A robot that runs and swims like a salamander | Auke Ijspeert

[@Butterworthy]

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.

[@janopawski183]

+Butterworthy you were so lucky bro

[@Butterworthy]

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.

[@janopawski183]

i guess she is an awesome person too

[@WithTheLight1111]

+Butterworthy biomimikry. i want to make a boat that moves like a fish!

[@Forseti2]

+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.

[@rotoscopic8757]

Is there a larger model I can ride into battle?

[@vin93sr]

Why not go to the local zoo!

[@hhPrimus]

Make one

[@JonathanHartwig]

I guess it's time to upgrade my Tamagotchi.

[@larjkok1184]

Jonathan Hartwig 20 years before that were Pet Rocks!

[@homie352]

Tomodachi?

[@xxrocketriotxx8719]

CheezPleez a tomadotchi is a little egg like thing with a sccreen and you have a vitural pet

[@MkmeOrg]

This is simply amazing. The rate of advancement now that many are taking true inspiration from nature just boggles my mind. Love it.

[@maxwellpemberton]

8:10 to see it swim :)

[@SEBASTIANTRUJILLOGONZALEZ]

👍

[@antifacisme]

+Max Pemberton -.-

[@maxwellpemberton]

+celeste AR id say arguing about why someone didnt watch a video of a swimming robot is about as wasteful as it gets

[@Asnes45]

Max Pemberton Thnx.

[@f.k.gaming5715]

Nice I almost missed the scene :-)

[@SchnitzelDeluxe]

Amazing robotics skills

[@xKADZx]

Today: Salamander Tomorrow: Skynet

[@ethiopia2905]

Skynet been here..

[@andy4an]

ah robotics....the one thing every TEDster can agree is awesome.

[@user-qr7bm6se2c]

Shut up and take my money!1

[@mr_happy4746]

Wft(:😅😂😂

[@tristinpierre5253]

+Mrx bhu bjv, hgjvfg hobby night hthjx him k of funds xmdv

[@davidsl118]

+Тимофей Макаров I doubt it's enough.

[@NafenX]

'probably'? Definitely.

[@ronodenthal100]

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.

[@stephenblackwell7351]

they'll tek arr jerrrbs!!

[@beanbuster1]

+Sam Barkley They already tek arr jerrrbs!! It said so on a Southpark episode!!! LOL :)

[@Vank4o]

+Sam Barkley Durka durrrr!

[@HelloHello-no6bq]

Stephen Blackwell that's a good thing, a very good thing.

[@SomeoneCommenting]

What?! they tukkrrr jebbbs?!!! OMG waee'daee leddm t-kkkrrr jbsss!!! Cook-a-noddle-doooo!

[@HamidMN]

Yeah, they are also Muslims, look at the name carefully: "Salam-Ander".

[@FMxEagle]

Do androids dream of electric sheep?

[@rotoscopic8757]

Johnismybestfriend Do cats dream of quadriplegic mice?

[@mattimus1895]

Johnismybestfriend if you download the app from Google play.

[@mugensamurai]

Damn it SKYNET! Now you got these lizard like things against humanity.

[@srimansrini]

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.

[@truth-12345.]

Just the skeletal structure and no sensors yet the salamander and robot cat already performs exceptional.

[@xxGLhrMxx]

I don't know why but this is the type of video I expect to see in an inflight entertainment list

[@akhilanandan2493]

The time it went in water.. And took an autopilot mode on swimming was incredible

[@fandju111]

*_Just slap an Apple logo on it_*

[@Moofenic]

Yup

[@speevee4318]

Destroy Idiots dayum son you rekt them btw true

[@juhonikula6408]

Next you could raise the price x10

[@samnub7912]

The auto-generated captions at 0:41 are great lmao

[@Savanna-le5on]

did... did anyone else just click this because it's a robotic salamander or is it just me?

[@therealzilch]

This will be weaponized.

[@officialmessenger7425]

+Scott Wallace The fate of most TED inventions

[@headpump]

Scott Wallace. Life kills life. very old trope. the universe is a creation/death apparatus..

[@WayneMcCormick]

Scott Wallace sounds like a great movie title.

[@raphaelmahumane1648]

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!!!!

[@TheRealCorcra]

do the salamander, do the salamander, do the salamander...

[@Luminos974]

3:27 when i finally noticed he is french

[@Azizinum]

brace yourselves metal gear is coming

[@surfcello]

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!

[@CoiledDracca]

I for one, welcome our new robotic salamander overlords...

[@kyurius4717]

3:19 RoboTuna :)

[@bodoque_csm]

The Cheetah Cub is cute freaking cute

[@zachshenanigansyt8139]

8:10 how much for one of THOSE models?

[@andy4an]

do salamanders drag themselves along the ground IRL?

[@aidangomez4726]

sorta

[@coronal2207]

This is really beautiful- I agree wholeheartedly

[@AnthonyBuda]

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.

[@91722854]

Leave jurassic park aside, we can now have a zoo of robots

[@SlayerDUDE1993]

And imagine by this time when you see technology evolution like this someone beats his head in the floor praying to invisible things.

[@ethanlamoureux5306]

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.

[@TheBastered]

question, if you flip the robot can't it flip itself back where it was like a salamander does every time?

[@seejianshin]

the lizard is adorable !!

[@anotoman123]

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.

[@LaughLounge11]

now i want to see a robot cat that can land on its feet from 100 feet.

[@shahfaisal3923]

@8:15 I was really expecting hug round of applause but dead people.

[@TobyKral007]

this is amazing! i was happy when that cat came in. i hope we get a human model of this technology in 10 years

[@stacyp4534]

It swims much better than it walks.

[@thediddy5203]

I didn't come to learn about science, I came to watch a robot amphibian do cool things.

[@hellreptile]

where can I buy pleurobot?

[@CaptMorgasm]

a chicken can only run after its head is chopped off is because most of its brain is in its neck.

[@brianhop6705]

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.

[@team_hong_c4841]

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.😁

[@gridthexenomorph3658]

i want this as my future robotic pet NOW

[@Lip22Gloss]

This is fascinating!

[@rickysukhi]

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.

[@SwobyJ]

+sukhvir singh Extinct? Sure. But preserve their information and they could be brought back.

[@julymays9476]

Malcolm Swoboda how? don't be stupid. if animal is gone - it's gone

[@SwobyJ]

Yes. Its gone until its not gone.

[@ethanlamoureux5306]

@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.

[@ThorKipperberg]

now scale this up and build life size dinosars that move like real animals

[@andy4an]

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.

[@n00z94]

"To understand how an animal moves" Well can't you just get a real one and watch it move ??? Lmao

[@remaining1986]

"to get a better understanding" would have been a more accurate statement I think.

[@MuadDib1402]

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.

[@mattzx003]

5:16 what word is he using

[@crystallinaziviona7757]

i think this world gonna be full with animals robots like Horizon : Zero dawn game

[@MechNinji]

wow that's awesome!

[@davidcopperfield2278]

i already see these run around on the streets with blue-red ligts on them !!!

[@FR33MAS0N1]

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.

[@uxqe]

IT'S SALAMANDER MAN

[@TheGerogero]

Last few TED talks have been very good! Weird.

[@ziljin]

would be amazing for animatronics

[@stripehead1]

See 12:27 at which point one guy is so interested he is picking his nose.

[@AndreaDeGaetanoDotCom]

congratulation for this research!

[@colinwhitlock5148]

good thing normal salamanders are water proof

[@priffe3440]

R.I.P. Animals who died to be stimulated with electricity.

[@jaurybeltraoengers5986]

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.

[@jollyroger2068]

so.. that's how it starts "earth is ours no more"

[@daxxonjabiru428]

Excellent ...

[@manictiger]

The cheetah bot needs independently controllable camber angles.

[@JD-ub5ic]

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.

[@tootallification]

This guy is great at taking something cool and making it boring

[@dessertthingy]

Cheetah Cub is a little more compliant than a real cat.

[@leonelc29]

+Marianne Hovde that cub is just nervous.

[@mattimus1895]

Please do a crow next ,it's funny how they walk and hop around!!

[@kaylacasagood]

i'm just gonna wait for dinosaur robots if they don't exist already

[@breeze38]

I always wanted to make a robot that looks like animals, but so far only boats and cars.

[@bug5327]

they're so cuuuuttteee aaaHhhh

[@nekozukiiiii]

Now I know who to find If i want to build my own Kavats

[@Verrisin]

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)

[@ebofuria]

Skynet looks so innocent *@* 1st...😐

[@aidangomez4726]

ur being ignorant

[@Dsport-pp1lb]

NATSU? IS THAT YOU?

[@toddm1532]

That poor cat never saw it coming. 1:22

[@Frecklestein]

0:55 And it $#@% Our nervous system

[@BrandonSchleifer]

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.

[@karlderkafer8396]

But isn't it that when severing a chickens head that the brain, which is partly located in its neck, can still enable locomotion?

[@beninato8]

watch the rest of the video

[@jacobgillispie1175]

What species did he say it was based off of?

[@depthoffield4744]

Sam Vaknin should have a TED talk.

[@blessall4ever]

i'd prefer to see a live lizard in an intact environment. Forever.

[@koupdude]

Amazing!

[@bikramrana7698]

did they cut off a salamander's head?

[@GothicLeviathan]

Damn, that would be cool to have or just to see.

[@willianb.6475]

Amazing...

[@aliycherif]

This is Amazing!

[@pavan7671]

7:14 could have used transparent plastic.

[@whyisthisnottyping]

I think I saw one at a mall at a kids toy store

[@abirchoudhury515]

I have a feeling these are going to be weponized

[@zarlyattack]

that's so cute

[@milchesarreal6964]

This is amazing Id like one of those mecha-salamanders hahaha

[@khalidsafir]

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.

[@SapphFire]

Very interesting