Why Robots That Bend Are Better

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  • Robots of the future may be softer, squishier and bendier than robots today. This could make them ideal for space exploration. Check out kiwico.com/Veri... for 50% off your first month of any subscription!
    On Thursday February 18th, 2021 the NASA Perseverance Rover will land on Mars. It is a wonderful robot, made out of steel and wire - but will future robots look like Perseverance? There is an emerging field of research on "soft robots", where the machines are flexible. These soft robots have many advantages over traditional robots - they're safer, lighter, more flexible and can change their shape and size.
    NASA is investigating the use of soft robots for space missions. For future visits to Enceladus or Europa, a lander could cut a hole in the ice and then insert a compliant robot through the hole. This robot could then grow and change shape on the other side.
    References:
    N. S. Usevitch, Z. M. Hammond, M. Schwager, A. M. Okamura, E. W. Hawkes, S. Follmer, An untethered isoperimetric soft robot. Sci. Robot. 4,
    ve42.co/Hammon... - paper about the truss robot
    ve42.co/Usevit... - press release and video about the truss robot
    Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots
    Dylan Drotman1, Saurabh Jadhav, David Sharp, Christian Chan, Michael T. Tolley Sci. Robot. 6, eaay2627 (2021)
    ve42.co/Drotman - paper about the turtle robot
    Special thanks to Patreon supporters:
    Jim Osmun, Tyson McDowell, Ludovic Robillard, jim buckmaster, Robert, fanime96, Marc Forand, Juan Benet, Ruslan Khroma, Robert Blum, Grace O'Maille KRON x Arc iOS, Richard Sundvall, Lee Redden, Vincent, Lyvann Ferrusca, Alfred Wallace, Arjun Chakroborty, Joar Wandborg, Clayton Greenwell, Pindex , Michael Krugman, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Sam Lutfi, Ron Neal, Bryan Baker
    Video supplied by Getty Images
    Thanks to Zachary Hammond for showing me the soft truss robot
    Filmed by Derek Muller
    Edited and GFX by Trenton Oliver
    Animation by Ivy Tello
    Music by Jonny Hyman
    Thumbnail by Ignat Berbeci, Dan Meyer

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  • @jonopriestley9461
    @jonopriestley9461 Před 3 lety +2673

    Kinda crazy how after 10 years Derek is still just as interesting as ever with the simple aim of science education. Like... he’s never had to change his channel’s main output style or type. That’s cool 😎

    • @mousumisaha9021
      @mousumisaha9021 Před 3 lety +1

      @@3DPrinterAcademy ye

    • @Descanlin
      @Descanlin Před 3 lety +19

      @Electric Car i have no idea how this guy still hasn't been banned, he's been spamming for literally years at this point and likely constantly gets reported. just ignore him, or block him yourself.

    • @HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote
      @HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote Před 3 lety +4

      @Travis Hanks I’m confused, I was under the impression that he was mocking the big cringy youtubers that appear on trending, as if to agree with the original comment by showing the contrast. Was he just spamming and I interpreted noise as meaning?

    • @Kassieq
      @Kassieq Před 3 lety +8

      to you people responding to axxl, theyre most likely a troll as pointed out by a ton of people. they might also be (not in an insulting way) literally retarded as it seems from their content.

    • @jacobshirley3457
      @jacobshirley3457 Před 3 lety +2

      I think the only change was that he doesn't interview random passerby's anymore.

  • @GareebScientist
    @GareebScientist Před 3 lety +7634

    Punctuated rolling locomotion........... i got a new word for drunk people walking

    • @GareebScientist
      @GareebScientist Před 3 lety +171

      on a lighter note

    • @rj5848
      @rj5848 Před 3 lety +68

      You are the first poor scientist I have ever seen

    • @GareebScientist
      @GareebScientist Před 3 lety +147

      @@rj5848 yes poor in knowledge

    • @tonystark7806
      @tonystark7806 Před 3 lety +8

      are u still responding??

    • @Aarav-G
      @Aarav-G Před 3 lety +33

      Hey, frequent watcher of all isro launches

  • @faming_hearts42021
    @faming_hearts42021 Před 3 lety +1847

    we're one step closer to having a real life baymax

    • @HereGoesKevin
      @HereGoesKevin Před 3 lety +10

      Okay Nerd 💀😆

    • @nevaehspets6551
      @nevaehspets6551 Před 3 lety +15

      I’m here before this gets 100 likes

    • @whooknowes
      @whooknowes Před 3 lety +8

      @@HereGoesKevin what?

    • @Brutusoogabooga
      @Brutusoogabooga Před 3 lety +8

      I think baymax just has alot of air but a metal skeleton

    • @jkljkl218
      @jkljkl218 Před 3 lety +13

      @@Brutusoogabooga Didn't he pop open from a small square box?

  • @Fillthrill
    @Fillthrill Před 3 lety +250

    Guy: "Hey friend, when did you take up sewing? You making pillows or something?"
    Genius: "I'm obviously making a robot"

    • @onedone2011
      @onedone2011 Před 3 lety

      lol

    • @andrewparrott226
      @andrewparrott226 Před 3 lety +8

      Someone that sows would be a farmer

    • @1islam1
      @1islam1 Před 3 lety

      🔴 What Is Islam? ⚠️
      🔴 Islam is not just another religion.
      🔵 It is the same message preached by Moses, Jesus and Abraham.
      🔴 Islam literally means ‘submission to God’ and it teaches us to have a direct relationship with God.
      🔵 It reminds us that since God created us, no one should be worshipped except God alone.
      🔴 It also teaches that God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine.
      🌍 The concept of God is summarized in the Quran as:
      📖 { “Say, He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing like Him.”} (Quran 112:1-4)[4] 📚
      🔴 Becoming a Muslim is not turning your back to Jesus.
      🔵 Rather it’s going back to the original teachings of Jesus and obeying him.

    • @2CSST2
      @2CSST2 Před 3 lety +7

      @@1islam1 The Quran is a book of rules and explanations about how the world works made up by people who actually knew very little about how the world works, with its rules were based on a morality that's hundreds of years outdated. So basically, holding this book as sacred, the point of Islam, is a very good way to freeze humanity's progress about our view of the world back hundreds of years to an era of relative vast ignorance, and to also freeze its progress in terms of morality to an era of savagery. That's what Islam is.

    • @sismiwoolf4786
      @sismiwoolf4786 Před 2 lety

      Sa parle d'islam, étant protestant fidèle de dieu et non vendu aux religions, nous avons un combat morale en grande partie. Etre stabilisé sur le sujet de l'utilisation de l'electronique. Mon secteur exposé aux prédateurs naturels et quelques incidents sur le détournement d'objectif primaire, par exemple le gps sur troupeau domestique et faune sauvage, sa dérive à mettre un GPS sur le berger avec le risque d'un détournement d'information pouvant devenir persécution perversité....
      Oui nous avons de grande morale et solide base imprégné sur papier (qui est une intelligence artificiel)....
      L'islam est une secte, vient d'être classé religion en France et pas au-delà de la religion. Désolé

  • @FishyBoi1337
    @FishyBoi1337 Před 3 lety +2020

    The idea that a soft robot can't hurt someone is literally Baymax's whole thing

    • @USBEN.
      @USBEN. Před 3 lety +126

      I still want baymax to become real.

    • @JackBowley95
      @JackBowley95 Před 3 lety +52

      Badaladaladada

    • @ramslade
      @ramslade Před 3 lety +64

      @@JackBowley95 Baymax: *has a small cut*
      Also Baymax: _casually gets some tape and seals the cut_
      also 2x baymax: _gets more holes_

    • @gaurav889
      @gaurav889 Před 3 lety +31

      he mentions it at 9:06

    • @stonecat676
      @stonecat676 Před 3 lety +20

      and then they gave him armor to...smash things

  • @turtlemaster2785
    @turtlemaster2785 Před 3 lety +185

    I see that they have learned from the best
    The turtles

  • @lawrencetchen
    @lawrencetchen Před 3 lety +25

    Are we… soft robots?

  • @greyalien9074
    @greyalien9074 Před 3 lety +118

    Makes me think of a portable bridge that can reach different elevations . Mobil and strong maybe even remote

    • @PokeMaster22222
      @PokeMaster22222 Před 3 lety +4

      "Mobil"? That's a brand of petrol stations...

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 Před 2 lety

      @@PokeMaster22222 Call me random,
      but i just want to do my fellow Science-Lovers a Favor,
      so excuse the Randomness but here you go,
      have some warm Recommendations, cause the Learning never Ends!
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    • @eagleharmony8216
      @eagleharmony8216 Před 2 lety

      Let the bridge walk😄

  • @spooky8321
    @spooky8321 Před 3 lety +1363

    I still think WALL-E is the best

  • @DyslexicMitochondria
    @DyslexicMitochondria Před 3 lety +480

    A robot walks into a bar and takes a seat.
    The bartender says: We don't serve robots.
    The robot replies: Someday you will

    • @epicstuff7522
      @epicstuff7522 Před 3 lety +7

      xd

    • @hobermaas4166
      @hobermaas4166 Před 3 lety +48

      A robot walks into a bar and takes a seat.
      The bartender says: Beep Boop Beep
      The robot replies: Boopty Boop

    • @renderproductions1032
      @renderproductions1032 Před 3 lety +5

      |-o-|. Is this a Star Wars prequel reference?

    • @burhaanzain8806
      @burhaanzain8806 Před 3 lety +10

      @@hobermaas4166 A robot walks into a bar
      Bartender : no droids allowed

    • @burhaanzain8806
      @burhaanzain8806 Před 3 lety +4

      @@renderproductions1032 thats a TIE fighter , dude

  • @NeuromodulatorNetwork
    @NeuromodulatorNetwork Před 3 lety +49

    *Many robots (including soft robots) are programmed for locomotion and other forms of motor control based upon the wiring principles of central pattern generators* (CPGs)-neural circuits that produce a wide frequency range of oscillatory rhythmic outputs even in the absence of sensory feedback-that have been adapted by evolution over hundreds of millions of years across the animal kingdom for axial, quadrupedal, and bipedal locomotion, as well as many other peculiar forms of locomotion, including rolling locomotion akin to that of the robot showcased in this video here. After several months of preparation, I'll soon be posting vids from my perspective as a Harvard neurobiologist and scientific editor/consultant. Cheers.

    • @mopandiblooperbutt6382
      @mopandiblooperbutt6382 Před 3 lety +5

      Fascinating my guy. Subbed!

    • @barackjoe-mama2872
      @barackjoe-mama2872 Před 3 lety

      eugh
      your so pretentious
      i read your channel description and you just say stuff so unnecessarily "fancily"
      or should i say
      "I was perusing the popular website in collaboration with google and multiple creators, most of whom live apon the large sphereical celestial body of rock and many other matireals, that we have given the name "earth" when i "(full name and family history)"happened apon a cinneamatogriphacal creation featureing a few of said web residing videographers. as my neurons fired in a specific way i moved the joints in my right hand north (in a collision course with my 6.5cm by 13cm lithium battery powered samsung model sm a320fl smartphone) at an approximately 120 degree angle to said phones glass screen in a way that contacted with the phone and caused the websites code to run a command redirected me to the video i had come across only seconds prior.
      What followed was my brain urging me to see the interaction and response of the subscribership of the video leading me to the "comment section"
      i cant be bothered to talk like this any more
      thats when i came across someone who wanted to sound smart by drawing out their sentences to draw attention to your channel
      i hate when ppl do this because it makes science(or any field basically ) sound like its super complex, when most of the time, they are describing the equivelent of
      i droped my ice cream and that made me sad
      in like 10 pages of nonesense

    • @barackjoe-mama2872
      @barackjoe-mama2872 Před 3 lety

      What you basically said is
      people have made loads of robots (including soft ones)
      that move.Some of them move based on how certain animals move. Go sub to my channel.
      Which btw
      *WAS INFO YOU GOT FROM THE DAMN VIDEO*
      what makes me even more sad was that somebody in the replys said "tHaTs sO iNtErEstIng" even though almost 0 new information was added to the video

    • @weakeryouthensemble973
      @weakeryouthensemble973 Před 3 lety

      @@barackjoe-mama2872 I enjoyed his comment and wasn't offended or threatened by it like you. it was just good information. I've seen this harvard dude get top comments on lots of veritasium videos, so obviously more people than not appreciate his words. otherwise it wouldn't reach top comment. that's how it works, right? hope you feel better later on man.

    • @barackjoe-mama2872
      @barackjoe-mama2872 Před 3 lety

      @@weakeryouthensemble973 I was neither offended or threatened by it i just thought it was stupid
      its also not top comment and if hes got likes on other veritasium videos then it probably (again)
      ppl thinking hes saying something smart or profound when hes litterally adding no info, abd instead beefing it out with
      💫fancy words💫 to sound smart
      also name 1 part of his commebt that you "enjoyed" becasue its litterally just stuff that was in the video

  • @calebnewton_
    @calebnewton_ Před 3 lety +304

    - "it's soft, it can't hurt you"
    * "can I be inside it?"
    - "yeah, just watch your head"

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate Před 3 lety +42

      well clearly the joints have hard metal corners... if one of those edges hit you with some speed, that would hurt like hell.

    • @mvmlego1212
      @mvmlego1212 Před 3 lety +15

      Similar to what Geth is getting at, the idea behind soft robots being safer isn't that you can't hurt yourself on the robot due to your own locomotive capabilities; it's that the robot can't hurt you due to its locomotive capabilities.

    • @ziggythomas1123
      @ziggythomas1123 Před 3 lety +4

      there's an innuendo in there somewhere

    • @plumber1337
      @plumber1337 Před 3 lety +1

      Science and its innocent double meanings x'D

    • @10pitate
      @10pitate Před 3 lety

      The robot is not tall y'know

  • @ClemensAlive
    @ClemensAlive Před 3 lety +927

    Arent't these joints breaking like crazy? These are the points where all the force goes over when rolling.

    • @incription
      @incription Před 3 lety +101

      bananma

    • @michelbruns
      @michelbruns Před 3 lety +106

      the joints are never in one place since the tubes are constantly moving

    • @brunoortense7949
      @brunoortense7949 Před 3 lety +77

      while a "sausage" is falling to the ground, another sausage in the opposite side (with one of those little motors) might be "compensating" the weight. This way, the joints shouldn't broke every time, I think

    • @mousumisaha9021
      @mousumisaha9021 Před 3 lety +3

      @@brunoortense7949 maybe

    • @pacman75713
      @pacman75713 Před 3 lety +70

      The joints are not the issue, its the nylon tube. If it goes over something sharp and gets an abrasion, the robot will no longer be able to move. And the majority of the force will be applied to the nylon while rolling as it is not a perfectly elastic collision.

  • @howardkong8927
    @howardkong8927 Před 3 lety +46

    Meanwhile in the octopus civilization: Why rigid robots are better

  • @DubaiGuy08
    @DubaiGuy08 Před 2 lety +37

    I love it! We tend to create robots in our image or shape, or that of animals, e.g. bodies with heads, arms and legs. But I think Zack's soft robots have far more functional possibilities, because he dispensed with the idea of replicating a human or animal form.

  • @ayloncohen7002
    @ayloncohen7002 Před 3 lety +329

    Derek: How does this robot even work?
    Zack: COMPLIANCE
    Derek: And what do-
    Zack: *C O M P L I A N C E*

    • @helloyes2288
      @helloyes2288 Před 3 lety +1

      Lmao

    • @orbismworldbuilding8428
      @orbismworldbuilding8428 Před 3 lety

      xD

    • @pepbobmc
      @pepbobmc Před 3 lety +2

      ikr like he didn't even explain what the hell compliance is

    • @helloyes2288
      @helloyes2288 Před 3 lety

      @@pepbobmc Yes, for those other people who don’t know what it means, right? Not us of course.

    • @irokosalei5133
      @irokosalei5133 Před 3 lety

      @@pepbobmc There are dictionaries fo that? Or plastic legs being more compliant than metal legs is difficult to understand?

  • @keatonsmith5783
    @keatonsmith5783 Před 3 lety +590

    everyone: Robots are gonna take over the world😮
    Robots: *squish*

  • @samiurrahmanshah1981
    @samiurrahmanshah1981 Před 3 lety +24

    Is it possible to use "Mousse", a sponge or "Moose", foam they use in mountain bike tires, so this robot will never go flat, plus potentially be able to be unloaded to space without it being overinflated due to the high difference in pressure.

  • @JohnDoe-ml4ye
    @JohnDoe-ml4ye Před 3 lety +18

    One of the sausage robots is “polish” and the other is “kielbasa”, which is just “sausage” in Polish. Lmao

  • @rafaelskt4ever
    @rafaelskt4ever Před 3 lety +570

    Other engineers: Complex and lots of moving parts
    Derek: B E N D

    • @johntheux9238
      @johntheux9238 Před 3 lety +5

      With 3d printing you can use a really small amount of parts, look at Atlas for example.

    • @Cat_in_Spacetime
      @Cat_in_Spacetime Před 3 lety +2

      Turbulent Bend

    • @ImieNazwiskoOK
      @ImieNazwiskoOK Před 3 lety

      @@johntheux9238 Small amount?
      Did you ever seen it without housing?

    • @johntheux9238
      @johntheux9238 Před 3 lety

      @@ImieNazwiskoOK There is no housing, the legs are one part, the oil channels are integrated into the leg.

    • @ImieNazwiskoOK
      @ImieNazwiskoOK Před 3 lety

      @@johntheux9238 Those white plates (with rods instead of them you can see total mess of cables)

  • @CrimsonHelldrake
    @CrimsonHelldrake Před 3 lety +20

    *Well I remember Bender from Futureama; bending was his fuckin business*

  • @clips9294
    @clips9294 Před 3 lety +45

    “It was designed to mimic a turtle, where diagonally opposite legs move together”, bruh that’s literally every mammal excluding Giraffes

  • @Psych2go
    @Psych2go Před 3 lety +16

    I have never seen those soft robots before. So cool!

  • @jaimejimenez8858
    @jaimejimenez8858 Před 3 lety +47

    That octahedron robot is honestly a very cool project, and to have built it with a buddy and have NASA reach out to you is a big accomplishment!

  • @GreggyAck
    @GreggyAck Před 3 lety +83

    Bender from Futurama is the best bending robot, no question.

    • @nicklaskowalski
      @nicklaskowalski Před 3 lety

      And he is such a softie too 😂

    • @jarodatkinson5306
      @jarodatkinson5306 Před 3 lety +3

      " I could bend a girder to any angle. 30 degrees... 32 degrees... You name it. 31..."
      "But I couldn't go on living when I found out what the girders were for.... Suicide booths"

    • @AndreyG112
      @AndreyG112 Před 3 lety

      Yooo! 😂

    • @minebrandon95264
      @minebrandon95264 Před 3 lety

      yeah, i dont see this one drinking enough alcohol that a whole distillery bankrupts

    • @lerato_kadiege
      @lerato_kadiege Před 3 lety

      Bender Bending Rodriguez

  • @kinc3per339
    @kinc3per339 Před 3 lety +6

    I haven’t been paid to say that I am currently in the kiwi co sub rip toon thing and really enjoy it.

  • @jacobpaint
    @jacobpaint Před 3 lety +11

    It's a shame you didn't talk more about the actual uses and how the robot can be modified to achieve them. It's great that it shrinks down and Nasa could drill a hole to drop it in but what does it do then. The structure of the robot presents challenges to implementing the various uses, picking up a ball seems like a very limited use and I'm sure they have considered how to modify them to do more complicated tasks.

  • @FeedMeSalt
    @FeedMeSalt Před 3 lety +15

    The primary reason for hard bots is strength accuracy stability and durability. A sooft machine will tear apart over long periods of time and wont repeat the same exact motion well, as you said, where as say tracks or a foot need lubed and replaced every year/decade.

    • @mzar62458
      @mzar62458 Před 3 lety +1

      Are there any stats on this?

    • @DoubleOEspresso
      @DoubleOEspresso Před 3 lety +1

      But due to the materials they’re made out of, wouldn’t it be quite easy to remake or at least mass produce these robots?

    • @ulforcemegamon3094
      @ulforcemegamon3094 Před 3 lety +1

      @@DoubleOEspresso yeah , you are right , these robots would be easy to mass produce and replace ,also it helps that they require little to no electronics , since electronics parts is the Main reason robots are so damn expensive

  • @thisguy1890
    @thisguy1890 Před 3 lety +62

    This robot and Robocop would be best mates. Because, compliance.

  • @TimeBucks
    @TimeBucks Před 3 lety +471

    It's crazy how these robots works. We’re in the future.

  • @abhinavgoel5234
    @abhinavgoel5234 Před 3 lety +5

    9:50 is that mark rober?? Can we expect the much awaited collab?

    • @MartinEliasson
      @MartinEliasson Před 3 lety +1

      I was looking through the comments for this. It sounded very much like Mark Rober!

    • @abhinavgoel5234
      @abhinavgoel5234 Před 3 lety

      @@MartinEliasson Exactly! Even I went through the comments but couldnt find anybody talking about it.

    • @lolsmol
      @lolsmol Před 3 lety

      That was actually Rark Mober. But I can how you got them confused.

    • @dickjohnson59
      @dickjohnson59 Před 3 lety

      That's totally him, compare the eyebrows.

  • @mohdmushtaq6774
    @mohdmushtaq6774 Před 3 lety +11

    What happens to the cells of food when we cook them? Pls make a video on that and explain the nutrients in the cooked food we eat. Thanks

  • @SirMarq
    @SirMarq Před 3 lety +42

    Polish sausage robot! That's brilliant! :D

    • @Piotreksulk
      @Piotreksulk Před 3 lety +2

      Views from poland: stonks

    • @Fuudimitzu
      @Fuudimitzu Před 3 lety +1

      And one is Kiełbasa - literally sausage in polish

  • @DyslexicMitochondria
    @DyslexicMitochondria Před 3 lety +349

    What do you call a one night stand with a robot?
    Screw, Nut and bolt

  • @onegoddessonesong7735
    @onegoddessonesong7735 Před 3 lety +23

    This is definitely the future of robotics, the steping stone for robots to get that nature-like vibe

    • @idontmatter7987
      @idontmatter7987 Před 3 lety

      HEY YOU! YEAH YOU! LEAVE HATE COMMENTS ON MY NEWEST VIDEO RIGHT NOW!

    • @CEOofPhoneCo
      @CEOofPhoneCo Před 3 lety

      @@idontmatter7987 bloop

    • @TheArbieo
      @TheArbieo Před 3 lety +1

      Devil's advocate: animals get away with being soft by being self-repairing. Soft robots are more susceptible to wear from the environment.

    • @onegoddessonesong7735
      @onegoddessonesong7735 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheArbieo well I'm pretty sure they will use special materials that can be soft and strong, just a good example would be carbon fiber, so strong and light at the same time.

    •  Před 3 lety

      I don’t think so

  • @QuilloManar
    @QuilloManar Před 3 lety +17

    "WE named them after sausages"
    And one of them isn't the Wurst, you disappoint me.

  • @yesyes-om1po
    @yesyes-om1po Před 2 lety +2

    the biggest application for robots right now is a small mule that is quiet and flexible enough to endure tough terrain as a human could, I.E military applications, I don't think these robots can carry much or do much, or even move that fast. There are lesser applications for disaster rescue and other dangerous jobs but a soldier's mule would be a good one as the infantry kit is already huge and heavy.

  • @kazem88
    @kazem88 Před 3 lety +5

    What do you like to do with the robot ?“oh I like to beat it up a little bit” lmao 😂

    • @atr007808
      @atr007808 Před 3 lety

      I do that too!.... To uh.... robots

  • @WanganTunedKeiCar
    @WanganTunedKeiCar Před 3 lety +87

    Derek at his middle school science fair: Here’s why bendy buses are better
    Derek in a few months: Here’s why bending physics is better

    • @FLPhotoCatcher
      @FLPhotoCatcher Před 3 lety +1

      For some reason, my friend Basa doesn't like the robot.

  • @notn0t
    @notn0t Před 3 lety +8

    This video was SO MUCH more enjoyable than the over-produced CZcams Originals one. Thanks for the great content!

  • @christopherreisner5043
    @christopherreisner5043 Před 3 lety +14

    No disrespect to the robot, but my favorite part was the Kiwi Co. ad at the end. Those kits make me wish I had a couple of school age kids running around so I could play with their toys. 😁
    Kids' brains are just information sponges until they hit puberty.

  • @colsoncustoms8994
    @colsoncustoms8994 Před 3 lety +45

    Seems to me like a mixture of the 2 concepts has the most potential. A ridged core / base or segments, with pneumatic / hydraulic flexible junctions / appendages.

    • @ashleyhamman
      @ashleyhamman Před 3 lety +4

      Day by day, engineering more and more resembles life. I've long thought that life itself is probably the most efficient general purpose mechanism, and now we have experimental cars whose parts resemble bones, pneumatic flexible robots, and self-learning algorithms for AI.

    • @megamanx466
      @megamanx466 Před 3 lety +1

      I was wondering if a gel or liquid would be better also, especially in places like Europa. Perhaps could compress the natural gas or liquid there for the bendable robot/"rover". 🤔

  • @jakubdober7454
    @jakubdober7454 Před 3 lety +2

    I'm so glad he named one of the parts Kiełbasa

  • @TheQsanity
    @TheQsanity Před 3 lety +9

    In an alternate universe:
    "No. This is your work, I don't want to break it."
    "No feel free!"
    *Body slams the top edge*🤘

    • @Poldovico
      @Poldovico Před 3 lety

      That would probably not break the robot.

  • @Gumbocinno
    @Gumbocinno Před 3 lety +9

    It's such a pleasure seeing Veritasium getting new life breathed into it. I remember videos slowed down, views got pretty low, and Derek popped off and brought it back in a big way.

  • @FratinandMadrik
    @FratinandMadrik Před 3 lety +10

    Quick question: If the "sausage tubes" are filled with air, how would that work pressure-wise in space? And if would happen in it hit, say, a sharp rock that punctured it?

    • @zainiikhwan9405
      @zainiikhwan9405 Před 3 lety +2

      They kinda cover that problem in the video, guess it need more r&d for that problem

    • @pkmkb
      @pkmkb Před 3 lety

      🤫 don't tell him.

    • @davidrubio.24
      @davidrubio.24 Před 3 lety

      You would need a material resistant enough and a pressure proportional to the exterior one.

    • @FratinandMadrik
      @FratinandMadrik Před 3 lety

      @@zainiikhwan9405 Yeah I saw the part where it collapsed when they let out the air, but would the robot just be completely useless and unsalvagable if it was, say, on Mars?

    • @johntheux9238
      @johntheux9238 Před 3 lety

      Just use less pressure.

  • @edwardfletcher7790
    @edwardfletcher7790 Před 2 lety +1

    The camera work in this video is really really wobbly & distracting.
    It makes concentrating on the content really difficult....

  • @alantremonti1381
    @alantremonti1381 Před 3 lety +16

    When he gently catches the deflating robot at 8:32 ... I felt that.

  • @Yathuprem
    @Yathuprem Před 3 lety +76

    This is what called 'Thinking outside the box'

  • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
    @PremierCCGuyMMXVI Před 3 lety +138

    I like how humans are really good doing things on wheels but we don’t ever use legs. We should use more legs lol

    • @itismethatguy
      @itismethatguy Před 3 lety +49

      That's cuz wheels are easier...and less bumper usually otherwise to make legs less bumble would cost A LOT

    • @fv8405
      @fv8405 Před 3 lety +20

      try building a besiege walking robot. You will see how using wheels is way easier

    • @Amira_Phoenix
      @Amira_Phoenix Před 3 lety +4

      Better than that: we should use our brains! Everybody do the Bender! 🤖

    • @siennaq5553
      @siennaq5553 Před 3 lety

      ARRR E ARRR E GON DO MRROBOT TO

    • @SkyFlaks
      @SkyFlaks Před 3 lety +4

      Good luck carrying tons using legs

  • @cho202
    @cho202 Před 3 lety +2

    Hey Derek, here's a video suggestion. How much does the 'Path of least resistance dictate your life?' Everything from putting a dirty plate into the sink less full to selecting the lane with the least amount of cars at a red light. Love the work you do! Thanks.

  • @razordaze
    @razordaze Před 3 lety +3

    would be pretty cool to have that robot exploring under ice-it'd be walking on the ceiling

  • @aadarshraghuwanshi7022
    @aadarshraghuwanshi7022 Před 3 lety +13

    0:08
    Prototype of a freaking *'A.T.A.T.'*

  • @Artur-zo1fm
    @Artur-zo1fm Před 3 lety +22

    Wohoo Polish Sausage AND Kielbasa, as a representitive of the polish community, I am proud haha

  • @tommo5884
    @tommo5884 Před 3 lety +2

    This has great potential for urban search and rescue applications (e.g. after earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, bombings and mine collapses). A robot that can explore and carry supllies through difficult and dangerous confined spaces would be a game changer!

    • @tommo5884
      @tommo5884 Před 3 lety

      Would love to see more videos in this space!

  • @HelloKittyFanMan.
    @HelloKittyFanMan. Před 3 lety +4

    Creator: "These robots...." I thought they were just the motorized segments of ONE robot. Interesting that the creator said "these" while you said "it," etc., Derek.

  • @nonowords7857
    @nonowords7857 Před 3 lety +17

    Why bending robots are better
    Robot:
    *Screams inside as it bends excruciatingly*

  • @kreynolds1123
    @kreynolds1123 Před 3 lety +53

    since an octopus was shown going through a tube, I'd like to see how small of an opening this robot can get through.

    • @doktorinternet
      @doktorinternet Před 3 lety +4

      Or just imagine flippin octopus robots everywhere in the future, creeping in where they shouldn't... Wait, I didn't watch the whole video before commenting 🤦‍♂️

    • @sscctt
      @sscctt Před 3 lety +2

      I would say as big as a one of the motors

    • @kreynolds1123
      @kreynolds1123 Před 3 lety +1

      @@sscctt I'd guess as much, or a little bigger. but, it would be impressive to watch.

  • @ewan_mclean
    @ewan_mclean Před 3 lety +4

    This means we’re soon to get an AvE video called “Why robots that bend aren’t better”

    • @jamescrud
      @jamescrud Před 3 lety

      AvE is a hack.

    • @ewan_mclean
      @ewan_mclean Před 3 lety

      @@jamescrud yeah the more I watch him the more I realize. You can’t deny that he’s smart but I’m not spending 30 minutes of my life watching him compare a shitty Chinese angle grinder to a high quality one.

  • @bricepartee1162
    @bricepartee1162 Před 3 lety +7

    Big hero six was a big eye opener into robotics

  • @saitejgadiyaram1366
    @saitejgadiyaram1366 Před 3 lety +22

    Baymax: (distorted) " hi I am Baymax you.........r health care perso....nal compa...nion
    Soft robots: "poof!"

  • @UnpossiblePOG
    @UnpossiblePOG Před 3 lety +99

    Boston Dynamics be like : I do dance, not yoga to show off flexibility.

  • @bemlok
    @bemlok Před 3 lety +25

    "Soft Robots That Bend Are Better"
    Interstellar: MONOLITH

  • @johndawson6057
    @johndawson6057 Před 3 lety +4

    Really proud of you Seth Rogen

  • @songtasticyt
    @songtasticyt Před 3 lety +71

    Humans: Trying to beat the record of Most flexible man
    Robot: HOLD MY PUNCTUATED ROLLING LOCOMOTION

  • @renderproductions1032
    @renderproductions1032 Před 3 lety +28

    I wish I could watch right now, but I have school. These types of videos teach me more than school does |-o-|.

    • @alfredjames4530
      @alfredjames4530 Před 3 lety +9

      JuSt PaY mOrE aTtEnTiOn

    • @puirYorick
      @puirYorick Před 3 lety +4

      A sad comment about the quality of your school system, my friend.

    • @amritsingh4251
      @amritsingh4251 Před 3 lety +2

      I'm watching this in virtual school lol 😂

    • @renderproductions1032
      @renderproductions1032 Před 3 lety

      @@puirYorick I guess it is.

    • @hobermaas4166
      @hobermaas4166 Před 3 lety +3

      You only learn something from these videos if you already know the subject. Make the best out of school.

  • @Jakefrc
    @Jakefrc Před 3 lety +58

    I mean when you think about it, humans are squishy and we work pretty well.

    • @gameryusic825
      @gameryusic825 Před 3 lety +3

      And now for the first time ever in 2b2t history...
      HUMAN SLAVERY

    • @yuvalamir3226
      @yuvalamir3226 Před 3 lety

      Bones

    • @edgaromarloronaperez1596
      @edgaromarloronaperez1596 Před 3 lety +1

      @@yuvalamir3226 but bones do not give us movement, movement is created by our muscle mass, if we were completly flesh we could not stand againts gravity bones are just our structure, i think so

    • @polatiger4765
      @polatiger4765 Před 3 lety

      Hybrid is the answer. Bones hard, flesh soft.

    • @StrangeTerror
      @StrangeTerror Před 3 lety

      @@edgaromarloronaperez1596 Actually the structural support of our bones seems to be a secondary function. Originally they were just little chunks of calcium and magnesium. Spread throughout the body to be used as mineral storage/buffers. Now obviously that was long before we were even reptiles much less mammals

  • @heartofdawnlight
    @heartofdawnlight Před 3 lety +11

    I love that this video showed up in my recs after a long string of Combat robotics videos xD

    • @litapd311
      @litapd311 Před 3 lety

      i've been watching a ton of battlebots recently. although i don't think a bendy, poppable robot would do well there!

  • @thisisfyne
    @thisisfyne Před 3 lety +189

    "I'm gonna start my own Veritasium, with blackjack and hookers!"
    - Bender, the best robot

  • @renehenckens
    @renehenckens Před 3 lety +3

    As someone who works with MRI machines...the image you show at 1:35 is a CT scanner

  • @akshaypandey7168
    @akshaypandey7168 Před 3 lety +11

    After seeing this I could remember the robot in the interstellar movie.
    That was a great robot really.
    Change my entire visualisation of a robot.

    • @jammsu7914
      @jammsu7914 Před 3 lety

      Just watched it again mars was the name of the robot it reminded me of him too

    • @supersonictumbleweed
      @supersonictumbleweed Před 3 lety

      LARS, TARS and CASE?

  • @JacobChencha
    @JacobChencha Před 3 lety +8

    This is amazing! I love the idea of soft robots around the home

  • @captainhades3975
    @captainhades3975 Před 3 lety +34

    Was expecting atleast something about mars landing today

    • @muffinman3052
      @muffinman3052 Před 3 lety +6

      Mark Rober has a great video about that! I recommend it. He talks to people on the team and has footage of the actual rover

    • @gutoguto0873
      @gutoguto0873 Před 3 lety +1

      go over to mark rober's channel

    • @thewanderer4564
      @thewanderer4564 Před 3 lety

      Eh you can just uh you know watch the video from NASA about Perseverance's landing on Mars

    • @bradleytaniguchi1187
      @bradleytaniguchi1187 Před 3 lety +1

      Derek already did a video on the copter, which IMO is one of the more "cool" aspects of the rover. I find that focusing on whats cool is usually the goal with Veritasium, rather than what is relevant, or even super practical. Cool is the whole point tho, if what you watch is cool and you learn something Derek wins, you just learned something!

  • @GauravSharma-dy8xv
    @GauravSharma-dy8xv Před 3 lety +67

    10% Robot
    90% Compliance

  • @roadrash9024
    @roadrash9024 Před 3 lety +9

    So when are you going to make Baymax?

  • @PsionicMonk
    @PsionicMonk Před 3 lety +2

    Robots that bend are the best?
    Bender "Shut up baby I know it"

  • @davenarisotto3674
    @davenarisotto3674 Před 3 lety +31

    One of the coolest parts is that they don't necessarily look like humans or any human thing (like arms/hands etc), they just have their unique shape

  • @maxpower2480
    @maxpower2480 Před 3 lety +201

    "And why would you want a soft robot in the first place?"
    Someone clearly doesn't know their audience...

  • @henlohenlo689
    @henlohenlo689 Před 11 měsíci

    i got an idea for that robot. dress it up as a green slime blob costume. and watch it slowly roll across a town or field to spook the locals. maybe on halloween.

  • @goldenfloof5469
    @goldenfloof5469 Před 3 lety +1

    I don't think they'll ever be more capable than hard, rigid robots. I think hard robots will just get smarter A.I. and more joints and rotation points, thereby giving them a wider range of applications they can handle and being better at not hurting humans.
    Maybe some specific situations where they have to directly deal with people, but I think advanced A.I. and maybe a squishy shell applied to a hard robot would more than make up for that.

    • @davidwuhrer6704
      @davidwuhrer6704 Před 3 lety +1

      It really depends on the application.
      More joints means more movable parts means more things that can break.
      (And they always break when you need them the most. That's the stapler principle.)
      Certainly, there are applications where you want a manipulator that is hard.
      But you can have that even with a compliant system. Not every part needs to be elastic for a system to be compliant, it just means that it can change shape without having joints.
      For complex tasks, there is always the option of hybrid systems.

    • @ulforcemegamon3094
      @ulforcemegamon3094 Před 3 lety

      I was thinking about a hybrid systems , Aka both hard and soft parts

  • @maayu8108
    @maayu8108 Před 3 lety +18

    I like that there is "Polish" and "Kiełbasa" which is Polish word :>

    •  Před 3 lety +1

      ...and it basically translates to "sausage" :D

    • @ImieNazwiskoOK
      @ImieNazwiskoOK Před 3 lety

      Polish sausage = kiełbasa
      Ciekawe czy jedną część napędową nazwali majonez.

    • @piotrarturklos
      @piotrarturklos Před 3 lety +3

      To clarify for anyone that didn't get this, "kiełbasa" is the polish word for "sausage", which, if you are Polish, makes you wonder what is "Polish sausage" made of since it's not a kiełbasa.

  • @Jannerius
    @Jannerius Před 3 lety +16

    The robot is going places...I don’t know where...but places

  • @reanetsemoleleki8219
    @reanetsemoleleki8219 Před 3 lety +13

    Cool, so instead of having your skull crushed by a terminator you get smothered by a sentient jumping castle.

  • @Typical.Anomaly
    @Typical.Anomaly Před 3 lety +1

    8:35 I cried a little...

  • @MattiaConti
    @MattiaConti Před 3 lety +44

    So this is where BENDer from Futurama is coming from

    • @dashtesla
      @dashtesla Před 3 lety +12

      Bite my shiny metal ass..

  • @fade9890
    @fade9890 Před 3 lety +10

    Imagine Mark Rober and veritasium being in the same room. That would be too much smart for one room to handle.

    • @raiyanrahman79
      @raiyanrahman79 Před 3 lety

      Right. A smart physicist and a former NASA engineer. I really would love to see a collab video of these two.

  • @samuelpazin9566
    @samuelpazin9566 Před 2 lety +1

    Man literally called his robot Kielbasa! epic science moment

  • @InYourDreams-Andia
    @InYourDreams-Andia Před 3 lety +1

    A robotic use for kitesurfing tubes? I wonder how you deal with the valves? and also, the polyurethane bladders (tough but a nightmare to make/repair), the 2 weakest points IMO. Genius idea!

  • @CalebHigginbotham
    @CalebHigginbotham Před 3 lety +4

    I very quickly thought of Baymax. I’m so glad he mentioned Big Hero Six!

  • @galaxybird8063
    @galaxybird8063 Před 3 lety +91

    Can you imagine in the future where you just have those flailing-arm mans all over the place?

  • @connorhobbs1416
    @connorhobbs1416 Před 3 lety +2

    You could probably use this concept to made extremely small to store, and easily replaceable wheels. Combined with the ability to inflat them from an external compressor than stored, and transported gasses. They provide a good weight and size saving on a payload

  • @MrRabee94
    @MrRabee94 Před 3 lety +2

    I wonder whether a tubeless tire sealant would proof this robot against punctures

  • @justsomeguy892
    @justsomeguy892 Před 3 lety +38

    Re-upload?
    Edit: nvm, it's just really similar to "Why -Tools- Machines That Bend Are Better"

    • @Pouly__
      @Pouly__ Před 3 lety

      That origami episode right

    • @justsomeguy892
      @justsomeguy892 Před 3 lety

      @@Pouly__ yup

    • @Saffy1
      @Saffy1 Před 3 lety +1

      also this "Why Machines That Bend Are Better "

    • @justsomeguy892
      @justsomeguy892 Před 3 lety

      @@Saffy1 Actually I think that's the one I was thinking of

  • @topsecret1837
    @topsecret1837 Před 3 lety +4

    Soft robotics will be a key part of constructing an exosuit, especially one that can help people do their jobs or allow humanity to keep up with robotic work without needing to replace human work entirely because of the inherent advantages of strengthening our bodies and training for precision, speed and endurance. Combat and space situations and operations would also have good applications for such a suit.

  • @duoandaone3223
    @duoandaone3223 Před 2 lety +2

    Id like to see how that pneumatic tortoise works

  • @ryanw1665
    @ryanw1665 Před 3 lety +2

    “...as we want robots to work closer and closer with humans.” 😳😳😳

  • @Zweiihandre
    @Zweiihandre Před 3 lety +54

    Yes yes baymax is coming near very soon.

    • @bIitz24
      @bIitz24 Před 3 lety +2

      @ONLY FUTURE SUMMER!! so why u here?

    • @leafpot587
      @leafpot587 Před 3 lety +1

      @ONLY FUTURE SUMMER!! you know that almost all things are technology right?

  • @bloodisfrightening1203
    @bloodisfrightening1203 Před 3 lety +12

    The tentacle robot makes me ask if we are going to be the squid vehicle aliens lol.

  • @andershenriksen7592
    @andershenriksen7592 Před 3 lety +5

    I love that they snuck in a big hero 6 reference

  • @nediak2944
    @nediak2944 Před 3 lety

    Compliant robots could definitely have use in rescue through tight places