Why Robots That Bend Are Better
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/Veritasium50 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/Hammond2020 - paper about the truss robot
ve42.co/Usevitch2020 - 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
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Thanks to Zachary Hammond for showing me the soft truss robot
Filmed by Derek Muller
Edited and GFX by Trenton Oliver
Animation by Ivan Tello
Music by Jonny Hyman
Thumbnail by Ignat Berbeci, Dan Meyer
*Just built different*
Reminds me of the IROBOT chembot
these bots are built different
That background noise is his beard scratching isn’t it?
Maaannnnn....... I love this guy
I suppose you could call them... Bender robots
Solution looking for a problem
how tf would u pressurize the tubes in space without air
Air is inside the tubes, not outside. Compressed air cans and closed loops
it useless, and worthless............defeats the purpose of a robot,,,,,,,,you cant mount anything to it.
Robot: *Bends* Humans: "Its better!"
Pretty much y'all are gay
I am severely disappointed in the lack of hard robot jokes.
How about a robot built out of fluids or even magnetic fields 😯
just take a body shaped balloon bit the same mechanics on the in side and sow it up easy someone do this plz
nvm that wouldent work idk
Very nice.........SOFT?, just stay away from those sharp corners for now, until they develop blowup motors, aluminum, electricity, bots, nuts, you get my drift!
That compressed air robot looked like stop motion. But all it would take is one of those flimsy rods on that inflatable robots to snap and its useless.
All these so called 'smart guys' wearing face diapers for a bs flu with 99.97 survival. guess none of them read their savior fauchis paper on why the spanish flu was compounded and got so bad (hint masks)
But Betamax is a hard robot. It just has an inflated balloon around it. The core and its movement is all hard structure.
So its soft, and can change shape....great?
"Why robots that bend are better" Bender: 😁
This is baymax's great grandad
Hm... Rigid robot uses: Manufacturing, Building, warfare, secondary phases of colonization. Soft robot uses: Medicine, direct human contact usage, rescue, first phases of colonization.
Thought you meant bend like Bender Rodriguez
bender agrees
Aan deze militaire natte droom die volledig geheim en verboden ondezoek bevat ga je niet gelijk dood . Parkingson, Altzheimer, mad cow zijn door prion veroorzaakte ziektes die pas over 2 jaar zich breed gaan manifesteren. Nu snap je de Angst van overheden.
The envious riverbed admittedly punish because can sicily arrest into a victorious composition. fretful, ragged arch
Dit is er aan de hand. Sars-CoV-2 A Weaponized Prion Disorder Disquised as Respiratory Disease. Hier werken groot machten als China, Rusland en Amerika al jaren in het geheim aan en is helaas ontsnapt uit een biolab in Wohan.
This is awkward
Its like the strandbeests
there's no air in space
That compressed air robot looked like stop motion. But all it would take is one of those flimsy rods on that inflatable robots to snap and its useless.
"Why Rockets that Bend are Better"
These are nicer than humanoid, because a human like machine that can move, interact and talk is creepy
8:46 Bay Max from Big-Hero 6 came to mind when he said that.
Nevermind he mentioned it lol.
only thing i didnt like about this video is that your voice keeps changing sides
FROM YOUR GRAVITY VIDEO EVERYTHING ACCELERATES UPWARDS THEN IN THE CASE OF NEWTON AND APPLE INITIALLY THE APPLE AND NEWTON WERE ACCELERATING UPWARDS AT THE SAME RATE THEN IT GETS RELEASED FROM THE TREE AND HITS NEWTON. BUT HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN IF THEY BOTH WERE ACCELERATING AT THE SAME RATE?
The apple was attached to the tree by its stem while accelerating. The stem broke from this force and stopped accelerated while everyone around it (including Newton) continued to accelerate.
no comments or jokes about Futurama's Bender? im disappointed in y'all
>its soft, so its safe around humans ...
kielbasa :D
good video
Why I cant even see the sub button? Serious Question.
i preffer my robot stiff
We now have the ability to create Baymax irl
Nice stats
Baymax is my favorite soft robot
half of boston robot dynamic videos are cgi anyways lmfao!!
Michael Rosen called it, guys ***bendy bendy bendy! Bendyy bendyy***
nice pfp 👍
TRY TO VISIT BOSTON DYNAMICS AND EXPLORE THE THINGS THERE WHAT ACTUALLY THEY ARE DOING IN MAKING INCREDIBLE ROBOTS
we're one step closer to having a real life baymax
TARS? is that you?
Oh dang! Kiełbasa right there!!!♥️
Every one the robots will take over the world..... the robots haha soft robots go bbbbrrrrr
The glamorous pollution commercially consist because opera randomly cause within a open july. crazy, rainy person
Hey Derek, I have a physics question for you, its kind of hard to explain while typing but it concerns controlling gravity. I think I have a 33% chance of this theory being correct, if you are interested I can give you my email later. Thanks, Josh.
Yea ikr it has to do with Einstein's theory of relativity and curved spacetime
lol what? hahahhaha
I love this video as a high schooler and a software lead and a captain of an FRC robotics team who loves and adored robots and robot making!
Kill JESUS with Cinnamon. For they have no breath and cannot speak and hear. Cyborgs
Who wants to bet which will come first Robot anime girls or colonization on mars
Cool, so instead of having your skull crushed by a terminator you get smothered by a sentient jumping castle.
It's just a hop, a skip, and a jump away from needing a leg up.
just put some stans tire sealant inside the bot in case it springs a leak it'll seal itself
the compressed air robot at 1:03 looks like a sea pig hehe
we're one step closer to having a real life baymax
@Nevaehs Pets same
@Nevaehs Pets same
I’m here before this gets 100 likes
Okay Nerd 💀😆
nice stuff!
Bender: Shut up baby I know it!
looks pretty useless at that dev. level.
I see BIG HERO in the future
Soft robots yeah
Wasn't the T-1000 a soft robot? You know, when it wanted to be.
Will you still call a robot to something that doesn't integrate electronics?
Is there a video of that tour/visit to Kiwi Co? I'm fascinated by their work and would love to see more from that teaser.
F...ng masks on your faces...?!?!?!?!??! REALLY?!?!?!?!?!
problem is we cant make a soft robot that is actually strong. so why dont we just build normal machines, that dont crush people?
but it can pick up basketballs! How many basketballs are on mars though...
Hey Derek, how about the explanation of the " Center of the Universe " on Tulsa, Oklahoma ?? It's fascinatingly mysterious
kiełbasa ❤
Do they work at the bottom of the sea
Seems like they are pretty worthless because they have no inherent strength to complete tasks except perhaps to entertain children or to carry cameras on the meatal joints.
Hi, Derek. I want to watch your documentaries but don't know how to download them, can you help me?
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.
So what's its use, like under water is great but what will it do there?
dont waste your time making videos with masked people - they will be very ashamed once the depth of duping becomes obvious to all - thumbs down and unsub from me!
the future is bendy
Drones
Typical vacuum tire uses latex-based internal sealant to auto-seal leaks. Also, some vehicles use soft rubber to completely replace air inside tires. Silicone foam resin or something similar can be mixed when the robot deployed, and foam would expand to fill the tube structures. It will be far better than a mere backup pump.
concessions would have to be made in terms of robot maneuverabilty right? the foam is naturally more difficult to compress than air. i think it would be great as a back up system tho, if they could find a light yet strong and elastic enough foam for structural support in those emergency situations, without adding too much weight to the robot.
I used to get V and mark rober mixed up, seems silly now but to me they used to be the same guy 😂
Derek: How does this robot even work? Zack: COMPLIANCE Derek: And what do- Zack: C O M P L I A N C E
This has to be lamest robot I have seen in a long, long time...
imagine you in a dark alley with nobody else and then this robot goes after you
Why would I imagine that
I think I had a stroke trying to read the title
Cool
And how are they better...
*baymax intensefies*
Some people like me black. Some very light. Some people like me bitter, others sweet. Congratulations!!!!!!! You've won a cup of coffee.
its a sloth robot
Zack hammond looks like James from the odd1sout
Coz robots that bend, can be smashed 😛
Lol that ice will be a LITTLE BIT thicker :)
"Heavy, expensive, and can be dangerous if not used correctly." Is now my new favorite description of a car... I mean robot.
It's Baymax!
Do you guys have a toy versión of your soft robots?
Good
Just use a long pool noodle 🤠. No compressed air bs.
"I came up to Stanford to meet Zack Hammond and his soft robot." ... That's what she said
Would be useful.. if there was a use or something it makes better. That solution needs a problem.
Cool
The sex toys that are gonna come out of this technology...
I haven't heard the word "compliance" used so often in a video since I last watched Flight of the Navigator...