Sci/Tech New robot can sense damage, compensate

[The Helper]

When people hurt a leg they can often make do by limping or using a crutch until they feel better. Now, there's a robot that can also cope with injury.

The ability to compensate can be vital in new or dangerous situations where unexpected damage or injury can occur.

Researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., built a four-legged robot that can sense damage to its body and figure out how to adjust and keep going. They report the development in Friday's issue of the journal Science.

Most robots are used in industrial applications where their environment never changes, explained Hod Lipson, a co-author of the paper. If they are to become useful outdoors or at home they need to be able to cope with changes, he said.

New robot can sense damage and compensate

WASHINGTON & When people hurt a leg they can often make do by limping or using a crutch until they feel better. Now there's a robot that can also cope with injury. The ability to compensate can b…

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[BlargIAmDead]

So it's a robot with a program like

COUNT LEGS
IF LEGS=4 THEN USE GALLOP
IF LEGS=3 THEN USE TRIPOD

Etc.?

 

[w/e]

IF LEGS=2 WalkHuman
IF LEGS=1 Hop
IF LEGS=0 Run SelfDestruct.exe

 

[King TonGoll]

lol, this could lead too mechs.....

invisibility cloaks.

new battle system for detecting how much the enemy has inflected upon it.

jet belts.

do you think these things are all coincident?

 

[BlargIAmDead]

What's this about jet packs?

 

[Darthfett]

Wow. This must have been expensive to test... they probably had to make like 20 of them. I can imagine it now.

"Okay now, this is our new robot in developement."

"What does it do?"

"Well it's this really cool robot... here. Take this hammer and smash it."

"WHAT?!"

"Just go like.... THIS!" *The creator goes psychotic on the robot, smashing the robot into little bits*

"Uh..."

"Oh. I guess this one didn't work right..."