Soft Robots - Computerphile

Swarm robotics involve multiple robots cooperating. Researchers at Kirstin Petersen's Lab at Cornell are looking at soft robots as an affordable option. Grad Student Steven Ceron showed us some of the projects in the lab.

This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

[Shadow]

My mind is far too dirty for that thing!

[jim]

0:57 "The endgoal of this sleeve is to integrate it into, er, vineyards..."

Yes, yes. That's EXACTLY what it's for.

[theslimeylimey]

Son, you've been in there for hours, what are you doing in there? Just calibrating my grape measurer, be out in a minute.

[thefloridaman]

Is it possible to expand into the banana business?

[Cerealbox]

I feel like if you show someone this, you have to at least acknowledge the elephant in the room.

[IstasPumaNevada]

The hardest part about developing this technology was thinking up secondary and tertiary uses for it that they could present for research grants as the reason they're making it. :D
Early on in development: "Oh, it will obviously sell. But we need to think of some sort of scientific use for it, in order to get the funding to build the damn thing."

[qwmfgcpt]

Just make it into what everyone is thinking. You will make a boat load of money.

[YogeshPersonalChannel]

I think this is the first video of computerphile featuring a student without professor

[Knut]

Please don't make the obvious joke

[klutterkicker]

"Soft Robots" is a new young adult novel, yeah?

[andrewpod]

First computerphile video blocked because inappropriate content.

[joannot]

This man is my hero, he managed to develop what we all know it is with Cornell university's funding.

[TuckerLeeC]

Don't read the comments... Don't read the comments... Don't read the comments... Don't read the comments...

[mrnice]

You can sell 5 grape measurement robots OR you can sell 100.000.000 stress relive robots. It's your choose ;)

[anthonyatienza]

I have a feeling he's trying to hold his laughter during this interview.

[JustAnotherAlchemist]

Drinking game > Take a shot every time he says "Eco-Flex®"

[aura-audio]

Everyone’s obsessed with the hole thingy but I’m obsessed with that “hypnotic” centipede ladder looking thingy.

[EricMulhern]

"What is the end goal of this device?"
- smirks

[mare]

I think this a revolutionary way of measuring an objects shape, i cant wait to hear about all of its applications, how long do you guys think it will take before it hits the market? Also, is the lubricant included in the kit?

[endofourlives]

Omg, this is revolutionary technology. I wonder if I could put my junk in it.