Robots Inspired By Animals

Learn about the robots inspired by animals with Hank!

Hosted by: Hank Green

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[ljmastertroll]

Robots could mimic cats by being indifferent to our commands.

[SynchronizorVideos]

So, in the future when I'm trapped under a collapsed building, I can die while being entertained by one robot that keeps crashing into walls, and another that flops around while changing colors.

[TheJaseku]

thank you for using the metric system =)

[xxjoexboixx]

It's amazing what we are able to do today. I'm looking forward to seeing how robotics and nature mix together in the future. What an amazing time to be alive.

[LordMarcus]

The robot knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the robot from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.

[SQW]

Power. We are still so limited by battery storage. =(

[thoperSought]

_"Learn about the robots inspired by animals with Hank!"_
>.< at first glance, I read that as "Learn about the robots _inspired by Hank!"_ I was all excited for a brief moment

[Jimera]

the flying robot that bumps into things and has minimal navigation... am I the only person who though of manhacks from Half-Life? Just attach some spinning blades to that thing and you pretty much got one.

[headshot]

Hank is one of my favorite hosts on youtube. Keep up the great work!

[metalfuelandfire]

Nobody calls it biomimicry, because that is the general term for mimicing biology. It's called Biomimetics when referring to the field of study in robotics.

[fitzroy]

I like how they built a squishy robot that jumps using EXPLOSIONS!

[TheModernHermeticist]

I like this idea that the most advance technology is looking back toward nature for its model

[witchplease]

I need a scientific explanation for why Hank is such a cutie.

[Teekles]

My personal favorite is robots designed around augmenting human abilities. Ekso Bionics makes a robotic suit that can fit under military clothes and transfer loads to the ground via steadycam like technology mixed with custom build hydraulic systems that minimize effort bearing. This suit has been being worked on for years now, but is still actively being granted funds as it is the main component of the SOCOM Talos suit. They also sell their tech to Otto Bock more recently. I think the best part about the company now is their rehab suit. A UCLA study on 'neuromodulation' actually showed someone being delivered non-invasive spinal cord stimulation while walking in this suit - and then they later WERE NO LONGER FULLY PARALYZED and got some motor control of their legs back. The UCLA study only came out less than a month ago. I believe the ramifications of this will be realized soon; it will change the world.

[MeleeTiger]

That little robot at the end made me think of how people have tried making suits and things that cloak by using cameras and such to show a picture of what's behind it on the surface, but what if it was more like the robot and you had a pack that had the compressor/pump stuff in it and the suit acting much like one of those cool suits that pumps water but have it be clear and send coloured stuff through to do camouflage?

[agentwashingtub]

"Are you sure it's not the Iron Giant, because it usually is."

[kevinfisher]

One of the most interesting parts of this video was that a team of Chinese scientists at a Japanese university called their creation “Swumanoid” which is indeed a kick ass name but shows a pretty sophisticated understanding of the “malleability” of the English language…and it makes me wonder if Chinese and Japanese don’t have the same flexibility, or humor or it was simply a marketing (or start up capital) tactic?

[lHenry]

One can really tell that you're a singer, your rhythm, inflation and pitch is so on point without feeling like you're acting. Awesome!

[bugjams]

This is an obscure reference - But the jumping robot made me think of a game called Distance. It’s a racing game but the car is capable of jumping and doing tons of air tricks by using jet propulsion. Here’s to hoping we someday have jumping cars!

[kyledyer]

Love this show, keep up the good work SciShow Squad!!!!