Better yet once they have it working, instead of sticky foam how about a fire suppression system in building that have levels over 23 floor and the chance of no water Ie. world trade center. or where a water system would do more harm ie. a computer server hub or a class D metal storage area. include a iR system with thermal reader and pop you now have a great unmanned first responder system.
Great idea, foam is cheap! Why not combine this idea with a 3-D printer? Have it locate the modules and then precision-print wheels or feet directly onto them. :) You could probably print much more complex components this way also.
That isn't too far from where we're going with this.
3D printers can't really do what we need yet- for example, 3D printers generally assume that the print head can move freely, which isn't true when you need to print around existing objects.
@shrevz Perhaps if it were combined with a Kinect for object detection? I'm not a software engineer though, I imagine there would be a lot of coding involved in getting all these things to work with eachother.
@aphetica Also I imagine a proprietary design would be a lot less bloated than a 3D printer on a mobile platform with a Kinect strapped to it. Eventually I'll be suggesting the addition of a kitchen sink as well. Carry on. :D
@aphetica the print volumes of 3D printers are rather small, and the kinect isn't very accurate.
As in all things technical, the devil is in the details. But I like the way you think :-)
There isn't anything wrong with adding the kitchen sink, provided it is useful; in research our limitation is time and skilled labour -- not trying to make the cheapest, most streamlined product.
We could. Except than Mecanum wheels are expensive, and sensitive to particles getting jammed in them. The wheels we used are made of foam (different from the robot; it is the foam we'll use for the next generation of robots).
By using two CKBots for each wheel, we made a platform which -- in principle at least -- could be made out of the same materials as those we use for synthesis.
@ALEG0Man360 -- our goal was pretty simple: to point out that modular robots need a modular, flexible way to make structural members, and that by having that we could do much more with pretty familiar "boring" technologies. Science is like that; just one boring technology after another :-)
@shrevz I guess so now that you've mentioned it, i was just expecting a robot soldering parts and then testing the new robot etc. Sorry to have said that...
Nowhere does it say an autonomous robot creates another autonomous robot. They could have been more specific and said a REMOTE CONTROLLED FoamBot HELPS build a REMOTE CONTROLLED quadruped robot, but that wouldn't have gotten as many views. They weren't technically lying.
Nor did we actually write the news items, WanderLink.
All we as scientists can do is try to explain clearly and simply what we do and why we do it. I certainly explained to reporters that we do everything by TETHERED REMOTE CONTROL.
The media has a life of its own; I'm sorry if you felt mislead. However, I hope you got the actual point we were trying to make: that modular robots could benefit from having a body fabricated on-the-fly.
I didn't feel mislead, only because I knew robot tech isn't at a point yet where fully functioning autonomous robots can duplicate themselves, so I didn't even think of it. I couldn't do even what you've done, so why should I complain? I could imagine the applications for a robot which can assemble other robot's parts like this. Imagine a ton of those crawling around on Mars collecting data.
@ALEG0Man360 The transition from an RC concept to fully autonomous is just a matter of finding the right application. 1st you verify that the concept works, then you get serious. You may not know what you're gonna need on the fly, like pointed out below, so this is ground breaking. Imagine the actual robot being able to build robots much bigger or smaller than itself, instead of having one robot for each inflexible, specific, possible case. What this would mean for planet exploration! Awesome!
@MarlosZappa, thank you -- you got the point of what we are doing exactly right. We're trying to create a new concept for "Unanticipated Challenge" mission profiles: missions where you have send your robot out there, but you don't know (yet) exactly what you need it to do. Planetary exploration is one domain where this could really shine -- if NASA has the money for it.
@911adt How do you know i play video games every day i go to college and do programming. Don't judge a book by its cover, not every teenager plays computer games.
@8linck8 -- By that argument, no "modular" robot "makes a robot". Those folks who actually read the paper will see that we don't claim to "make a robot"; merely "make a robot body". Somehow, in the rush to build clever modular robots, engineers forgot how important it is to make a body for the robot; we are trying to remedy that.
is this battle zone
EDbringer 2 months ago
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Better yet once they have it working, instead of sticky foam how about a fire suppression system in building that have levels over 23 floor and the chance of no water Ie. world trade center. or where a water system would do more harm ie. a computer server hub or a class D metal storage area. include a iR system with thermal reader and pop you now have a great unmanned first responder system.
ljsavmech 3 months ago
the moment the quadruped robot started moving i was creeped out, it looked like a freaky spider dying or something
aznbleachmaster 3 months ago
I believe Will Smith said in iRobot "Robots building robots. Now that's just stupid"
djkwikdkr 4 months ago
Great idea, foam is cheap! Why not combine this idea with a 3-D printer? Have it locate the modules and then precision-print wheels or feet directly onto them. :) You could probably print much more complex components this way also.
aphetica 4 months ago
@aphetica
That isn't too far from where we're going with this.
3D printers can't really do what we need yet- for example, 3D printers generally assume that the print head can move freely, which isn't true when you need to print around existing objects.
shrevz 4 months ago
@shrevz Perhaps if it were combined with a Kinect for object detection? I'm not a software engineer though, I imagine there would be a lot of coding involved in getting all these things to work with eachother.
aphetica 4 months ago
@aphetica Also I imagine a proprietary design would be a lot less bloated than a 3D printer on a mobile platform with a Kinect strapped to it. Eventually I'll be suggesting the addition of a kitchen sink as well. Carry on. :D
aphetica 4 months ago
@aphetica the print volumes of 3D printers are rather small, and the kinect isn't very accurate.
As in all things technical, the devil is in the details. But I like the way you think :-)
There isn't anything wrong with adding the kitchen sink, provided it is useful; in research our limitation is time and skilled labour -- not trying to make the cheapest, most streamlined product.
shrevz 4 months ago
Did anyone else nearly shit themselves when the thing started to crawl? I felt like it was coming to kill me.
StevePelcz 4 months ago
Couldn't you use Mecanum wheels instead of tilting each wheel?
timerider4 4 months ago
@timerider4
We could. Except than Mecanum wheels are expensive, and sensitive to particles getting jammed in them. The wheels we used are made of foam (different from the robot; it is the foam we'll use for the next generation of robots).
By using two CKBots for each wheel, we made a platform which -- in principle at least -- could be made out of the same materials as those we use for synthesis.
shrevz 4 months ago
Humankind is doomed!!
Testament1977 4 months ago
Liquid metal!
hiufung 4 months ago
expect terminators soon...
emgex 4 months ago
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I dont know whats going on but listening to a song called Rose at Eclipse at the same time made this video even more epic!!!!
kronixusa 4 months ago
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kronixusa 4 months ago
Sorry, but, it's a FAIL.
Saidood 4 months ago
if the robot could speak it would say: "now i am free!"
freelancergin 4 months ago
If it's building itself why do you then need to control it?
madest 4 months ago
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suck's and you went to school for this shit.
777brownpride 4 months ago
1:58... FUCK!!! Lost my sh*t...
coldwindinmyhair 4 months ago 8
CLEAN YOUR FUCKIN SHOP UP
TEHTYMEKITTEH1 4 months ago
QUICK, BURN IT WITH FIRE.
TEHTYMEKITTEH1 4 months ago
Get food, and guns! THEY ARE COMING!!
soulhunters100 4 months ago
its a fucking replicator, shoot it
gbgzera 4 months ago
szybciej by go sam zmontował niż sterując go tym robotem ale ok postęp musi być....
SlavBP 4 months ago
Skynet.... WE'RE ALL FUCKED
randeDANDE 4 months ago 16
controlled by humans -yawn- borrring technology is crap these days no wonder aliens laugh at us
ALEG0Man360 4 months ago
@ALEG0Man360 -- our goal was pretty simple: to point out that modular robots need a modular, flexible way to make structural members, and that by having that we could do much more with pretty familiar "boring" technologies. Science is like that; just one boring technology after another :-)
shrevz 4 months ago 5
@shrevz I guess so now that you've mentioned it, i was just expecting a robot soldering parts and then testing the new robot etc. Sorry to have said that...
ALEG0Man360 4 months ago
@shrevz lol im sure they didnt understand any of that after looking at their profile
hobobillibob 4 months ago
@ALEG0Man360
Nowhere does it say an autonomous robot creates another autonomous robot. They could have been more specific and said a REMOTE CONTROLLED FoamBot HELPS build a REMOTE CONTROLLED quadruped robot, but that wouldn't have gotten as many views. They weren't technically lying.
WanderLink 4 months ago 3
@WanderLink
Nor did we actually write the news items, WanderLink.
All we as scientists can do is try to explain clearly and simply what we do and why we do it. I certainly explained to reporters that we do everything by TETHERED REMOTE CONTROL.
The media has a life of its own; I'm sorry if you felt mislead. However, I hope you got the actual point we were trying to make: that modular robots could benefit from having a body fabricated on-the-fly.
shrevz 4 months ago
@shrevz
I didn't feel mislead, only because I knew robot tech isn't at a point yet where fully functioning autonomous robots can duplicate themselves, so I didn't even think of it. I couldn't do even what you've done, so why should I complain? I could imagine the applications for a robot which can assemble other robot's parts like this. Imagine a ton of those crawling around on Mars collecting data.
WanderLink 4 months ago
@WanderLink oh ok i understand
ALEG0Man360 4 months ago
@ALEG0Man360 The transition from an RC concept to fully autonomous is just a matter of finding the right application. 1st you verify that the concept works, then you get serious. You may not know what you're gonna need on the fly, like pointed out below, so this is ground breaking. Imagine the actual robot being able to build robots much bigger or smaller than itself, instead of having one robot for each inflexible, specific, possible case. What this would mean for planet exploration! Awesome!
MarlosZappa 4 months ago
@MarlosZappa, thank you -- you got the point of what we are doing exactly right. We're trying to create a new concept for "Unanticipated Challenge" mission profiles: missions where you have send your robot out there, but you don't know (yet) exactly what you need it to do. Planetary exploration is one domain where this could really shine -- if NASA has the money for it.
shrevz 4 months ago
@ALEG0Man360 thats a lot more creative than your lame ass playing video games all day
911adt 4 months ago
@911adt How do you know i play video games every day i go to college and do programming. Don't judge a book by its cover, not every teenager plays computer games.
ALEG0Man360 4 months ago
@ALEG0Man360 i judged by your channel...
911adt 4 months ago
@911adt notice that the videos were 1 year or more old, i am at full time college now i don't have time for video games
ALEG0Man360 4 months ago
Freaky.
hckr4evr 4 months ago
Wanna be Skynet ?
Tweegyblink 4 months ago
It didnt really create a robot, It just threw foam around the already made robot "limbs"
Its good, Its cool, But it did not make a robot.
8linck8 4 months ago
@8linck8 -- By that argument, no "modular" robot "makes a robot". Those folks who actually read the paper will see that we don't claim to "make a robot"; merely "make a robot body". Somehow, in the rush to build clever modular robots, engineers forgot how important it is to make a body for the robot; we are trying to remedy that.
shrevz 4 months ago
Its quite nice what robots can do these days. Good job team!
noscript4i 4 months ago