Why Robots That Bend Are Better

Robots of the future may be softer, squishier and bendier than robots today. This could make them ideal for space exploration. Check out kiwico.com/Veri... for 50% off your first month of any subscription!
On Thursday February 18th, 2021 the NASA Perseverance Rover will land on Mars. It is a wonderful robot, made out of steel and wire - but will future robots look like Perseverance? There is an emerging field of research on "soft robots", where the machines are flexible. These soft robots have many advantages over traditional robots - they're safer, lighter, more flexible and can change their shape and size.
NASA is investigating the use of soft robots for space missions. For future visits to Enceladus or Europa, a lander could cut a hole in the ice and then insert a compliant robot through the hole. This robot could then grow and change shape on the other side.
References:
N. S. Usevitch, Z. M. Hammond, M. Schwager, A. M. Okamura, E. W. Hawkes, S. Follmer, An untethered isoperimetric soft robot. Sci. Robot. 4,
ve42.co/Hammon... - paper about the truss robot
ve42.co/Usevit... - press release and video about the truss robot
Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots
Dylan Drotman1, Saurabh Jadhav, David Sharp, Christian Chan, Michael T. Tolley Sci. Robot. 6, eaay2627 (2021)
ve42.co/Drotman - paper about the turtle robot
Special thanks to Patreon supporters:
Jim Osmun, Tyson McDowell, Ludovic Robillard, jim buckmaster, Robert, fanime96, Marc Forand, Juan Benet, Ruslan Khroma, Robert Blum, Grace O'Maille KRON x Arc iOS, Richard Sundvall, Lee Redden, Vincent, Lyvann Ferrusca, Alfred Wallace, Arjun Chakroborty, Joar Wandborg, Clayton Greenwell, Pindex , Michael Krugman, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Sam Lutfi, Ron Neal, Bryan Baker
Video supplied by Getty Images
Thanks to Zachary Hammond for showing me the soft truss robot
Filmed by Derek Muller
Edited and GFX by Trenton Oliver
Animation by Ivy Tello
Music by Jonny Hyman
Thumbnail by Ignat Berbeci, Dan Meyer

[@GareebScientist]

Punctuated rolling locomotion........... i got a new word for drunk people walking

[@GareebScientist]

on a lighter note

[@rj5848]

You are the first poor scientist I have ever seen

[@GareebScientist]

@@rj5848 yes poor in knowledge

[@tonystark7806]

are u still responding??

[@Aarav-G]

Hey, frequent watcher of all isro launches

[@jonopriestley9461]

Kinda crazy how after 10 years Derek is still just as interesting as ever with the simple aim of science education. Like... he’s never had to change his channel’s main output style or type. That’s cool 😎

[@mousumisaha9021]

@@3DPrinterAcademy ye

[@Descanlin]

@Electric Car i have no idea how this guy still hasn't been banned, he's been spamming for literally years at this point and likely constantly gets reported. just ignore him, or block him yourself.

[@HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote]

@Travis Hanks I’m confused, I was under the impression that he was mocking the big cringy youtubers that appear on trending, as if to agree with the original comment by showing the contrast. Was he just spamming and I interpreted noise as meaning?

[@Kassieq]

to you people responding to axxl, theyre most likely a troll as pointed out by a ton of people. they might also be (not in an insulting way) literally retarded as it seems from their content.

[@jacobshirley3457]

I think the only change was that he doesn't interview random passerby's anymore.

[@faming_hearts42021]

we're one step closer to having a real life baymax

[@HereGoesKevin]

Okay Nerd 💀😆

[@nevaehspets6551]

I’m here before this gets 100 likes

[@whooknowes]

@@HereGoesKevin what?

[@Brutusoogabooga]

I think baymax just has alot of air but a metal skeleton

[@jkljkl218]

@@Brutusoogabooga Didn't he pop open from a small square box?

[@turtlemaster2785]

I see that they have learned from the best The turtles

[@zeljkarozman3084]

I need potion pls

[@macro144p]

Yes

[@polydullmemes3497]

Okay Mr. I have a discord bot pfp

[@FishyBoi1337]

The idea that a soft robot can't hurt someone is literally Baymax's whole thing

[@USBEN.]

I still want baymax to become real.

[@JackBowley95]

Badaladaladada

[@ramslade]

@@JackBowley95 Baymax: *has a small cut* Also Baymax: _casually gets some tape and seals the cut_ also 2x baymax: _gets more holes_

[@gaurav889]

he mentions it at 9:06

[@stonecat676]

and then they gave him armor to...smash things

[@spooky8321]

I still think WALL-E is the best

[@ticksunbs4944]

That movie 🥺

[@itismethatguy]

Hmmm...but he can't bend

[@rajamurugannideshkanna9791]

I think bb-8 is best

[@aweeb7029]

That was the first time I had feels for a robot...

[@Hdresdendoc]

Beymax ftw

[@Fillthrill]

Guy: "Hey friend, when did you take up sewing? You making pillows or something?" Genius: "I'm obviously making a robot"

[@onedone2011]

lol

[@andrewparrott226]

Someone that sows would be a farmer

[@1islam1]

🔴 What Is Islam? ⚠️ 🔴 Islam is not just another religion. 🔵 It is the same message preached by Moses, Jesus and Abraham. 🔴 Islam literally means ‘submission to God’ and it teaches us to have a direct relationship with God. 🔵 It reminds us that since God created us, no one should be worshipped except God alone. 🔴 It also teaches that God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine. 🌍 The concept of God is summarized in the Quran as: 📖 { “Say, He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing like Him.”} (Quran 112:1-4)[4] 📚 🔴 Becoming a Muslim is not turning your back to Jesus. 🔵 Rather it’s going back to the original teachings of Jesus and obeying him.

[@2CSST2]

@@1islam1 The Quran is a book of rules and explanations about how the world works made up by people who actually knew very little about how the world works, with its rules were based on a morality that's hundreds of years outdated. So basically, holding this book as sacred, the point of Islam, is a very good way to freeze humanity's progress about our view of the world back hundreds of years to an era of relative vast ignorance, and to also freeze its progress in terms of morality to an era of savagery. That's what Islam is.

[@sismiwoolf4786]

Sa parle d'islam, étant protestant fidèle de dieu et non vendu aux religions, nous avons un combat morale en grande partie. Etre stabilisé sur le sujet de l'utilisation de l'electronique. Mon secteur exposé aux prédateurs naturels et quelques incidents sur le détournement d'objectif primaire, par exemple le gps sur troupeau domestique et faune sauvage, sa dérive à mettre un GPS sur le berger avec le risque d'un détournement d'information pouvant devenir persécution perversité.... Oui nous avons de grande morale et solide base imprégné sur papier (qui est une intelligence artificiel).... L'islam est une secte, vient d'être classé religion en France et pas au-delà de la religion. Désolé

[@lawrencetchen]

Are we… soft robots?

[@abdulrahman.alrashed1]

Lol

[@shivamg9564]

V source Or are we??!!!!!

[@Neuro_nActivation]

Short answer: no Long answer: noooooooooooooo

[@holierthanthou_]

Soggy at times. Happens to anyone…

[@Trevorus1]

@@Neuro_nActivationThe longest answer: yes yeah

[@calebnewton_]

- "it's soft, it can't hurt you" * "can I be inside it?" - "yeah, just watch your head"

[@alveolate]

well clearly the joints have hard metal corners... if one of those edges hit you with some speed, that would hurt like hell.

[@mvmlego1212]

Similar to what Geth is getting at, the idea behind soft robots being safer isn't that you can't hurt yourself on the robot due to your own locomotive capabilities; it's that the robot can't hurt you due to its locomotive capabilities.

[@ziggythomas1123]

there's an innuendo in there somewhere

[@plumber1337]

Science and its innocent double meanings x'D

[@10pitate]

The robot is not tall y'know

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

A robot walks into a bar and takes a seat. The bartender says: We don't serve robots. The robot replies: Someday you will

[@epicstuff7522]

xd

[@hobermaas4166]

A robot walks into a bar and takes a seat. The bartender says: Beep Boop Beep The robot replies: Boopty Boop

[@renderproductions1032]

|-o-|. Is this a Star Wars prequel reference?

[@burhaanzain8806]

@@hobermaas4166 A robot walks into a bar Bartender : no droids allowed

[@burhaanzain8806]

@@renderproductions1032 thats a TIE fighter , dude

[@ayloncohen7002]

Derek: How does this robot even work? Zack: COMPLIANCE Derek: And what do- Zack: *C O M P L I A N C E*

[@helloyes2288]

Lmao

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

xD

[@pepbobmc]

ikr like he didn't even explain what the hell compliance is

[@helloyes2288]

@@pepbobmc Yes, for those other people who don’t know what it means, right? Not us of course.

[@irokosalei5133]

@@pepbobmc There are dictionaries fo that? Or plastic legs being more compliant than metal legs is difficult to understand?

[@NeuromodulatorNetwork]

*Many robots (including soft robots) are programmed for locomotion and other forms of motor control based upon the wiring principles of central pattern generators* (CPGs)-neural circuits that produce a wide frequency range of oscillatory rhythmic outputs even in the absence of sensory feedback-that have been adapted by evolution over hundreds of millions of years across the animal kingdom for axial, quadrupedal, and bipedal locomotion, as well as many other peculiar forms of locomotion, including rolling locomotion akin to that of the robot showcased in this video here. After several months of preparation, I'll soon be posting vids from my perspective as a Harvard neurobiologist and scientific editor/consultant. Cheers.

[@mopandiblooperbutt6382]

Fascinating my guy. Subbed!

[@barackjoe-mama2872]

eugh your so pretentious i read your channel description and you just say stuff so unnecessarily "fancily" or should i say "I was perusing the popular website in collaboration with google and multiple creators, most of whom live apon the large sphereical celestial body of rock and many other matireals, that we have given the name "earth" when i "(full name and family history)"happened apon a cinneamatogriphacal creation featureing a few of said web residing videographers. as my neurons fired in a specific way i moved the joints in my right hand north (in a collision course with my 6.5cm by 13cm lithium battery powered samsung model sm a320fl smartphone) at an approximately 120 degree angle to said phones glass screen in a way that contacted with the phone and caused the websites code to run a command redirected me to the video i had come across only seconds prior. What followed was my brain urging me to see the interaction and response of the subscribership of the video leading me to the "comment section" i cant be bothered to talk like this any more thats when i came across someone who wanted to sound smart by drawing out their sentences to draw attention to your channel i hate when ppl do this because it makes science(or any field basically ) sound like its super complex, when most of the time, they are describing the equivelent of i droped my ice cream and that made me sad in like 10 pages of nonesense

[@barackjoe-mama2872]

What you basically said is people have made loads of robots (including soft ones) that move.Some of them move based on how certain animals move. Go sub to my channel. Which btw *WAS INFO YOU GOT FROM THE DAMN VIDEO* what makes me even more sad was that somebody in the replys said "tHaTs sO iNtErEstIng" even though almost 0 new information was added to the video

[@weakeryouthensemble973]

@@barackjoe-mama2872 I enjoyed his comment and wasn't offended or threatened by it like you. it was just good information. I've seen this harvard dude get top comments on lots of veritasium videos, so obviously more people than not appreciate his words. otherwise it wouldn't reach top comment. that's how it works, right? hope you feel better later on man.

[@barackjoe-mama2872]

@@weakeryouthensemble973 I was neither offended or threatened by it i just thought it was stupid its also not top comment and if hes got likes on other veritasium videos then it probably (again) ppl thinking hes saying something smart or profound when hes litterally adding no info, abd instead beefing it out with 💫fancy words💫 to sound smart also name 1 part of his commebt that you "enjoyed" becasue its litterally just stuff that was in the video

[@greyalien9074]

Makes me think of a portable bridge that can reach different elevations . Mobil and strong maybe even remote

[@PokeMaster22222]

"Mobil"? That's a brand of petrol stations...

[@nenmaster5218]

@@PokeMaster22222 Call me random, but i just want to do my fellow Science-Lovers a Favor, so excuse the Randomness but here you go, have some warm Recommendations, cause the Learning never Ends! -Veritasium. -Legal Eagle. -It’s ok to be smart. -Oversimplified! -Professor Dave Explains. -Krimson Rogue. -Practical Engineering -Michio Kaku. -Kosmo. -Cinema Therapy. -And the arguably Best for Last: Hbomberguy! (The best at being Unbiased on all of YT?)

[@eagleharmony8216]

Let the bridge walk😄

[@DubaiGuy08]

I love it! We tend to create robots in our image or shape, or that of animals, e.g. bodies with heads, arms and legs. But I think Zack's soft robots have far more functional possibilities, because he dispensed with the idea of replicating a human or animal form.

[@howardkong8927]

Meanwhile in the octopus civilization: Why rigid robots are better

[@Psych2go]

I have never seen those soft robots before. So cool!

[@itsm3th3b33]

But they don't do much

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

What do you call a one night stand with a robot? Screw, Nut and bolt

[@mattearenzi8972]

Cool username

[@tomhappening]

I like your channel

[@moremitochondria2737]

bahaha

[@TatsumikuTheMusicalGhazt]

*passive aggresive noises*

[@bunsentheburner1635]

*bruh*

[@samiurrahmanshah1981]

Is it possible to use "Mousse", a sponge or "Moose", foam they use in mountain bike tires, so this robot will never go flat, plus potentially be able to be unloaded to space without it being overinflated due to the high difference in pressure.

[@CrimsonHelldrake]

*Well I remember Bender from Futureama; bending was his fuckin business*

[@leggonarm9835]

Bending is my middle name!

[@jacobpaint]

It's a shame you didn't talk more about the actual uses and how the robot can be modified to achieve them. It's great that it shrinks down and Nasa could drill a hole to drop it in but what does it do then. The structure of the robot presents challenges to implementing the various uses, picking up a ball seems like a very limited use and I'm sure they have considered how to modify them to do more complicated tasks.

[@clips9294]

“It was designed to mimic a turtle, where diagonally opposite legs move together”, bruh that’s literally every mammal excluding Giraffes

[@aadixum]

And Primates

[@jacobcaron2280]

And the Echidnas.

[@etiennepagex1756]

and camels

[@clips9294]

@@aadixum Humans move diagonal as well

[@deckedoutpistol1821]

And the ones with less than four legs. And dogs. Cats. Probably more I can't think of rn

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

I like how humans are really good doing things on wheels but we don’t ever use legs. We should use more legs lol

[@itismethatguy]

That's cuz wheels are easier...and less bumper usually otherwise to make legs less bumble would cost A LOT

[@fv8405]

try building a besiege walking robot. You will see how using wheels is way easier

[@Amira_Phoenix]

Better than that: we should use our brains! Everybody do the Bender! 🤖

[@siennaq5553]

ARRR E ARRR E GON DO MRROBOT TO

[@SkyFlaks]

Good luck carrying tons using legs

[@JohnDoe-ml4ye]

One of the sausage robots is “polish” and the other is “kielbasa”, which is just “sausage” in Polish. Lmao

[@aadarshraghuwanshi7022]

0:08 Prototype of a freaking *'A.T.A.T.'*

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

* AT-AT

[@aadarshraghuwanshi7022]

@@ImieNazwiskoOK No , all 4 words have a full form - All Terrain Armored Transport

[@songtasticyt]

Humans: Trying to beat the record of Most flexible man Robot: HOLD MY PUNCTUATED ROLLING LOCOMOTION

[@fairyfellermasterstroke]

@Ì ÆM ĶèvìñBB But I don't wanna spread hate 😐

[@GreggyAck]

Bender from Futurama is the best bending robot, no question.

[@nicklaskowalski]

And he is such a softie too 😂

[@jarodatkinson5306]

" I could bend a girder to any angle. 30 degrees... 32 degrees... You name it. 31..." "But I couldn't go on living when I found out what the girders were for.... Suicide booths"

[@AndreyG112]

Yooo! 😂

[@minebrandon95264]

yeah, i dont see this one drinking enough alcohol that a whole distillery bankrupts

[@lerato_kadiege]

Bender Bending Rodriguez

[@FratinandMadrik]

Quick question: If the "sausage tubes" are filled with air, how would that work pressure-wise in space? And if would happen in it hit, say, a sharp rock that punctured it?

[@zainiikhwan9405]

They kinda cover that problem in the video, guess it need more r&d for that problem

[@pkmkb]

🤫 don't tell him.

[@davidrubio.24]

You would need a material resistant enough and a pressure proportional to the exterior one.

[@FratinandMadrik]

@@zainiikhwan9405 Yeah I saw the part where it collapsed when they let out the air, but would the robot just be completely useless and unsalvagable if it was, say, on Mars?

[@johntheux9238]

Just use less pressure.

[@kinc3per339]

I haven’t been paid to say that I am currently in the kiwi co sub rip toon thing and really enjoy it.

[@kreynolds1123]

since an octopus was shown going through a tube, I'd like to see how small of an opening this robot can get through.

[@doktorinternet]

Or just imagine flippin octopus robots everywhere in the future, creeping in where they shouldn't... Wait, I didn't watch the whole video before commenting 🤦‍♂️

[@sscctt]

I would say as big as a one of the motors

[@kreynolds1123]

@@sscctt I'd guess as much, or a little bigger. but, it would be impressive to watch.

[@thisguy1890]

This robot and Robocop would be best mates. Because, compliance.

[@Artur-zo1fm]

Wohoo Polish Sausage AND Kielbasa, as a representitive of the polish community, I am proud haha

[@die8quadratmeter]

Przejmujemy veritasium!

[@xxterpzxx581]

Ok

[@UnpossiblePOG]

Boston Dynamics be like : I do dance, not yoga to show off flexibility.

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

apparently twerking robo dogs are future

[@saitejgadiyaram1366]

Baymax: (distorted) " hi I am Baymax you.........r health care perso....nal compa...nion Soft robots: "poof!"

[@FeedMeSalt]

The primary reason for hard bots is strength accuracy stability and durability. A sooft machine will tear apart over long periods of time and wont repeat the same exact motion well, as you said, where as say tracks or a foot need lubed and replaced every year/decade.

[@mzar62458]

Are there any stats on this?

[@DoubleOEspresso]

But due to the materials they’re made out of, wouldn’t it be quite easy to remake or at least mass produce these robots?

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

@@DoubleOEspresso yeah , you are right , these robots would be easy to mass produce and replace ,also it helps that they require little to no electronics , since electronics parts is the Main reason robots are so damn expensive

[@abhinavgoel5234]

9:50 is that mark rober?? Can we expect the much awaited collab?

[@MartinEliasson]

I was looking through the comments for this. It sounded very much like Mark Rober!

[@abhinavgoel5234]

@@MartinEliasson Exactly! Even I went through the comments but couldnt find anybody talking about it.

[@lolsmol]

That was actually Rark Mober. But I can how you got them confused.

[@dickjohnson59]

That's totally him, compare the eyebrows.

[@captainhades3975]

Was expecting atleast something about mars landing today

[@muffinman3052]

Mark Rober has a great video about that! I recommend it. He talks to people on the team and has footage of the actual rover

[@gutoguto0873]

go over to mark rober's channel

[@thewanderer4564]

Eh you can just uh you know watch the video from NASA about Perseverance's landing on Mars

[@bradleytaniguchi1187]

Derek already did a video on the copter, which IMO is one of the more "cool" aspects of the rover. I find that focusing on whats cool is usually the goal with Veritasium, rather than what is relevant, or even super practical. Cool is the whole point tho, if what you watch is cool and you learn something Derek wins, you just learned something!

[@kazem88]

What do you like to do with the robot ?“oh I like to beat it up a little bit” lmao 😂

[@atr007808]

I do that too!.... To uh.... robots

[@SirMarq]

Polish sausage robot! That's brilliant! :D

[@Piotreksulk]

Views from poland: stonks

[@Fuudimitzu]

And one is Kiełbasa - literally sausage in polish

[@Jannerius]

The robot is going places...I don’t know where...but places

[@nonowords7857]

Why bending robots are better Robot: *Screams inside as it bends excruciatingly*

[@briansacount5]

Pain is purity

[@davidwuhrer6704]

I have no mouth and I must scream: The prequel.

[@RadioactiveLobster]

Zachary: "I think most peoples conception of soft robots was really expanded by..." Me: "The realistic skin sex robots." Zachary: ".. the movie Big Hero 6." Me: "Oh..."

[@borispsalman]

my thoughts exactly :D

[@mvmlego1212]

To be fair, he may have been thinking of that too--it just wouldn't fit very well in Veritasium's videos, since he probably tries to keep things family-friendly.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

@@mvmlego1212 I'm confused. What is it about sex robots that makes them not like families?

[@QuilloManar]

"WE named them after sausages" And one of them isn't the Wurst, you disappoint me.

[@smyczeq8212]

You have Kiełbasa tho

[@maayu8108]

I like that there is "Polish" and "Kiełbasa" which is Polish word :>

...and it basically translates to "sausage" :D

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

Polish sausage = kiełbasa Ciekawe czy jedną część napędową nazwali majonez.

[@piotrarturklos]

To clarify for anyone that didn't get this, "kiełbasa" is the polish word for "sausage", which, if you are Polish, makes you wonder what is "Polish sausage" made of since it's not a kiełbasa.

[@MattiaConti]

So this is where BENDer from Futurama is coming from

[@dashtesla]

Bite my shiny metal ass..

[@renderproductions1032]

I wish I could watch right now, but I have school. These types of videos teach me more than school does |-o-|.

[@alfredjames4530]

JuSt PaY mOrE aTtEnTiOn

[@puirYorick]

A sad comment about the quality of your school system, my friend.

[@amritsingh4251]

I'm watching this in virtual school lol 😂

[@renderproductions1032]

@@puirYorick I guess it is.

[@hobermaas4166]

You only learn something from these videos if you already know the subject. Make the best out of school.

[@yesyes-om1po]

the biggest application for robots right now is a small mule that is quiet and flexible enough to endure tough terrain as a human could, I.E military applications, I don't think these robots can carry much or do much, or even move that fast. There are lesser applications for disaster rescue and other dangerous jobs but a soldier's mule would be a good one as the infantry kit is already huge and heavy.

[@maxpower2480]

"And why would you want a soft robot in the first place?" Someone clearly doesn't know their audience...

[@goodname4514]

Uh..

[@ih8chz]

ok grandpa

[@Sun-ut9gr]

*squish* ( ಠ ͜ʖಠ)

[@Splatterpunk_OldNewYork]

Soft, and doesn't whine and complain......

[@ProPilotKo]

@@Splatterpunk_OldNewYork No, we don't go there..

[@justsomeguy892]

Re-upload? Edit: nvm, it's just really similar to "Why -Tools- Machines That Bend Are Better"

[@Pouly__]

That origami episode right

[@justsomeguy892]

@@Pouly__ yup

[@Saffy1]

also this "Why Machines That Bend Are Better "

[@justsomeguy892]

@@Saffy1 Actually I think that's the one I was thinking of

[@christopherreisner5043]

No disrespect to the robot, but my favorite part was the Kiwi Co. ad at the end. Those kits make me wish I had a couple of school age kids running around so I could play with their toys. 😁 Kids' brains are just information sponges until they hit puberty.

[@notn0t]

This video was SO MUCH more enjoyable than the over-produced KZbin Originals one. Thanks for the great content!

[@galaxybird8063]

Can you imagine in the future where you just have those flailing-arm mans all over the place?

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I, for one, welcome our new inflatable tube man overlords.

[@M1stersupersonic8]

WACKY WAVING INFLATABLE ARM FLAILING TUBE-BOT!

[@eldoradodiago2553]

I once saw a marvellous and intriguing do nothing machine, now ive come come across this do nothing robot. Ive seen it all, the future is here kids.

[@fade9890]

Imagine Mark Rober and veritasium being in the same room. That would be too much smart for one room to handle.

[@raiyanrahman79]

Right. A smart physicist and a former NASA engineer. I really would love to see a collab video of these two.

[@reboD_bukaJ]

I'm so glad he named one of the parts Kiełbasa

[@Piotreksulk]

Me too

[@TheQsanity]

In an alternate universe: "No. This is your work, I don't want to break it." "No feel free!" *Body slams the top edge*🤘

[@Poldovico]

That would probably not break the robot.

[@Jakefrc]

I mean when you think about it, humans are squishy and we work pretty well.

[@gameryusic825]

And now for the first time ever in 2b2t history... HUMAN SLAVERY

[@yuvalamir3226]

Bones

[@edgaromarloronaperez1596]

@@yuvalamir3226 but bones do not give us movement, movement is created by our muscle mass, if we were completly flesh we could not stand againts gravity bones are just our structure, i think so

[@polatiger4765]

Hybrid is the answer. Bones hard, flesh soft.

[@StrangeTerror]

@@edgaromarloronaperez1596 Actually the structural support of our bones seems to be a secondary function. Originally they were just little chunks of calcium and magnesium. Spread throughout the body to be used as mineral storage/buffers. Now obviously that was long before we were even reptiles much less mammals

[@JamesUsevitch]

That's my cousin at 2:19! Pretty cool to see his work on one of the top science channels on KZbin! 😎

[@GoofBallGuru]

0:17 the woman was like "alright, enough robots for today!" Lol

[@bricepartee1162]

Big hero six was a big eye opener into robotics

[@shamsudeenma1928]

Somewhere in this video, there is Mark Rober. Who all saw him?

[@heisselnicholaspramoedya8121]

When?

[@shamsudeenma1928]

@@heisselnicholaspramoedya8121 9:50 and 9:57

[@topsecret1837]

Soft robotics will be a key part of constructing an exosuit, especially one that can help people do their jobs or allow humanity to keep up with robotic work without needing to replace human work entirely because of the inherent advantages of strengthening our bodies and training for precision, speed and endurance. Combat and space situations and operations would also have good applications for such a suit.

[@johndawson6057]

Really proud of you Seth Rogen

[@razordaze]

would be pretty cool to have that robot exploring under ice-it'd be walking on the ceiling

[@bemlok]

"Soft Robots That Bend Are Better" Interstellar: MONOLITH

[@mohdmushtaq6774]

What happens to the cells of food when we cook them? Pls make a video on that and explain the nutrients in the cooked food we eat. Thanks

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Creator: "These robots...." I thought they were just the motorized segments of ONE robot. Interesting that the creator said "these" while you said "it," etc., Derek.

[@alantremonti1381]

When he gently catches the deflating robot at 8:32 ... I felt that.

[@jackwalt8040]

That robot will remember you standing on it and stretching it when it puts you to sleep with a triangle choke during the uprising

[@andershenriksen7592]

I love that they snuck in a big hero 6 reference

[@cho202]

Hey Derek, here's a video suggestion. How much does the 'Path of least resistance dictate your life?' Everything from putting a dirty plate into the sink less full to selecting the lane with the least amount of cars at a red light. Love the work you do! Thanks.

[@ewan_mclean]

This means we’re soon to get an AvE video called “Why robots that bend aren’t better”

[@jamescrud]

AvE is a hack.

[@ewan_mclean]

@@jamescrud yeah the more I watch him the more I realize. You can’t deny that he’s smart but I’m not spending 30 minutes of my life watching him compare a shitty Chinese angle grinder to a high quality one.

[@c187rocks]

4:06 The correct term is balloonist, not clown. I say this as someone who knows a person that burnt out, became a balloonist and makes more than the majority of us. They also make some crazy balloon art.

[@DexyD20]

I wonder why no one mentions how insects use hydrologic pressure to move around. Its all about the octopus. The jumping spider for instance, could be an interesting insect to look at, and a mix of both creatures is what i think would be even more effective.

[@tommo5884]

This has great potential for urban search and rescue applications (e.g. after earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, bombings and mine collapses). A robot that can explore and carry supllies through difficult and dangerous confined spaces would be a game changer!

[@tommo5884]

Would love to see more videos in this space!

[@SF-li9kh]

I feel this video was for a simpler audience. Bring back the big stuff once in a while sir 😁 . The complex physics that makes us think hard and sit there in awe.

[@armadillito]

Sometimes you can make a good video that is accessible to everyone. You don't need to dive into complex theory to get something out of the ideas presented here - they're fairly new even to some people with a good knowledge of robotics.

[@ryanw1665]

“...as we want robots to work closer and closer with humans.” 😳😳😳

[@wolfelkan8183]

What I like about this robot is that you could literally have Skynet operating it, and it wouldn't be able to hurt you.

[@AndreVanKammen]

After a few simulations sky-net will make it very tall and have it stand very still. When you curiously approach it and turn around to tell your friends it is save, it will tip over and hit you on the head with one of the edge motors 😜

[@mycoffee2654]

It could potentially knock something else on you

[@dingding4898]

Maybe it'll call you an idiot and hurt you in different ways.

[@512TheWolf512]

it could call you ugly or something

[@Typical.Anomaly]

8:35 I cried a little...

[@JacobChencha]

This is amazing! I love the idea of soft robots around the home

[@gamingwithlacks]

A boston dynamics can kick me like a horse, but this can constrict me like a boa. 0/10 on improving the "make safe for hoomans" point.

[@kunalvyas8172]

lmao, ever wonder how many "humans" are responsible for human deaths? google it up. Brains kill not strong arms. Protest against AI for making it human safe!

[@gamingwithlacks]

@@kunalvyas8172 why would I protest against AI? AI is the future. Like you said, us humans are to blame for everything. AI will make the cold, calculated decision that the best way to protect the planet will be to eradicate humanity.

[@sarthakjain1824]

"Why robots that bend are better" Maybe i am a robot

[@lightpulp1144]

Veritsium a year later: why people that bend are better

[@roadrash9024]

So when are you going to make Baymax?

[@SukieOOO]

'Soft Robot " is my pet name for my boyfriend

[@livingtrashbag1077]

Umm is he impotence??

[@theengineer-dellconagher]

i call my loved one "steel mann"

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

Are we all going to ignore the Mark Rober cameos at 9:50 and 9:57?

[@NibNa5ty]

Yep

[@idontmatter7987]

HEY YOU! YEAH YOU! LEAVE HATE COMMENTS ON MY NEWEST VIDEO RIGHT NOW!

[@adamkerman475]

@@idontmatter7987 shut it bot

[@ankitdhaker4946]

@@adamkerman475 😂😂

[@PsionicMonk]

Robots that bend are the best? Bender "Shut up baby I know it"

[@ynntari2775]

His pronounciation of Linguiça is astonishing

I'm no longer afraid of the judgement day.

[@yashdeepsingh7302]

Hope humans dont get replaced by hard robots...get it ? Ok ok im leaving

[@goldenfloof5469]

I don't think they'll ever be more capable than hard, rigid robots. I think hard robots will just get smarter A.I. and more joints and rotation points, thereby giving them a wider range of applications they can handle and being better at not hurting humans. Maybe some specific situations where they have to directly deal with people, but I think advanced A.I. and maybe a squishy shell applied to a hard robot would more than make up for that.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

It really depends on the application. More joints means more movable parts means more things that can break. (And they always break when you need them the most. That's the stapler principle.) Certainly, there are applications where you want a manipulator that is hard. But you can have that even with a compliant system. Not every part needs to be elastic for a system to be compliant, it just means that it can change shape without having joints. For complex tasks, there is always the option of hybrid systems.

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

I was thinking about a hybrid systems , Aka both hard and soft parts

[@Fuzzycap]

I remember watching a similar video from this channel..... bendable tools

[@ticksunbs4944]

Not a reupload tho

[@GOD-LOK]

Yes he uploaded "WHY MACHINES THAT BEND ARE BETTER"

[@tricks1669]

Compliant Mechanisms.. I work with them and its really cool.

[@akshaypandey7168]

After seeing this I could remember the robot in the interstellar movie. That was a great robot really. Change my entire visualisation of a robot.

[@jammsu7914]

Just watched it again mars was the name of the robot it reminded me of him too

[@supersonictumbleweed]

LARS, TARS and CASE?

[@AstronomicalYT]

Perseverence: An incredibly complex rover with scientific experiments and state-of-the-art navigation Robot: haha bendy go brrrr

[@dankydrop]

Now imagine this system but using hydraulic power and at a microscopic level and used in connection with thousands of nano-soft-bots. With coupling capabilities, this could benefit surgery and invasive treatment in human body.

[@palimdragonmaster3k]

The animation of a robot penetrating through ice was eerily similar to a virus infecting a cell

[@bloodisfrightening1203]

The tentacle robot makes me ask if we are going to be the squid vehicle aliens lol.

[@mob3p1c]

I immediately thought of Vsauce after looking at the title

[@kamliwonder301]

Same here man Lmaoooo

[@rustywastakenwastaken]

turn every robot into soft robots to prevent the uprising

[@heartofdawnlight]

I love that this video showed up in my recs after a long string of Combat robotics videos xD

[@litapd311]

i've been watching a ton of battlebots recently. although i don't think a bendy, poppable robot would do well there!

[@jerrynovotnik]

6:09 "In inches" oh lord why..

[@christopherbiomass7155]

Because some people understand what inches are. Oh, wait. You didn't really want an answer.