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Reconfigurable Robotics Lab - EPFL
Switzerland
Приєднався 20 гру 2012
At the Reconfigurable Robotics Lab we focus on the design, actuation, fabrication, and control of unique robotic systems. The research in our lab is committed to inventing interactive robotic systems with novel fabrication techniques and integration processes that push the limits of mechanical properties. These efforts enable us to create soft, reconfigurable, and interactive robots that are highly conscious of the environment and have extensive applications in wearable technology, medical/rehabilitation systems, and personal robots.
SORI: A Softness Rendering Interface - Summary - #5
The softness rendering interface, SORI, quantitatively recreates cutaneous and kinesthetic tactile softness cues on a fingertip. Furthermore, we propose a general method employing model-based softness cue estimation and mapping for regenerating realistic softness information. SORI with decoupled control over softness cues and embedded multimodal sensing recreates homogeneous, non-homogeneous, stationary, and dynamic surfaces. Crucially, it generates personalized realistic softness cues on various fingertips by accounting for their physical properties. This novel haptic device offers new opportunities across a range of fields, from teleoperation to medical technology. Finally, our technology will expedite psychological and neuroscience research to unlock the nature of softness perception.
Link to the paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314901121
Link to the paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314901121
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Відео
SORI: Softness Rendering Interface - #1
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The SORI is composed of two independent parts: the contact area and stiffness rendering parts. The contact area rendering part, constructed from a toroidal soft pneumatic actuator (SPA), manages the contact area with the fingertip upon inflation. Conversely, the stiffness rendering part, designed using an origami prismatic joint combined with a pouch motor, regulates the force applied to the fi...
SORI: Softness Regeneration - #2
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SORI replicates tactile cues on the fingertips, simulating both soft and hard homogeneous objects. It also emulates heterogeneous objects composed of layers with varying degrees of hardness. Link to the paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314901121
SORI: Softness regeneration of daily objects - #3
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We measured the shore hardness and stiffness of everyday items, such as marshmallows, bread, salmon, and beef. Subsequently, SORI replicated the tactile sensation of softness associated with these objects. Link to the paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314901121
SORI: Dynamic Surface Regeneration - Heart Model - #4
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SORI simulates the dynamic contact of a heart model 280 pulsating at 30 beats-per-minute. Link to the paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2314901121
Feelix: A Haptic Design Tool for Rigid and Soft Actuation Systems with Machine Learning Support
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by Anke van Oosterhout, Serhat Demirtaş, Jamie Paik, and Miguel Bruns Reconfigurable Robotics Lab École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) rrl.epfl.ch Industrial Design Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) Feelix: A Haptic Design Tool for Rigid and Soft Actuation Systems with Machine Learning Support Abstract - This paper showcases the latest advancements of Feelix, a haptic design ...
Mori3: a polygon-based modular robot
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This is a summary video of our new robot Mori3 that was just published in Nature Machine Intelligence. It’s the first example of physical polygon meshing, which makes the robotic system both functionally and morphologically flexible. The video showcases all the experiments we carried out for the paper including shape-change, automatic coupling, object manipulation, three types of locomotion, an...
Mori3: A polygon-based modular robot (all footage and descriptions)
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by Christoph Belke, Kevin Holdcroft, Alexander Sigrist, and Jamie Paik. The Mori3 is a modular robot built by the Reconfigurable Robotics Lab at EPFL. The Mori3 can change its own shape and function through changing the way modules interconnect. Each module is their own robot; they have their own power, motors, sensors. By themselves, they can drive around on the ground and change the length of...
Mori3 - Robotic arm
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The Mori3 is a robot capable of changing its own shape to adapt to new environments and unseen tasks. The Mori3 consists of autonomous pieces which can connect together to form large, complex, and moving systems. This video shows five modules connected together which uncurls and manipulates a hockey puck. At first, the arm passes over the hockey puck. Each module can change its own edge size. T...
Mori3 - Module overview and shape change
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The Mori3 is a robot capable of changing its own shape to adapt to new environments and unseen tasks. The Mori3 consists of autonomous pieces which can connect together to form large, complex, and moving systems. This video shows one module changing its edge length, allowing for a connected system to modify their morphology without reconfiguration. Each module contains motors which allow it to ...
Mori3 - Adaptive surface
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The Mori3 is a robot capable of changing its own shape to adapt to new environments and unseen tasks. The Mori3 consists of autonomous pieces which can connect together to form large, complex, and moving systems. This video shows six connected modules, which are able to pop out of plane to resemble the surface on the back screen. This movement uses the Mori3's ability to change a module's edge ...
Mori3 - Rolling loop
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The Mori3 is a robot capable of changing its own shape to adapt to new environments and unseen tasks. The Mori3 consists of autonomous pieces which can connect together to form large, complex, and moving systems. This video shows ten modules connected as a loop, rolling across the floor. Each module can change the length of each triangular edge. When all edges on a module are identical, the loo...
Mori3 - Walking quadruped
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The Mori3 is a robot capable of changing its own shape to adapt to new environments and unseen tasks. The Mori3 consists of autonomous pieces which can connect together to form large, complex, and moving systems. This video shows ten modules connected and starting flat on the ground. The robot stands up and starts walking. All of the modules are identical and functionally independent. Individua...
Mori3 - Module driving
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The Mori3 is a robot capable of changing its own shape to adapt to new environments and unseen tasks. The Mori3 consists of autonomous pieces which can connect together to form large, complex, and moving systems. This video shows one module driving under its own power. The same motors used to control the joints between modules are used with silicon wheels, allowing the module to drive itself.
RRL 10th Anniversary
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We are celebrating our 10th anniversary! During these ten years, we have focused on developing cutting-edge technology, pushing the limits of robotics science, and fostering learning in the academic community and the industry. We always appreciate your support and interest in our research. We invite you to join our demos and exhibition online, where we share our achievements, current projects, ...
A Compact Modular Soft Surface With Reconfigurable Shape and Stiffness
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A Compact Modular Soft Surface With Reconfigurable Shape and Stiffness
A new coupling mechanism for our modular origami robot Mori
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A new coupling mechanism for our modular origami robot Mori
Reconfigurable Robotics Lab - Christmas Video 2018
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Reconfigurable Robotics Lab - Christmas Video 2018
Mechanical Product Design and Development (ME 410) Course promo video
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Mechanical Product Design and Development (ME 410) Course promo video
Design of Multi-Functional Origami Robots and Machines.
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Design of Multi-Functional Origami Robots and Machines.
Highly Functional DIY Studio - White Background
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Highly Functional DIY Studio - White Background
Highly Functional DIY Studio - Backdrop Mechanism
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Highly Functional DIY Studio - Backdrop Mechanism
Reconfigurable Robotics Lab - Christmas Video 2017
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Reconfigurable Robotics Lab - Christmas Video 2017
Vacuum-powered soft robot locomotion
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Vacuum-powered soft robot locomotion
Vacuum-powered suction manipulation with a continuum robot
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Vacuum-powered suction manipulation with a continuum robot
The Design and Control of the Multi-Locomotion Origami Robot, Tribot.
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The Design and Control of the Multi-Locomotion Origami Robot, Tribot.
This is so cool! This is really making me want to build a haptic glove. Any chance of getting a link to the paper in the description?
Thanks! Great idea! Let's combine our powers :p I think youtube is not happy when i share link for some reason. Just google "SORI PNAS"
paper da puskevit gordum, keske yan yana deneyimleme sansim olabilseydi nasil bir his oldugunu 😂. sadece x ekseninde mi bir kuvvet var marshmellowu hafiften one iterek dokunmanin o pouch motordan ve ustteki konkavlasabilen yuzeyden farkli bir donusu var mi, neden normal bir motor ve disli degil de origami icerisinde bir pouch motor kullanildi avantaji nedir
Evet puskevit candir ;) Guzel bi noktaya degindin, su an sadece bir eksenli. Daha yumusak, daha hafif, daha transparant, ve (ileride) giyilebilir sistemler gelistirebildigimiz icin.
Developing the Matrix
The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. You take the red pill 🔴 or the blue pill 🔵? :)
So, correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like it only simulates the feeling of your finger sinking into something soft, without actual force feedback, right? Edit: just read the description. That's really cool!
It is a very good question. Yes, there is force feedback actually. The stiffness rendering part (the origami with a pouch actuator inside) generates the force. Indeed the novelty of the device lies behind its ability to control both force feedback and the contact area separately.
Why put so much effort into a video and leave audio explanation out?
We submit to these videos to academic journals, which have formal formats. But totally agree with you. 👍🏻
Smash, next question
Does it change durometer of the silicone?
It makes your finger feel as if the shore hardness of the silicone (what you measure with a durometer) changes
I could beat the shit outta that robot. I was worried they made the t200
Possibly the beginnings of the robot in the 1977 movie "Demon Seed".
I find your robot system very interesting, I think it could work faster if you replaced the wheels with holonomic wheels which would allow the wheels which are not in the direction of movement to slide.
There are no wheels... It is waking on four rigid corners.
Interesting!
Each day we come closer and closer to Horizon: Zero Dawn
verry cool dude
These robots are designed to work on the moon, mars and in space
I have to guess that this is the very FIRST demonstration of this system that has been released for public view. I hope it's the first, because we're not being shown much, other than a very very complex system, moving slowly. I'm repulsed by the complexity. We need to see some genius in the design. I would have liked very much to see the system DO SOMETHING TRULY USEFUL. You even had to do TIME LAPSE on some of the stuff! Ew! Oh well. Maybe next year!
You need to think bigger. Conceptually, it's very impressive and the demo is a great proof-of-concept to get one's imagination working. The future of this tech I'd think would be using these like large-scale nanobots, that can have preprogrammed modes, shapes to assist someone in a variety of ways, especially for the elderly and disabled.
The replicators got real ...
1:21 Is this real-time ?
probably not, the movement is weird even for a robot and the cables shake extremely fast
@@snorkelwhatYeah, I found a more detailed video (ua-cam.com/video/A0bn3lkSZG4/v-deo.html). It's 10x sped up. Still pretty impressive.
Wow x)
Lego? Where to buy? I want!
Ok cool, but why? :-)
Any engineer knows, the more parts that move, the more failure points. I’m pretty sure #1 feature we need in working robots is safety & reliability. Not shape shifting.
imagine if bacteria or viruses are just alien robots lol.
Nanotech. And these fuckers don't have the balls to admit it. And yes. They in a way are
I'm really surprised how cool this is❗
Ancestor of the replicant from stargate sg1 série 😢
Absolutely no practical application for this, what a total waste of time and money. Would take 6 hours for it to walk 5 feet and one piece of dust in those joints and it's trash
The first successful flight was 120 feet with a ground speed of 6.8mph, had pieces shaking off and a crash landing. By the end of the day, a gust of wind collapsed the aircraft, destroying it completely. A complete waste of time and money, yeah? You can run just as fast, it only holds one person, and it breaks too easily. You could walk nearly as quickly, or use a car or a horse far more easily. Today, the Airbus a380 has a wingspan of 262 feet, over twice that of the entire first flight, can carry hundreds of people at nearly the speed of sound (cruising speed Mach 0.85, top speed Mach 0.96), and they regularly both sit and fly through gusts of wind stronger than what destroyed the Wright Flyer. The first demonstration of a concept is always just that: a demonstration. It's ugly, ungainly, and completely incapable of accomplishing anything. It exists solely to demonstrate an idea in physical reality, a proof of concept that you can't provide with a video animation. So yes, this proof of concept device, built to demonstrate the ability to perform specific tasks while under careful manual control with exposed components and a tether indeed has no practical application, nor was it ever claimed that this device would. Smaller, self contained, dozens of sealed segments, moving 100-1000x faster? Now that may have some practical applications.
@@giin97You've just written the best possible answer, which was a relief to read because I was too lazy to take the time to do it, thank you.
You understand that there is a whole segment of science who job is to simply create the craziest shit possible just because they can... the application and 'WHY' will be determined later. Thats how most great inventions come about!
You've roboticized the polygon! Just a mater of time before its made micro scale. Anything in game can now become a real machine. Let's try to remain optimistic.
That reminds me of genshin a lot xD
I love innovation but it could trip over itself. I would make a robot out of liquid metal and perhaps call it T-1000
Soon my dear soon ❤
@@grazynakunc390 **this post was made by the Skynet Foundation**
That was awesome!
awesome work EPFL!
this is an amazing technology! looking forward to seeing more from you in the near future. best of luck!
What is inflating the pixels? an electrical pulse that expands a certain gas, or a tube running from the pixel to the controller where there is some sort of a pump?
you can built spider bot with that
Hi can you please give me the complete set of script files?
Espetacular!
This is not origami, origami is the art of folding paper
That's awesome
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I still don't understand how these can be used in the real world. I think there is so much going on with them, that they could fail easily with repeated use.
Sounds super complicated with too many points in the construction that could fail with continual use. What do you use to make everything durable so that they can withstand constant movement?
looks like someone got a memory metal diode vein
What program is used to make this simulation?
It is Abaqus
These are some amazing robots you inspire robot builders everywhere thank you.
I am looking for a tutorial of this simulation...it would be great if you help me with this bosesouvik28@gmail.com
😂 The whole series is great :D Sad to see it finished in 2018 ((:
Hello, I am looking for the tutorial of the simulation, may you please send the details? Thank you:) jiaocl025@163.com
hAHA I m laffimg so hard right NOW
This is really Great Work, I am a Mechatronics Engineering Student and self folding origami robots are amazing, there are endless tasks that one can do with them
Mention a few, please.
For normal speed place it at 0.25
*it does really stink, not being heard!*