Compliant Control - Pole / Arm Climb

This clip demonstrates recent work to develop compliant controllers for our lab's snake robots. These controllers allow the robot to automatically adapt its shape to changes in its environment. Until now most of our motions, including pole climbing, have been remote-controlled.

In this video the robot autonomously climbs a 4" pole, transitions to a 2" pole, and then to an arm, demonstrating that the controller is able to adapt to different diameters of objects without exerting too much force for to be uncomfortable in human contact.

http://www.biorobotics.org/

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[Bauxville]

There's snakes. Then there's Army snakes.

[graficsMD]

That thing would go great on my penis.

[ParaplegicFish]

This would be better if it didn't stop when he clicked.

[rednecksniper27]

Just because something is designed by the military does not neccesarily mean it is being designed to hurt people. The Army corps of engineers could do wonders with this by inspecting and maybe even repairing plumbing and electrical systems that other wise would need to be dug out of the ground or some other time consuming wasteful manner. The Navy could also use something like this as ships tend to be full of pipes and tight spaces. Just because the military made doesn't mean its bad.

[Caligula138]

I think they are planing to put one in your plumbing system...

[CrimsonVanquisher]

0:32 RUN FOR YOUR LIFE ITS ATTACKING!!

[roidroid]

I am... somewhat disconcerted by the presence of a man wearing an Army shirt, with the implication that this horrifyingly sophisticated robot is Army developed and therefore designed for offence.

It'd be nicer if it were being presented by reassuringly harmless university nerds. :(

[fiveipads]

Kill it dead!

[aloisrenard]

Be warned, a day this one will eat the apple

[tzkelley]

Stomp on it!

[oBLACKIECHANoo]

But a snake doesn't climb like that....

[Marcello dos Santos Barbosa Santos B.]

muito muito Fera mesmo !

parabéns congratulations!