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Which could eat grain. And in the middle of the 20th century, the British neuroscientist William Gray Walter collected robot turtle.

Nowadays, engineers draw inspiration from nature to make their creations move more naturally and interact better with the world around them. We invite you to take a look at modern robots that are similar to the inhabitants of the animal world.

Octobot - octopus robot

Cephalopods and their movements along the seafloor have had a major influence on robotics, inspiring engineers at Soft Robotics to create industrial tentacle grippers, and researchers at the University of California, San Diego to develop robots with soft, bendable legs.

Octobot looks like a real octopus. This invention of Harvard University was printed on a 3D printer along with microcircuits. The robot moves thanks to the reactions of hydrogen peroxide, which deflate and inflate its special pneumatic chambers.

Pleurobo - salamander robot

Salamanders are a real relic, clearly showing what ancient creatures previously inhabited the Earth. To understand how these creatures move, scientists at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne studied videos of amphibians moving in infrared light. Ultimately, a team of engineers created Pleurobo, an eerie skeletal robot that can glide through grass like a salamander. Scientists believe that with its help it is possible to better study the connection between the spinal cord and the brain and gain valuable knowledge in the field of neuroprosthetics.

Animal Dynamics Microdrone - dragonfly drone

Most drones use rotating blades, but they have many disadvantages - from noise and huge power consumption to instability in windy conditions. There are creatures in nature that cope with all these problems, and they do not have rotating blades. We are talking about dragonflies.

It was they who were inspired by the engineers of the startup Animal Dynamics when creating their microdrone. This small flying device is ideal for reconnaissance and has even received support from the US Department of Defense.

Cassie - robot ostrich

Typically, when engineers create bipedal robots, they make them in human likeness. But Oregon State University decided to take inspiration from ostriches. The robot can run very fast, it has no head, and it is very stable - the mechanism is able to stay on its feet even if it slips or gets kicked in the body.

SpotMini - robot dog

Speaking of robots that look like animals, one cannot fail to mention the mechanisms from Boston Dynamics. The company has been making amazing four-legged robots for several years now, like Big Dog. SpotMini weighs about 30 kilograms. In addition to four legs, instead of a neck, he has a special robotic arm - if the robot stretches it out, he will become the size of a baby giraffe.

Special “skin” for robots

Not all robots whose creators were inspired by living nature are similar to living creatures. Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with a special electronic “skin” for robots, inspired by a beetle (Metriona bicolor), which, when threatened, removes color from its bright back to become less noticeable. Researchers have 3D printed a special chip that changes color in a stressful situation. “[It’s] easy for [engineers] to be inspired by nature because they’re so far behind it,” commented the project manager.

Festo - butterfly robots

Festo's graceful butterflies are the most beautiful robots on this list. These mechanical insects fly beautifully, but do not know how to independently navigate in space - their small size and light design simply do not allow them to be equipped with built-in sensors. So they navigate using external cameras. In a word, not the most advanced robots, but certainly beautiful.

Lunar Nodes of Design – North and South— ensure that we end up where we meet the least resistance. Where we will be more effective. They show us our surroundings. It's about our connection to others.

Genetically suitable environments vary. In Human Design they are defined as Caves, Markets, Kitchens, Mountains, Valleys and Shores. And everything manifests itself in a special way, in accordance with your Strategy and Authority. Your environment is a frequency. This does not mean that if, for example, this is the Shores, you need to live with your feet in the water.

It is not a specific place, but a genetically suitable space. Our life purpose unfolds in the right environment.
It's a journey to get to the right place. And again, there is nothing you can do about it. If you look at a design and see that you're in the wrong environment, that doesn't mean it's time to panic and change it. It will change when that happens. It will not change in any other way. This will happen through your strategy and authority.

In order to find out the ENVIRONMENT that is genetically suitable for you, look (registration required) at the color and tone of the MOON NODES OF DESIGN.

The environment should not be understood quite literally... If it is, for example, kitchens, then this is not necessarily the kitchen in the house. This could be a place where something is done or prepared - for example, an office. Those. the feel of the place/environment should be similar.

Left-right is also important here. The tone (lower or upper) will indicate whether the environment is left (encouraging activity) or right (encouraging passivity).

Left Wednesday(if under the color there are tones 1,2,3) - this is a natural environment. And, of course, it encourages physical activity.

Right environment(if there are tones 4,5,6 under the color) - this is an artificial environment. Passive, contemplative.

A COLOR- this is actually your living environment.

1 COLOR - CAVES

These people may be uncomfortable in rooms with more than one exit; they prefer a closed space with one door.

1 color- once upon a time at the dawn of our journey as a species, people lived in caves to survive and protect themselves from predators, i.e. This is an environment that is as closed as possible, fenced off from the outside space. A modern analogue is a room in an apartment with 1 entrance, a study with one entrance, or a fenced-in space in this study with a narrow entrance that can be controlled. The machine, as Ra says in his lectures on Wednesday, is an almost ideal perfect cave, in which, although there are 4 entrances, you can block them from the inside.

A person should feel safe in this environment and at the same time it should encourage exploration.

2 COLOR - MARKETS

2 color- so-called markets are the next stage in the development of human habitats, when people came out of caves to trade with each other and do business. This is a business environment where information and goods are exchanged. In modern conditions, this is a purely urban environment, these are offices where deals are concluded, or it could be the same apartment, but in which there is a home office and business is done. These are shopping malls, centers, shops, etc.

3 COLOR - KITCHENS

3 color- so-called kitchens, this is when people set up powerful infrastructures in cities, all sorts of factories and workshops, factories and canteens, and so on. things...This is not only the kitchen of the house, this is any place where a very materially oriented process of working on something, making something takes place.

4 COLOR - MOUNTAINS

4 color- mountains, the need to view something from a certain distance (and among a select few) our high-rise buildings, high-rise buildings, multi-story modern office buildings, upper floors...
This is a specific communication...Thin air...Influence on your surroundings...

5 COLOR - VALLEYS

5 color- these are valleys, this is the most universal environment, these are places where all information flows... in history these were different cities that stood at the crossroads of different roads, in a sense this is an international environment where you can meet different strangers... receive information from different people... These can be narrow streets in the city, on which there are coffee shops or cafes that smell pleasant to you)) on the ground floor, where you can sit and watch (or see from the inside) what is happening...) And yes, these are rather the first floors - valleys... these are not mountains, valleys... what lies in the lowlands and where a lot of different life happens.

6 COLOR – SHORE

Shores- this is the border of one with another. Not necessarily water. Transitional, borderline place. Characteristic quality of the 6th line: living on the border. Cities and suburbs, forests and plains.

“If you live the correctness of your trajectory, those whom you meet on the shore will look for crossings (transition - transition, change). This is what they will be looking for. And they will look for you to answer, because you are an example, a role model. One of the most interesting things about the social dynamics of a 6 in a node is that there are no social dynamics. She's gone. In this sense, they are not on the shore to meet another. Not for this. They are on the shore in order to fulfill themselves, literally, for nothing else.”

California-based design studio Ozel Office has created a robotic sculpture that responds to human movements, changing shape in the presence of people.

The living sculpture is controlled by sensors, scanners and virtual reality (VR) technology - the team created a series of pre-programmed behavioral models. The sculpture can detect the presence of objects up to 40 meters away. The closer the viewer gets to Cypher, the more she inhales and exhales, turning into an amorphous form. The project aims to combine the concepts of real and virtual, which are usually considered different.

The VR helmet, like a sculpture, changes shape based on the user's actions in the VR environment. It is made from the same materials and made using the same process as the sculpture. When using the new VR headset, the user is “teleported” into the sculpture environment and participates in an interactive experience.

Ozel Office Studio explores the interaction between art and technology. Cypher should be the first model that responds to both real stimuli and virtual commands.

Guvench Ozel ( Guvenç Özel) - architect, technologist and researcher. A native of Turkey, Ozel is a lead faculty member and advisor for the IDEAS program and director of the interdisciplinary design studio Ozel Office in Los Angeles. He received a master's degree in architecture from Yale University. His work lies at the intersection of architecture, technology, media and urban cultural studies. Area of interest - 3D printing, virtual reality, robotics, interactive spaces, touch interfaces, it is supported by leading companies: Autodesk, Microsoft, Oculus, etc.

The Lunar Nodes of Design - North and South - ensure that we find ourselves where we meet the least resistance. Where we will be more effective. They show us our surroundings. It's about our connection to others.

It is not a specific place, but a genetically suitable space. Our life purpose unfolds in the right environment.

Human Design Source Ra Uru Hu said that “Sun and Moon in Design is about you, about you, about you. And the Lunar nodes point us to them, to them, to them. And, of course, we are nothing without them.

Without them, the program does not exist. The movement doesn't exist. Our species doesn't exist. They are important.

It's a journey to get to the right place. And again, there is nothing you can do about it. If you look at a design and see that you're in the wrong environment, that doesn't mean it's time to panic and change it. It will change when that happens. It will not change in any other way. This will happen through your strategy and authority.

In order to find out the ENVIRONMENT that is genetically suitable for you, look at the MMI Program color and tone of LUNAR KNODES DESIGN.

Here too left-right is important. The tone (lower or upper) will indicate whether the environment is left (encouraging activity) or right (encouraging passivity).

Left Wednesday(if under color tones 1,2,3) is a natural environment. And, of course, it encourages physical activity.

Right environment(if under color tones 4,5,6) is an artificial environment. Passive, contemplative.

A COLOR- this is actually your living environment.

1 color - caves

These people may be uncomfortable in rooms with more than one exit; they prefer a closed space with one door.

“1 color - Once upon a time in the early days of our journey as a species, humans lived in caves to survive and protect themselves from predators, i.e. This is an environment that is as closed as possible, fenced off from the outside space. A modern analogue is a room in an apartment with 1 entrance, a study with one entrance, or a fenced-in space in this study with a narrow entrance that can be controlled. The machine, as Ra says in his lectures on Wednesday, is an almost ideal perfect cave, in which, although there are 4 entrances, you can block them from the inside.

A person should feel safe in this environment and at the same time it should encourage exploration.” (Marina Ivanova)

2nd color - markets

“2nd color - so-called markets are the next stage in the development of human habitats, when people came out of caves to trade with each other and do business. This is a business environment where information and goods are exchanged. In modern conditions, this is a purely urban environment, these are offices where deals are concluded, or it could be the same apartment, but in which there is a home office and business is done. These are shopping malls, centers, shops, etc.” (Marina Ivanova)

3 colors - kitchens

“3 color - so-called. kitchens, this is when people set up powerful infrastructures in cities, all sorts of factories and workshops, factories and canteens, and so on. things... This is not only the kitchen of the house, this is any place where there is a very materially oriented process of working on something, making something.” (Marina Ivanova)

About Masha Vodolazskaya’s kitchens -

4 color - mountains

“4th color - mountains, the need to view something from a certain distance (and among a select few) our high-rise buildings, high-rise buildings, multi-storey modern office buildings, upper floors...

This is a specific communication... Thin air... Influence on your surroundings..." (Marina Ivanova)

5 color - valleys

“The 5th color is the valleys, this is the most universal environment, these are the places where all the information flows... in history these were different cities that stood at the crossroads of different roads, in a sense, this is an international environment where you can meet different strangers... receive information from different people... These could be narrow streets in the city, where there are coffee shops or cafes that smell nice to you)) on the ground floor, where you can sit and watch (or see from the inside) what is happening...) And yes, rather, the first floors are valleys... these are not mountains, valleys... what lies in the lowlands and where a lot of different life happens.” (Marina Ivanova)

6 color – shores

The shores are the border of one with another. Not necessarily water. Transitional, borderline place. Characteristic quality of the 6th line: living on the border. Cities and suburbs, forests and plains. Ra had the 6th color - the surroundings of the Shore.

“If you live the correctness of your trajectory, those whom you meet on the shore will look for crossings (transition - transition, change). This is what they will be looking for. And they will look for you to answer, because you are an example, a role model. One of the most interesting things about the social dynamics of a 6 in a node is that there are no social dynamics. She's gone. In this sense, they are not on the shore to meet another. Not for this. They are on the shore in order to fulfill themselves, literally, for nothing else" (Ra Uru Hu)

“6th line, 6th color – always in a transitional state, this is a place of change, they are in search of a place where they will move next. They want that perspective of the next place, and that it will be different from here. That is, “they need to see the potential for transition and be in an environment that provides the potential for transition - this is what is incredibly healthy for people of the 6th color in the lunar node.” (Ra Uru Hu)

“When you see this special environment, this transitional environment is where all the great questions are asked. It is very interesting. What will happen after this life? What is death? And all this, all these questions, when you stand on the shore, the beauty of the River Styx, you stand on the shore and look around. What's there? What is this? What should I do? What will happen after this life? What is hell? What is heaven? What is what is this, la-la-la - the shores. What is a city if you are a villager? How are you going to keep him farming if he's seen Paris? The shores carry with them such a great temptation.” (Ra Uru Hu)

VKontakte discussion about variables and the PHS experiment

Human love for robots has been known since ancient times. It stems from the ancient dream of mankind - to have servants, but to get along without them in everyday life... But of course! Living servants need to be fed, paid wages, and given days off. And living servants can be ill-mannered and disobedient, they can meddle in the private lives of their masters, and they can even take their place themselves. Or a servant cast from pure gold, who does only what you tell him, a servant that ancient thinkers and inventors dreamed of. (“Made of gold”... this will seem funny to you... but - this is how in the old days they understood the “best design” for any gadget).

Robot design

Today, robot design (the way we imagine it in our minds) owes its name to a powerful art style called “cyber punk.” This style already has a substantial beard; he is almost half a century old. “Cybers” are the same robots, but named in a foreign manner. In order to delve into the “roboticization” trend, you need to pick up the dusty archives of the culture that has left us in the 70s and 80s - the era of the heyday of the global “roboticization” trend, but it has only flourished so far - in art, and not in real business.

Today's successful businessman, working in the global business trend of “robotics,” is the boy of the day before yesterday, brought up in the 70s on science fiction stories and comics, as well as anime cartoons (in the cyberpunk style) and corresponding feature films.

Sociology and psychology of the robot

However, I would still like to pay a little attention to the main (more precisely, the main - for the business perspective of considering the topic) question: Why do consumers like robots so much? Our journalistic statement about the universal “ desire to have ideal servants” should be somewhat more rooted - in sociological and psychological discourse.

So: a robot is the embodiment of Plato’s Idea about a certain “ideal servant” of a person. Moreover, the main positive characteristic of such a servant will not be his strength and intelligence, which are superior to human strength and intelligence - as someone could easily think, reasoning superficially. No, on the contrary: an android, whose strength and intelligence - systematically and many times superior to human ones - frightens and repels the consumer. This is proven by the well-known story of a computer program that just... knew how to play chess. After this computer program began to beat in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred ordinary consumers of computer software - good chess players - it lost popularity among them. But after the program began to beat world grandmasters, it... disappeared as a species... An illustration of this story, as well as the whole story with robots, can be the well-known saying of our time: “ Be simpler - and people will be drawn to you“... This maxim perfectly prescribes the tactics necessary for any businessman (for a businessman who is theoretically going to launch new robots into production).

So, if the main positive characteristic of an android robot is not its mental or physical perfection, then what is it? In our opinion, the ideal robot, so in demand among consumers today, should perform two functions:

– relieve us from the annoying need to communicate with real people (in the process of purchasing goods and services),

– plus to everything: with its (specially conceived) technical imperfection it “shadows” our human “perfection”.

To modern humanity, suffering inferiority complex coupled with sociopathy I really need someone who will not judge his appearance and lifestyle (as real salespeople do in boutique stores). Plus, it will look so that the most humiliated and notorious person will look good against his background.

Most often, a modern person (who suffers from both sociopathy and an inferiority complex) chooses his friends, girlfriends, and even spouses based on the criteria described above. He chooses or so that the designated character resolves all issues for him, saving the neurotic from the need for communication in society. Or so that the said character sets off the “intelligence, strength and beauty” of his companion.

Based on this, we see the “roboticization” trend as the most humane way out of the pathopsychological dead end into which humanity has driven itself. Agree that entrusting an inanimate machine with these burdensome responsibilities: to do everything for us and at the same time be “nobody” for us, is much better than using your neighbor in such an unenviable capacity, who is hardly aware of the mournful role he plays in our lives. ..

So... is a robot replacing a human? Here's a robot psychologist.

Psychologists Jaap Holander and Jeffrey Winberg from Holland created a functional online psychologist MindMentor. Robbocoach, by asking the right questions, identifies the problem and, with the help of his cyber colleagues Robororschach (project testing) and Provobot (provocative humor), finds a favorable solution for only 4.95 euros per session. What is this all for? For most people, realizing that they need help from a psychologist and deciding to get treatment is a big step, and the new program makes it much easier.

In case, due to the prevailing circumstances, no adult can constantly be with a sick child in the hospital, Swedish student Linus Sandblad ( Linus Sundblad) developed a cute robot for sick children named Kompis.

Translated from Swedish, Kompis means "friend". And indeed, this cute creature is designed to become a friend for a sick child. The Kompis robot can keep your child busy with something - music, photography, singing, drawing or solving puzzles. And at the same time, it is a means of communication - with the help of a robot, adults can constantly be in touch with the child.

The student who developed a robot for sick children hopes that in the near future this invention will become firmly established in pediatric departments.

(this is already in the realm of oddities!)

Japanese scientists, as always, are ahead of the rest. This time they are trying to capture the imagination of the male half of humanity and take away bread from the best. Thanks to the light hand of these innovators, soon not anorexic female models will walk on the catwalks, but iron ladies, in the literal sense.

At least the first such robot fashion show has already taken place. An elegant girl walked onto the podium and introduced herself to the enthusiastic audience in a pleasant voice: “Hello everyone! I am a cybernetic girl HRP-4C,” which caused indescribable delight among the crowd of spectators.

The new star of the catwalk is not tall by European standards - 158 cm (the average height of a Japanese girl aged 19 to 29 was taken as a basis) and quite a model weight - 43 kg including batteries. And there are quite a few of the latter - 30 motors are responsible for the movements of the rising star of the podium, and another 8 mechanisms control facial expressions, allowing her to express grimaces of boredom and superiority typical of fashion models.

09.08.2012