I <3 Massive Dynamic
IE, Remote bots of war / exTerminators ?
I have never really understood the time and energy put into making a robot walk like a human. I guess just to say you did it?
There are so many far superior and practical designs than bipedal movement.
I have never really understood the time and energy put into making a robot walk like a human. I guess just to say you did it?
There are so many far superior and practical designs than bipedal movement.
Like?
Humanoid movement is very fluid, fast and can move quickly over many types of terrain as well as climbing\jumping over obstacles.
I have never really understood the time and energy put into making a robot walk like a human. I guess just to say you did it?
There are so many far superior and practical designs than bipedal movement.
Like?
Humanoid movement is very fluid, fast and can move quickly over many types of terrain as well as climbing\jumping over obstacles.
Adding another pair or two of legs at the least for better balance to survive a stiff breeze. Even wheels or treads seem like better ideas. It probably takes an insane amount of unnecessary calculations and balancing to keep a two legged robot from merely falling over on a perfectly flat treadmill, yet alone rugged terrain.
I didn't mean to poop on the thread by the way -- it's still very impressive. I just never understood the reason it's been worked on for so long.
Radio controlled drones are already killing people in the middle east...
A robot army, is a very scary, and very real possibility.
It wouldn't make sense for that either. Even disabled people have a sense of balance and if they are controlling the suit/whatever the 90% of the computing power and ect dedicated towards keeping the thing from falling over isn't needed.
This is one of the many things to have come out of robotics for people thus far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qUPnnROxvY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qUPnnROxvY)
This is one of the many things to have come out of robotics for people thus far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qUPnnROxvY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qUPnnROxvY)
That is freaking sad. They have light-weight material that detects and maps the motion of the surface it's stretched over. That's one element. Anyways, like I said, neural interface is the first issue. Then there's power source. Ultimately, tissue and limb regeneration/fabrication is the ticket.
You meant rad not sad right? That is a wonderful piece of kit.
You meant rad not sad right? That is a wonderful piece of kit.
Man, it might seem so to you, but I was downright deflated. They had the tech for that forty years ago.
Not exactly...they also had the wheel 3000 years ago. Let's just say that significant improvements have been made to the existing design, nonetheless it is still round and it still rolls.
I for one am all for the proliferation of this "old tech" for our amputee brethren. Have you seen the smart ankles that allow natural stride now? Very impressive.