Comments on: Soft autonomous earthworm robot at MIT http://www.kurzweilai.net/soft-autonomous-earthworm-robot-at-mit Accelerating Intelligence Wed, 22 May 2013 05:46:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Dany http://www.kurzweilai.net/soft-autonomous-earthworm-robot-at-mit/comment-page-1#comment-50873 Dany Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:57:05 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=158611#comment-50873 This is a most useful conritubtion to the debate This is a most useful conritubtion to the debate

]]> By: GatorALLin http://www.kurzweilai.net/soft-autonomous-earthworm-robot-at-mit/comment-page-1#comment-28837 GatorALLin Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:07:45 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=158611#comment-28837 A few snake like robots already in the works. sample of just 3 videos below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJuNe50uuzk&feature=related ok this goes up a tree, but not like how I was suggesting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VLjDjXzTiU swimming robot snake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOSK4lVRTFw A few snake like robots already in the works. sample of just 3 videos below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJuNe50uuzk&feature=related

ok this goes up a tree, but not like how I was suggesting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VLjDjXzTiU

swimming robot snake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOSK4lVRTFw

]]> By: Paul http://www.kurzweilai.net/soft-autonomous-earthworm-robot-at-mit/comment-page-1#comment-28196 Paul Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:28:39 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=158611#comment-28196 So what happened to the snake?? So what happened to the snake??

]]> By: John http://www.kurzweilai.net/soft-autonomous-earthworm-robot-at-mit/comment-page-1#comment-28099 John Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:17:42 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=158611#comment-28099 Mother Nature has no copyright. We can - and should - copy all we want. Mother Nature has no copyright. We can – and should – copy all we want.

]]> By: Editor http://www.kurzweilai.net/soft-autonomous-earthworm-robot-at-mit/comment-page-1#comment-28069 Editor Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:57:03 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=158611#comment-28069 Yes, I think it's probably related to evolution for maximizing speed while minimizing energy expenditure (calories per distance per unit time) via smooth, coordinated motion, which would also hold for machines based on battery charge and other energy sources (joules per distance per unit time). Yes, I think it’s probably related to evolution for maximizing speed while minimizing energy expenditure (calories per distance per unit time) via smooth, coordinated motion, which would also hold for machines based on battery charge and other energy sources (joules per distance per unit time).

]]> By: Spikosauropod http://www.kurzweilai.net/soft-autonomous-earthworm-robot-at-mit/comment-page-1#comment-28066 Spikosauropod Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:25:40 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=158611#comment-28066 Something I have noticed about a lot of robots being created now is that their motion is eerily similar to living animals. This seems to happen despite such similarity not being part of their original design parameters. The inventors have deliberately copied the mechanism, but they were not intending to mimic the behavior. Something I have noticed about a lot of robots being created now is that their motion is eerily similar to living animals. This seems to happen despite such similarity not being part of their original design parameters. The inventors have deliberately copied the mechanism, but they were not intending to mimic the behavior.

]]> By: GatorALLin http://www.kurzweilai.net/soft-autonomous-earthworm-robot-at-mit/comment-page-1#comment-28033 GatorALLin Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:59:06 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=158611#comment-28033 Was thinking "what if" you had hundreds of these mechanical worms to use in Earthquake hit areas to search rubble piles? Maybe you could have them built in with auto mapping and camera tools that can hear noises and crawl toward them to confirm if people still alive under rubble piles? Maybe checking for CO2 or heat signatures or other sensing tricks for humans that could still be alive? Maybe even if they could bring IV lines to them to give nutrients to keep alive until they can be dug out? Would be cool if you had waves of these worms with first worms that map a rubble pile, then have cameras to confirm living victims, then 2nd wave that would bring a lifeline of IV or sensors to monitor health of victim and then allow verbal communication with them and monitoring until the could be dug out or rescued. I loved the snake cameras for this purpose, but those were missing this inchworm like movement and snake cameras are limited by max length. Maybe some combo of the 2 is possible in the future following this design? Great work to copy mother nature....there is no coincidence that nature uses this movement for snakes, worms and other organisms for billions of years. btw.... I used to own a 26 foot long reticulated python and her natural movement was just amazing. She could swim at very fast speeds when she would fill herself up with air to float and she then had almost no friction against the ground (I almost lost her at a lake one day, but she was dog tame and luckily came back to me on the shore after making a quick trip to the center of the lake). I had her out in a field next to a basketball court and she got over to one of the slick metal poles and was able to climb to the top in under 5 seconds. She made a coil in one direction at the bottom then a 2nd coil at the top going the opposite direction then did an inchworm like movement up the pole and was amazing. I had her as a pet her entire life, so she had never been on a metal pole like surface before, so she had this knowledge of how to go up a pole by instinct. As a tree snake she loved to climb or go as high as possible, so it took me hours to get her back out of the top of the basketball net when she did not want to come down. She weighed 200 pounds and was incredibly strong. I have never seen video of a snake doing this move from anywhere else and my guess is most pet snakes are just too small to be able to do this on a large basketball sized pole. Anyhow I see they are using worms as their base movement, but I was thinking a longer design and if they were to study snakes closer they could add to their list of options for advanced moves they could make, or ways they could overcome obstacles or learn to climb trees, etc. Was thinking “what if” you had hundreds of these mechanical worms to use in Earthquake hit areas to search rubble piles? Maybe you could have them built in with auto mapping and camera tools that can hear noises and crawl toward them to confirm if people still alive under rubble piles? Maybe checking for CO2 or heat signatures or other sensing tricks for humans that could still be alive? Maybe even if they could bring IV lines to them to give nutrients to keep alive until they can be dug out? Would be cool if you had waves of these worms with first worms that map a rubble pile, then have cameras to confirm living victims, then 2nd wave that would bring a lifeline of IV or sensors to monitor health of victim and then allow verbal communication with them and monitoring until the could be dug out or rescued. I loved the snake cameras for this purpose, but those were missing this inchworm like movement and snake cameras are limited by max length. Maybe some combo of the 2 is possible in the future following this design? Great work to copy mother nature….there is no coincidence that nature uses this movement for snakes, worms and other organisms for billions of years.

btw…. I used to own a 26 foot long reticulated python and her natural movement was just amazing. She could swim at very fast speeds when she would fill herself up with air to float and she then had almost no friction against the ground (I almost lost her at a lake one day, but she was dog tame and luckily came back to me on the shore after making a quick trip to the center of the lake). I had her out in a field next to a basketball court and she got over to one of the slick metal poles and was able to climb to the top in under 5 seconds. She made a coil in one direction at the bottom then a 2nd coil at the top going the opposite direction then did an inchworm like movement up the pole and was amazing. I had her as a pet her entire life, so she had never been on a metal pole like surface before, so she had this knowledge of how to go up a pole by instinct. As a tree snake she loved to climb or go as high as possible, so it took me hours to get her back out of the top of the basketball net when she did not want to come down. She weighed 200 pounds and was incredibly strong. I have never seen video of a snake doing this move from anywhere else and my guess is most pet snakes are just too small to be able to do this on a large basketball sized pole. Anyhow I see they are using worms as their base movement, but I was thinking a longer design and if they were to study snakes closer they could add to their list of options for advanced moves they could make, or ways they could overcome obstacles or learn to climb trees, etc.

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