so I want to begin with a bold statements that robotics is the next
statements that robotics is the next
statements that robotics is the next Internet it’s the next big thing to
Internet it’s the next big thing to
Internet it’s the next big thing to impact our lives in areas from medicine
impact our lives in areas from medicine
impact our lives in areas from medicine to even things like space exploration
to even things like space exploration
to even things like space exploration the more traditional view of robotics is
the more traditional view of robotics is
the more traditional view of robotics is a rigid very powerful very dangerous but
a rigid very powerful very dangerous but
a rigid very powerful very dangerous but in this case we’re making things smaller
in this case we’re making things smaller
in this case we’re making things smaller perhaps faster or certainly cheaper than
perhaps faster or certainly cheaper than
perhaps faster or certainly cheaper than more traditional robotic systems we are
more traditional robotic systems we are
more traditional robotic systems we are constructing robots the size of insects
constructing robots the size of insects
constructing robots the size of insects robots made out of entirely soft
robots made out of entirely soft
robots made out of entirely soft materials
we use nature to inspire the robots that
we use nature to inspire the robots that we build
we build
we build nature’s had hundreds of millions of
nature’s had hundreds of millions of
nature’s had hundreds of millions of years to evolve solutions to things like
years to evolve solutions to things like
years to evolve solutions to things like locomotion in cluttered areas or flights
our team is working on creating a colony
our team is working on creating a colony of autonomous robotic bees we envision
of autonomous robotic bees we envision
of autonomous robotic bees we envision that’s twenty or so years down the road
that’s twenty or so years down the road
that’s twenty or so years down the road when these things actually exist they
when these things actually exist they
when these things actually exist they could be quite useful for applications
could be quite useful for applications
could be quite useful for applications where you would want to put a human or
where you would want to put a human or
where you would want to put a human or an animal hazardous environment
an animal hazardous environment
an animal hazardous environment exploration in search and rescue space
exploration in search and rescue space
exploration in search and rescue space exploration assisted agriculture there’s
exploration assisted agriculture there’s
exploration assisted agriculture there’s all these really interesting open
all these really interesting open
all these really interesting open questions that must be solved if you’re
questions that must be solved if you’re
questions that must be solved if you’re going to achieve this goal I have to
going to achieve this goal I have to
going to achieve this goal I have to develop new sensors new computation
develop new sensors new computation
develop new sensors new computation methods because nothing off the shelf is
methods because nothing off the shelf is
methods because nothing off the shelf is going to work we have to build
going to work we have to build
going to work we have to build everything from scratch
everything from scratch
everything from scratch how many Robo bees if we crashed all of
how many Robo bees if we crashed all of
how many Robo bees if we crashed all of them we build we test we build we test
them we build we test we build we test
them we build we test we build we test if you don’t fail you don’t learn enough
if you don’t fail you don’t learn enough
if you don’t fail you don’t learn enough we build we test we build we test for
we build we test we build we test for
we build we test we build we test for everything that works is tens or
everything that works is tens or
everything that works is tens or hundreds of things that don’t
the metaphor of bees is just as social
the metaphor of bees is just as social insects they’re small they’re not very
insects they’re small they’re not very
insects they’re small they’re not very capable they can’t fly for very long so
capable they can’t fly for very long so
capable they can’t fly for very long so what do you do and the answer in nature
what do you do and the answer in nature
what do you do and the answer in nature is well you work together now you have
is well you work together now you have
is well you work together now you have this concept where you have not just one
this concept where you have not just one
this concept where you have not just one all capable robot but you have a bunch
all capable robot but you have a bunch
all capable robot but you have a bunch of not very good robots the idea is that
of not very good robots the idea is that
of not very good robots the idea is that the whole is greater than the sum of the
the whole is greater than the sum of the
the whole is greater than the sum of the parts all of this work is aimed at the
parts all of this work is aimed at the
parts all of this work is aimed at the greater good investing in the unknown
greater good investing in the unknown
greater good investing in the unknown it’s by far the best routes to make
it’s by far the best routes to make
it’s by far the best routes to make fundamental scientific advancements
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