Somewhat OT but good Terrain Response

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Dave Gibbs

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This is an interesting video of a 4-legged robot with terrain response
built in. Amazing how advanced these things are nowadays, especially
the part where they try to kick it over but it adapts and refuses to
fall. It's a bit more human like than I'd prefer :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RGrMMlNjBB8

Dave.
 
On 2006-03-19, Dave Gibbs <[email protected]> wrote:

> This is an interesting video of a 4-legged robot with terrain response
> built in. Amazing how advanced these things are nowadays, especially
> the part where they try to kick it over but it adapts and refuses to
> fall. It's a bit more human like than I'd prefer :)

In a book on Robotics I've got, there are "four legged truck" research
projects going back to the '50s and '60s, manually controlled
however. The one in the video is pretty impressive, especially when
it goes over the small rocks and some sticky mud, no really extreme
slopes or obstacles but impressive. The chassis and gear looks heavy
too.

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On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:11:00 +0000, Dave Gibbs
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>This is an interesting video of a 4-legged robot with terrain response
>built in. Amazing how advanced these things are nowadays, especially
>the part where they try to kick it over but it adapts and refuses to
>fall. It's a bit more human like than I'd prefer :)
>
>http://youtube.com/watch?v=RGrMMlNjBB8
>
>Dave.

It's bizarre what sort of responses seeing something so animal-like
provokes. When the guy kicked it, my first thought was 'bastard'. My
second thought was "get a grip Hobbs"....

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> On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:11:00 +0000, Dave Gibbs
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> This is an interesting video of a 4-legged robot with terrain
>> response built in. Amazing how advanced these things are nowadays,
>> especially the part where they try to kick it over but it adapts and
>> refuses to fall. It's a bit more human like than I'd prefer :)
>>
>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=RGrMMlNjBB8
>>
>> Dave.
>
> It's bizarre what sort of responses seeing something so animal-like
> provokes. When the guy kicked it, my first thought was 'bastard'. My
> second thought was "get a grip Hobbs"....

That's the creepiest thing I've seen in ages. You'd swear it was two skinny
blokes with their heads and bodies in a packing crate. I had the same
feelings as you, but not with the name Hobbs, obviously.

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On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:15:31 +0000, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 2006-03-19, Dave Gibbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This is an interesting video of a 4-legged robot with terrain response
>> built in. Amazing how advanced these things are nowadays, especially
>> the part where they try to kick it over but it adapts and refuses to
>> fall. It's a bit more human like than I'd prefer :)
>
>In a book on Robotics I've got, there are "four legged truck" research
>projects going back to the '50s and '60s, manually controlled
>however. The one in the video is pretty impressive, especially when
>it goes over the small rocks and some sticky mud, no really extreme
>slopes or obstacles but impressive. The chassis and gear looks heavy
>too.

I must admit, it does seem remarkably good at withstanding unexpected
de-stabiliation. Now if only they could get a two-legged version to be
that stable.....

Alex
 

"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> ...and Tim Hobbs spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>
>
> > On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:11:00 +0000, Dave Gibbs
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> This is an interesting video of a 4-legged robot with terrain
> >> response built in. Amazing how advanced these things are nowadays,
> >> especially the part where they try to kick it over but it adapts and
> >> refuses to fall. It's a bit more human like than I'd prefer :)
> >>
> >> http://youtube.com/watch?v=RGrMMlNjBB8
> >>
> >> Dave.
> >
> > It's bizarre what sort of responses seeing something so animal-like
> > provokes. When the guy kicked it, my first thought was 'bastard'. My
> > second thought was "get a grip Hobbs"....
>
> That's the creepiest thing I've seen in ages. You'd swear it was two
skinny
> blokes with their heads and bodies in a packing crate. I had the same
> feelings as you, but not with the name Hobbs, obviously.
>
>
That's brill, but what happens when it (?) learns to kick him back. :)

Martin


 
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