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Our new overlords will have rhythm
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Both funny..and a bit scary
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That just kept getting better and better...I can’t believe that’s real
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Those stand up robots are amazing!
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Robots are cool, unless they are hacked, or the programmer has bad intentions. After seeing these machines, ya might have a problem if they are in full attack mode. Good luck out there..
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I'd imagine they'd have some crazy internet security to keep the Chinese out.
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Somehow that company is only valued at $1 billion. The work they're doing (publicly...) seem to be worth much more than that. They're scary as hell, but wickedly good at what they do. And, that presuming that they're not secretly working on the *really* wild stuff for the military or something...
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No big deal. I’ll just oil down the linoleum behind me and run away.
Then I’ll block out the sun. ...wait |
I have some insight into what is required from a design standpoint to allow this kind of performance and I am astounded at what these guys are doing. One of the challenges is that each joint requires forces to be applied to move, right? Well, the exact magnitude of those forces needs to be constantly adjusted by complex software algorithms using force-feedback from that same joint. That force-feedback mechanism is challenging in and of itself, but when you consider that we're not just taking about one joint here - we're talking about a system of many joints with multiple (and different) degrees of freedom that are all working together to control movement, CG, etc.
Incredible. To me, the only thing limiting these things from taking over the world is battery technology. ;) |
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I have seen some robots with a IC engine so they are noisy, but longer range than all battery, and can be refueled quicker. I wonder how long it will be before we see one standing at the gas station topping up the tanks. |
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Small fuel cells FTW. ONR, AFRL, DARPA, etc. have made incredible progress. Depending on the DoD budget, we may get to fly one on a small UAS in 2022. |
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I am not even remotely an expert, but I do I have an idea of the power needed. Humans, and all animals rely on food as a energy source. Humans in particular are truly astonishing on endurance and how far they can run. A group of natives Indians in Mexico hunted deer by just chasing them down until the deer fell over from exhaustion. A race held in England is against men on foot against men riding horses. It is about 50-50 as to the winners of men on horses vs a man just running cross country long distances.
I have to just guess that it requires several HP of energy to make something like those robots walk or run. Just powering up to run the computers drains power faster than a laptop computer. It has to have a zillion power using sensors, and then the motors that power the motors for movement. I imagine they measure the power consumption of the robots in The kilowatt-hours. Those robots have to suck some power. And that power has to be cooled, as all energy conversion produces waste heat. I think it was Neil deGrasse Tyson that calculated that a "real" Terminator's power use would require a cooling radiator much bigger than the terminator itself just to operate from the heat generated by running. Everyone knows the Tesla has a water cooled battery, a big cooling system. Maybe I am way off base, but I suspect it will be many more decades before one of those robots has a functional run time of more than an hour or two. |
Every time I watch those videos, I find myself looking for the weak spot, and how I would take them out if I had to .
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Maybe we can all get lucky and have the robots all programed with Issac Asimov's three laws of Robotics. Then we can relax. ;)
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I suspect someone is developing a low durometer epoxy Kevlar, or similar skin for these guys.
I was 5 years ago for a special project. |
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My knowledge of this stuff is close to non-existent, but it seems most (all?) batteries are essentially chemical reactions. Just the process of charging/discharging has heat and other considerations. Plus, there are limiting rates of charge/discharge. Nothing is simple and Mother Nature is cruel. In the end, I think we are safe from these robots for a while. We'll just outrun them. SmileWavy |
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Also, and I know you do, hybrid approaches, especially for UAS, are being flown every day. There are huge amounts of dollars in the power generation realm...endurance in UAS/robots is tantamount and is what makes them different. Endurance is the game changer. |
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