I-Swarm Micro Robot Locomotion Unit

Find out more about the locomotion unit and the full robot systems at Hizook.com -- http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/29/i-swarm-micro-robots-realized-impressiv...

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Science & Technology

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• robot
• micro
• i-swarm
• Hizook

[AirwarriorX2]

it uses sound to move.

[paronfisk]

You can see the string!! Just joking :D

[douro20]

This was only the first step. They wanted to see how well a robot with piezoelectric actuators as feet would work. As you can see it works quite well, but I wonder if it could actually carry a load.

[tpioneer]

cada patita, esta ajustada en cuando a sus propiedades mecanicas, para resonar a una frecuencia especifica, entocnes en ciertas frecuencias vibran distintas patas.. por eso lo peuden controlar con sonido... ingenioso muy ingenioso

[Usernamejanjacob39]

OBVIOUS THERE WAS A STRING! SHIT

[Beavis2084]

@paronfisk yes u can.

[1NX9]

@robotwo

I was thinking on a similar line.

I want to design a mini radio control robot that could do operations within the human body.

And the power to run it would come from an outside source to keep it as small as possible.

[robotwo]

@guthix222

I think the reason is rather because the control unit and power supply isn't on the actual platform yet ,

so they send the power to the "legs" using those VERY thin wires ...

its been done on other small robots as well :)

[guthix222]

sure, it may have a string on it.

maybe because it's so delicate that a topple would most likely destroy it?

even still, the string isn't even taught when moving. who is to say what it's for?

[TiagoTiagoT]

are the inputs filtered by frequency to go to each leg individually? is that why it sounds differently when it moves and rotates in different directions and like a DTMF tone when it's going forward??

[zibra12345678910]

FAKEEEE

[TITAN3084]

there are used pieco elements to moove the robots, therefore you can hear it.