Sarah Bergbreiter: Why I make robots the size of a grain of rice
سارا برگبریتر: چرا ربات هایی به اندازه یک دانه برنج ساختم
Sarah Bergbreiter packs advanced technologies into tiny robots that can overcome obstacles 80 times their height. Full bio
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work on very tiny robots.
as robotic versions
very familiar with: an ant.
and other insects at this size scale
or some version of that,
at a picnic, for example.
of engineering these ants?
the capabilities of an ant
how to make them move
and efficient motors
power and control
in a semi-intelligent ant robot.
these things really functional,
in order to do bigger things.
over incredibly rough terrain
are a combination of rigid materials,
use to make robots,
to get around when you're very small.
and release that really quickly
to jump out of water, for example.
contributions from my lab
rigid and soft materials
is about four millimeters on a side,
and the soft material is silicone rubber.
we're going to compress this,
and then release it to jump.
on board this right now, no power.
that we call in my lab
(Laughter)
amazingly well for its jumps.
in question, with the tweezers,
four-millimeter-sized mechanism
survives quite well until we lose it
to add motors to this too,
working on millimeter-sized motors
small, autonomous robots.
locomotion at this size scale to start,
be part of a micro-robot leg,
that's being moved around
that I showed you earlier.
that this robot can help us figure out
for how everything
kind of bouncy way when we run.
the forces between my feet and the ground
a lot more than my mass,
that do run around.
a centimeter on a side, so very tiny,
about 10 body lengths per second,
by our test setup.
of how it works right now.
of this that can climb over obstacles,
درست کنیم که بتواند از موانع بالا رود،
that you saw earlier.
everything onboard the robot.
actuation all together,
needs to be bio-inspired.
the size of a Tic Tac.
or muscles to move this around,
یا عضلات که این را به حرکت وا دارد،
energetic material,
on the belly of this robot,
when it senses an increase in light.
centimeters in the air.
by seven millimeters in size.
at the beginning
jumping up through the air.
no wires connecting to this.
and it jumped in response
و در مقابل حرکت
a desk lamp next to it.
بر روی میز واکنش نشان می دهد.
all the cool things that we could do
کارهای جالبی که ما با این رباتها بکنیم
and jump and roll at this size scale.
و غلت بزنند را تصور کنید.
a natural disaster like an earthquake.
مانند زلزله ایجاد میشود را تصور کنید.
running through that rubble
running around a bridge
and make sure it's safe
Minneapolis in 2007.
swim through your blood.
to cut you open in the first place.
the way we build things
work the same way that termites do,
همان شیوه که موریانه انجام دهید کار را انجام دهند،
eight-meter-high mounds,
apartment buildings for other termites
some of the possibilities
but there's still a long way to go,
ولی هنوز راه طولانی در پیش داریم،
can contribute to that destination.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sarah Bergbreiter - MicroroboticistSarah Bergbreiter packs advanced technologies into tiny robots that can overcome obstacles 80 times their height.
Why you should listen
Sarah Bergbreiter runs the Maryland Microrobotics Laboratory at the University of Maryland, where she develops innovative technologies that could advance medicine, consumer electronics and other sciences. She joined the university in 2008 as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
Having received her B.S.E degree in electrical engineering from Princeton, she worked on her M.S. and Ph.D. at Berkeley, which is where she focused on microrobotics. She has received multiple awards for her work, including the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2008 and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists in 2013.
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