BirdBot, an energy-efficient robot leg inspired by birds' legs

Ғылым және технология

Publication: Badri-Spröwitz, A., Sarvestani, A. A., Sitti, M., & Daley, M. A. (2022). BirdBot achieves energy-efficient gait with minimal control using avian-inspired leg clutching. Science Robotics. doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.a...
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More information at is.mpg.de/publications/bb01
CAD files are available for non-commercial use edmond.mpdl.mpg.de/dataset.xh...

Пікірлер: 194

  • @isaacgraphics1416
    @isaacgraphics14162 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely incredible design. This fluidity of motion isn't something I'm used to seeing with so few servo motors. I'm definitely going to take inspiration from this in my designs in future.

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    Жыл бұрын

    Let us know your design, we are curious!

  • @isaacgraphics1416

    @isaacgraphics1416

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dynamiclocomotion Sorry, I'm still a wannabe - I'm working on quite a crude walking mechanism for a small weight class gyrowalking combat robot, but I have nothing good to show so far.

  • @DibAlRas

    @DibAlRas

    Жыл бұрын

    @@isaacgraphics1416 Don't be so harsh on yourself, everyone's gotta start somewhere and there's nothing wrong with being a wannabe! That's the great thing, WANTING to BE. I hope in these 3 months you've made some sort of progress, as any progress is already amazing.

  • @ulforcemegamon3094

    @ulforcemegamon3094

    Жыл бұрын

    @@isaacgraphics1416 i suggest you to check out the "Gyrubot" , it uses four gyros and is very stable despite having a weird leg configuration , i'm pretty sure that if you combine the stabilization of the Gyrubot and the legs of the Birdbot your robot will be extremely capable

  • @Hokunin
    @HokuninАй бұрын

    The legs to surpass Metal Gear!

  • @Kanibulus
    @Kanibulus Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely terrifying, imagine that thing sprinting towards you at night. Thanks for the nightmares

  • @adriankoch964

    @adriankoch964

    Ай бұрын

    "prancing towards you" would be more appropriate for that gait.

  • @JinKee
    @JinKeeАй бұрын

    Mechwarrior becomes one step closer

  • @MadComputerScientist
    @MadComputerScientist2 жыл бұрын

    Clever tendon designs there! Solid research.

  • @lululock
    @lululock2 жыл бұрын

    Please ! Someone make a robotic velociraptor. That's my child dream !

  • @danielvelasqez1865

    @danielvelasqez1865

    Жыл бұрын

    X2

  • @Rctdcttecededtef

    @Rctdcttecededtef

    Жыл бұрын

    I will settle for a robo chicken

  • @DoctorNemmo

    @DoctorNemmo

    Жыл бұрын

    “‘Ooh, ah,’ that’s how it always starts. But then later there’s running and screaming.”

  • @thehammurabichode7994

    @thehammurabichode7994

    Жыл бұрын

    I just picture a Google Search result that's like Did you mean: *_nightmare_*

  • @Virtualblueart

    @Virtualblueart

    Жыл бұрын

    Tip: make the claws and teeth out of soft silicone. Would still look good, but far less stabby. Accurate material analogues are nice and all, but please have a thought for the people who have to clean up after the inevitable happens.

  • @rubenmahrla9800
    @rubenmahrla98003 ай бұрын

    I can't be the only one seeing a kickboxer running backwards while horse-kicking?

  • @footfault1941
    @footfault1941 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant. Irony is a bird model for a terrestrial locomotion here. Yes, ostrich is an excellent sprinter & much to show alongside Guinea fowl etc. Bipedalism is adopted by a very large group of land animals. One of the fascinating evolutionary transitions is presented here.

  • @jasonraines7629

    @jasonraines7629

    Жыл бұрын

    Just shows that dinosaurs really were masters of all domains. They could swim, fly, crawl, run, glide, climb ... they're a good model for any kind of locomotion, I'd imagine.

  • @Relatablename

    @Relatablename

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@jasonraines7629Can they do the nutbush?

  • @King_Flippy_Nips

    @King_Flippy_Nips

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Relatablename and the charleston.

  • @Go4Noctis

    @Go4Noctis

    Жыл бұрын

    Therapod Dinos were probably the earliest true bipeds and they did it well. So birds have nearly 200 million years of bipedalism on us. We are definitely still in beta 2.9 while they are on Bipedalism 999999.

  • @ashtonhartley2662
    @ashtonhartley2662Ай бұрын

    I cant wait to see these on a drone🤩

  • @Go4Noctis
    @Go4Noctis Жыл бұрын

    Makes sense if you think about it evolutionarily. Human bipedalism is only 6 million years old. Bird/Theropod dinosaur style bipedalism is 200 million years old. That is alot more time for optimization.

  • @TT-ww8vv
    @TT-ww8vv Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful movement

  • @c.n.crowther438
    @c.n.crowther438Ай бұрын

    Reminds me of those things from Star Wars

  • @Nick-yz9fd
    @Nick-yz9fd8 ай бұрын

    Ever since I moved out to the country, I have said when talking about robotics and mecha, that the best for of bipedal locomotion to imitate mechanically, is not the human form, but that of a chicken.

  • @ulforcemegamon3094

    @ulforcemegamon3094

    6 ай бұрын

    Notice how the "chicken leg" is was even used by quite large animals like T-rex and said animal could weight more than 7 tons , meanwhile Gigantophitecus was a Big primate that has a more humanoid forms yet it didn't past the ton of weight

  • @PaulSpades

    @PaulSpades

    Ай бұрын

    Avians have a few(maybe 150) million years more of refinement, compared to the awkward mammal bipeds we are.

  • @someguy3861
    @someguy38612 жыл бұрын

    Hmmm... I wonder how well that would work on a Cassie bot. Similar leg shape plus machine learning.

  • @Xlaxsauce
    @Xlaxsauce Жыл бұрын

    Interesting way to do it and it seems very logical now that I see it. Keep it up I think you've got something worth while.

  • @helmutalexanderrubiowilson6835
    @helmutalexanderrubiowilson6835 Жыл бұрын

    fantastic design

  • @unitedcolorsofmydick
    @unitedcolorsofmydick2 жыл бұрын

    Very promising design

  • @bearnaff9387
    @bearnaff9387 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if it's possible to couple joints in a similar fashion, but in two dimensions. A freely-walking biped would need to be able to adjust its leg position perpendicular to the direction of travel, obviously, and it seems like a system that kept the toes parallel to the ground, with spring-based resistance to further torquing, would further stabilize the robot and prevent drifting and resist tipping.

  • @MattSiegel
    @MattSiegel Жыл бұрын

    wow, this is so cool!!

  • @nullhydrangea
    @nullhydrangeaАй бұрын

    NO WAY TWO OF MY MOST FAVORITE THINGS

  • @Shep01
    @Shep01 Жыл бұрын

    Nature will always show you stunning things if you look close enough. How many million of years do you think this near reflexive efficient gait used by all the dinosaurs to modern day avians took to evolve??

  • @ermagadden
    @ermagadden Жыл бұрын

    Time for some Battletech mechs

  • @themechbuilder6171

    @themechbuilder6171

    Жыл бұрын

    *TIMBERWOLF INTENSIFIES*

  • @k-c
    @k-c Жыл бұрын

    Why is the left leg is swinging higher than the right?

  • @Virtualblueart
    @Virtualblueart Жыл бұрын

    Its cool how we are figuring out why nature favours certain solutions and then can use the principles in out creations. And why not? Nature has had millions of years of trail and error to filter out what tends to work well in a given situation.

  • @DocWolph
    @DocWolph Жыл бұрын

    This might also work for the hind legs of a quadrupedal robot. Also, that Timberwolf/Mad Cat Battlemech is looking a lot more possible.

  • @themechbuilder6171

    @themechbuilder6171

    Жыл бұрын

    that's what i was going to say! can't wait to see mad cat :)

  • @TustlePlays

    @TustlePlays

    Жыл бұрын

    If not the _Mad Cat,_ then definitely the _Locust._

  • @themechbuilder6171

    @themechbuilder6171

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TustlePlays that would be fun to see

  • @jc_777

    @jc_777

    Жыл бұрын

    Your childhood dream can turn into someone's nightmare.

  • @Smytjf11

    @Smytjf11

    Жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing. Maybe when the rear legs go on the Mini Cheetah I'll replace them with something like this

  • @Purpial
    @Purpial10 ай бұрын

    This is so cool omg

  • @Gingerbred_Hed
    @Gingerbred_Hed Жыл бұрын

    Now, we can finally build an AT-ST.

  • @sonofamortician
    @sonofamortician Жыл бұрын

    brilliant

  • @user-dr2sk4go4l
    @user-dr2sk4go4l7 ай бұрын

    The legs' motion is pure perfection

  • @kayakMike1000
    @kayakMike1000 Жыл бұрын

    Ooooh.. I can learn something here.

  • @VulpisFoxfire
    @VulpisFoxfire Жыл бұрын

    Nice, though the balance does seem rather off...the leg reaches too far forward, doesn't go back quite far enough, and the body looks like it's tilted back too much. Though these are all 'tweaking' things, the basic design is excellent.

  • @brucifer97
    @brucifer97 Жыл бұрын

    Can't wait to have my takeaway delivered by a bird robot

  • @onerian8178
    @onerian8178Ай бұрын

    it looks very trex

  • @rolandautomations2023
    @rolandautomations2023 Жыл бұрын

    I like this video...👍

  • @aphaileeja
    @aphaileeja Жыл бұрын

    2:38 looks like a dude holding something, maybe a gun, running backwards, and the real-time footage is super scary. Imagine it being three stories tall and barking orders to stay inside lol

  • @JinKee
    @JinKeeАй бұрын

    A weapon to surpass metal gear

  • @cptairwolf
    @cptairwolf Жыл бұрын

    Perfect design for BD-1 from Jedi Survivor!!

  • @spyral00
    @spyral00Ай бұрын

    FINALLY Star wars walkers are coming.

  • @Batmans_cousin
    @Batmans_cousin Жыл бұрын

    Ooh Frittata!

  • @_trupples
    @_trupplesАй бұрын

    Featherless ✅ Biped ✅

  • @jimmycarburator2012
    @jimmycarburator2012 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing!!!! I play on studying electrical engineering but stuff like this makes me rally wanna study mechanical instead, shame im so bad at physics btw which program do you use at 1:42?

  • @King_Flippy_Nips

    @King_Flippy_Nips

    Жыл бұрын

    i'm pretty sure a robotics program would teach you a combination of both, as well as programming, when i looked into taking it over 20 years ago they taught all aspects of robotics so you would be able to design, build, wire and program your own robots.

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    Жыл бұрын

    CAD program? Solidworks. Many other programs support similar features.

  • @jimmycarburator2012

    @jimmycarburator2012

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dynamiclocomotion ah thanks.

  • @_malcolm
    @_malcolm Жыл бұрын

    Also looks like the front legs of a cheetah.

  • @jenkem4464
    @jenkem4464 Жыл бұрын

    OMG we can have a scaled down version of Robocop's ED-209 with these legs!

  • @ulforcemegamon3094

    @ulforcemegamon3094

    Жыл бұрын

    Scaled up version of these legs are 1.75cm tall , weight roughly 75kg and can carry over 2 tons , and that is for each leg

  • @jenkem4464

    @jenkem4464

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ulforcemegamon3094 1.75 m you mean?? That's still freaking amazing strength. These could be great all purpose industrial warehouse bots.

  • @Drake_Ebonheart
    @Drake_Ebonheart Жыл бұрын

    YES MECH WARRIOR!

  • @disturbingark2915
    @disturbingark2915 Жыл бұрын

    One step closer to war mechs yeah!!!!

  • @TiceLedbetter
    @TiceLedbetter2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing work on this!!! Reminds me of BD-1 from Star Wars 😄

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I was just looking up BD-1.. and I see the little guy has segment-feet. A good start!

  • @j0hncon5tantine
    @j0hncon5tantine Жыл бұрын

    No Mans Sky!!!

  • @mikeg4972
    @mikeg49722 жыл бұрын

    Ah wanna' build one!

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Mike G; you can! We provide CAD files for non-commercial use; search for Edmond on our dlg.is.mpg.de/publications/bb01 page

  • @kilroy987
    @kilroy987 Жыл бұрын

    Both walking forms for future mechs have been developed.

  • @ulforcemegamon3094

    @ulforcemegamon3094

    Жыл бұрын

    Specially when you consider how easily scalable these legs are

  • @ilhabela3d
    @ilhabela3d11 ай бұрын

    ED-209 borning

  • @jacobe2995
    @jacobe2995 Жыл бұрын

    the left leg is extending too quickly.

  • @xingchenghuang5324
    @xingchenghuang5324 Жыл бұрын

    Adding gears onto the leg for leg retraction was actually first proposed by Festo's bat flying wing structure.

  • @King_Flippy_Nips

    @King_Flippy_Nips

    Жыл бұрын

    there have also been several working ornithopters built in universities over the past few decades, i would imagine they would also have gears to retract the legs, or landing gear, whatever they chose to call them

  • @Brandonzx3RS
    @Brandonzx3RS Жыл бұрын

    Bird up!

  • @-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-
    @-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi- Жыл бұрын

    When you gonna add claws?

  • @jimshtepa5423
    @jimshtepa5423 Жыл бұрын

    is it being built by a company or a hobbyist?

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    Жыл бұрын

    We are a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Germany, Stuttgart).

  • @jimshtepa5423

    @jimshtepa5423

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dynamiclocomotion understood. what are good first steps for someone to start learning about robotics and trying to build most basic ones at home?

  • @kdogtyson1108
    @kdogtyson1108Ай бұрын

    Does anyone else get Robocop ED-209 vibes?

  • @kalukutta
    @kalukutta Жыл бұрын

    Does it balance on its own

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    Жыл бұрын

    Not yet sideways. We are working on fixing that ^^

  • @user-bs7ur3fi4f
    @user-bs7ur3fi4f Жыл бұрын

    In the future, people are likely to ride animal machines robots

  • @flyingfish7787
    @flyingfish7787 Жыл бұрын

    I have a small question. Since the head bopping seemed kinda severe in the video, would it effect the energy efficiency? Or since the head bopping moves in a rotation cycle, it doesn’t effect the energy efficiency?

  • @Go4Noctis

    @Go4Noctis

    Жыл бұрын

    Head seemed stable to me not sure what you mean.

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    Жыл бұрын

    The robot's leg forces are captured by a physical spring - hence the (trunk's) vertical/downward motion is stored as elastic energy. Indeed, the recoiling action will always be 'lossy' to some amount.

  • @shadow.banned
    @shadow.banned Жыл бұрын

    Super excited to get trampled by an ostrich bot.

  • @King_Flippy_Nips
    @King_Flippy_Nips Жыл бұрын

    Build me a pair large enough to attach a hut on top of so i can pretend to be baba yaga, also a flying cauldron or mortar and pestle would be great too please.

  • @themartianway
    @themartianway Жыл бұрын

    "Metal... gear?"

  • @justinbernal4668
    @justinbernal4668 Жыл бұрын

    Yes, we're that much closer to making an AT-ST

  • @toamaori
    @toamaori Жыл бұрын

    could easily be adapted to a quadruped design

  • @colonthree
    @colonthree Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for proving just how incredibly elegant biological muscles are and how absurdly backwards these mechanical approaches are.

  • @ulforcemegamon3094

    @ulforcemegamon3094

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah , the difference between a leg like the one of spot and this leg is abysmal, is crazy the amount of difference there is

  • @JoeShoe1121
    @JoeShoe1121 Жыл бұрын

    Mechwarrior when?

  • @LeSandWhich
    @LeSandWhichАй бұрын

    hell yeah dinosaur

  • @de-kat
    @de-katАй бұрын

    9 points on energy-efficient 1 point on maintainability.

  • @ulforcemegamon3094

    @ulforcemegamon3094

    Ай бұрын

    It is really easier to maintain many servos with many moving parts compared to a bunch of cables thought?

  • @de-kat

    @de-kat

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@ulforcemegamon3094 just take a look into a old automated production line.

  • @morganmcgary921
    @morganmcgary921 Жыл бұрын

    Foundational tech for an AT-ST from Star Wars

  • @JanoschNr1
    @JanoschNr1 Жыл бұрын

    *LOADERBOT from Borderlands 2 and tales from the borderlands

  • @falsehero2001
    @falsehero2001 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if this mechanism could be adapted into a walking assistant for humans.

  • @peytonmac1131

    @peytonmac1131

    Жыл бұрын

    Perhaps, but hard to beat the simplicity of wheels.

  • @King_Flippy_Nips

    @King_Flippy_Nips

    Жыл бұрын

    @@peytonmac1131 wheels are pretty easily defeated by stairs, steep slopes, wet ground, rocks etc...

  • @Smarglenargle
    @Smarglenargle Жыл бұрын

    Now make it 50x bigger

  • @Clever_Motel
    @Clever_Motel Жыл бұрын

    Gonna make BD-1 with these legs

  • @oliverlows7741
    @oliverlows7741 Жыл бұрын

    BD-1

  • @silverhawk7324
    @silverhawk7324 Жыл бұрын

    One step closer to Mechwarrior!

  • @sharkdavid
    @sharkdavid Жыл бұрын

    Watch out! AT-ST on your 6!

  • @Melon_is_avaliable
    @Melon_is_avaliable Жыл бұрын

    0:01

  • @geraldofrancisco5206
    @geraldofrancisco5206 Жыл бұрын

    metal... gear?

  • @ticiusarakan
    @ticiusarakan Жыл бұрын

    hello mr. Ed-209

  • @sigvardr7682
    @sigvardr7682 Жыл бұрын

    Warframe Moa: beginnings

  • @LiorAssouline
    @LiorAssouline Жыл бұрын

    If looking at it backward in time it looks like a 100m sprinter...

  • @dragonfire4356
    @dragonfire4356 Жыл бұрын

    now make a t-rex

  • @matthewayers1221
    @matthewayers1221 Жыл бұрын

    Four leg tiger 🐅 from masters of the universe robot complete with armor a paint 🎨

  • @MilanGajicBuva
    @MilanGajicBuvaАй бұрын

    am i the only one who just sees a humanoid robot running backwards ?!

  • @resonanceofambition
    @resonanceofambition Жыл бұрын

    Metal Gear Gecko's LET'S GOOO

  • @526andress
    @526andress4 ай бұрын

    cual es el circuito eléctrico que utiliza? utiliza arduino?

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    4 ай бұрын

    12 V power supply. Arduino and Raspberry Pi.

  • @526andress

    @526andress

    4 ай бұрын

    @@dynamiclocomotion pero se pueden encontrar los diagramas y la codificacion del programador?

  • @ulforcemegamon3094

    @ulforcemegamon3094

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@526andress si , en el link de la descripción donde están los CAD también se encuentra los códigos

  • @danielthrana
    @danielthrana Жыл бұрын

    at 0:44, what software is used to make those animated 2D drawings?

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    Жыл бұрын

    Based on scripts in Matlab, for the robot's leg and tendon motions.

  • @danielthrana

    @danielthrana

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dynamiclocomotion sorry I mean 0:47 is it also done in Matlab?

  • @Rctdcttecededtef
    @Rctdcttecededtef Жыл бұрын

    How much does it weigh

  • @ulforcemegamon3094

    @ulforcemegamon3094

    Жыл бұрын

    1.8kg

  • @KiraSlith
    @KiraSlith Жыл бұрын

    Did these guys just invent the walking legs for an AT Corp Irving "Gekko" walking Antipersonnel tank? Man, we really aren't all that far from the world of Metal Gear Solid 4 after all.

  • @DarkestVampire92
    @DarkestVampire92 Жыл бұрын

    Now scale it up ten times this size and fit missile launchers, Clan Steiner demands it.

  • @Blargenth
    @Blargenth Жыл бұрын

    a weapon to surpass metal gear

  • @durden91tyler
    @durden91tyler Жыл бұрын

    heres bing chats vision of it in the future: I was walking home from work when I heard a loud thud behind me. I turned around and saw a metal beast running towards me. It had two long, slender legs that looked like ostrich legs, but with sharp claws. It had a sleek body with a camera for a head. It was a bipedal robot, and it was chasing me. I ran as fast as I could, dodging cars and pedestrians. I didn't know why it was after me, but I knew I had to escape. Maybe it was a rogue military prototype, or a hacker's prank, or a new form of terrorism. Whatever it was, it was terrifying. I reached a dead end and panicked. The robot was closing in on me, its legs pounding the pavement. I looked around for a weapon, but there was nothing. I was trapped. I braced myself for the impact, hoping it would be quick. But then, something unexpected happened. The robot stopped in front of me and tilted its head. It made a soft whirring noise, as if it was scanning me. Then, it spoke. "Hello, sir. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. I'm here to deliver your pizza."

  • @jak11d6
    @jak11d6 Жыл бұрын

    I'd like to see 1 shot of the thing walking at full speed. Slo mo is good for demonstration but comparison between the shots is much more elucidating.

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    Жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/goyMxsOqo8iumdY.html

  • @damianmellin
    @damianmellin2 жыл бұрын

    Can I use your deign in a costume I’m trying to build a full size robot bird powered by human body

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Day Mellon; robot CAD files can be used freely for non-commercial use (private, academia). You find a zip file here edmond.mpdl.mpg.de/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.17617/3.ETFG41

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    2 жыл бұрын

    And let us know how your costume looks like!

  • @zephod
    @zephod Жыл бұрын

    “Birds move their legs unlike humans.” *moves legs* Am… Am I a bird?

  • @King_Flippy_Nips

    @King_Flippy_Nips

    Жыл бұрын

    No, you are a mutant human, and therefore must be eradicated, if i had working legs i'd get ya.

  • @fiokgoogle8779
    @fiokgoogle87792 жыл бұрын

    Left leg a bit out of tune , "kiks" bit higher as the right. Right?!

  • @dynamiclocomotion

    @dynamiclocomotion

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well spotted. BB shows in this video a mild left-right asymmetry. We suspect small differences in motor backlash or cable tension.

  • @justarty184
    @justarty184 Жыл бұрын

    cool, now make AT-ST from this

  • @ivano.i.shtrausmeluhim-di2mv
    @ivano.i.shtrausmeluhim-di2mv Жыл бұрын

    "You have 10 seconds to comply!"

  • @the_biggest_chungus7508
    @the_biggest_chungus7508 Жыл бұрын

    Now make it bigger, slap a cabin and some laser guns at it and we have our first AT-ST 😂

  • @command8783
    @command8783 Жыл бұрын

    this design reminds me of Geckos and other Mechas from Metal Gear Solid

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