This robot (by Robotex) is a series of smaller pieces connected by powerful magnets. When the pieces are broken apart, they sense each other, seek out the other pieces and reassemble automatically. This is very cool and very scary, kind of like the big dog robot I wrote about a couple weeks ago. It is amazing how far we have come with robotics. This stuff is very interesting to me, so much so that I am adding a new category to my blog, “robotics.”
This is definitely one of the coolest/weirdest things I’ve ever seen. Does anyone remember that video of the dog-like robot running in circles attached to a crane? It jumped and did flips and looked incredible in the process. Now the people who brought you that robot (Boston Dynamics) have released it into the wild. In this video, the next generation of the “Big Dog” robot is demonstrated and the advancements are unbelievable.
Check out the video at 0:35 for an insight into the future of robotics. The “dog” was able to instantly respond to someone who tried to kick it over and recovered flawlessly. Later in the video (1:20), the robot slips on ice and its life-like reaction put chills in me. The sound this machine makes is pretty annoying though. Check it out:
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