Rezero - Ballbot Performance Display

Visit http://rezero.ethz.ch for more information.

Rezero is performing complex choreographs driven by joystick and feedforward trajectories. Those movements are unique for robots and ballbots so far. The video was part of the official Rezero rollout presentation.

Music:

"Red Moon"
Composed and performed by Jami Sieber
Appears on CD "Hidden Sky"
Courtesy of Out Front Music 2004
www.jamisieber.com

Category:

Science & Technology

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[loonytoongonemad]

That's pretty baller.

[akazombie]

robotics and AI need to work together dammit... we're not getting anything done this way. We should have robot waiters and shit already ! :P Cheers to the future!

[svendavidsson]

It makes me think about the old school trackball mice

[Thatguy101987]

Let me know when it can bring me a beer

[xero993]

@semien2005 It'd be nice, but maintenance wise it wouldn't be that great - that's the main issue with a lot of omni-directional vehicles.

[MeansDarling]

Pretty good music, and good video. :+) I look forward to when I can see something like this in person.

[Vi4shino]

see the

rezero @ swisstech2010

youtube.com/watch?v=I7DK_fjB1C­w

[MyceliaProductions42]

Amazing.

[MyceliaProductions42]

@semien2005 iRobot, the film adaptation, as god-awful as it was, actually had a version of what you're talking about.

[semien2005]

what if you made a car with the same concept.instead of one sphere there would be four