Meet BirdBot, an energy-efficient robot leg - research published in Science Robotics

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  • čas přidán 15. 03. 2022
  • A team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the University of California, Irvine constructed a robot leg that, like its natural model, is very energy efficient. BirdBot benefits from a foot-leg coupling through a network of muscles and tendons that extends across multiple joints. In this way, BirdBot needs fewer motors than previous legged robots and could, theoretically, scale to large size. On March 16th, the researchers will publish their work in Science Robotics.
    Find out more here: www.is.mpg.de/news
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Komentáře • 56

  • @ProjectDarkwood
    @ProjectDarkwood Před rokem +29

    If someone doesn't use this information to build a life sized robotic dromaeosaurid is it even worth it

    • @Rctdcttecededtef
      @Rctdcttecededtef Před rokem +2

      There was a 45min presentation with one of the creator. The one doing the interview mentions at one point that she would love to see a robotic Trex and Alex (guy mentioned in the video) said he would too. Which I thought was strange since he seemed like the likeliest person to do it

    • @HeWhoKnows777
      @HeWhoKnows777 Před 3 měsíci

      No it isn't worth it. That humanity doesn't dedicated 100% of it's efforts to robotics is also incredibly dissapointing.

  • @user-hx6rd3zd2z
    @user-hx6rd3zd2z Před 2 lety +6

    Надеюсь, эти технологии будут использованы во благо людям. 👍

  • @horacefields736
    @horacefields736 Před 2 lety +17

    Excellent work and a terrific explanation. I have a feeling we'll be seeing many birdbots in the future.

    • @helios6978
      @helios6978 Před rokem

      fucking window xp

    • @javierhillier4252
      @javierhillier4252 Před 9 měsíci +2

      your profile picture just made me realise how my profile picture is similare to the windows XP background lol 😂

  • @bushman9290
    @bushman9290 Před 2 lety +2

    Although not mentioned, the first and last bird shown in this excellent video is Dromaius novaehollandiae, or Emu, a flightless bird of Australia.

  • @Simplebutgreat2
    @Simplebutgreat2 Před rokem +1

    Great work guys! Seeing this reminds me of the techniek used for walking the robot "Kain" from the robocop movie.

  • @alexgram4345
    @alexgram4345 Před 9 dny

    What a COOL mech design - can´t wait for Skynet to go ONLINE!

  •  Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for sharing.

  • @smithtorreysmith
    @smithtorreysmith Před 2 lety +3

    This is awesome!

  • @anrede8495
    @anrede8495 Před rokem +1

    BirdBots walking gait looks quite cool

  • @Gadgetify
    @Gadgetify Před 2 lety +3

    fascinating

  • @DaScorp
    @DaScorp Před 2 lety +15

    *Mechwarrior Timberwolf enter the chat.*

  • @zarodgaming1844
    @zarodgaming1844 Před rokem

    The man who invented the wheel 4000 years ago, already being the perfect transport method: *how low has our civilization gone*

  • @williamhuang5329
    @williamhuang5329 Před 2 lety

    Hanzhen harmonicc drive gear ,
    robot arm joint ,
    strain wave reducer, over 30 years experience

  • @GABM1983
    @GABM1983 Před 2 lety +1

    BT-7274 likes this.

  • @footfault1941
    @footfault1941 Před rokem +1

    Let's scale it up! Say, T.rex!
    Kinematics, GRF, duty factor, gait change to velocity ... You name it!

    • @ulforcemegamon3094
      @ulforcemegamon3094 Před rokem +1

      In a interview with one of the people who worked in the project , it shows the images of a scaled up version of the Birdbot legs , these legs are 1.75 meters tall , mostly made with wood with some metal parts , of course it has the cables and the springs, it weights 75kg and can support a max weight of 2234 kg as said in the interview czcams.com/video/WbZG-iUUKYU/video.html

    • @footfault1941
      @footfault1941 Před rokem +1

      @@ulforcemegamon3094 thanks for a tip! Appreciated. The video was really cool.

    • @ulforcemegamon3094
      @ulforcemegamon3094 Před rokem

      @@footfault1941 indeed it was ! Birdbot feels like an scaled down version of a sci-fi robot , except that we can actually make it bigger

  • @Slayr.
    @Slayr. Před 18 dny

    Imagine robots running like ostriches.

  • @mbunds
    @mbunds Před 10 měsíci +1

    I see a lot of wires leading to various places on the limbs. Load cells?

    • @ulforcemegamon3094
      @ulforcemegamon3094 Před 10 měsíci

      No , the only thing that needs power is the motors of the hip and upper hip , these cables are for powering the tension sensors , there are images of the Birbot without these cables leading to the limbs , hope that clears it

    • @mbunds
      @mbunds Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@ulforcemegamon3094 Thanks! Tension sensors = load cells.

  • @dr.rajasaurusandunclebonec6526

    How does it turn right or left

    • @Rctdcttecededtef
      @Rctdcttecededtef Před rokem +1

      It does not have that degree of freedom. Only forward

  • @frontech3271
    @frontech3271 Před rokem +1

    It's got chicken legs! IT'S GOT CHICKEN LEGS.

  • @GetToThePointAlready
    @GetToThePointAlready Před 2 lety

    Very cute

  • @ryanmckenna2047
    @ryanmckenna2047 Před 4 měsíci

    Can someone link the paper?

  • @cherylm2C6671
    @cherylm2C6671 Před rokem

    Bird leg robots should work very well in sandy environments. Prosthetic?

  • @Hukkinen
    @Hukkinen Před rokem +1

    Wunderschön! I've for long had the intuition, that you could have a quite dexterous leg with only one DoF. This is it! There's a lot of passive computation done by the mechanics! Beautiful! 😀🦿🦾👌🙏

  • @dunzek943
    @dunzek943 Před rokem

    So this is how the emus won the war

  • @tisam1170
    @tisam1170 Před rokem +2

    This is opensource?

  • @hay_Z2021
    @hay_Z2021 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I wish people started making biologically accurate animal legs like this, as well as biologically accurate bodies for robots instead of elbows on a toaster like that spot robot, and other 4 legged robots, implementing this would be much cooler, not to mention more can be done with a robot thats more sturdy, needs less power, and can move better,

  • @RooZvonBooZ
    @RooZvonBooZ Před 2 lety +1

    Metal Gear...? 👀

  • @3D_Printing
    @3D_Printing Před 2 lety

    It's for the Birds LOL

  • @Wobblybob2004
    @Wobblybob2004 Před rokem +1

    AT-ST?

  • @medioguitarrista
    @medioguitarrista Před 2 měsíci

    Metal Gear is coming....

  • @BerndBuchegger
    @BerndBuchegger Před 2 lety +1

    Star Wars hatte also recht - der 2-beinige Walker wird endlich Realität! 😀

  • @GoynetTube
    @GoynetTube Před 2 lety +1

    Super cool! Didn't George Lucas and the boys design this in the 1980's?

  • @TeddyLeppard
    @TeddyLeppard Před 3 měsíci

    No reason why this kind of locomotion couldn't be used by a double amputee person also.

  • @angelheart3011
    @angelheart3011 Před měsícem

    Works in small robots, in bigger bots spring mechanism won't work 🥴

  • @TheKevlar
    @TheKevlar Před 2 lety

    Brilliant, now where is the ostrich burger?

  • @walterbishop6135
    @walterbishop6135 Před 2 lety +2

    who does this help other than the military industrial complex and psychopathic technocrats?

    • @mho...
      @mho... Před 2 lety +9

      a low energy, all terrain walking machine would be extremely useful in may situations!

    • @ricomon35
      @ricomon35 Před 2 lety +5

      @@mho... You're trying to convince a paranoid. Just watch his self-made channel vids ;)

    • @mikeg4972
      @mikeg4972 Před 2 lety

      Robotics companies.

    • @ulforcemegamon3094
      @ulforcemegamon3094 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mho... agree , one of the issues of walking machines is the power they need to go around (energy) , making an machine with a high payload capacity that can walk over unestructured terrain while using not so much energy would greatly help for many applications

    • @Rctdcttecededtef
      @Rctdcttecededtef Před rokem +1

      Idk about you guys but I would like a robot chicken