Biophysicist Reacts to Animal Inspired Robotics

Biophysicist Dwight Whitaker of Pomona College joins us to explain what engineers are learning from making various animal-inspired robots. Subscribe to CNET: Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser extension ???? Follow us on TikTok: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook: 0:00 Introduction 0:23 Kangaroo Robot 1:29 Flying…

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Biophysicist Dwight Whitaker of Pomona College joins us to explain what engineers are learning from making various animal-inspired robots.

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0:00 Introduction
0:23 Kangaroo Robot
1:29 Flying Fox Robot
2:27 Hummingbird Robot
3:25 Spider Robot
4:08 Snake Robot
4:59 Dragonfly Robot
5:32 Jellyfish Robot
7:12 Conclusion

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Thou shalt not suffer a fascist to live

October 14, 2022 at 12:08 pm

Snek vs 5n3|<

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Md. Nurul Azim

October 14, 2022 at 12:12 pm

Nice anchal

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Ibrahim L Koroma

October 14, 2022 at 12:13 pm

Amazing ????

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Neel O

October 14, 2022 at 12:31 pm

Yay! Let’s use animal robots to spy people. ????

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CubanHitman21

October 14, 2022 at 1:10 pm

Horizon Zero Dawn

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Holographicman

October 14, 2022 at 1:47 pm

The bg music sounds like it could be for a product showcase, even has the sparkle sounds for when the screen fades. Oh and cool video, with 3d printing and ai, can’t wait to see where we are in a decade.

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Jameel

October 14, 2022 at 2:16 pm

That mechanical kangaroo is pretty cute.

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Jameel

October 14, 2022 at 2:19 pm

I’ve never seen anything in biology that rotates like a helicopter/drone propeller.

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  October 14, 2022 at 2:32 pm
  
  Maple seeds are not exactly but similar.
  
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  October 14, 2022 at 4:28 pm
  
  Totally similar and they literally have a propeller design. Nice!
  
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TJ Wasiuk

October 14, 2022 at 2:23 pm

Horizon Zero Dawn vibes

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The10thManRules

October 14, 2022 at 2:37 pm

Yeah but the wifi will stop working during a nuclear attack so… who would want to survive that?

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sean segal

October 16, 2022 at 3:35 pm

The robot that curls up and rolls reminds me of the “droidekas” from star wars, (the ones with a bubble shield)

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Randy Singh

October 17, 2022 at 2:02 am

Scary stuff

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