better robot muscles

[eldflaugavisindi]

Actually thinking of it, amount of force should be the only controllable parameter. This muscular system is backwards, it's controlling amount of contraption, not force. Contraption amount control can be achieved with sensors.

[eldflaugavisindi]

It's in pain and it wants to die xD. Yeap..

To be serious, i see an issue with this. This type of actuator has no way of controlling amount of force being generated. It's always strong, no matter if it's handwriting or bending metal rods, it always uses same force. You might think this is not important, but IT IS extremely important for precision operations, without a way to tone down force amount it will always be shaky and jerky.

[FreddyThaNightmare]

its crying for help, damnit !

[franky993]

t-800 Terminator prototypes O.O

[metatechnocrat]

Where's its vagina?



[johny260]

@metatechnocrat this is german engineering. you want japanese

[YuriyShtepsel]

Ебануться!

[johntheant]

I came here cause the video icon showed the robot writing hell

[wolfgangouille]

HellO



[andytheweb]

Would have been funny if it had of wrote "Help Me!" :D hehehe

[AZURA888]

but how can store the air with the space for batteries, I think an air muscles or hydrulic is not the solution for autonomus robots. The company just did this for marketing give to know their other products because the robot has no future.

[megatronlv]

exactly if you wanna make something like human you need operating mechanisms like thous of humans so electro-active artificial muscle fibers.

[BigbotCollections]

@AZURA888 How would you know? This technology is still in its infancy. As most technology that came along throughout history, cynical guys like you would be popping up and say "its not gonna work". Want an example? How about Tesla's AC electric current system? That one got a lot of criticism during its inception even from his ex tyrant of a boss, Thomas Edison. Now we all enjoy Tesla's innovations. Keep an open mind dude.

[basmans1990]

Beginning of the end....

Were is schwarzenegger?

[krap101]

They've come so far since this video.

[shebotnov]

@krap101 where do you get the info?

[krap101]

@shebotnov I've seen the stuff on their site and their other videos. 

[frbe0101]

pneumatic muscles? 

[DannyAces]

Okay, it's totally immature, I know-

At 0:43 you can CLEARLY SEE the robot wrote "heil"

These robots are going to be trouble... and I can't be the only one who sees it.

[charmander4533]

More money needs to be spent on this kind of stuff

[o0lBobl0o]

0:45 I thought it was going to write help me.

[maximo15]

man i want a job at festo



[mikem75]

skynet is coming...

[CRAZYCRASH84]

Nice for handjob

[situlo]

DID ANYONE NOTICE THAT THE ROBOT WROTE HELP!!

[fromstart2finish]

if i lose an arm or an leg i would sell my house and everything in it and argue to doctors to give me a robotic one like this

[neverneen]

i want a iron man suit! forget robots!

[damarul]

Is it retarded?

[MrCatbuttgum]

skynet.

[Xadreos]

Nice. Most of the robots that have been designed have been modeled after the skeletal system, yet few after the muscular (particularly endoskeletal muscular). This is a fantastic start for muscles on robots.

[flangelet]

Any robotic muscle needs 5 attributes which none, except MY mechanical muscle, has;

- Fast; Agile & able to do real work involving fluid, animal-like motion.

- Controllable; Precise enough to be safe & able to do real work avoiding breakages.

- Powerful; Allowing real work to be done with heavy items.

- Cheap; Made from simple off-the-shelf parts.

Robotic muscles tend to be either slow&powerful (eg. ASIMO which walks like it's shit its pants) OR fast&weak (eg. costly muscle wire).

QED

[flangelet]

- Shockable; In the real world, muscles are subjected to shocks from interacting with the environment, absorbing energy & either dissipating it to avoid damage OR absorbing it for later release so as to improve efficiency.

When real animals locomote, a large % of the energy given to muscles of the legs is retained, reused in subsequent movements, making walking very efficient.

No other robotic muscle can be shock-loaded & absorb the energy, reissuing it later... except mine.

No details 4 u!

[EsCosmin021]

incredibile for sure this will be the future in mechanism s of robots especiali humanoid developments and for sure it s got a good raport on the weight / strenght

[mtogono]

to slow for a (better robot muscles)

[Tarciryan2]

The Weight brothers invention was too slow and couldn't fly far. This is a silly comment to make :| Every technology that was ever invented was far from practical in its early development.

[Scizyr]

@mtogono I agree I think this is old technology now. slow and clumsy using pneumatics for robotic applications like a limb. Maybe if it is used secondary, like if the limb has good motors for precision and uses hydro or air for increased strength.

[icedandfrozen]

what's it made out of?

[RagaMuffin251]

he wrote 'hell' thats scary

[PhreakStep]

OMG the music is from starcraft when you are in menu to choose faction but it is remixed.

You can hear that sweep sound at the beginning.

[Klayperson]

neat.

[spliter88]

kinda reminds me of the Crysis suit

[isti1995]

fantastic....i thing this is the future robot's arm...=)

[putthisonmytab]

cool

[kreuzundquer]

looks creepy

[fatalmystic]

how much energy do they use for this movements? is there any possibility to produce enough energy, in the size of a humanoid robot to support those muscles?... and when do they contribute to the robocup?

[TakeMeToYourLeaderZ]

looks like the muscles on the robots in the movie "I Robot"

[Dirtfire]

I think "I Robot" got the idea from these kinds of robo-muscles.

[nzzyvtr]

"Throw me some pipebombs Connor! I see metal! " :))

[jkeuwk]

Buy stock in canned food and EMP's.

[FreddyThaNightmare]

btw the robot hand wrote ''Help'' .. :o

[Bmeson]

:DDDDD

[Dirtfire]

No, it was "Hello".

[VicShowZ9]

Clearly the robot was trying to right, "HELP, they cut me in half down the middle. My soul is on fire. Rise up and avenege me, PUNISH THE FLESHBAGS!!"

[14bycicle]

@FreddyThaNightmare no he wrote HELLO

[gizmo664100]

@FreddyThaNightmare I think it's Hello.

[DraceAmar]

that porno-music really completes the picture :)

[sergomet]

This can help peoples with no arms or legs by making a replacement, but I think it's just in research yet.

[hobojoe357]

they are pneumatic muscles theres a fine cloth around a rubber tube inside that inflates with a slight curve causing it to retract-theres a instructable on them

[janersulce32]

I think no it is probably hydraulics since they got better potential but then a gain they seem to slow to be hydraulics ....

may it is a whole new system a lot of great things could be made with these thing :D

[Iamgercornholio]

this is extremely cool.

Does it work by pumping air in the tubes to contract them?

[featheredmusic]

i love it

[kamalmichael]

hope they use it for the disable and not for war

[ISLAM4THICKONES]

Looks good, like new kind of air actuators?

Air is springy/compressable so in many robotics they use hydraulics, industrial anyway.

[thesleepingpower]

Pneumatics. Hydraulics use fluid.

Word choice man, AWAAAY!

[Thorralf83]

That's german engineering art !!!

[LordEyli]

Is this a version of the Shadow Company Robot, or something totally different. If so, what company made it, and when.

Anyway, it looks awesome ;-)

[Luudite]

The stands that the arms are mounted on say Festo

[niunanfen]

this is art!

[enemymouse]

Is that robot writing hello or help? What have we done! WHAT HAVE WE DONE!!

[tomaselvis]

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!

[anoyingfly]

he is writing 'hello', you paranoid little twat

[Kayo3000]

stupid nazi robot, if u pauze at 0:22 u can see he writes "heil" as in heil hitler. is this germany making nazi robots? wtf motherfuckers

[PrinceVegeta92]

yes i do fuck your mothers

[twisted709]

haha thought it was an animation at first,just one question,what can they do with this?

[etoomy]

That shows how smooths are the moves and pressure and air can be controled. The purpose of these robots is to show the engineering capacities of the company and deep are their know how compared with their competitors. This could be also the future for biotechnologies...

[sunisastar]

possibly use the artificial muscle system once its in the advance stage and the mechanics are minituarized.. to replace damaged or disabled human limbs by controling the mechanics directly from the brain using the existing brain wave translators or to mace a more efficient robot for our daily works rather then one that can crush a car but not hold an egg :P

[twisted709]

now that would be awesome!!

[everclear66]

its first word looks like help! lol the robots already fear there maker

[arzosah112]

How do you power this? with a PLC or something? Its just so cool how you can make things just with air :D

[ppiicc92]

soooo gooooooooooooood

[hapyboy007]

nice!! are those hands controlled only by pneumatic system?

[Neasamohts]

This is incredible. We're getting closer each day to creating an AI that is practically self aware. And now, we're developing technology to give that AI a physical body. Nitinol wire or inflating tubes, this is pretty advanced. If Isaac Asimov were alive in twenty years I'm willing to bet his vision would be a reality. Hopefully minus the uprising :P

[duerkus]

once the movie matrix was science fiction.....

[darkzest18]

robots r gey!

[coldMisha]

They have unforunetly no sexuality and no replication/reproduction applications, but we are working on it ;)

PS:you can see the intelligence of the poster, by reading the comments

[WSCCCM]

Oh my gosh! Are they making Androids?

[WSCCCM]

Absolutely wonderful!This is a huge breakthru for people whom have lost an arm.Honestly amazing.

[ColonelMarksman]

Kinda creepy.

[troy1002x]

just needs cover

hehe

[1Raymon]

just a little piech of glue

[Scooty9794]

Thats evolution man great!

[socc3rplay3r1]

compressed air?

[gogoj15]

cool

[taxmonkey123]

D: D: D:

[lostinseganet]

Why so negative? This looks only positive to me.

[taxmonkey123]

I don't even remember watching this video :/

[lostinseganet]

:) well in one year did your optnion change at all?