My seven species of robot | Dennis Hong | TEDxNASA
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0:18 - 0:19Thanks for having me.
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0:19 - 0:23We have too many really exciting
robotics works that I want to show you -
0:23 - 0:25but we only have 18 minutes,
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0:25 - 0:28so I really had a hard time
trying to cut down the slides. -
0:28 - 0:31But let's see how it goes,
we have 18 minutes -
0:31 - 0:35and an apology in advance,
I'm probably going to speak really fast. -
0:35 - 0:38So, the first robot I'll talk about
is called STriDER. -
0:38 - 0:41It stands for Self-excited
Tripedal Dynamic Experimental Robot. -
0:41 - 0:43It's a robot that has three legs,
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0:43 - 0:46which is inspired by nature.
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0:46 - 0:48But have you seen anything in nature,
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0:48 - 0:50an animal that has three legs?
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0:50 - 0:51Probably not.
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0:51 - 0:54So, why do I call this
a biologically inspired robot? -
0:54 - 0:55How would it work?
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0:55 - 0:57But before that,
let's look at pop culture. -
0:57 - 1:01So, you know H.G. Wells'
"War of the Worlds," novel and movie. -
1:01 - 1:02And what you see over here
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1:02 - 1:04is a very popular video game,
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1:04 - 1:07and in this fiction they describe
these alien creatures -
1:07 - 1:10and robots that have three legs
that terrorize Earth. -
1:10 - 1:14But my robot, STriDER,
does not move like this. -
1:14 - 1:15So, how does it work?
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1:15 - 1:18So, this is an actual
dynamic simulation animation. -
1:18 - 1:20I'm just going to show you
how the robot works. -
1:20 - 1:22So when I go to robotics conferences,
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1:22 - 1:24I show this video to some of my colleagues
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1:24 - 1:27and everybody goes, wow, this is cool.
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1:27 - 1:29So when I click this,
it's going to show an animation, -
1:29 - 1:32so everybody say "Ooh" and "Aah".
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1:33 - 1:35Ooh.
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1:37 - 1:39Aah. Isn't that cool?
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1:40 - 1:42It flips its body 180 degrees
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1:42 - 1:45and it swings its leg between
the two legs and catches the fall. -
1:45 - 1:47So, that's how it walks.
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1:47 - 1:50If you think about it, it looks
very complicated, almost organic. -
1:50 - 1:52But why are we trying to do this?
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1:52 - 1:54How is this biologically inspired?
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1:54 - 1:56Let me talk about it a little bit.
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1:56 - 1:59So, when you look at us
human beings, bipedal walking, -
1:59 - 2:01what you're doing is
you're not really using a muscle -
2:01 - 2:04to lift your leg and walk like a robot.
Right? -
2:04 - 2:07What you're doing is you really swing
your leg and catch the fall, -
2:07 - 2:10stand up again,
swing your leg and catch the fall. -
2:10 - 2:13You're using your built-in dynamics,
the physics of your body, -
2:13 - 2:15just like a pendulum.
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2:15 - 2:18We call that the concept
of passive dynamic locomotion. -
2:18 - 2:21What you're doing is, when you stand up,
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2:21 - 2:24potential energy to kinetic energy,
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2:24 - 2:25potential energy to kinetic energy.
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2:25 - 2:28It's a constantly falling process.
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2:28 - 2:31So, even though there is nothing
in nature that looks like this, -
2:31 - 2:33really, we were inspired by biology
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2:33 - 2:36and applying the principles of walking
to this robot. -
2:36 - 2:39Thus it's a biologically inspired robot.
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2:39 - 2:41What you see over here,
this is what we want to do next. -
2:41 - 2:45We want to fold up the legs
and shoot it up for long-range motion. -
2:45 - 2:48And it deploys legs -
it looks almost like "Star Wars" - -
2:48 - 2:50when it lands, it absorbs
the shock and starts walking. -
2:50 - 2:54What you see over here, this yellow thing,
this is not a death ray. (Laughter) -
2:54 - 2:57This is just to show you
that if you have cameras -
2:57 - 2:58or different types of sensors -
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2:58 - 3:00because it is tall, it's 1.8 meters tall -
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3:00 - 3:03you can see over obstacles like bushes
and those kinds of things. -
3:03 - 3:05So we have two prototypes.
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3:05 - 3:08The first version, in the back,
that's STriDER I. -
3:08 - 3:10One of the problems
that we had with STriDER I - -
3:10 - 3:13The one in front, the smaller,
is STriDER II. -
3:13 - 3:15The problem that we had
with STriDER I is -
3:15 - 3:17it was just too heavy in the body.
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3:17 - 3:19We had so many motors,
you know, aligning the joints, -
3:19 - 3:21and those kinds of things.
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3:21 - 3:23So, we decided to synthesize
a mechanical mechanism -
3:23 - 3:26so we could get rid of all the motors,
and with a single motor -
3:26 - 3:28we can coordinate all the motions.
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3:28 - 3:32It's a mechanical solution to a problem,
instead of using mechatronics. -
3:33 - 3:36So, with this now the top body
is light enough. -
3:36 - 3:39So, it's walking in our lab;
this was the very first successful step. -
3:39 - 3:42It's still not perfected -
its coffee falls down - -
3:42 - 3:44so we still have a lot of work to do.
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3:44 - 3:47The second robot I want to talk about
is called IMPASS. -
3:47 - 3:48It stands for
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3:48 - 3:51Intelligent Mobility Platform
with Actuated Spoke System. -
3:51 - 3:54So, it's a wheel-leg hybrid robot.
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3:54 - 3:56So, think of a rimless wheel
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3:56 - 3:58or a spoke wheel,
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3:58 - 4:01but the spokes individually
move in and out of the hub; -
4:01 - 4:03so, it's a wheel-leg hybrid.
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4:03 - 4:05We are literally re-inventing
the wheel here. -
4:05 - 4:08Let me demonstrate how it works.
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4:08 - 4:10So, in this video we're using an approach
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4:10 - 4:12called the reactive approach.
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4:12 - 4:15Just simply using the tactile sensors
on the feet, -
4:15 - 4:18it's trying to walk over
a changing terrain, -
4:18 - 4:21a soft terrain
where it pushes down and changes. -
4:21 - 4:23And just by the tactile information,
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4:23 - 4:26it successfully crosses over
these type of terrain. -
4:26 - 4:29But, when it encounters
a very extreme terrain, -
4:29 - 4:33in this case, this obstacle
is more than three times -
4:33 - 4:35the height of the robot,
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4:35 - 4:37Then it switches to a deliberate mode,
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4:37 - 4:39where it uses a laser range finder,
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4:39 - 4:42and camera systems,
to identify the obstacle and the size, -
4:42 - 4:45and it plans, carefully plans
the motion of the spokes -
4:45 - 4:47and coordinates it
so that it can show this -
4:47 - 4:49kind of very very impressive mobility.
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4:49 - 4:52You probably haven't seen
anything like this out there. -
4:52 - 4:54This is a very high mobility robot
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4:54 - 4:56that we developed called IMPASS.
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4:56 - 5:00When you drive your car,
when you steer it, -
5:00 - 5:02you use a method called
Ackermann steering, -
5:02 - 5:05the front wheels rotate like this.
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5:05 - 5:10But most of the small wheeled robots
use a method called differential steering -
5:10 - 5:13where the left and right wheel
turn in opposite directions. -
5:13 - 5:16For IMPASS, we can do many,
many different types of motion. -
5:16 - 5:20For example, in this case, even though
the left and right wheel is connected -
5:20 - 5:22with a single axle rotating
at the same angle of velocity, -
5:22 - 5:24we just simply change
the length of the spoke. -
5:24 - 5:28It affects the diameter and then
can turn to the left and to the right. -
5:28 - 5:29These are just some examples
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5:29 - 5:31of the neat things
that we can do with IMPASS. -
5:31 - 5:33This robot is called CLIMBeR:
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5:33 - 5:37Cable-suspended Limbed Intelligent
Matching Behavior Robot. -
5:37 - 5:40So, I've been talking to a lot
of NASA JPL scientists - -
5:40 - 5:42at JPL they are famous
for the Mars rovers - -
5:42 - 5:44and the scientists,
geologists always tell me -
5:44 - 5:46that the real interesting science,
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5:46 - 5:49the science-rich sites,
are always at the cliffs. -
5:49 - 5:51But the current rovers cannot get there.
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5:51 - 5:54So, inspired by that
we wanted to build a robot -
5:54 - 5:57that can climb a structured
cliff environment. -
5:57 - 5:59So, this is CLIMBeR.
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5:59 - 6:02So, what it does, it has three legs.
It's difficult to see, -
6:02 - 6:04but it has a winch
and a cable at the top - -
6:04 - 6:06and it tries to figure out
the best place to put its foot. -
6:06 - 6:08And then once it figures that out
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6:08 - 6:11in real time, it calculates
the force distribution: -
6:11 - 6:13how much force it needs
to exert to the surface -
6:13 - 6:15so it doesn't tip and doesn't slip.
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6:15 - 6:17Once it stabilizes that, it lifts a foot,
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6:17 - 6:21and then with the winch
it can climb up these kinds of thing. -
6:21 - 6:24Also for search and rescue
applications as well. -
6:25 - 6:28This robot is called MARS:
Multi-Appendage Robotic System. -
6:28 - 6:31Five years ago I actually
worked at NASA JPL -
6:31 - 6:33during the summer as a faculty fellow.
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6:33 - 6:36And they already had
a six legged robot called LEMUR. -
6:36 - 6:39So, this is actually based on that.
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6:39 - 6:41So, it's a hexapod robot.
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6:41 - 6:43We developed our adaptive gait planner.
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6:43 - 6:45We actually have a very interesting
payload on there. -
6:45 - 6:47The students like to have fun.
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6:47 - 6:49It shows very interesting mobility,
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6:49 - 6:53and here you can see that it's walking
over a structured terrain. -
6:53 - 6:57It's little bit difficult to see,
in the videos over here, -
6:57 - 7:00it's trying to walk
on the coastal terrain, sandy area, -
7:00 - 7:05but depending on the moisture content
or the grain size of the sand -
7:05 - 7:08the foot's soil sinkage model changes.
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7:08 - 7:09So, it tries to adapt its gait
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7:09 - 7:12to successfully cross over
these kind of things. -
7:12 - 7:15It also does some fun stuff,
as you can imagine. -
7:15 - 7:17We get so many visitors visiting our lab.
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7:17 - 7:20So, when the visitors come,
MARS walks up to the computer, -
7:20 - 7:22starts typing "Hello, my name is MARS.
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7:22 - 7:23Welcome to RoMeLa,
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7:23 - 7:26the Robotics Mechanisms Laboratory
at Virginia Tech." -
7:28 - 7:30This robot is an amoeba robot.
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7:30 - 7:33Now, we don't have enough time
to go into technical details, -
7:33 - 7:36I'll just show you some
of the experiments. -
7:36 - 7:39So, this is some of the early
feasibility experiments. -
7:39 - 7:42We store potential energy
to the elastic skin to make it move. -
7:42 - 7:46Or use active tension cords
to make it move forward and backward. -
7:46 - 7:50We've also been working with scientists
and engineers from UPenn -
7:50 - 7:54to come up with a chemically
actuated version of this Amoeba robot. -
7:54 - 7:56We do something to something,
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7:56 - 8:01and just like magic, it moves. The blob.
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8:02 - 8:04It's called ChIMERA.
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8:04 - 8:06This robot is a very recent project.
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8:06 - 8:08It's called RAPHaEL.
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8:08 - 8:10Robotic Air Powered Hand
with Elastic Ligaments. -
8:10 - 8:14There are a lot of really neat, very good
robotic hands out there in the market. -
8:14 - 8:17The problem is they're just too expensive,
tens of thousands of dollars. -
8:17 - 8:20So, for prosthesis applications
it's probably not too practical, -
8:20 - 8:22because it's not affordable.
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8:22 - 8:25We wanted to go tackle this problem
in a very different direction. -
8:25 - 8:29Instead of using electrical motors,
electromechanical actuators, -
8:29 - 8:30we're using compressed air.
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8:30 - 8:33We developed these
novel actuators for joints. -
8:33 - 8:35It is compliant.
You can actually change the force, -
8:35 - 8:37simply just changing the air pressure.
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8:37 - 8:40And it can actually crush
an empty soda can. -
8:40 - 8:43It can pick up very delicate objects
like a raw egg, -
8:43 - 8:45or in this case, a lightbulb.
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8:45 - 8:49The best part, it took only $200 dollars
to make the first prototype. -
8:50 - 8:53This robot is actually
a family of snake robots -
8:53 - 8:54that we call HyDRAS,
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8:54 - 8:57Hyper Degrees-of-freedom
Robotic Articulated Serpentine. -
8:57 - 9:00The one that you see over here -
you can see it outdoors in the lobby -
9:00 - 9:03we actually have a demo,
please stop by during the break time. -
9:03 - 9:05This is a robot that can climb structures.
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9:05 - 9:07This is a HyDRAS's arm.
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9:07 - 9:09It's a 12 degrees of freedom robotic arm.
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9:09 - 9:12But the cool part is the user interface.
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9:12 - 9:15The cable over there,
that's an optical fiber. -
9:15 - 9:17And this student,
probably the first time using it, -
9:17 - 9:19but she can articulate
it many different ways. -
9:19 - 9:22So, for example in Iraq,
you know, the war zone, -
9:22 - 9:23there is roadside bombs.
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9:23 - 9:27Currently you send these remotely
controlled vehicles that are armed. -
9:27 - 9:29It takes really a lot of time
and it's expensive -
9:29 - 9:32to train the operator
to operate this complex arm. -
9:33 - 9:34In this case it's very intuitive;
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9:34 - 9:36this student, probably
his first time using it, -
9:36 - 9:38doing very complex manipulation tasks,
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9:38 - 9:42picking up objects and doing manipulation,
just like that. -
9:43 - 9:44Very intuitive.
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9:46 - 9:49Now, this robot is currently
our star robot. -
9:49 - 9:52We actually have a fan club
for the robot, DARwIn: -
9:52 - 9:55Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot
with Intelligence. -
9:55 - 9:58As you know, we are very interested
in human walking, -
9:58 - 10:01so we decided to build
a small humanoid robot. -
10:01 - 10:02This was in 2004; at that time,
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10:02 - 10:04this was something really revolutionary.
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10:04 - 10:06This was more of a feasibility study:
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10:06 - 10:08What kind of motors should we use?
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10:08 - 10:11Is it even possible?
What kinds of controls should we do? -
10:11 - 10:12So, this does not have any sensors.
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10:12 - 10:14So, it's an open loop control.
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10:14 - 10:17For those who probably know,
if you don't have any sensors -
10:17 - 10:20and there are any disturbances,
you know what happens. -
10:20 - 10:22(Laughter)
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10:22 - 10:25So, based on that success,
the following year -
10:25 - 10:27we did the proper mechanical design
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10:27 - 10:28starting from kinematics.
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10:28 - 10:31And thus, DARwIn I was born in 2005.
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10:31 - 10:34It stands up, it walks - very impressive.
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10:34 - 10:37However, still, as you can see,
it has a cord, umbilical cord. -
10:37 - 10:39So, we're still using
an external power source -
10:39 - 10:41and external computation.
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10:42 - 10:45So, in 2006, now it's really
time to have fun. -
10:45 - 10:46Let's give it intelligence.
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10:46 - 10:49We give it all the computing power
it needs: -
10:49 - 10:50a 1.5 gigahertz Pentium M chip,
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10:50 - 10:53two FireWire cameras,
rate gyros, accelerometers, -
10:53 - 10:55four force sensors on the foot,
lithium polymer batteries. -
10:55 - 10:59And now DARwIn II
is completely autonomous. -
10:59 - 11:01It is not remote controlled.
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11:01 - 11:04There are no tethers. It looks around,
searches for the ball, -
11:04 - 11:08looks around, searches for the ball,
and it tries to play a game of soccer, -
11:08 - 11:10autonomously: artificial intelligence.
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11:11 - 11:14Let's see how it does.
This was our very first trial, and... -
11:14 - 11:17(Video): Spectators: Goal!
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11:19 - 11:22Dennis Hong: So, there is actually
a competition called RoboCup. -
11:22 - 11:25I don't know how many of you
have heard about RoboCup. -
11:25 - 11:29It's an international autonomous
robot soccer competition. -
11:29 - 11:32And the goal of RoboCup,
the actual goal is, -
11:32 - 11:34by the year 2050
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11:34 - 11:38we want to have full size,
autonomous humanoid robots -
11:38 - 11:41play soccer against
the human World Cup champions -
11:41 - 11:42and win.
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11:43 - 11:46It's a true actual goal.
It's a very ambitious goal, -
11:46 - 11:48but we truly believe that we can do it.
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11:48 - 11:50So, this is last year in China.
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11:50 - 11:53We were the very first team
in the United States that qualified -
11:53 - 11:55in the humanoid RoboCup competition.
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11:55 - 11:57This is this year in Austria.
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11:57 - 12:00You're going to see the action,
three against three, -
12:00 - 12:02completely autonomous.
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12:02 - 12:03There you go. Yes!
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12:05 - 12:06The robots track and they
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12:06 - 12:08team play amongst themselves.
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12:09 - 12:11It's very impressive.
It's really a research event -
12:11 - 12:15packaged in a more exciting
competition event. -
12:17 - 12:19What you see over here,
this is the beautiful -
12:19 - 12:21Louis Vuitton Cup trophy.
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12:21 - 12:23So, this is for the best humanoid,
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12:23 - 12:25and we would like to bring this
for the very first time, -
12:25 - 12:27to the United States next year,
so wish us luck. -
12:27 - 12:29(Applause)
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12:29 - 12:30Thank you.
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12:32 - 12:34DARwIn also has a lot of other talents.
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12:34 - 12:38Last year it actually conducted
the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra -
12:38 - 12:40for the holiday concert.
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12:40 - 12:43This is the next generation robot,
DARwIn IV, -
12:43 - 12:46but smarter, faster, stronger.
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12:46 - 12:49And it's trying to show off its ability:
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12:49 - 12:51"I'm macho, I'm strong.
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12:52 - 12:54I can also do some Jackie Chan-motion,
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12:54 - 12:56martial art movements."
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12:56 - 12:58(Laughter)
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12:59 - 13:01And it walks away.
So, this is DARwIn IV. -
13:01 - 13:03And again, you'll be able
to see it in the lobby. -
13:03 - 13:06We truly believe this is going to be
the very first -
13:06 - 13:08running humanoid robot
in the United States, so, stay tuned. -
13:08 - 13:12All right. So I showed you some
of our exciting robots at work. -
13:12 - 13:14So, what is the secret of our success?
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13:14 - 13:16Where do we come up with these ideas?
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13:16 - 13:18How do we develop these kinds of ideas?
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13:18 - 13:20We win awards after awards,
year after year. -
13:20 - 13:24We're actually running out of wall space
to put these plaques, -
13:24 - 13:27they're staring to accumulate on the floor
hopefully we didn't loose any. -
13:27 - 13:29These are just the awards
that we won in 2007 fall -
13:29 - 13:32from robotics competitions
and those kinds of things. -
13:32 - 13:34So, really, we have five secrets.
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13:34 - 13:37First is: Where do we get inspiration?
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13:37 - 13:39Where do we get this spark of imagination?
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13:39 - 13:41This is a true story, my personal story.
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13:41 - 13:43At night when I go to bed, 3 - 4 a.m.
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13:43 - 13:46I lie down, close my eyes,
and I see these lines and circles -
13:46 - 13:48and different shapes floating around.
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13:48 - 13:51And they assemble, and they form
these kinds of mechanisms. -
13:51 - 13:53And then I think, "Ah this is cool."
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13:53 - 13:55So, right next to my bed
I keep a notebook, -
13:55 - 13:58a journal, with a special pen
that has a light on it, LED light, -
13:58 - 14:01because I don't want to turn on
the light and wake up my wife. -
14:01 - 14:04So, I see this, scribble everything down,
draw things, and I go to bed. -
14:04 - 14:06Every day in the morning,
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14:06 - 14:08the first thing I do
before my first cup of coffee, -
14:08 - 14:10before I brush my teeth,
I open my notebook. -
14:10 - 14:12Many times it's empty,
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14:12 - 14:15sometimes I have something there -
sometimes it's junk -
14:15 - 14:17but most of the time
I can't even read my handwriting. -
14:17 - 14:20And so, 4 in the morning,
what do you expect, right? -
14:20 - 14:22So, I need to decipher what I wrote.
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14:22 - 14:25But sometimes I see
this ingenious idea in there, -
14:25 - 14:27and I have this eureka moment.
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14:27 - 14:29I directly run to my home office,
sit at my computer, -
14:29 - 14:31I type in the ideas, I sketch things out
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14:31 - 14:33and I keep a database of ideas.
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14:34 - 14:36So, when we have these
calls for proposals, -
14:36 - 14:40I try to find a match between
my potential ideas and the problem. -
14:40 - 14:43If there is a match
we write a research proposal, -
14:43 - 14:46get the research funding in, and that's
how we start our research programs. -
14:46 - 14:49But just a spark of imagination
is not good enough. -
14:49 - 14:51How do we develop these kinds of ideas?
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14:51 - 14:54At our lab RoMeLa, the Robotics
and Mechanisms Laboratory, -
14:54 - 14:56we have these fantastic
brainstorming sessions. -
14:56 - 14:59So, we gather around,
we discuss about problems -
14:59 - 15:02and solutions to the problems
and talk about it. -
15:02 - 15:05But before we start
we set this golden rule. -
15:05 - 15:07The rule is:
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15:07 - 15:10Nobody criticizes anybody's ideas.
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15:10 - 15:12Nobody criticizes any opinion.
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15:12 - 15:15This is important, because many times
students, they fear -
15:15 - 15:18or they feel uncomfortable
how others might think -
15:18 - 15:20about their opinions and thoughts.
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15:20 - 15:22So, once you do this, it is amazing
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15:22 - 15:23how the students open up.
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15:23 - 15:26They have these wacky, cool,
crazy, brilliant ideas, -
15:26 - 15:30and the whole room is just electrified
with creative energy. -
15:30 - 15:32And this is how we develop our ideas.
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15:33 - 15:34Well, we're running out of time.
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15:34 - 15:36One more thing I want to talk about is,
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15:36 - 15:39you know, just a spark of idea
and development is not good enough. -
15:39 - 15:41There was a great TED moment,
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15:41 - 15:44I think it was Sir Ken Robinson, was it?
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15:44 - 15:46He gave a talk about how education
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15:46 - 15:48and school kills creativity.
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15:48 - 15:51Well, actually, there are
two sides to the story. -
15:52 - 15:55So, there is only so much one can do
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15:55 - 15:57with just ingenious ideas
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15:57 - 16:00and creativity and good
engineering intuition. -
16:00 - 16:02If you want to go beyond a tinkering,
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16:02 - 16:04if you want to go beyond
a hobby of robotics -
16:04 - 16:07and really tackle the grand challenges
of robotics -
16:07 - 16:10through rigorous research
we need more than that. -
16:10 - 16:11This is where school comes in.
-
16:12 - 16:14Batman, fighting against bad guys,
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16:14 - 16:16he has his utility belt,
he has his grappling hook, -
16:16 - 16:18he has all different kinds of gadgets.
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16:18 - 16:21For us roboticists,
engineers and scientists, -
16:21 - 16:25these tools, these are the courses
and classes you take in class. -
16:25 - 16:27Math, differential equations.
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16:27 - 16:30I have linear algebra, science, physics,
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16:30 - 16:33even nowadays, chemistry
and biology, as you've seen. -
16:33 - 16:35These are all the tools that we need.
-
16:35 - 16:37So, the more tools you have, for Batman,
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16:37 - 16:39more effective at fighting the bad guys,
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16:39 - 16:41for us, more tools to attack
these kinds of big problems. -
16:43 - 16:45So, education is very important.
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16:45 - 16:48Also, it's not about that,
only about that. -
16:48 - 16:50You also have to work really, really hard.
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16:50 - 16:52So, I always tell my students,
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16:52 - 16:54"Work smart, then work hard."
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16:54 - 16:56This picture in the back
this is 3 in the morning. -
16:56 - 16:59I guarantee if you come
to your lab at 3 - 4 am -
16:59 - 17:01we have students working there,
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17:01 - 17:04not because I tell them to,
but because we are having too much fun. -
17:04 - 17:05Which leads to the last topic:
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17:05 - 17:07Do not forget to have fun.
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17:07 - 17:11That's really the secret of our success,
we're having too much fun. -
17:11 - 17:14I truly believe that highest productivity
comes when you're having fun, -
17:14 - 17:16and that's what we're doing.
-
17:16 - 17:17Again, we're running out of time.
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17:17 - 17:21Hopefully I'll have another chance
to talk to you about and introduce -
17:21 - 17:24some other exciting robotics projects
that we didn't have time to talk about. -
17:24 - 17:26We have a fully autonomous vehicle
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17:26 - 17:28that can drive into urban environments.
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17:28 - 17:31We won a half a million dollars
in the DARPA Urban Challenge. -
17:31 - 17:33We also have the world's very first
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17:33 - 17:35vehicle that can be driven by the blind.
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17:35 - 17:37We call it the Blind Driver Challenge,
very exciting. -
17:37 - 17:41And many, many other robotics projects
I want to talk about. -
17:41 - 17:44There you go.
Go out there, read a great book. -
17:44 - 17:47Get inspired, invent, work really hard.
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17:47 - 17:49Stay in school.
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17:49 - 17:52Come up with cool ideas,
I'll be happy to learn more about [them]. -
17:52 - 17:54Shoot me an email, let's talk about it.
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17:54 - 17:56There you go. Thank you so much.
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17:56 - 17:58(Applause)
- Title:
- My seven species of robot | Dennis Hong | TEDxNASA
- Description:
-
At TEDxNASA, Dennis Hong introduces seven award-winning, all-terrain robots - like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR - all built by his team at RoMeLa, Virginia Tech. Watch to the end to hear the five creative secrets to his lab's incredible technical success.
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TEDxTalks
- Duration:
- 18:11
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