Robot mobile phone lamp, MIT play new height

Lei Feng from MIT can be a real maxspace, there are often various brighten things are created. Massachusetts Institute of Technology media lab developed a new machine called LineFORM snake robot prototype, the snake like flexible, even you can't see it any bones, countless different structures can be changed at any time, can be turned into a mobile phone, desk lamp and exoskeleton etc.. The lab said the development of this robot is to change our way of life, let the robot to replace our mobile phone, desk lamp and a series of mobile devices.

In a demo video released in the laboratory, the robot began to be worn as a bracelet, when a call comes in, the phone immediately into the shape of the robot, demonstrators even think of it as a touch screen mobile phone call in the above presentation.

LineFORM also acts as a potential cable. When give it a light bulb, it can connect the power supply for lighting energy at the same time, it will immediately become a support, like the same lamp. In addition, the brightness of turning its body can change the light bulb. It can also transfer files, and connect to the computer. When choosing to transfer files on the computer, it will immediately shake the body, like the transfer of energy in Everfount.

Finally, it can be your fitness coach, usually do not exercise if you don't know how to exercise, let it teach you. As the robot exoskeleton around your arms, the robot will automatically take action on your arm, so as to achieve the effect of physical exercise and flexible arm.

Of course, although the Massachusetts Institute of Technology media lab made a prototype of LineFORM, but some things such as mobile phone still belongs to the brain hole wide open. The laboratory director Sean Follmer said, they feel that the next generation of mobile devices should be the flexible change.

The brain hole wide open mind, Xiao Bian also marvel, foreign children really will play. But whether it can achieve these functions, small consulting industry after several people, we found it is difficult to unified opinion.

Sure: this really is not difficult

Certainly A: "snake like robot, are steering link, really is not difficult, mainly is the steering gear niubi. Such as the telephone, you think it is only a part of what we see (the machine), another part (PC). The host computer receives a call, a call that is entered, for the lower machine servo control, servo rotation is a telephone...... This really is not difficult."

Certainly B: "multi degree of freedom control should not be too difficult! Maybe the structure design is very clever, but must interact well! Either control or trigger sensor, the phone only need to add a 4G module is good, of course mic and the receiver, straight machine circuit board of Nokia is very small, remove the plug into the line. If you put this as a problem, I feel a bit more like."

Certainly C: "the exoskeleton is still more difficult to achieve, because each person's body is not the same, very high precision of sensor close, on the steering gear and algorithm, computing ability are very demanding. If the call is the variable table lamp, deformation, relatively simple too much. Because of little change, the algorithm is very simple, single scene. Because calls can be viewed as a command, do the corresponding changes, into different shapes, good cooperation related steering on the line."

Negative side: impossible to realize those functions

Against D: "too little information, I can not judge the principle of the robot at present. But I know the genetic algorithm and reinforcement learning to use good words, can let the robot to change their own form in different environments. Watch the video to see especially the structure behind the video will find the combination structure is the rudder, deformation is realized by genetic algorithm. But to realize those functions, the brain hole is too big. Moreover, the genetic algorithm is not so fast... So my conclusion is still back to earth, Mars is MIT."

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