I dated a girl sometime ago that was majoring in biological engineering, and she was very specifically studying the Basilisk Lizard, which is a unique reptile that is able to run on water. She discussed it with me a lot, specifically robotics potential and the mechanics behind the lizard, and I found it very fascinating.
Jan Opawski Yep, but life marches forward, and I ended up marrying a woman later who is a NICU nurse taking care of incredibly sick babies. Totally different type of science, with a lot more human social interest behind it, but it's still really fascinating to hear about her day. Medicine can be a really screwed up profession sometimes.
+WithTheLight1111 that does not make any sense. Why would you make something that changes its shape? As a toy? It's not practical as mean of transport.
An excellent talk. Never before have I actually felt the compulsion to clap while sitting alone in my chair. Yet, I was so drawn in by this talk that it jarred me once it was done when I realized that I wasn't actually there.
The Robotics and Artificial Intelligence going to play a key role in the future world. And this 'Salamander' and 'cat' robots shows the glimpse of the future. Kudos to the expert Auke Ijspeert and his team who made this possible with their scientific quest. Very interesting subject and presented neatly.
Thank you for the courage and hard work you have shown by creating those robots, they are really going to be helpful and I am hoping to change the world in the near future by creating my own robots...thank you again for encouraging us!!!!
Great one. It's no stretch to believe that environmental cleanup and search-and-rescue efforts can be helped by the continuing development of this tech, and implementation for these goals might not be far off at all. That this research is contributing to the development of spinal trauma and paralysis medical tech is exciting too.
Very enlightening. I always thought of most problems in locomotion being controls problems requiring incredibly complicated closed loop systems, but this is telling me otherwise. It's amazing how natural the gait of these robots looked especially considering they were open loop systems! I wonder if robot designers should stop focusing on simplified mechanical systems with complicated controls, and focus on complicated mechanical systems with simplified controls.
I loved the idea of a future where this technology becomes part of us and part of our lives, where we evolve to a higher level. But what scares me now is how all our information is being monitored using artificial intelligence, most people don't seem to have a clue as how this works.
If the spinal cord receives control signals from the brain and translates them into locomotion and etc, it's amazing that it manages to not interfere with fine motor movements as it passes through the same interface. It must have some way to differentiate these and that's awesome as f*** to me.
Wow, at last a really good talk on tech and neuroscience! Who knew that motion control for limbs developed in the adjacent vertebrae as the limbs evolved!
it seems like a very interesting teaching project to provide a student with a robot and a programming language, and then to have them attempt to program good movement. could also be an interesting competition. if each team had the same robot, you could measure impact, speed, energy efficiency, etc.
In future, humans are going to make other animals extinct and feel happiness in their imitated toys and How smart they are. That said, the tech. in this video is still amazing.
@Malcolm Swoboda Sure. When we acquire the ability to create life. Which, I predict, will not happen in this age of mankind. People can be so arrogant, in thinking we can do anything. But life is beyond us, as the stars are beyond us.
Lol, when the cheetah cub robot come out on stage, I found myself saying "Awe..." I would have to say they definitely got the gait of a kitten correct. I understand that the programing for the robo-salamander's A.I. was focused on the salamander species' specific locomotion and navigation. Which is really cool as is but it would be neat to be alive when they are able to program a complete set of instincts and habits of a species and have it interact with the environment accordingly as well as having the robot at a 1:1 scale to it's living counterpart.
what about fine control of all the parts? - I can generally* move every part of my body independently of the rest... (I know a cat can too) - *how does it fit in the model?* (* except for ring finger and toes)
I can see how this man worships invisible things. He gives tribute, first to “Evolution” and then to “Nature”, like one would a god. I don’t worship nature, I worship the Creator of all we see in nature. I recognize that life is so amazingly complex that it could not exist if it weren’t made by a being who is greater than we are. With all we have, with all we learn, we still cannot even come close to doing what God did when he built the universe out of nothing.
If nature does things best then we need cars with legs, that's one of the cool things I'd like to create one day. That way we will save ourselves destroying land for roads, as legged cars wont need them. Glad to see the tech for this is getting better.
10/17(actually 10/18, because I came back home late) Third video After i saw this video, i could see the unmeasurable possibilities innated in the biotechnology. "Nature has all answer" fits to this robot. Actually, I was planning to build a 4 legged robot, and this video gave me many idea about it. The most impressive part is that computer simulation is not always right. I was bit shocked because I usually thought that test something in computer simulation is better than test in real situation, because it looks more professional. Ted is always give me good effects to me.😁
Early in the 21st century, the Roboticist Auke Ijspeert , advanced robot evolution into the nexus phase. A being virtually identical to a salamander, known as Pleurobot.
Raul Pinto since when has extraordinary engineering come from non-engineering, order from non-order, information from randomness? The second law of thermodynamics forbids it.
Stefan C The second law of thermodynamics doesn´t contradict evolution at all. That argument has already been proven a fake one used by religious people.
Raul Pinto One could say that because the earth is not a closed system, the second law is not a problem. But the universe is a closed system, and the supposed big bang was not an orderly event.
the military use for this robot would be amazing! disguised like a salamander, capable of maintaining a low profile while gathering info in enemy territory... just perfect for the job.
As amazing as these machines are, and all the information learned about the processes by doing so, it's still slightly horrifying how many salamanders and cats were beheaded and electrocuted to learn about it. :s
+Edwin Jose my mother language is portuguese so its more complicated to explain, but i will try. when you look side by side the salamander movement and the robot one, you can see how much more fluid is movement of the animal. One reason i guess is because the robot dont use or dont have same elastic energy used by the salamander. when the salamander walks it uses its spine as whip that aids the constant movements of its legs, the robot does not, it moves like group of independent muscles than being inneficient. the salamander before take every each step it ways for the complete flow of the impulse than it just seems use muscles to lift the legs, not to put it to the front, or if it does, does much less use of energy. i hope you could understand what i wanted to say
Marcelo Tezza Great Explanation! I actually never thought that. to be honest, I still don't clearly understand how the how the elasticity of the skin+nervous make that much a difference to a point where all the salamander needs to us use it muscles to lift the leg up but I do have an idea of what you mean. I can visualize how the elasticity in the skins and nerves of a small animal like a lizard could help aid most of its movement but I cannot visualize how this would work for something that is as large as humans or even a salamander.
+Edwin Jose Yeah, im not a scientist, but humans have this elasticity too, im not even sure if i can call it that but when you run, and marathon runners knows that if you mantain an certain rithim with coordenation of your movements you can achieve the same effect to reduce energy usage. As you sincronize your arms with your feel, you can use the primordial energy from the bounce of your arms to help your legs too. Defenitly not effective as the salamander where the primordial impulse is preserved to a longer extent because they are quad and we are biped. When you punch, you can punch just moving the arm, and moving the entire body. When the body is used your transfering this extra energy of the movement ot your hand. In this case you are not preserving energy but you are concentrating to have more power.
+Marcelo Tezza Although I think this is true it's also extremly complex to program. I'm not a scientist either but I study fysiotherapy so I'd like to say I'm an expert in (human) body movement. It's extremely complex to fully understand a movement like walking or punching, the way all the muscles coördinate the movement over all your joints is extremely complex. I'm not a programmer and the little experience I have with HTML and JAVA makes me believe it will be extremely complex. So you're right with that the energy of a marathon runner or any movement is not only coördinated by one muscle individually but that there is more to it but movement of the body is extremely fascinating because of all the components that come to work together. I don't think the "elasticity" would make that big of a difference but it might make a small difference since everything in a normal body is connected with tissue. I really like your thinking though cause you see a major component / flaw in the movement of this robot!
This is fucking awesome!!! I could cut off the head off a salamander, attach my custom made head and then control the thing with a remote. NOW IMAGINE DOING THIS WITH A FLYING THING!!!! edit: He just said that in the video.
I dated a girl sometime ago that was majoring in biological engineering, and she was very specifically studying the Basilisk Lizard, which is a unique reptile that is able to run on water. She discussed it with me a lot, specifically robotics potential and the mechanics behind the lizard, and I found it very fascinating.
+Butterworthy you were so lucky bro
Jan Opawski Yep, but life marches forward, and I ended up marrying a woman later who is a NICU nurse taking care of incredibly sick babies. Totally different type of science, with a lot more human social interest behind it, but it's still really fascinating to hear about her day. Medicine can be a really screwed up profession sometimes.
i guess she is an awesome person too
+Butterworthy biomimikry. i want to make a boat that moves like a fish!
+WithTheLight1111 that does not make any sense. Why would you make something that changes its shape? As a toy? It's not practical as mean of transport.
Is there a larger model I can ride into battle?
Why not go to the local zoo!
Make one
This is simply amazing. The rate of advancement now that many are taking true inspiration from nature just boggles my mind. Love it.
I guess it's time to upgrade my Tamagotchi.
Jonathan Hartwig
20 years before that were Pet Rocks!
Tomodachi?
CheezPleez a tomadotchi is a little egg like thing with a sccreen and you have a vitural pet
8:10 to see it swim :)
👍
+Max Pemberton -.-
+celeste AR id say arguing about why someone didnt watch a video of a swimming robot is about as wasteful as it gets
Max Pemberton Thnx.
Nice I almost missed the scene :-)
Damn it SKYNET! Now you got these lizard like things against humanity.
ah robotics....the one thing every TEDster can agree is awesome.
Amazing robotics skills
Today: Salamander
Tomorrow: Skynet
Skynet been here..
An excellent talk. Never before have I actually felt the compulsion to clap while sitting alone in my chair. Yet, I was so drawn in by this talk that it jarred me once it was done when I realized that I wasn't actually there.
they'll tek arr jerrrbs!!
+Sam Barkley They already tek arr jerrrbs!! It said so on a Southpark episode!!! LOL :)
+Sam Barkley Durka durrrr!
Stephen Blackwell that's a good thing, a very good thing.
What?! they tukkrrr jebbbs?!!! OMG waee'daee leddm t-kkkrrr jbsss!!! Cook-a-noddle-doooo!
Yeah, they are also Muslims, look at the name carefully: "Salam-Ander".
The Robotics and Artificial Intelligence going to play a key role in the future world. And this 'Salamander' and 'cat' robots shows the glimpse of the future. Kudos to the expert Auke Ijspeert and his team who made this possible with their scientific quest. Very interesting subject and presented neatly.
Shut up and take my money!1
Wft(:😅😂😂
+Mrx bhu bjv, hgjvfg
hobby night hthjx him k of funds xmdv
+Тимофей Макаров I doubt it's enough.
'probably'? Definitely.
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Johnismybestfriend Do cats dream of quadriplegic mice?
Johnismybestfriend if you download the app from Google play.
Just the skeletal structure and no sensors yet the salamander and robot cat already performs exceptional.
I don't know why but this is the type of video I expect to see in an inflight entertainment list
Thank you for the courage and hard work you have shown by creating those robots, they are really going to be helpful and I am hoping to change the world in the near future by creating my own robots...thank you again for encouraging us!!!!
Great one. It's no stretch to believe that environmental cleanup and search-and-rescue efforts can be helped by the continuing development of this tech, and implementation for these goals might not be far off at all. That this research is contributing to the development of spinal trauma and paralysis medical tech is exciting too.
This will be weaponized.
+Scott Wallace The fate of most TED inventions
Scott Wallace. Life kills life. very old trope. the universe is a creation/death apparatus..
Scott Wallace sounds like a great movie title.
Very enlightening. I always thought of most problems in locomotion being controls problems requiring incredibly complicated closed loop systems, but this is telling me otherwise. It's amazing how natural the gait of these robots looked especially considering they were open loop systems!
I wonder if robot designers should stop focusing on simplified mechanical systems with complicated controls, and focus on complicated mechanical systems with simplified controls.
*_Just slap an Apple logo on it_*
Yup
Destroy Idiots dayum son you rekt them btw true
Next you could raise the price x10
do the salamander, do the salamander, do the salamander...
The time it went in water.. And took an autopilot mode on swimming was incredible
I loved the idea of a future where this technology becomes part of us and part of our lives, where we evolve to a higher level. But what scares me now is how all our information is being monitored using artificial intelligence, most people don't seem to have a clue as how this works.
i think this world gonna be full with animals robots like Horizon : Zero dawn game
If the spinal cord receives control signals from the brain and translates them into locomotion and etc, it's amazing that it manages to not interfere with fine motor movements as it passes through the same interface. It must have some way to differentiate these and that's awesome as f*** to me.
question, if you flip the robot can't it flip itself back where it was like a salamander does every time?
Wow, at last a really good talk on tech and neuroscience! Who knew that motion control for limbs developed in the adjacent vertebrae as the limbs evolved!
it seems like a very interesting teaching project to provide a student with a robot and a programming language, and then to have them attempt to program good movement.
could also be an interesting competition. if each team had the same robot, you could measure impact, speed, energy efficiency, etc.
brace yourselves metal gear is coming
This guy is great at taking something cool and making it boring
In future, humans are going to make other animals extinct and feel happiness in their imitated toys and How smart they are. That said, the tech. in this video is still amazing.
+sukhvir singh Extinct? Sure. But preserve their information and they could be brought back.
Malcolm Swoboda how? don't be stupid. if animal is gone - it's gone
Yes. Its gone until its not gone.
@Malcolm Swoboda
Sure. When we acquire the ability to create life. Which, I predict, will not happen in this age of mankind. People can be so arrogant, in thinking we can do anything. But life is beyond us, as the stars are beyond us.
Lol, when the cheetah cub robot come out on stage, I found myself saying "Awe..." I would have to say they definitely got the gait of a kitten correct.
I understand that the programing for the robo-salamander's A.I. was focused on the salamander species' specific locomotion and navigation. Which is really cool as is but it would be neat to be alive when they are able to program a complete set of instincts and habits of a species and have it interact with the environment accordingly as well as having the robot at a 1:1 scale to it's living counterpart.
The auto-generated captions at 0:41 are great lmao
Sam Vaknin should have a TED talk.
Please do a crow next ,it's funny how they walk and hop around!!
3:27 when i finally noticed he is french
do salamanders drag themselves along the ground IRL?
sorta
This is really beautiful- I agree wholeheartedly
this is amazing! i was happy when that cat came in. i hope we get a human model of this technology in 10 years
The Cheetah Cub is cute freaking cute
Last few TED talks have been very good! Weird.
what about fine control of all the parts? - I can generally* move every part of my body independently of the rest... (I know a cat can too) - *how does it fit in the model?*
(* except for ring finger and toes)
If you make it a bit bigger and add an internal nuclear power source, an ice drill, and powerful communicator, it could be used for the Europa probe.
now scale this up and build life size dinosars that move like real animals
3:19 RoboTuna :)
And imagine by this time when you see technology evolution like this someone beats his head in the floor praying to invisible things.
I can see how this man worships invisible things. He gives tribute, first to “Evolution” and then to “Nature”, like one would a god. I don’t worship nature, I worship the Creator of all we see in nature. I recognize that life is so amazingly complex that it could not exist if it weren’t made by a being who is greater than we are. With all we have, with all we learn, we still cannot even come close to doing what God did when he built the universe out of nothing.
If nature does things best then we need cars with legs, that's one of the cool things I'd like to create one day. That way we will save ourselves destroying land for roads, as legged cars wont need them. Glad to see the tech for this is getting better.
i already see these run around on the streets with blue-red ligts on them !!!
10/17(actually 10/18, because I came back home late) Third video
After i saw this video, i could see the unmeasurable possibilities innated in the biotechnology. "Nature has all answer" fits to this robot. Actually, I was planning to build a 4 legged robot, and this video gave me many idea about it. The most impressive part is that computer simulation is not always right. I was bit shocked because I usually thought that test something in computer simulation is better than test in real situation, because it looks more professional. Ted is always give me good effects to me.😁
Early in the 21st century, the Roboticist Auke Ijspeert , advanced robot evolution into the nexus phase.
A being virtually identical to a salamander, known as Pleurobot.
so.. that's how it starts
"earth is ours no more"
Animals are beautifully designed. The creator is incredible.
+Stefan C These guys are going to improve the design. Will you say they're more incredible then?
+Stefan C They weren´t designed.
Raul Pinto since when has extraordinary engineering come from non-engineering, order from non-order, information from randomness? The second law of thermodynamics forbids it.
Stefan C The second law of thermodynamics doesn´t contradict evolution at all. That argument has already been proven a fake one used by religious people.
Raul Pinto One could say that because the earth is not a closed system, the second law is not a problem. But the universe is a closed system, and the supposed big bang was not an orderly event.
See 12:27 at which point one guy is so interested he is picking his nose.
@8:15 I was really expecting hug round of applause but dead people.
would be amazing for animatronics
i want this as my future robotic pet NOW
the lizard is adorable !!
8:10 how much for one of THOSE models?
where can I buy pleurobot?
Skynet looks so innocent *@* 1st...😐
ur being ignorant
NATSU? IS THAT YOU?
did... did anyone else just click this because it's a robotic salamander or is it just me?
That poor cat never saw it coming. 1:22
the military use for this robot would be amazing! disguised like a salamander, capable of maintaining a low profile while gathering info in enemy territory... just perfect for the job.
But isn't it that when severing a chickens head that the brain, which is partly located in its neck, can still enable locomotion?
watch the rest of the video
It swims much better than it walks.
What species did he say it was based off of?
The cheetah bot needs independently controllable camber angles.
congratulation for this research!
Horizon Zero Dawn
this is just the beginning
thatonepanch
Today: Salamander
Future: Snapmaw from Horizon Zero Dawn
Now I know who to find If i want to build my own Kavats
I didn't come to learn about science, I came to watch a robot amphibian do cool things.
I have a feeling these are going to be weponized
5:16 what word is he using
So in the end, we can really only think of one thing at a time?
i'd prefer to see a live lizard in an intact environment. Forever.
technology is created by observing nature
5:43 Did he just confess to decapitating a cat?
So what should we do now keep it as pet ? I mean what do we need this for
I think the man is also a Robot, listen to how he speaks...
0:55 And it $#@% Our nervous system
3:23 - My waifu.
😂???
bad taste lmao
did they cut off a salamander's head?
I always wanted to make a robot that looks like animals, but so far only boats and cars.
As amazing as these machines are, and all the information learned about the processes by doing so, it's still slightly horrifying how many salamanders and cats were beheaded and electrocuted to learn about it. :s
they're so cuuuuttteee aaaHhhh
This is fascinating!
play this video at 0.75 of the speed
Could they compete with Boston Dynamics?
+paul lima SURE!!!
good job
Ted Faro
Is Zuckeberg the most advance version of this lizard bot ?
i'm just gonna wait for dinosaur robots if they don't exist already
Ì think biomecanics is marvelous, but i think one approach they should look is elastic properties of the skin and nerves.
+Marcelo Tezza what do you mean? :)
+Edwin Jose my mother language is portuguese so its more complicated to explain, but i will try. when you look side by side the salamander movement and the robot one, you can see how much more fluid is movement of the animal. One reason i guess is because the robot dont use or dont have same elastic energy used by the salamander. when the salamander walks it uses its spine as whip that aids the constant movements of its legs, the robot does not, it moves like group of independent muscles than being inneficient. the salamander before take every each step it ways for the complete flow of the impulse than it just seems use muscles to lift the legs, not to put it to the front, or if it does, does much less use of energy. i hope you could understand what i wanted to say
Marcelo Tezza Great Explanation! I actually never thought that. to be honest, I still don't clearly understand how the how the elasticity of the skin+nervous make that much a difference to a point where all the salamander needs to us use it muscles to lift the leg up but I do have an idea of what you mean. I can visualize how the elasticity in the skins and nerves of a small animal like a lizard could help aid most of its movement but I cannot visualize how this would work for something that is as large as humans or even a salamander.
+Edwin Jose Yeah, im not a scientist, but humans have this elasticity too, im not even sure if i can call it that but when you run, and marathon runners knows that if you mantain an certain rithim with coordenation of your movements you can achieve the same effect to reduce energy usage.
As you sincronize your arms with your feel, you can use the primordial energy from the bounce of your arms to help your legs too. Defenitly not effective as the salamander where the primordial impulse is preserved to a longer extent because they are quad and we are biped.
When you punch, you can punch just moving the arm, and moving the entire body. When the body is used your transfering this extra energy of the movement ot your hand. In this case you are not preserving energy but you are concentrating to have more power.
+Marcelo Tezza Although I think this is true it's also extremly complex to program. I'm not a scientist either but I study fysiotherapy so I'd like to say I'm an expert in (human) body movement. It's extremely complex to fully understand a movement like walking or punching, the way all the muscles coördinate the movement over all your joints is extremely complex. I'm not a programmer and the little experience I have with HTML and JAVA makes me believe it will be extremely complex. So you're right with that the energy of a marathon runner or any movement is not only coördinated by one muscle individually but that there is more to it but movement of the body is extremely fascinating because of all the components that come to work together. I don't think the "elasticity" would make that big of a difference but it might make a small difference since everything in a normal body is connected with tissue.
I really like your thinking though cause you see a major component / flaw in the movement of this robot!
alright youtube I'm watching it are you happy now??
v woah! This is amazing and you say it like that 😱
This is fucking awesome!!! I could cut off the head off a salamander, attach my custom made head and then control the thing with a remote.
NOW IMAGINE DOING THIS WITH A FLYING THING!!!!
edit: He just said that in the video.
im really sad that my english isnt good enough so that i could understand every signle word. would be amazing to use all these informations at school
a chicken can only run after its head is chopped off is because most of its brain is in its neck.
7:14 could have used transparent plastic.
the beginning of an ATAT