biomorph snake robot: emergent behaviour

[situlo]

wow.....

[turgo82]

that not a snake its a worm :D

[TiagoTiagoT]

perhaps it would work better if it had bigger amplitude and/or bigger wave length in it's waving motion

[Newbsbane]

Locomotion could use improvement.

[Nicro327]

More like worm movements, snakes should move from side to side.

[battlestarvfx]

But does it blend?

[murcury51423]

1Q. wy is it having a spasm?

[GatorBaby06]

at least it can tap dance :)

Take your design to the next level. Youve got potential

[masfirme2]

waste of time lol

[6Erik6kirE6]

lol haha stuck

[babodecabo]

lol 1:30 = FAIL

[gala1936]

jeje three minutes of hard work? four minutes? ;) que cutrez!

[monkeysrawesome]

hehe.... at 00:30 it's like "I'm trying the best I can to get off the ledge master!"

[silas1000]

call it caterpillar robot

[jamesdimacali]

that whould work grate in water becose of the way it moves

[VedroVodki]

Yeasss it would sink greate in the watter

[supercubanito]

and it will electrocute as well...

[slash2k01]

I really like this but I think your problem may just be simple grip, did you coat the bottom of the segments with anythin? try sticking elastic bands to the bottom. Must be heavy on the power aswell with all thos servos lol

[anthonyhsiao]

Yes you got it spot on there!

Power... about 10-15W maybe?

[chris91494]

are those servo motors? cuz i am very interested! =] i would really like to know!

please?

[EnTrip]

Yes, these are basically servo motors coupled together through a simple light aluminium link and lightly coupled oscilltors made out of Mark Tilden's Nervous Network Neurons.

Lemme know or PM me if you need further help

[jasonrj8992]

it's painful to watch it get over that walll

[chorbster]

That's probably because it seems so alive, almost like you're watching a struggling animal try to evade a slippery swamp onto a dry log!

[wjea]

this is why we evolved with two legs.

[looseskrewz]

First thing that comes to my mind is Framsticks...if ya don't know google it.

Good job Man!!

[Jeremyc56]

This is an awesome robot! good job, but have you ever though its more like a catapiller?

[anthonyhsiao]

Yeah!

It was build with the intention of building a snake, but it turned out that it's more of a catapiller, you're right!

That's what we call 'emergent behaviour' ;-)

[chully00]

Like a snake skeleton if you ask me. Put some skin on that, with some texture or grip, and you would be doing even better, I think. This is really great, keep up the good work!

[mrlsflyer]

^^I had the same idea... try it!

[calex64]

Sorry,but this bot is really stupid...

[SailorBarsoom]

Well if I understand the description, the robot IS stupid. Yet it gets the job done. It accomplishes things that usually only a much smarter robot can do. Which is kind of the point.

Do I have the right of things, anthonyhsiao?

[Korgeghi]

Is it actually learning how to climb, or is it just spasming over the obstacles by accident? :) Just curious, not trying to make a dig.

[anthonyhsiao]

It's just spasming over the obstacle!

But it kind of adapts and the environment and its topology give feedback to the motors of the biomorph, so it behaves differently for different environments

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[anthonyhsiao]

I think there should be another video of it where it is on the side. but the bottom line is, that it doesnt do much.

In fact, it was designed as a snake, and turned out to be a rather lame snake, until i put it on its side, and it started to walk and climb ;-)

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[GegoXaren]

why not put it on its side and then see whats hapens?

[Tyuchev]

Hello? Years ago I watched a documentary, University teacher would pretty much break his ghetto blaster into pieces, put pieces back together, (transistors n stuff no computers just electronics), then would mount a small solar panel, and the resulting machine would walk by its own towards sunlight and it was... well fascinating and puzzling. When I talk to it to people they consider me as a freak, I need the hard info back plz!!

[dylanotto]

How'd you like to wake up with that in your bed?

[ingej32]

yeah! lol!

[anthonyhsiao]

You could say the same about several other areas of research, but we still do it. Some will turn out successful, most will end up nowhere, but if we didnt bother wasting that time or money in the first place, who knows where we would be now?

[aleel5]

Me parece que emplear 10 preciosos servomotores en un robot BEAM es un desperdicio de tiempo y dinero.