

amazing

[Kinkspace]

Interesting.

[luigilinguini]

very nice robot 

[kazimann]

Looks like a drunk robot to me. 

[lagas5]

okay so now robots can adapt on their own? we are fucked..

[robertghouston]

@lagas5 Don't be foolish!

[quadstrike]

@lagas5 it's programming, unless we make programming saying "do w/e u want" nothings gonna go wrong

[chopin65]

@lagas5 Science has been working on this for some time. Adaptive traits seem like the thing could go crazy and cause harm but the truth is that the technology must be engineered on a level far more sophisticated than this. We are at least a century away from the kind of scenario where robots run amok and take over.

[edmondov]

@lagas5 Humans have gone out of control and are seeking their destruction.

[shadowace421]

@edmondov lol, u do realize almost all robots are little and harmless right? Even the big ones cant hurt anyone..

[XaneCrazy]

@lagas5 As if a robot can now find it's own food resource, preemptively plan strategies and ways to function without humans, knows how to self repair and replicate? as well as expanding their intellect to compensate for the amount of information they acquire about their surroundings...

Nice "we are fucked" like every other person repeating the same shyt without truly understanding capabilities of computers and limits they obviously have.

[littlemute]

meh

[tabula123456]

@scientolofag

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Really?...you don't have the imagination and foresight to see how this is relevant to the world... robots that can adopt and learn..wow!!...it isn't science that has failed you..it is ur own lack of imagination. Try opening ur mind just a little..the possibilities will astound you.

[robertwc82]

@scientolofag no one said it was relevent to sucking cock. if you want to watch something relevant to your interests, it is up to you to find it

[OutsideOfMadness]

@scientolofag Why do people like you always make comments like this on videos? Modular robots by themselves are useless week pieces of crap, But when you have around 20 little robots joined together putting their energy to pulling, dragging, lifting, and other work, they can accomplish a lot. Just because it isn't a robot that would give you a hand-job doesn't mean its useless. Try broadening your view and see something for whats actually there. Arrogant idiot.

[scientolofag]

@OutsideOfMadness Well excuse me Mr. Fancy pants :P

Although the thought of a robot giving me a handjob sounds slightly intriguing I don't see much to this. It's barely moving and has no real purpose and if I'm wrong, my apologies. o.-

[melis256]

@scientolofag

Yup, just keep trolling on Mr.Troll.

[EclecticSceptic]

@OutsideOfMadness Lol nice comment, well said.

[Zormac]

@OutsideOfMadness very well said, sir.

[drealm]

@OutsideOfMadness The first order of business is sex bots though right? I mean secretely this is what all scientists really want? Am I right or am I right?

[mauzzzie]

@drealm They actually already exist. They're called prostitutes.

[derman077]

@OutsideOfMadness Trolling is a art.

[LordZentei]

@scientolofag

This particular robot does not actually do anything useful in and of itself, but that's not what it is for. The purpose is to study how modular systems can be brought together to form ensembles more sophisticated than the sum of their parts. Consider the cells in your body and how simple they are individually. Yet, you are an emergent system brought about by their interaction. Now consider the benefits of us learning about how that works. Think about it.

[deadNIGHTCRAWLER]

@LordZentei at the end when u said think about it u reminded me of that move falling down when the nazi was saying that lol

[xdzyI]

@LordZentei Well said.

[legendarymanic39]

@LordZentei yes and this kind of robot can be put to use

the way it works can be built into something else and work on something else who knows

fascinating!

[mozart116]

@scientolofag fail.

[SuperTwit]

@scientolofag yes science wins, you used the internet to log your disdain, I hope I don't expand on that any further.

[On3Sound]

I think its cute

[youtooberman9001]

awesome

[degoetje]

cool