[SFM] Portal/2 Panels: Are they possible?

Low-effort animation looking into the possibility of constructing the Panels seen in Portal and Portal 2, as well as just an overall look at what they can do.
I say it's possible, but I like to think big.

[@TetherAnimations9999]

If I may ask, where is this sudden surge of activity coming from? Are y'all just seeing this video randomly in the recommended tab or did someone mention it?

[@kristoforous]

Lmao recommended

[@dylanadler7272]

Top of my recommended right now

[@mikeyplays2372]

basically, yeah.

[@floschamomillae2721]

I got it recommended

[@SokarenT4S]

recommended along with other random portal vids lol

[@quantumblauthor7300]

Always makes me happy to see folks acknowledging the panels' AI. They have personalities, too. Remember the one that was just spinning around with a cube on top of it until you grabbed the cube, then it collapsed into the floor shyly? The floor is adorable. I rarely get to say that.

[@LittleBlockyCube]

k

[@someguy9175]

@@LittleBlockyCube wait WHAT?

[@Ostermond]

The panels are adorable.

[@TetherAnimations9999]

That panel was one of my favourite characters in the game. I always look for that sequence and put it wherever I can.

[@The2Coolest2]

@@TetherAnimations9999 where is it

[@Cl0ud897]

1:45 "This is not a panel. It's a crusher. We sell them too."

[@caldercockatoo2234]

Dang it I was gonna comment that XD

[@CarmenLC]

I call this one "Smash"

[@Johndoe-jd]

"Cave Johnson we're done here"

[@Michael-eg3rs]

@@Johndoe-jd damn it. You beat me too it

[@thehydrogenattheendoftheun2703]

@TurretBox that's what Wheatley calls them

[@AtomicR053]

I love how whenever Aperture Science built anything they decided to give it sentience for no reason. I wouldn’t put it past them to make the portal gun sentient.

[@localqueergoblin7486]

Oh god, now all I can think about is a portal gun with a sassy personality mocking the player whenever they're stuck in an area or get themselves killed or something XD

[@pixelthedragon4272]

@@localqueergoblin7486 POTaTOS with more dialogue

[@walgreens6909]

sentient long fall boots that get mad when you land from a super high place

[@laylaruan]

I guess you’re not going to pioneer AI without wanting to put it in everything

[@Sovic91]

That's exactly what Leadhead said in his Portal video. Is this a reference to that or is it just a massive coincidence?

[@Niohimself]

They are basically industrial robot arms (that exist IRL) holding a square plate. We already can make robot manipulstors of that size, strength, and speed, the only practical problem is that such robot arms cost as much as a car.

[@voodoodummie]

Considering it comes from the company that on the verge of bankruptcy decided to buy a buttload of poisonous moon-rocks, the economic consideration is moot.

[@rohankishibe6433]

If I ever win the lottery, I'm gonna make one of these

[@skullzans]

@@voodoodummie Yes but dont underestimate costs. Sure, the moonrocks are common and expensive, but you know whats also expensive? these damn things, and the fact is Theres MORE of these than square inches of moonrock. Dont forget that the black panels are also using these things, as well as the fact that theres t h o u s a n d s, maybe even f u c k i n g m i l l i o n s. The fact aperture is fucking existant in portal has to be one of the most expensive thing in the entire fucking storyverse, because the combine citadels are big, aperture is bigger than any individual one, and the combine are likely communists, giving you just enough to feed yourself unless you're joining their ranks.

[@skullzans]

@Cyberman112 Unknown Yes but consider the extreme cost of building OLD APERTURE, and that ONLY GLaDoS'es awakening was killing the scientists. until then they still had people and were trying to sell these products stupidly. Also IIRC it was said by word of god that the combine TRIED To get into aperture, but failed repeatedly until they just gave up.

[@Ditto-js1or]

I actually got to interact with one of these arms. My neighbor works at a robotics research lab and he took a small mobile one home to run tests and do work on the software

[@xyz12259]

Interesting. These are probably my favorite element of aperture science, they can rebuild the whole facility.

[@NightNinja]

Yeah it's really cool, pretty sure they designed everything in portal 2 to be buildable in real life

[@Leekodot15]

@@NightNinja Well... Some things are, some things aren't. For example: Literally anything that has to do with sentient AI, we MIGHT be able to make portal guns, but that's way too far ahead in the future for us to guess. But like... If given the resources, we COULD make turrets, panels and whatnot. Maybe even a lemon-ade.

[@NightNinja]

@@Leekodot15 oh sorry, I meant you could physically build pretty much any of it in real life (ignoring the stuff like the AI's, portals and other non robotic things like that), like you could probably build the cores in real life using the in game models as a template but obviously the AI is way ahead of our time so it would just be at most a remote control robot, I remember hearing somewhere that while designing the models the creators wanted everything to be theoretically makeable in real life. Though I can't actually remember where I heard it though so I could be wrong.

[@Leekodot15]

@@NightNinja oh

[@Leekodot15]

Oh hecc

[@TurtleCraftZ1]

Can you imagine how expensive it would be to build even one of these panels? And Aperture has tens of thousands of them throughout their facility with replacements at any given moment?

[@commenturthegreat2915]

And that's why they went bankrupt

[@ghoost8943]

also the moon rock coated ones

[@roidroid]

I suppose they manufactured all of the sub-components too, and all of their operations seem to be autonomous, so probably not as expensive as it seems. Perhaps raw materials go in, and panels come out, all that's required beyond this now is energy and space.

[@tuckertooley174]

they probably would be too expensive

[@dorijancirkveni]

The bean counters told me we literally could not afford to build even one of these panels, much less tens of thousands of them. Built 'em anyway.

[@noahwilliams8996]

I remember the one that was trying to escape by banging itself against the wall.

[@half-bakedtomsin3129]

Sorry, *w h a t ?*

[@noahwilliams8996]

@@half-bakedtomsin3129 The one that was banging against the wall.

[@Less_MAN]

@@noahwilliams8996 commented 6 months ago and replied to the person. what a legend

[@rohankishibe6433]

The ai explains that I guess

[@smoothbrained4channer976]

@@noahwilliams8996 wait so it was trying to commit suicide?

[@temi19]

Now you get to meet.. maSHY SPIKE PLATE! But seriously, excellent video!

[@danielhetrick3435]

That is not a panel. That's a crusher. We sell them too.

[@Sockren]

@@danielhetrick3435 can the portal community just stop being good at comedy

[@strebicux6174]

Aristotle vs mashy spike plate

[@turingsghost]

I'd love to see an in-miniature real world mockup of a Panel. An army of them would be VERY satisfying to watch.

[@doppelgangervortex]

Yesss

[@pepsiatlas5452]

huh. thats... actually a fun idea for a desk robot. imagine it juggling your coffee cup or something. i might try this

[@doppelgangervortex]

@@pepsiatlas5452 That would be amazing

[@TetherAnimations9999]

@@pepsiatlas5452 do it mate

[@ahmed4363]

@@pepsiatlas5452 didn't know you watch hermitcraft (docm77) and dream and Hishe

[@albingrahn5576]

programming this would definitely not be the hardest part (aside from the personality thing). just slap some inverse kinematics on it and you can decide exactly where and in what direction you want your panel, and the arm things will do the rest for you.

[@mothballz99]

I have to reply from my personal acct because I'm at work but I'm so happy the guy with the Mugi profile pic thinks the same way I do. This is exactly what I had in mind for controlling them

[@freakingwizard5296]

There's another comment it says that it would be possible to build the pannel but not AI you guys should colab and make it real

[@yshouldicar3]

@@mothballz99 I was thinking that exact same thing

[@Mr.Crawlyo]

I have a feeling you don't know what your talking about.

[@oliverhoare6779]

@@Mr.Crawlyo *you're. And yeah this is all correct.

[@TheRandomGamer692]

Aputure: We created portal's that bend space and time to get to another portal! Also Aputure: We gAvE PeRsEnAlity To A PAnEl

[@luissevriev1093]

Spelling 100

[@KaosFireMaker]

"All the doors in this spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done."

[@jbolt6003]

Also Also Aputure: We don't use our portals to send cube into tests, we use a clogged up vactube system that if routed incorrectly by a moron central core can impede science

[@EggCr0issant]

Ignore this. I’m just putting this here so I don’t have to keep double tapping my screen 0:14

[@addust]

i refuse to ignore this you have been noticed by the CEO of Addustan Science

[@EggCr0issant]

It just makes it easier, man. Don’t be nit picky :(

[@charliechips257]

@@EggCr0issant lol no it doesnt

[@theactualbluguy1957]

no

[@EggCr0issant]

@Chucky D ...Yes it does?? Are you seriously arguing about something I made months ago?? And I thought *I* was picky.

[@felixfelix9062]

I love the room where the four panels are just slamming themselves into the walls

[@Templarfreak]

I mean, that AI is not "impossible" just very impractical. Anyway, you could make these things and you could even make them without the cameras built in. A few gyroscopes and accelerometers is all you really need. With the right sensors in the right spots, it could never move without it triggering the right combo of sensors. With that, you can do some actually fairly simple math to calculate the panel's current position. With the panel's current position, you can calculate how strongly and for how long to trigger each little motor controlling the panel's position, or just constantly update how much you're revving up those motors as the position constantly updates until it's in the desired position. The most complicated part I think would be finalizing that position by locking it in place somehow, but then making it easy for it to be moved again at a moment's notice. All of this added ontop of the robotic arm itself would be quite cheap, even. The real expense would be the robotic arm itself, those kinds of motors do not come cheap and that is a lot of thick heavy-duty steel. It's the same technology, math, and programming used in VR Controllers today, just for a completely different purpose. :D

[@TheLaXandro]

You don't really need gyros even, if every motor is a servo you can know the exact orientation of the panel, as long as the foundation they are mounted on is not movable.

[@yshouldicar3]

This is in essence a robotic arm... industrial robots typically have servo motors that track their absolute position as well as an inverse kinematics model that calculates the required motor positions.

[@Templarfreak]

@@TheLaXandro well since they're suppose to be an emergency repair thing i guess? that would be the kicker to that

[@Templarfreak]

@@yshouldicar3 well fair enough but i mainly pointed out gyros and accelerometers because those are much more accessible on a consumer-level i think, like who sells full-on servo motors on a consumer level? but gyros and accelerometers are pretty accessible because they're used in all kinds of hobbyist electronic things

[@cophfe]

@@Templarfreak servo motors *are* sold "on a consumer level", and they serve completely different purposes then accelerometers and gyroscopes (they're motors for christ's sake). Come on man, this is simple stuff.

[@lukemorrish4724]

I'm a Computer Science student and I'd say something like this is definitely possible, and while I don't know much about mechanics it seems simple enough (if you've seen the versatile arms used in factories for constructing things such as cars, this really isn't much more complex than what's already in use) In fact I would go as far to say it'd be fairly easy to build something like this, just very expensive. Excluding the part of the AI which isn't much to go by (in what sense are they AI? What information do they gather, and what are they even learning in their response? This could be relatively easy or outright impossible to implement realistically) this really shouldn't be much of a challenge to make a reality. While it's obviously for a massively different purpose, the robotic arms used in factories are very similar. Great versatility in terms of movement, smart computers, and can even move heavy items, smart with lots of sensors. We already use all of the technologies needed to make this a reality in the world today. The only reason why we don't have anything like this in the real world is that we have no application for it! Likely the cost is the biggest obstacle I imagine

[@TetherAnimations9999]

I love how this video has not only gained an absurd amount of attention recently, but has been seen by multiple engineers and computer/tech science students and employees, mostly agreeing that it's relatively possible but rather expensive and pointless haha! Thanks for the input, I really appreciate it!

[@Sivanot]

The panels have AI in the same way almost fucking everything in aperture does, they're basically sentient.

[@vetobill]

@@Sivanot correct almost its pretty much confirmed everything in aperture is sentient and its a pretty fucked idea if you think about it

[@maybepolly_]

@@TetherAnimations9999 Expensive and pointless. That's what almost all Aperture Science projects are lmao

[@lev7509]

Why is no one talking about them cooperating? I'm sure they need AI primarily to cooperate with each other so they take into account the movement of their neighbors and don't produce collisions or lock-ups.

[@ayeyefookinw0tm859]

Yes the programming part could be used Basically use really strong stepper motors(or servos) with a fuck ton of power from a fusion reactor to power every plate in the facility Basically defining basic movement (Turn x degrees(x, y), push hydraulic piston out (y millimetres), take photos, etc) however it is pretty hard tp define X, Y positions for servos as they take degrees pf movement. Then assign those functions to plates. Then plates to sets of plates. Then testing “labs” of plates. Then testing tracks of plates(you get the idea) It would be quite impossible for the “AI” in the plates though

[@zzaqd]

Aye Ye fookin w0t m8 why would the AI be impossible? If not linked to a master computer, the panels could enter AI mode, driven by the sensor data from their environment.

[@ayeyefookinw0tm859]

Ayden Shurley I mean it’s really hard to program emotions into a Ai along with the storage space within a panel Mainly it’s just not efficient, useful, or helpful. Really it would be irrelevant and too hard to implement to get anything out of. When the Ai is mentioned I’m thinking it as more of a AGI than a narrow Ai It’s very hard to implement emotions/ways of expressing said emotions If from a master server then it could be possible but quite useless. I was talking about it from a single panel point of view without a server

[@supernova5434]

one thing to say about AI, UP2 single board computer

[@commenturthegreat2915]

@@ayeyefookinw0tm859 ​"it’s just not efficient, useful, or helpful" Dude this is Aperture

[@Snaking_Gamer]

New question, what the hell powers aperture

[@cupofspiders5830]

Im a year late but I love panels. Portal/(2) is obviously meant to look very modular, excepting Old Aperture ofc, like most things in Aperture, they’re sentient, and they can build a chamber in minutes. I like Laser Relays/Adrenal Vapor/chamber 16 (I believe) because it shows that panels aren’t just part of the chambers: they *are* the chambers. Cave Johnson couldn’t have described them better. Fully configurable. Infinitely variable. Aperture brand panels will help [(or hurt/block)] your subjects every step of the way. I like to think that every single test element, at least smaller ones (not crushers, at least partially immobile, obv not the block stairs, not goo obv, and probably not vital apparatus cents [droppers {NOT the vacuum tubes, known as Pneumatic Diversity Vents}]), are all on panels. Including but not limited to: Butttons (all 3 physics object buttons + pedestal) Hard Light Thermal Discouragement Beams Funnels Gel droppers maaayyyyybbbbeeeeee not really unless you want them to be delivered with bare diversity vents like cubes could also be Fizzlers, both kinds plus BEE2 (harder since the projectors must be lined up) Antline connectors Checkboxes And literally pretty much everything else!

[@chickenman22710]

I just checked and it's actually chamber 14! So there's that. Such a good game

[@vetobill]

"Thermal discouragement beams" my favorite name for a laser

[@fragmentation123]

All heil arm64x64_interior

[@TetherAnimations9999]

Heil to the arm64x64_interior Its power knows no bounds

[@asmylia9880]

@@TetherAnimations9999 a crusher disagrees tho

[@ClipHub777]

@@asmylia9880 mashy spike plate*

[@asmylia9880]

@@ClipHub777 I just realized I was here before. Who knew...

[@cagedcoco1681]

I adore the "Panels" characters so much. They felt like the most "sciencey" part of the game while giving the "you're looking at background workers just doing their job despite the craziness" vibe. Given the game's type of lore, they're either an AI hive mind of former Aperture workers, or a random unscene core which can control them when Glados isn't around

[@sulphurous2656]

I love how much effort was put into the details for each level in Portal. Everything feels quasi dynamic and interactive like in real life. These panels especially help.

[@rayexception4590]

They are adorable little things, the personality is so cute..

[@guilhermerafaelzimermann4196]

Thank you youtube recomendation algorithm, i never realized i needed this until now

[@kirito8720]

"That is not a panel, That's a crusher. We sell them too. Cave Johnson, We're done here."

[@Marsman512]

I never realized they had AI. I always thought it was either GLaDOS directly controlling them or they were glitching/broken.

[@jolo8224]

My favourite one of Aperture’s investment gadgets. I feel like the animators don’t get enough credit for all the panel movements seen through the game. My favourite is during the core transfer segment. The panels in GLaDOS’s chamber are tied to her emotions, and when she gets replaced by Wheatley, they all go limp, reboot and recalibrate to respond to his emotions. Really puts into perspective how much control over the facility you’ve just bestowed to Wheatley.

[@CaptPanOfSteel]

I've always been fascinated by the inner workings of aperture, great to see a video like this.

[@Mathias-cq4gl]

great video! I just wanna say portal 2 is the best game ever

[@TarnkappenToast]

True

[@oogooboggins5956]

I just realized; in the game, the walls literally have eyes!

[@nolanschotanus2769]

Seems like the most complicated part of making real versions would be the weight distribution

[@lev7509]

Why is no one talking about them cooperating? I'm sure they need AI primarily to cooperate with each other so they take into account the movement of their neighbors and don't produce collisions or lock-ups.

[@williamroe8905]

'putting AI into these little guys is near impossible' kinda aged like milk. i'd really like to see one of these irl too tho!

[@dripnx6381]

i love that the panels design is suprisingly simple and easy to make

[@chickdrumstick1443]

I want them to be a reality! Instead of stairs, I'd just stand on one of these and get lifted to the 2nd floor of my home. I get sore muscles a lot because I have a heavy backpack to deal with. Please make my life easier!! ;-;

[@onyxrin1946]

I would have loved to seen this as some form of evolving test chamber, or maybe even something with the Repulsion and propulsion gel could be done?

[@Snaking_Gamer]

Test*

[@xc_gwpl]

I don't think the Source engine is capable of doing that, unfortunately

[@onyxrin1946]

@@xc_gwpl I've seen some basic forms of it with source notepad creations. Source 2 could possibly be possible for this stuff to a more advanced level

[@bastionn_3053]

My favorite part about these little dudes is how they are used in the core transfer scene, in the starting trap room they don't all move at the same pace or in the same way, they look at you, Wheatley and GLaDOS like an audience, and there's so much more. Another reason why this game is amazing.

[@Squiddlewheel]

The panels always intrigued me but they were never really explored how I wanted them to be.

[@CygnusLaboratorys2056]

The Best Strucutral part of Portal 2 is the Facility itself, (excluding the Heavy-AI Based Robots/Cores/Turrets) it completely consists of panels that have personality you could just say the entire facility is Alive in a way i would love to have a game that is all about this concept

[@chestertamayo1894]

Isn't that just Portal 2?

[@CygnusLaboratorys2056]

@@chestertamayo1894 is Portal 2 ABOUT walls?

[@thisguywatchedthis5792]

Interesting, but for this project to be pulled off you’ll need to start a kickstarter

[@harunalperyesil2844]

Amount of work put on this video is amazing.

[@b0s904]

Wow. This is the video that i were waiting for so long!

[@RikaShinePY]

When they are like cameras they Move kinda like a duck 😂

[@TetherAnimations9999]

duck panels duck panels

[@dpf12110]

Apart from the onboard AI constructs panels could be built, but unfortunately they currently don't have a viable use case.

[@henryy.4878]

The real *heroes* of the *Portal* franchise.

[@Billyman8]

“That is not a panel, that’s a crusher, we sell them too”

[@PGReddd]

So underrated

[@noahwilliams8996]

I've been wondering this since the game came out. I see no reason why it would be impossible. There might be practical problems though like how to get them all enough power and getting that much equipment onto a network.

[@mrscruffles801]

These things MADE portal 2's atmosphere.

[@wilsonpercivalhiggsbury5900]

1:46 “That is not a panel. That’s a crusher. We sell them too.”

[@defectedclone6649]

True the panels are able to be built as well as crushers. And good that you understand engineering techniques

[@angeryitalianchef7251]

Everything from portal 2 can be built other than the portal gun and gel

[@angeryitalianchef7251]

it might be hard but possible

[@defectedclone6649]

Funtime Freddy the gel ain’t possible but portals are by using quantum energetic dark matter causing a mini wormhole causing 2 interdimentonal portals that can be reset by relay technology

[@angeryitalianchef7251]

....ok......

[@angeryitalianchef7251]

Actually the long fall boots can't be made ether

[@qwertzasd3777]

Why should the small AI System be Impossible?

[@TetherAnimations9999]

Two main reasons: the concept of a fully-autonomous artificial intelligence system with at least a basic personality style still has yet to be perfected, and packaging one into each panel's subconstruction and linking them all to eachother and a central network with today's technology and infrastructure setup simply isn't possible. AI is still quite a long way from being fully-functional, especially for something like this. Thanks for asking!

[@jaysencarter9147]

@@TetherAnimations9999 A very long but useful explanation. I like

[@Yugarash1]

@@TetherAnimations9999 i know the AI part is impossible, but fitting the technology is not, for example raspberry pi's (a single board computer) would very likely fit into the panel ( at least the pi ZERO W should.

[@somdudewillson]

@@TetherAnimations9999 The extent of their known AI is just little "fidgets". That's well within the scope of today's tech.

[@mercury5003]

@@Yugarash1 Its also entirely possible that the AI for the panels might not even be inside the panel itself but probably hooked up to them.

[@dimo2081]

I recently watched a video essay of portal 2 and this was recommended. And honestly I'd love to see this in reality

[@stepininjaedits]

Thanks so much for making this video! I’m trying to make panels myself! 😅

[@NumLokke]

Maybe someone could 3d print these as small poseable figures.

[@creativecrackheads9437]

PORTAL ISN'T DEAD!!

[@MetaBloxer]

You could say it is Still Alive...

[@creativecrackheads9437]

@@MetaBloxer OH MY GOSH..

[@jojogape]

How It's Made: Portal Edition Honestly this was really good, dynamic props to you!

[@SillyMakesVids]

I like how motivational this video feels.

[@feybebrigite2266]

hey can you do are portal guns possible.

[@thebadmedic89]

Without the firing portal part,yes.

[@MiniHQ]

In the future yes now no splitting the nuclear atom was only the first step we have to squeeze a black hole into the gun and that could take a lot of time

[@vuice6601]

game theory made a video on this already

[@Y3SkyBreaker]

@@thebadmedic89 I'd argue that's not even possible still, since the arms have a weak zero-point-energy grab on them.

[@rohankishibe6433]

No

[@ikonik5837]

naonaonaonao

[@J4T]

It's the people like you on KZbin that actually bring interesting videos onto KZbin. Everything nowadays just seems bland and copied. We need more original creators like you on this site.

[@viktoriaathanasatou7061]

Interesting that 5 years ago people thought that simple Ai like the panels personality was impossible to imitate

[@PentaromaLMA0]

Valve created the future of earth By making these panels, it really brings tears to the eye, Trust me im a time traveler.

[@lapoudrerouge7671]

When I finish college, I will build one of these.

[@DumbassSince2015]

To be honest, Crushers don't need to be a seperate video. They're just big-ass panels with spikes.

[@jacks1676]

I knew I couldn't be the only one who loved these guys!

[@re_lre_l]

I like this moment when crusher (what have construction like a panel) crush the panels and in few seconds later subs said "let's make them real". Ok, i'm really need one crusher, so yes let's make this spiky things real

[@voldy3565]

If we were to build these in real life today, they'd probably move in slow motion, like all of our other robots.

[@Supdarg2]

Remember that one panel that was just super angry that it couldn’t fit into the space and was slamming against the wall in a fit of rage? Yeah that was my favourite one.

[@TetherAnimations9999]

that panel is my soul animal. that and the one playing with the cube.

[@Supdarg2]

@@TetherAnimations9999 yesss!!! The cube one was adorable!!

[@davidkonevky7372]

This is why I love portal 2, it has excellent world building

[@TimoIvvie]

I love how everything in aperture is sentient. Happi moment

[@Gamer-ec8dv]

0:38 On the topic of AI... Something like this really wouldn't be that far fetched. In a real world sense, something like this could be possible, by giving the panels a bunch of specific methods/protocols to follow in certain events, and share its state with other panels surrounding it to create the rooms. It could have protocols for how and when to use the camera, when to move to specific positions, when to move based on other panels, telling other panels to move etc. An completely independent panel system thinking for itself would be much more difficult, but building a mesh network of panels really isn't that impossible.

[@lordaret711]

Tether: *sew how it builded* Me: LET ME TRY

[@dominicduncan9895]

idk why but i love the look of the video

[@Kanerade]

Great to see some more videos. I have a dream of making a science facility similar to aperture science, and these are one of thes things that I'd love to make.

[@TetherAnimations9999]

Interesting you would bring up such a dream...

[@xyz12259]

Tether Animations I’m excited now

[@Kanerade]

@Given Picar When I watched this video it was like 2 months old and barely anyone had watched it.

[@ProdCashhier]

THE ROOM IS ALIVE

[@JadedJaden]

Now we need to make walls out of moon rocks.

[@fcantil]

I never really thought about it that much but it really would be awesome for them to exist irl

[@candy1049]

The Panel, and The Panel's older, more aggressive, brother, The Mashy Spike Plate

[@Thefreakyfreek]

Having humans interact with robot arms that have a rudimentary ai that can be a bit of a concern

[@Zwiezwerg92]

I was totally expecting a crowdfunding link in the end.

[@user-vl6cw6xs5u]

my favorite things in portal and aperture science at all is: cores, pipes system, portal guns,testing chamber's furniture and panels

[@falin9557]

As a industrial robotics programmer, I know how to program movements and similar. You just save points on a controller (x, y, z, a, b, c) (a, b and c are rotation on axis x, y and z) and then call those points from a simple program. The controller makes all the complex control, so you only need to move the tool (in this case, the panel) and locate it right where you want it and save that point and move to a different point and save it and so on and when you call it, the arm will automatically move to that position. Not too hard, actually

[@phillyleotardo4343]

such a genius and well thought out game

[@squidiskool]

Aperture science is the only company to have AI included in panels

[@L_U-K_E]

Honestly wish I had one just sitting in my room with me

[@unluckiii]

One day there's gonna be a model where instead of a camera, it's a built in plasma turret.

[@lordseelenfresserdemonking1168]

I like the panels in portal 1 cause they're basically a teaser for the panels in portal 2

[@mopishlynx2323]

Honestly the inverse kinematics programming to make these work wouldn't be that difficult. Main issue is how they *perfectly* align to the grid of the level, implying some boston dynamics-esque AI realtime reactions to real-world forces. Difficult...but doable. I think the main difficulty would be getting motors to act this quick and precise.

[@WangleLine]

I love panels so much

[@slimeinabox]

Probably the best thing produced by Apature science

[@pro_expertttytipad3700]

0:54 IMPOSSIBLE TINY MOTOR

[@Riddle6682]

I saw a lego Modular build with panels and it’s so cool

[@a_businessman]

Aperture tech is just "random tech but it's sentient and has a personality. Cave johnson, we're done here."

[@penguingamer1374]

dang this is sick

[@peteranderson6972]

really cool concept seems the yt algorithm sneek in something intresting to my watch list after X years xD

[@axmoylotl]

the portal robots are honestly the best robots I've seen in fiction, the life they have is like Pixar level

[@humanbuddy-ju6jm]

I really like the living panels from portal 2

[@HankRichard]

Amazing! How does this not have 99999999999 likes?

[@blanketray6050]

“Hey what if we gave every flat surface in this facility a soul?”

[@user-sr4hy9ib6h]

I dropped my phone and thought the black lines between the panel were cracks. Yikes!

[@JohnSmith-fq3rg]

From a robotics perspective, making one without it crashing into another one or a person is an immense task for even just two to coexist independantly in one room. Also making the joints all that size yet strong enough to support a person in all or any position is another thing.