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00:00 Animals are one of the most beautiful creatures to exist on our planet,
00:03 and humans love to have animals along with them.
00:06 What if some of these animals turn out evil robots?
00:08 Like this dolphin that looks cute at first, but unless you know its true purpose of creation.
00:13 Or a sparrow and a dragonfly that can do a lot more than just flying.
00:17 Or these scorpions and bio-ants that are not here just to scare you away.
00:21 Scientists are creating incredible robots,
00:23 some of which can even eventually replace the animals we keep as pets.
00:27 Today we have 20 amazing robotic animals you must see to believe.
00:30 It just goes to show we've moved well beyond the era of mall robots being sold in kiosks.
00:35 You have to watch to the end to see what I mean.
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00:44 Now let's get into it.
00:46 Morphex MKI
00:50 Watching a robot like this feels like something out of a science fiction film.
00:54 Like these are bots coming to attack.
00:57 The MKI is a six-legged walking robot that can morph its legs and turn into a sphere to roll around.
01:03 As this is an ongoing project by creator Kari Halverson,
01:06 we'll have to see how this can be developed.
01:08 When it's not rolling, it can move on its legs similar to a crab in the wild,
01:13 but with the added bonus of speed when it rolls.
01:16 The applications now aren't straightforward, as Halverson is applying his research and
01:20 continues developing newer models, morphing it into the great device that they'll be.
01:24 Robosnake
01:27 When art and science come together, amazing things can be made.
01:32 The Eat Art Foundation out of Vancouver makes robots used to educate people on the role
01:38 energy plays in our lives.
01:39 The 50-foot-long battery-powered mechanical snake was made just to get people to talk
01:44 about climate change.
01:45 The original Titan Boa died off 60 million years ago because of climate change.
01:50 This version is a robotic reincarnation to scale from the original.
01:55 It took a team of over 30 to create this robotic creature over a year.
01:59 With lightweight welded aluminum vertebrae and 60 hydraulic cylinders acting as muscles
02:04 that communicate with seven microcontrollers communicating as the robot's brain.
02:09 The components, along with wires, tubing, and hydraulic oil, allow this creature to
02:14 move in a slithering serpentine pattern, much like the real-life snake it's molded after.
02:19 This may be a far stretch from the beast that once terrorized the Earth 60 million years
02:23 ago, but it's incredibly cool and hopefully inspires people as they hope.
02:27 Hummingbird Robot
02:30 What if drones were the size of the palm of your hand?
02:34 What if they could maneuver through collapsed buildings and cluttered spaces to help victims
02:38 that have been trapped?
02:39 Purdue University has engineered these tiny hummingbird robots because what else can fly
02:44 like a bird and hover like an insect?
02:46 Trained by machine learning algorithms based on various techniques the bird uses naturally
02:51 every day, they learn from a simulation so that the robot knows how to move around on
02:55 its own like a hummingbird, like discerning how to perform an escape maneuver.
02:59 Artificial intelligence combined with flexible flapping wings means the robot will be able
03:04 to teach itself new tricks.
03:05 A lack of sight hasn't kept it back because it uses its senses of touch to map out locations
03:11 by altering the electric current.
03:13 This current can be tracked, meaning that they will have many additional capabilities.
03:18 We have to see what Purdue can do with these incredible palm-sized creations, but it's
03:22 already an astonishing feat in and of itself.
03:25 Caltech Batbot
03:29 Bats have long since captured the imaginations of engineers and scientists alike with their
03:36 unrivaled agility, but their complex wing motions are one of the things that have eluded
03:40 those seeking to recreate their flight in a robot.
03:43 Hopefully, this design developed by Caltech will help engineers build safer, more efficient
03:48 flying robots, giving more insight into how bats fly.
03:52 The Batboy weighs just 93 grams and is shaped like a bat with a roughly one-foot wingspan.
03:57 They can alter their wing shape by flexing, extending, and twisting at the shoulders,
04:02 elbows, wrists, and legs.
04:04 This helps emulate the extremely sophisticated powered flight mechanisms bats have over other
04:09 flying animals.
04:10 This bat-inspired robot has the potential to be significantly more energy efficient
04:15 than current flying robots.
04:17 They have potentially incredible applications in situations where more traditional quad-rotor
04:21 drones could collate, causing damage or injury.
04:24 As drone technology gets more impressive with time, there's so much we can learn from
04:28 animals and what they're already capable of to push things even further.
04:32 Scorpion Hexapod
04:35 You'll have to see it to believe it.
04:38 This is one of the most uniquely terrifying robots.
04:41 Students at Ghent University in Belgium have developed and created a 3D-printed scorpion,
04:46 demonstrating the intuitive and complex mechatronic functions of the blossoming technology.
04:52 But much like its animal counterpart, it can even stab with its tail.
04:56 Designed with six legs that move in all directions, the tail is the draw.
05:00 It leaves a little red mark when it attacks.
05:02 They wanted to design an impressive, digitally designed robot with lots of possibilities
05:07 for interaction and functionality.
05:09 The scorpion was used as the inspiration as the tail and claws gave them a unique
05:13 amount of functionality not found in any other animals.
05:17 What do you think?
05:18 Would you want to be near this giant scorpion?
05:20 Dangerous or not, it's definitely not like anything else right now.
05:23 TX-8 Spider Robot
05:27 There's nothing that moves quite as incredible as a spider.
05:31 And RoboTik says crack the code.
05:33 Aesthetically and behaviorally realistic, the TX is the only robot that combines incredible
05:38 resemblance to a spider with the delicate movements that mimic a spider's natural movements.
05:43 There are 26 servo motors packed inside the robot, which combined with advanced
05:47 robotic algorithms are made to control multi-legged walking robots.
05:51 Simple commands to the TX-8 can be made from smartphones, tablets, or computers.
05:56 The Bigfoot robotic engines it employs automatically takes care of this by using
06:01 complex mathematical computations in the background.
06:04 This includes inverse kinematics calculations, leg gate, trajectory coordination, planning,
06:11 advanced motor control, and etc.
06:12 Whether you're new to robotics or just looking to have fun or use it for research,
06:17 the TX-8 provides a user-friendly way to play or work with some of the most advanced,
06:22 incredible robotic technologies available for consumers.
06:25 Are you a robotics lover?
06:26 An engineer in the making?
06:28 Are you inspired by the incredible things researchers have created and want to use them yourself?
06:33 Would you be interested in using any incredible creations on the list today?
06:37 We have plenty more to show, so make sure to watch these to the end because you'll be surprised
06:41 how many amazing animal-inspired robots there are, and you'll want to see which ones are coming next!
06:47 Shanghai Robotic Shark
06:50 Created by the researchers at China's Aerospace Science and Industry Corp,
06:56 this is the world's first robotic shark on display at the Shanghai Haisheng Ocean Park
07:01 since January of 2022.
07:04 It's 4.7 meters long and can move at a surprising 42 meters per minute.
07:08 This robot mimics the movements of a biological shark powered by a lithium battery.
07:13 It can swim, turn, float, and dive like a real shark,
07:17 and even features a mouth and gills that open and close exactly like a shark.
07:21 This is the first of many the factory has planned,
07:25 as they're developing more and more based on the feedback of their current aquatic animals,
07:29 like the shark.
07:30 They serve three core purposes - entertainment, information, and scientific tasks.
07:35 These tasks include hydrological surveys, environmental inspection, and underwater photography.
07:41 They're hoping to develop new robotic species for study and display in parks and schools,
07:46 including extinct mammals.
07:47 The experimental nature of these biomimetic robot fish keeps production low,
07:51 but they've built multiple prototypes and these incredible creations
07:55 can continue to innovate and amaze as time goes by.
07:58 BIONIC WHEELBOT
08:01 Based on the unique movements of the Flick Flack spider,
08:05 the Bionic Wheelbot was made so it could uniquely walk and roll.
08:08 Festo says the new drive concepts and amazing forms of movement
08:13 have and will always play an essential role in their bionic learning network.
08:16 Based on the unique cartwheeling spider, this robot is nothing short of amazing.
08:21 This means it can adapt optimally to its environment like the Flick Flack does.
08:25 The ground requires different kinds of movements and this is perfect
08:29 as the robot can move on rugged terrain, rolling on level ground.
08:32 Still, on uneven, it can instead use individual steps.
08:36 This advancement in robotic technology is one massive step to advancing things
08:41 and creating robots that can withstand even the most perilous climbs.
08:45 BIONIC KANGAROO
08:50 Festo continues to bring incredible animal-inspired creations to the table
08:54 with their Bionic Kangaroo.
08:55 One of the most unique animals in the world,
08:57 they've taken inspiration from the kangaroo's jumping mechanisms.
09:01 Their unusually long back legs allow the kangaroo to increase its speed without more energy.
09:06 In robotics, this means that they can use the power generated by the recreated back legs
09:11 that the Bionic Kangaroo can recover, store, and retrieve.
09:15 This generating, storing, renewing, and regenerating energy
09:18 may play a massive part in industrial automation,
09:21 where knowledge about energy recovery and storage plays a massive role.
09:25 The artificial kangaroo allows Festo to show how pneumatic and electric drive technology
09:31 can be combined into one highly dynamic, unique system, unlike anything we've ever done before.
09:36 ROBOT MILLIPEDE
09:38 The last thing most of us want to ever do is allow something creepy-crawly to climb all over us.
09:46 However, researchers in Hong Kong have invented a tiny robot with little soft,
09:50 caterpillar-like legs that are ready to creep and crawl throughout the body.
09:54 This might seem horrifying, but this robot millipede will revitalize drug administration.
09:59 It's perfectly made to cross obstacles within the body.
10:02 It can be remotely controlled by applying electromagnetic force,
10:06 designed when researchers studied the leg structures of hundreds of ground animals.
10:10 This design had the perfect leg-length to leg-gap ratio of 1 to 1,
10:15 meaning it experienced 40 times less friction than a limbless robot in wet and dry environments.
10:21 These robots are very efficient.
10:22 ROBOT SALAMANDER
10:26 While replicating an animal in robot form is not necessarily hard,
10:31 it is hard to replicate their behavior across the board.
10:34 EPFL has created the closest thing to a salamander robot,
10:38 and they've come incredibly close to cracking it.
10:40 It uses 64 points on the skeleton, recreating the three-dimensional movements of bones.
10:45 They respond the way joints and muscles in a real salamander do,
10:48 nearly perfectly playing the low center of gravity of the animal.
10:52 These robots can walk on land, swim underwater, and seamlessly transition.
10:56 They're ideal for obligatory search and rescue applications,
11:00 though EPFL hopes to recreate early tetrapods and bring dinos to life.
11:04 For that, we'll just have to wait and see.
11:06 BIONIC ANTS
11:09 We've long since been impressed with ants' communication and cooperation abilities,
11:13 but what if they harnessed that into the power of robotics?
11:17 With one eye for detail and the other on the big picture,
11:20 Festo engineers have not only used the delicate anatomy of the ant as a model,
11:24 but incorporated the cooperative behavior of the creatures into its world of technology.
11:29 These incredible little creatures have been transferred into the world of technology
11:32 using complex control algorithms, and like their natural role models,
11:37 work together under clear rules.
11:39 They communicate with each other and coordinate their actions and movements alike.
11:43 Each makes autonomous decisions, subordinate to the common objective,
11:47 to solve the task at hand.
11:49 What might seem abstract and strange to study
11:51 could mean massive changes in the approaches of factories of tomorrow.
11:55 We'll have to see how they apply these incredible little guys going forward.
11:59 We're about midway through today's video,
12:01 just a few more creatures to go before seeing who's at the top of today's list.
12:05 Do you have any guesses?
12:06 Leave them in the comments now, and check back and see how it holds up at the end.
12:10 Robot eel
12:12 What better way to use a robotic eel than to swim through the water?
12:18 Perfectly created by researchers at EPFL,
12:21 they've created a robot that can swim through contaminated water and find sources of pollution.
12:27 It's equipped with sensors that test small water sections around the water.
12:31 It was created as a part of the NanoTerra research program,
12:34 working to bring together engineers, biologists, and chemists alike for environmental purposes.
12:39 The robot can be controlled or move freely, which is an incredible feat.
12:43 There are tons of advantages to using swimming robots,
12:46 as they find those like the eel can take measurements and send data in real time,
12:51 rather than measurement stations.
12:52 They're unlikely to get stuck in branches or algae and don't pollute the water further.
12:57 Robot dragonfly
13:02 Far more advanced than your usual dragonfly,
13:05 these little guys aren't just a sign of rain.
13:07 The dragonfly robot is a small, ultralight UAV developed by Festo in Elsington, Germany,
13:13 which has been created to match the highly complex flight capabilities of a dragonfly.
13:17 It's called the BionicOpter, and it's designed to fly in any direction,
13:21 even backward, with incredible turning, acceleration,
13:24 hover, and gliding capabilities, all without having to beat its wings.
13:29 This is the first aircraft to fly like a helicopter, plane, or glider.
13:33 Festo hopes to apply the strategies it uses to engineering problems in the industrial world,
13:38 by better understanding what this little critter can do.
13:41 The remote-controlled dragonfly, in particular, demonstrates real-time communication,
13:46 a continuous information exchange, and the ability to evaluate multiple sensor inputs
13:51 to identify complex events and critical states.
13:54 For Festo, the sky's the limit,
13:56 as they continue to create and innovate in equal measure.
13:59 Hexa Spider Robot
14:03 Designed to bring robotics to the masses,
14:07 Hexa is an agile spider-like robot made to be programmed.
14:11 This incredible creation is a small, six-legged robot meant to resemble a crab or spider,
14:16 moving at the same deliberate pace.
14:19 It's under 12 centimeters in diameter, making it small enough to fit in your backpack.
14:23 The consumer robotics company, Vencros, has introduced their new bot,
14:27 the Hexa, to help bring robotics into the consumer's hands.
14:31 The device, with its highly maneuverability,
14:34 meant to nimbly handle different environments and terrains, much like a real-life spider.
14:38 Robot Dolphin
14:41 Someday we may see SeaWorld filled with robots just like this dolphin,
14:47 something that The Edge Innovations is spearheading with their projects.
14:50 They hope to help bring lifelike animatronics from Hollywood into the public sphere.
14:55 Someday we may see them instead of wild animals held in captivity.
14:58 Swimmers could dive with great robotic white sharks or even Jurassic-era reptiles
15:03 from the seas millions of years ago.
15:05 With over 3,000 dolphins currently held in captivity,
15:08 being used as dolphin experiences,
15:11 Edge Innovations wants to help curb this practice
15:14 without stopping people from exploring these gentle sea creatures.
15:17 As they've recreated the accurate lifelike movements of dolphins,
15:20 this may be an excellent way to bring crowds back in
15:23 who were once turned off by captive live animals.
15:26 Cyborg Ray
15:28 Designed to be like a stingray while powering it with a rat's heart,
15:34 this cyborg creation is unlike anything else.
15:36 It uses muscle cells genetically engineered to respond to light cues
15:40 and help propel the body using fin movements to push through the water.
15:43 When stimulated by light, they contract and push through the water.
15:47 This allows the body to move in a different direction.
15:50 The heart muscles of the cyborg ray can push the fins downward.
15:53 It has a unique gold skeleton that can help store this energy
15:56 and move the fins upward,
15:58 depending on the pulse and frequency of the light show with the creature.
16:01 The direction and speed can be controlled.
16:03 A better understanding of how heart muscles move
16:06 can point to ways to create synthetic pumps in humans
16:08 using a hybrid of organic and mechanical elements.
16:12 This means this little stingray could be the key
16:14 to making life-saving medical advancements,
16:17 and it could be a machine in others.
16:18 While it can't reproduce, it's undoubtedly alive.
16:21 A real-life cyborg, perfectly balancing its organic and man-made matter in one.
16:26 Bionic Swift
16:30 Some robots developed have jobs and are useful in those ways,
16:35 while others like the Bionic Swift serve to impress and enthrall
16:38 those who might be interested going forward.
16:40 Inspired by a swallow and used for general technical education,
16:44 the experimental kit robot allows independent assembly of wings and tail units
16:48 and is further controlled by remote control.
16:51 The extremely lightweight construction enables the Bionic to swift,
16:54 which weighs less than 40 grams,
16:56 to demonstrate extremely agile flight behavior.
16:59 The experimental kit contains all assembly pieces needed
17:02 to put together and operate.
17:04 Users can also purchase kits containing glut, feathers, and carbon rods,
17:09 allowing the wing and tail to be reassembled,
17:12 enabling multiple uses.
17:13 You could get your hands on one, would you?
17:15 Boston Dynamics Spot
17:18 Spot, the agile, mobile robot, is an incredible feat created by Boston Dynamics.
17:25 The robot has transformative mobility and can navigate all terrain
17:28 with nearly unprecedented ability,
17:31 allowing users to automate routine inspection tasks
17:34 and capture data accurately, safely, and frequently.
17:38 As it was created to be, the Spot is an incredible tool for consumers,
17:42 with carrying power of up to 14 kilograms,
17:44 easy controls using a tablet application, and built-in stereo cameras.
17:49 The intelligent rules allow the programming of repeatable,
17:52 autonomous missions to gather missions and consistent data.
17:55 While it moves a little differently than a dog,
17:58 the unmistakable quadruped creation continues to be one of the most
18:02 delicate pieces of robotics technology we know, and an incredible feat at that.
18:06 Mini Cheetah Robot
18:11 This small, agile, four-legged robot can run and do backflips.
18:16 It's similar in design to Spot, but built for a unique, different research purpose.
18:20 Also developed by Boston Dynamics,
18:22 they worked with DARPA to create a new robot to suit their needs.
18:26 The robust frame and body have powerful actuators,
18:29 allowing researchers to perform experiments and test controllers
18:33 without fear of breaking the robot.
18:35 The robot is built to be incredibly responsive
18:38 and move within its environment with ease and grace.
18:41 The movements between ice and grass are similar and easy to navigate, even while running.
18:46 Robot Shark
18:49 Now, unlike others on this list, the robot shark is more of a weapon than a research tool or toy.
18:56 Built to look like a small shark and placed among the latest military technology,
19:01 this robot shark was unveiled at the Beijing Expo.
19:04 The drone, aptly named Robo Shark,
19:07 operates near silence for reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare.
19:11 It looks unsettling like the real thing when it navigates through the water,
19:15 but where this creature lacks in bite, it makes up for in many other ways.
19:19 The CCP's Global Time was built to maintain quite a few warfare tasks,
19:24 including underwater close-in recon, search and rescue, underwater tracking missions,
19:29 communications relay, battlefield surveillance, anti-submarine, and hydrological warfare.
19:35 With a sinister-sounding CV like that,
19:37 we may as well be taking bites out of people in the meantime.
19:40 As researchers discover new frontiers and work hard to create contemporary,
19:44 unique robots that the world can't even imagine, do you see it favored on today's list?
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20:05 Robotic Spy Crab
20:10 Making its way across Christmas Island, the robotic spy crab makes splashes in ways we
20:15 might not have expected. Having a crab's eye view is something not many can boast about.
20:19 They walk among real-life crustaceans, playing a crab version of a frogger,
20:23 crossing roads across the island, almost indiscernible from the crabs it's mimicking.
20:28 The spy crab works to give us a fresh perspective on island crabs' lives while blending in with the
20:33 crowd. It uses a state-of-the-art 4K resolution camera. The viewer plunges into the extraordinary
20:39 world of animals, filmed from the inside, as human interactions can affect their behavior patterns.
20:44 These incredible crab robots can do just about anything a regular crab can do,
20:48 which is a fantastic feat in and of itself.
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