High-Speed Bird Video May Hold Key to Building Better Robots
- 11 years ago
Scientists at Stanford University have enlisted the help of a super-high speed camera and some super-fast birds to help them figure out how to make better robots.
Scientists at Stanford University have enlisted the help of a super-fast birds and super-high speed camera to help them figure out how to make better robots.
They’ve observed that the problem with a lot of airborne robotic devices is that they just don’t move very well. Most can’t handle even a bit of wind disturbance.
Equipped with a camera that can shoot up to 3300 frames per second at full resolution, groups of researchers went out and took video of a variety of avian specimens.
Among them was a hummingbird, which can move its wings at a rate of 50 times per second.
By being able to break down each movement of a flying bird’s wings, the team hopes to build robots that could someday have the finesse and dexterity to handle missions as difficult as post disaster search and rescue.
They’re not the first to believe the answers to greater drone versatility exists somewhere in nature.
Across the country at the University of Maryland, robotics engineers have been successful in creating a mechanical bird that moves so realistically it can even fool a lot of other birds.
Scientists at Stanford University have enlisted the help of a super-fast birds and super-high speed camera to help them figure out how to make better robots.
They’ve observed that the problem with a lot of airborne robotic devices is that they just don’t move very well. Most can’t handle even a bit of wind disturbance.
Equipped with a camera that can shoot up to 3300 frames per second at full resolution, groups of researchers went out and took video of a variety of avian specimens.
Among them was a hummingbird, which can move its wings at a rate of 50 times per second.
By being able to break down each movement of a flying bird’s wings, the team hopes to build robots that could someday have the finesse and dexterity to handle missions as difficult as post disaster search and rescue.
They’re not the first to believe the answers to greater drone versatility exists somewhere in nature.
Across the country at the University of Maryland, robotics engineers have been successful in creating a mechanical bird that moves so realistically it can even fool a lot of other birds.