This could be used in spacial projects, a robot could be send in small boxes and when arrive in a planet compose all the parts and compose a complex laboratory, it´s really amazing, great work guys !
You could probably build your own, it is really easy actually.... Just buy 180 degrees servos, and each cluster with a freedom servo, embed a simple tiny computer of your choice like a mini Arduino perhaps, power, and finally add some sort of proximity sensor, this can be light, wireless FX, or even a ping sensor. This video is old, I can easily make nano-building machines that are not as slow as these badly made ones from 2008.
If you look, he kicks it because it can't figure out where the other robot is. He's sliding it into a more functional location. ;) Really cool robots man, keep up the genius.
actually that was a demonstration of exterior circumstances affecting the docking procedure, and how it can adapt and still successfully dock. He says so in the video.
I have some question if anybody could answer? What is rated torque of motor used and how many modules it could drive over the ground surface? Does the ground friction affect the movement of modules? what maximum number of modules a motor can run what configuration strategy will be there to get maximum motor capacity?
The interesting thing is that be behavior of the group is much more complex than the sum of the behavior of the individuals. So if you scaled this up in terms of autonomous units, I could imagine behavior emerging that would more complex than the original programming... wow.
haha he narrates it as if that second kick was made to show how a modulr can be redisturbed, when in fact it looks like it was having trouble assembling before that kick....nice save
After successful self re-assembly, the system stands up and continues its task... of falling over and disassembling itself. But great work! I think we'll see some interesting stuff from these guys in the future. :)
depends on the power of your kick and how far away they spread. i guessing they would, assuming you didn't break them when kicking and they have enough battery power to survive long enough.
Then one day. "Screw it, I give up on this project" *Breaks up and throws it in bin* 2 Years later, a giant robot comes to his house. "YOU THREW ME AWAY WHEN I WAS A BABY"
Thats very cool. I love the way it successfully continues it's task at the end. Lol. Well it can't go right every time eh. Also I don't know whoelse noticed but I think the reason they kicked it a second time was because it wasn't re-aligning properly. Still it works remarkably well considering the complexity.
Funny to me because the whole things program was to demonstrate the ability of the modular robot to deal with varying circumstances. Ingenius. Falling over as its end goal is just the artistic integrity of showing how far they are. It will be a ling time before this is at transformer level.
They detect each other optically, don't they? I don't think the sensors are delicate enough to spot a one-centimeter blinking light from 150 yards away. Just think how much the light would dissipate over that distance.
@speedproductions797 It's a accelerometer, and it senses movement by measureing g-forces and the direction of them. if it senses g-force in a certain direction that means it's accelerating or de-accelerating towards the opposite, much like how in a car when you accelerate forward you feel a g-force push you back into the seat in the opposite of the forward motion, The stronger the acceleration and deceleration, the stronger the g-force.
in that other vid about modular robots they used some kinda hooks to grab on to each other, so besides the time they need to calculate and transmit what they need to to, the hooks need time to grapple to ech other. So all in all, processing?
So if a probe to Mars built like this has a bad landing, the device might be able to salvage itself. The mission wouldn't be a total write off. Very clever. I'll look forward to seeing practical applications.
I guess it still needs work. But hey, this is really cool. When say a thousand of them can work together, and each is the size of a sugar cube, it'll be a massively useful device. And it starts with stuff like this.
i can see where a robot reassembling itselin about an hour would be useful. ive been having trouble sleeping lately, but now i believe ill take a nap. no but seriously, thats a pretty cool technology. keep workin on it though. never know when itll come in handy.
Pretty impressive. And I like their honesty at the end, when things don't quite work and the guys in the background start laughing. They could've shown us a rigged video instead, but this is better.
The borg don't heal themselves, they simply make themselves immune to further attacks from the same source. If it was borg the next time someone tried to kick it apart it would have no effect(my god I'm such a geek)
They need to imit sonar signals rather than have the lights. That way they can call in all directions at once. That'd speed up the process of locating the other modules and that guy wouldn't have to come in at 2:14 and give it a hand by kicking it in to the correct position.
I'm guessing he means Putting them miles apart and when miles apart they would rely on A Global Positioning System, then once they're close enough together they would use this infrared stuff to Detect the rest of the 11' . That is a smart idea on his part.
@hamkoll so that it wouldn't be hard to study how to make it possible for it to reassemble itself... this way future robots can self repair if they somehow lose a part of course these other robots would not be kicked apart... only possible problem that i can think of is if the robot ends up searching for a completely destroyed piece but they'll figure something out
"however in an environment with multiple solutions and algorithms the amount of memory it would take to store that kind of program would be overwhelming" I can't wait ! Quantum processors ?
While this really is amazing, it still has a long way to go. Unless robots are actually designed to dismember at lower forces (which they very well could be), this will only be a novelty. As shown, each part must have its own form of movement to efficiently recombine. If you ask me, I'm more impressed with the Big Dog robot. And it is going to be along time before we get human level AI, if such a thing is even allowed to be developed. Basically, don't expect to get taken over any time soon.
Once that Robot gets a brain, that dude who kicked him better start running
After successful self reassembly, the system stands up, and continues its task. *immediately falls over and falls apart*
Said task was to test its reassembly capability, obviously.
FOR NOW.........
the blinking lights kinda look like mating calls....
This is actually a thing of beauty, a very nice example of a core technology that can be used and improved on in the future. I love it.
i think the best part is how professional he talks until the end when it falls over they all lose it
This could be used in spacial projects, a robot could be send in small boxes and when arrive in a planet compose all the parts and compose a complex laboratory, it´s really amazing, great work guys !
Once the systems reassembles, it stands up and continues its task. Unless it immedinately falls appart.
...it stands up and completes its task *fall*
still impressive as hell to watch!
When can I expect to find this at Walmart?
You could probably build your own, it is really easy actually.... Just buy 180 degrees servos, and each cluster with a freedom servo, embed a simple tiny computer of your choice like a mini Arduino perhaps, power, and finally add some sort of proximity sensor, this can be light, wireless FX, or even a ping sensor. This video is old, I can easily make nano-building machines that are not as slow as these badly made ones from 2008.
That or just search up, Cubeletes
If you look, he kicks it because it can't figure out where the other robot is. He's sliding it into a more functional location. ;)
Really cool robots man, keep up the genius.
I'm reminded of the Iron Giant
Poor robot...he was having so much fun
Thats some Terminator shit right there...
We can expect to be attacked some time near midnight... If they start the attack the previous day at noon...
@@jerrywood5401 you are so woody
That is remarkable.. i love how it just fell over at the end. Seriously though, in maybe 10 / 15 years our technology and robots will be mind-blowing.
The rise of the machine.
Love how it drops at the end. Great work. I envision great engineers ahead!
Iron giant anyone?
actually that was a demonstration of exterior circumstances affecting the docking procedure, and how it can adapt and still successfully dock.
He says so in the video.
I have some question if anybody could answer? What is rated torque of motor used and how many modules it could drive over the ground surface? Does the ground friction affect the movement of modules? what maximum number of modules a motor can run what configuration strategy will be there to get maximum motor capacity?
Pretty impressive. If they would move smoothly and simultaneously to join together I would be amazed, but this is very innovative.
even though its fastforwarded and therefore probably took like 8 million hours, i can think of a lot of fantastically badass idea for how to use this
The interesting thing is that be behavior of the group is much more complex than the sum of the behavior of the individuals. So if you scaled this up in terms of autonomous units, I could imagine behavior emerging that would more complex than the original programming... wow.
haha he narrates it as if that second kick was made to show how a modulr can be redisturbed, when in fact it looks like it was having trouble assembling before that kick....nice save
i love it when the first little guy stands up from being knocked over. its soo cute!
Imagine the possibilities. Manufacturing, deep space, deep sea, mining. Totally amazing.
After successful self re-assembly, the system stands up and continues its task... of falling over and disassembling itself.
But great work! I think we'll see some interesting stuff from these guys in the future. :)
My favorite robot is the one narrating the video!
I love how they start laughing at the end, and then the one guys says 'Oh God..." Made my day.
Is this the first incarnation of the T-1000?
and thats how robots will build an army to overthrow humans
depends on the power of your kick and how far away they spread. i guessing they would, assuming you didn't break them when kicking and they have enough battery power to survive long enough.
amazing! this is the first step towards the self-assembling robot from terminator! just imagine what will be possible in 5, 10, 20 years!
I love how it fell over right after it stood up.
"After successful reassembling , the system stands up and continues its task ."
*THUMP* *Breaks apart*
Hahahahahaha that made my day ....
Thats probably among the coolest things I've ever seen!
Then one day.
"Screw it, I give up on this project"
*Breaks up and throws it in bin*
2 Years later, a giant robot comes to his house.
"YOU THREW ME AWAY WHEN I WAS A BABY"
If this technology increases it could be promising. I love the ending when it falls.
This is incredibly amazing... technology manages to blow my mind everyday.
And the end was hilarious :P
Amazing!
But at the end- "after successfuly reassembling it continues its task..." Why did you task it to collapse?
Thats very cool. I love the way it successfully continues it's task at the end. Lol. Well it can't go right every time eh. Also I don't know whoelse noticed but I think the reason they kicked it a second time was because it wasn't re-aligning properly. Still it works remarkably well considering the complexity.
this type of science needs to be controlled very very carefully in the future.
amazing.
robotics have become very advanced,
and it's interesting to see what new
things people can come up with =)
Which method are you using for the communication among boxes?
Awesome.
This looks like a primitive model of the terminator from T2!
Brilliant! I wonder if those modules use lasers for orientation and docking?
Incredible stuff, and the end is priceless.
"After successful re-assembly, the system stands up, and continues its task."
*CRASH*
3:02 was funny!
"I'll be back!" In one hour, just let me reassemble myself.
Once it's assembled, it stands up, and continues its tasks. *falls over and breaks apart*
This is like a billionth to scale model of the T-1000.
Funny to me because the whole things program was to demonstrate the ability of the modular robot to deal with varying circumstances. Ingenius. Falling over as its end goal is just the artistic integrity of showing how far they are. It will be a ling time before this is at transformer level.
They detect each other optically, don't they? I don't think the sensors are delicate enough to spot a one-centimeter blinking light from 150 yards away. Just think how much the light would dissipate over that distance.
Oh that ending was so epic. I was expecting it to take a step forward and... BAM
@speedproductions797
It's a accelerometer, and it senses movement by measureing g-forces and the direction of them. if it senses g-force in a certain direction that means it's accelerating or de-accelerating towards the opposite, much like how in a car when you accelerate forward you feel a g-force push you back into the seat in the opposite of the forward motion, The stronger the acceleration and deceleration, the stronger the g-force.
interesting task it had to finish. can it disassemble too? or only assemble when broken apart?
in that other vid about modular robots they used some kinda hooks to grab on to each other, so besides the time they need to calculate and transmit what they need to to, the hooks need time to grapple to ech other. So all in all, processing?
Impressive.
Seems like latching mechanisms would be in order here.
"...and continues its tasks." *falls*
So if a probe to Mars built like this has a bad landing, the device might be able to salvage itself. The mission wouldn't be a total write off.
Very clever. I'll look forward to seeing practical applications.
I guess it still needs work.
But hey, this is really cool. When say a thousand of them can work together, and each is the size of a sugar cube, it'll be a massively useful device.
And it starts with stuff like this.
i can see where a robot reassembling itselin about an hour would be useful. ive been having trouble sleeping lately, but now i believe ill take a nap. no but seriously, thats a pretty cool technology. keep workin on it though. never know when itll come in handy.
Pretty impressive. And I like their honesty at the end, when things don't quite work and the guys in the background start laughing. They could've shown us a rigged video instead, but this is better.
The borg don't heal themselves, they simply make themselves immune to further attacks from the same source. If it was borg the next time someone tried to kick it apart it would have no effect(my god I'm such a geek)
"the robot stands up and continues its task" *falls over* "they then enter a search mode..."
Its like a robot meat boy,it gets blown up,then it reasembles!
Itachi Uchiha Brian Nozawa He is being really mean.
Itachi Uchiha ka...
Itachi Uchiha me...
Itachi Uchiha hameha!!!!!! *blasts you*
Itachi Uchiha hah hahahahah
there way slow and as you saw its prone to falling on its own but wow putting itself back together that's awesome :D
That's amazing. Also, the robot can continue its task - of falling over.
"After reassembling, the robot stands up to finish its task."
CRASH
they have nuclear fision batteries, the amount of energy produced is like X^10 and the energy use is maybe x^3 at best...
I think they got one of the spare robots to narrate this.
Great work guys! Thats fantastic!
probably not, they probably use 2 IR receivers to use trigonometry to establish the other bot's LED location. (that's how most robots work)
They need to imit sonar signals rather than have the lights. That way they can call in all directions at once. That'd speed up the process of locating the other modules and that guy wouldn't have to come in at 2:14 and give it a hand by kicking it in to the correct position.
what about something similar to sonar instead of using cameras for the clusters to find each other?
xD this is so awesome and that little guy work so hard to redock it self and in the end xD
"after successful reassembly; the robot stands up and continues it's task" *falls*
The robot is pretty cool but it was funny when it fell over. Its like " Im tired "
I'm guessing he means Putting them miles apart and when miles apart they would rely on A Global Positioning System, then once they're close enough together they would use this infrared stuff to Detect the rest of the 11' . That is a smart idea on his part.
Robot:"Welp back to my task *Falls* ouch.."
The system stands up and continues its task *crashes to the ground and flies apart*
what's an accelerando? A movement device? Cool module robots!
"it stands up and continues its task" of flling over breaking and finding each other and repeating
hey why does it say "we're sorry,this video is no longer available"
@dake222 No, they get stuck in holes and run out of battery power.
@progressthruscience
I´d think so. But those twinkling lights made me think they were transmitting some sort of information...
Brilliant ending :P But seriously, nice project!
of course it took forever. just think of how long to takes for starfish to regenerate arms
@hamkoll so that it wouldn't be hard to study how to make it possible for it to reassemble itself... this way future robots can self repair if they somehow lose a part of course these other robots would not be kicked apart... only possible problem that i can think of is if the robot ends up searching for a completely destroyed piece but they'll figure something out
I lol'd at the end when it fell on its face.
"however in an environment with multiple solutions and algorithms the amount of memory it would take to store that kind of program would be overwhelming"
I can't wait ! Quantum processors ?
You know what else reassembles itself after being destroyed?... a Terminator
i don't see the practical use but this is pretty awesome
awesome! I want one :) ... even though standing is a bit of a challenge... it's still fun to watch!
i heard they are designing these to be used to block up nuclear reactors in an emergency meltdown or similar incident.
systems: 'yay! we're finally together again! lets go over there! * fall apart* ... does not compute...'
that's a huge improvement from the old "shakey robot" lol :p
the iron giant did this at the end of the movie. I cried.
While this really is amazing, it still has a long way to go. Unless robots are actually designed to dismember at lower forces (which they very well could be), this will only be a novelty. As shown, each part must have its own form of movement to efficiently recombine. If you ask me, I'm more impressed with the Big Dog robot. And it is going to be along time before we get human level AI, if such a thing is even allowed to be developed. Basically, don't expect to get taken over any time soon.
This has got to be about 50 years behind the T-1000!
I like how they use "outside disturbance" when it's really just a kick. xD