Holy cow! I knew Henry when he was a postdoc and I was a PhD student at Georgia Tech. My mind was blown when I saw such a familiar face on one of my fav RUclips channels 😄. Henry, if you see this, I hope all is well man!
I don't know what's the weirdest part about this video: the beard or the snake crawling through it or the guy inspired by this beard loving snake to build a robot version of it. Oh my head hurts!
I haven’t watched a Computerphile video in a while, but I clicked on this and stared with amazement for the whole twelwe minutes. This guy was just constantly spitting out a stream of interesting things from between his epic beards. Please give us more of him"
They should put those snakes on a plane... to do maintenance in tight quarters, just like he said! Then they could put a robot Samuel L. Jackson on there to keep an eye on the snakes.
"Anyone can string a bunch of snake motors together to make a snake robot." I understand why he said that, but controlling and powering a bunch of servos is non-trivial. (Though I suppose it is trivial for a roboticist.) I haven't tried a snake robot yet, but my hexapods were a challenge to power and control. Thanks for the video Conputerphile.
There is another movement mode related to the concertina mode: coil and spring. We see this when a cobra strikes. I started building serpentine robots back in the mid 90s, and I didn't have access to these cool servos. Instead, I used NiTiNOL tensile springs, four per universal joint. They're pretty slow to cool and stretch, but respond very quickly and contract when you put current through them to heat them up, and can move several hundred times their own mass. They act a lot like muscles. I also didn't have Python back then in the olden days, and was limited by my budget to using 8 bit CPUs, in particular the 8085. I've spent quite a bit of time developing an AI system that operates on 8 bit CPUs or microcontrollers, which I call FUNGAL - the FUzzy logic/ Neural network /Genetic Algorithm Language. It has taken me nearly 30 years, and of course Moore's law has long passed me by, but I believe we have only scratched the surface of what an 8 bit computer can do. Sometime in the next few years I'll release the language so other people can play with it on microcontrollers or retrocomputers.
Looks like the snake is so comfortable with him, it rather sticks to him and observes than tries to find a place that isn't spinning wildly all the time.
Fantastic study on snakes body mechanics and a great way for people to learn how intricate and complex their snakes truly are something so many snake keepers spend little time learning about !!! :) I feel truly honored to have found this channel and this video having raised snakes (mostly larger constrictors) for 58 years now :)
Snakes are my #1 fear. I hate them and they give me the creeps like nothing else ever has....but this video was fascinating. After the video I can understand why a snake-like robot would be beneficial. Dr. Astley was very well spoken and you can tell he has a real interest and enthusiasm for his work which is admirable.
A Lake Michigan area accent? after being in England too long? ;-) Great subject matter! very interesting, and fun, let us know when it's on batteries and escapes!
Sure, Snakes are good at going through cramped corridors. But I think Computer Science should turn their attention back to the noblest yet humblest of reptiles, the Turtles. Computer Science has modeled basic turtle movement on surface - turns, movement back and forth, and ultimately inconsequential things like holding a pen. But millions of years of evolution prepared Turtles to be some of the most epic tunnel diggers of the Reptilekind. Why is this not modelled yet? That's the real interesting field for scientists who want to break new ground.
Can you make muscle cells, then link together like chain mail into any shape. If each cell starts null unnamed then ai could name each cell later and then learn to move in a simulated environment
You're referring to the mode of snake propulsion called rectilinear locomotion. The scales don't move themselves but they are shaped to engage with the ground to resist backward motion allowing forward movement.
i think to solve the problem with energy, u can make a tiny battery for each one 'cell' of snake, and each will works separated, its a lot of battery, but its a thing what u can think about.
"The snake is the most famous part of the lab."
With that beard, I think we both know that's not the case.
Of course snake robots would be developed in Python
Unless it was a "sea" snake
I don't even like Python, but if it was anything else in this specific case, I would be very disappointed...
@@BTheBlindRef I don't like python for abandoning brackets for tabs/spaces, but it is a fine language otherwise.
If they did it in LISP it would be a lot less threatening.
Because it would go thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
A „Sea“ snake 😀 made my day
Holy cow! I knew Henry when he was a postdoc and I was a PhD student at Georgia Tech. My mind was blown when I saw such a familiar face on one of my fav RUclips channels 😄. Henry, if you see this, I hope all is well man!
his beard wins though right?
I like the way this guy communicates. More of him if possible please!?
I find him obnoxious. The way he says "we don't have that 'yet'" gets to me. You won't have that....
@@ftfgfghfg I mean what is he supposed to say?
Yeah his enthusiasm and knowledge shines through. I almost stopped noticing his beard.
The whole video I was just staring at his beard in fascination
that is definitely a beard that says: "I design robot snakes"
A man of culture is what I witness
I want to know if there's any functionality behind the missing piece (food scraps don't get caught etc) or if it's purely for the aesthetic
Ctrl+F "Beard"
"Error: Buffer Overflow"
respectable beard.
Well at least we can agree on the fact that it's a beard.
the hole in the middle of the beard is so that the snake around his neck isn't completely hidden
@@dermathze700 I disagree with that. It's clearly *two* beards!
Strictly speaking it's a TROL beard
@Swiss Cheese This. When they meet in the middle, then it'll be a single, unified beard.
seems a nice guy, but the duty-cycle on his beard is a bit off :|
Jarryd Nielsen so true
Wish everyone would understand this joke ROFL!
I don't know what's the weirdest part about this video: the beard or the snake crawling through it or the guy inspired by this beard loving snake to build a robot version of it. Oh my head hurts!
A snake necklace? Very cool.
A snecklace, if you will.
Ye its nice to have cute snek wrap around u but not danger noodle tho
Fascinating research.
I hope he gets that grant for the snake. 🐍
I hope he gets a grant for that beard as well.
That snake there, just nonchalantly acting like a necklace the whole time... XD
2:32 He's obviously not a programmer xD
That sassy snake on his neck reminds me of my cat. Also very demanding of me and need to be involved in whatever I do
:3
I haven’t watched a Computerphile video in a while, but I clicked on this and stared with amazement for the whole twelwe minutes. This guy was just constantly spitting out a stream of interesting things from between his epic beards. Please give us more of him"
They should put those snakes on a plane... to do maintenance in tight quarters, just like he said! Then they could put a robot Samuel L. Jackson on there to keep an eye on the snakes.
But there are no tunnels in air
"Anyone can string a bunch of snake motors together to make a snake robot."
I understand why he said that, but controlling and powering a bunch of servos is non-trivial. (Though I suppose it is trivial for a roboticist.)
I haven't tried a snake robot yet, but my hexapods were a challenge to power and control.
Thanks for the video Conputerphile.
Dude, is this guy a professional voice announcer? Should be! Another cool video, another cool scientist.
Makes you appreciate how basic robotics is compared to animals
More videos with this person!
He has got a great voice for narrating. Maybe some planet earth style robot snake in the wild documentary?
There is another movement mode related to the concertina mode: coil and spring. We see this when a cobra strikes.
I started building serpentine robots back in the mid 90s, and I didn't have access to these cool servos. Instead, I used NiTiNOL tensile springs, four per universal joint. They're pretty slow to cool and stretch, but respond very quickly and contract when you put current through them to heat them up, and can move several hundred times their own mass. They act a lot like muscles.
I also didn't have Python back then in the olden days, and was limited by my budget to using 8 bit CPUs, in particular the 8085. I've spent quite a bit of time developing an AI system that operates on 8 bit CPUs or microcontrollers, which I call FUNGAL - the FUzzy logic/ Neural network /Genetic Algorithm Language. It has taken me nearly 30 years, and of course Moore's law has long passed me by, but I believe we have only scratched the surface of what an 8 bit computer can do. Sometime in the next few years I'll release the language so other people can play with it on microcontrollers or retrocomputers.
Looks like the snake is so comfortable with him, it rather sticks to him and observes than tries to find a place that isn't spinning wildly all the time.
This guy communicates very well, would love to see more of him
that's wild that snake-like locomotion evolved independently 24 times!
just in lizards! not sure if it's evolved in other quadrupeds, though eels (and other eel-like fish) might count too.
Some amphibians have evolved the trait, too.
now i have to worry about snakes in my walls listening to me LMFAO
Fantastic study on snakes body mechanics and a great way for people to learn how intricate and complex their snakes truly are something so many snake keepers spend little time learning about !!! :) I feel truly honored to have found this channel and this video having raised snakes (mostly larger constrictors) for 58 years now :)
Man, I love it. Not only a fascinating project and a very informative video, but that snake is totally chill about the whole thing. Happy, even!
This gotta be the most awesomest dude on the planet.
And suddenly my fear of snakes is just gone!
More plz :-)
If you're more interested in robotic snakes, there is a Norwegian company called Eelume developing them for off-shore oil and gas applications
I guess you need "python" to get it to move better ;)
Very fascinating video. I kept asking myself why you'd want to make snake robots, so it was great to have that explanation at the end.
what kind of snake is that? its cute 🐍
I think he said it's a Taiwanese Beauty Snake but I may have misremembered >Sean
Love this dude
Where is he from? I can't place the accent. It's vaguely North American, Minnesota-ish.
I heard the same accent in a movie once. The movie was called Gremlins 2 :D
Ironically like Snake from the Simpsons
According to the description Akron, Ohio
It’s a northern US accent. Ohio would fit. They stretch their Os and As.
David Boucard Chicago
What a cool project. Thanks for sharing!
You never told us the snake's name :(
I want to understand his beard.
this is the coolest guy ever
What a knowledgeable guy, very informative video! Fantastic
a lot of snakes are gonna lose their jobs xD
So that guy just hangs out with a snake all day and tries to figure out how it works? Pretty cool job.
That was a really neat note @ 10:22 Great video!
This guy could probably make big $ doing voice overs - his vocal tones and annunciations are something
What type of snake does he have on his shoulders?
This guy is so cool!
Snakes are my #1 fear. I hate them and they give me the creeps like nothing else ever has....but this video was fascinating. After the video I can understand why a snake-like robot would be beneficial. Dr. Astley was very well spoken and you can tell he has a real interest and enthusiasm for his work which is admirable.
Holy crap! Henry, you're on computerphile! I recognized your voice before I saw you!!!
Pleated beard, he's taking Warcraft Dwarfs to the next level? Respect
are the the LEDs (light.emitting.diode) necessary?
Why can't I have a professor like this who walks around in the hallway with a snake on his neck?
A Lake Michigan area accent? after being in England too long? ;-) Great subject matter! very interesting, and fun, let us know when it's on batteries and escapes!
Double sine waves are allot of fun. Cue sine scroller...
that sure is a unique vocal pattern this fella has.
How can I contact this researcher?
ey, snake guy is pretty cool
7:33 “And when we run, our limb becomes springy”
Yeah, I get you man!
He sounds like Jon from Linus Tech Tips.
I was thinking the same thing! What kind of accent is that?
Ironically like Snake from the Simpsons
I KNEW I KNEW THAT VOICE
He remind me of Taran.
@@ZachHixsonTutorials Carolinas I think
But... shouldn't a robot snake be programmed in Python?
Very interesting. I think I spotted one of Theo Jansen's Strandbeests on the bookshelf.
Wow realy nice robot!!!:)
Really interesting clip. This guy knows his snakes.
Great video, great beard...
Not many places where you can bring your own snake to work: very cool.
i take my snake and its two eggs everywhere i go..
Strong beard ,cool job, engaging tone.
I love snakes so much
He’s American, but you can tell he hangs out with... non-Americans?
I only say that because I’m awful with accents and people will get pissed
Sure, Snakes are good at going through cramped corridors. But I think Computer Science should turn their attention back to the noblest yet humblest of reptiles, the Turtles. Computer Science has modeled basic turtle movement on surface - turns, movement back and forth, and ultimately inconsequential things like holding a pen. But millions of years of evolution prepared Turtles to be some of the most epic tunnel diggers of the Reptilekind. Why is this not modelled yet? That's the real interesting field for scientists who want to break new ground.
That's one crazy beard.
I low key like it.
Was the snake on your neck real?
is that snake in around his neck robot?
Can you make muscle cells, then link together like chain mail into any shape. If each cell starts null unnamed then ai could name each cell later and then learn to move in a simulated environment
@10:21 I thought he was going to say "the ultimate end game with this is snakes on a plane"
More from this guy!
The cable management for the snake is sexy !!!!!
With that shaved space in his beard i can see two versions of his face beard/beardless
The robot will do the the same thing every time!!!
Yay come back to me at first robotics tell my team that
Sort of a new x-men !! A combination of Wolverine who has snake powers.
is it written in python?
Yup lol
I thought snakes did something with their relaxing/stressing their scales to help them move too.
You're referring to the mode of snake propulsion called rectilinear locomotion. The scales don't move themselves but they are shaped to engage with the ground to resist backward motion allowing forward movement.
You seem to be a bit distracted by the beard. 6:16
@@jacquesfall8117 Yes, indeed.
Machine learning can help you, remeber, copy to the nature, natural selection is like machine learning algorimits.
Snake Beard the new meta
Is electronic voting still a bad idea?
The origin story of Snake Man from Megaman 3.
I'm too busy paying attention to this guys beard and the sound of his voice
More videos about robotics plz!!!
The snake on your neck is a robot?
i think to solve the problem with energy, u can make a tiny battery for each one 'cell' of snake, and each will works separated, its a lot of battery, but its a thing what u can think about.
That is some mesmerising face fungus he has.
I think the most important goal of their research must be to eventually perfectly recreate Snake Man's stage from Mega Man 3.
Those mutton chops are revolutionary
BADGER
now he needs to get it to play snake
His chin looks cold
I'd like to see him do another video with a Boa constrictor.
"How about you, Sideburns?"
What a cool voice!
Majestic Mutton Chops
hey bob its moving but its not going anywhere
Im surprised that they use servos instead of a series of hydraulic sacs.
A guy with a forest beard with a snake around his neck researching in Computer Science. The world can be weird sometimes!!