Christoph Keplinger: The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future
크리스토프 케플링거(Christoph Keplinger): 미래의 로봇공학을 발전시킬 인공 근육
Christoph Keplinger aims to fundamentally challenge current limitations of robotic hardware, combining soft matter physics and chemistry with advanced engineering technologies to create a new generation of lifelike robots. Full bio
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for disaster response
수행할 수 있는 로봇으로
이동할 수 있는지를 겨뤘습니다.
실제로도 그렇습니다.
of the winning robot, HUBO.
로봇 HUBO를 봅시다.
is a state-of-the-art robot
최첨단 로봇으로
all that different
로봇들과 그리 다르지 않습니다.
in the competition,
well, very robotic.
mechanical structures
rigid electric motors.
안전하지도 않으며
대응능력도 떨어지죠.
with the brains of robots,
way faster than HUBO.
차에서 내릴 수 있습니다.
on monkey bars with ease,
정글짐을 훨씬 잘 탈 수 있습니다.
human-like robot could do.
of soft and deformable materials
신체 부위를 자유자재로 사용합니다.
efficiency and by the soft materials
정밀하고 효율적이며
the key idea of a new field of research
and collaborators around the world
전 세계 공동 연구자들은
inspired by muscle and skin
근육과 피부와 비슷하게
로봇을 만들고 있습니다.
of the organisms found in nature.
근접해 가고 있습니다.
by biological muscle.
영감을 받아왔습니다.
a bit like Arnie, the Terminator.
영화 터미네이터 주인공 같은 말투죠.
is a true masterpiece of evolution.
진화의 진정한 걸작입니다.
with sensory neurons
and the environment.
to power the high-speed wings
빠르게 수축하고
to move an elephant;
튼튼하게 늘어납니다.
to be used in the extremely versatile arms
다리를 쓰듯이 말이죠.
its entire body through tiny holes.
온몸을 밀어 넣을 수도 있습니다.
what muscles are for animals:
동물의 근육과 같습니다.
and interaction with the world.
할 수 있도록 해주죠.
또는 인공근육을 만들어서
as the real thing,
로봇을 만들 수 있을 겁니다.
people have tried for many decades
capabilities of muscle,
모사하기 위해 노력 해왔습니다.
논문을 접하게 되었습니다.
publications on artificial muscle,
of dielectric bodies
부피 변화에 관한 연구"라는 제목으로
Wilhelm Röntgen.
발표한 논문입니다.
as the discoverer of the X-ray.
we used a pair of needles.
바늘 한 쌍을 사용했습니다.
a transparent piece of rubber
투명 고무 옆에 그것을 배치했습니다.
onto a plastic frame.
is not a practical way
실용적인 방법은 아닐지라도
got me hooked on the topic.
큰 관심을 두게 되었습니다.
to build artificial muscles
인공근육을 만드는
for real-world applications.
on a number of different technologies
여러 기술을 시도했습니다.
that are hard to overcome.
과제들이 남아있었죠.
연구실을 마련했습니다.
시도하고 싶어졌죠.
the high speed and efficiency
빠른 속도와 효율성을
다양한 기능과 결합하고 싶었죠.
of soft, fluidic actuators.
really old science in a new way.
새로운 방식으로 이용해보자.
설명하는 것인데요.
filled with oil,
up in between the two plates,
두 금속판 사이로 밀어 넣습니다.
넣을 수 있느냐는 것이었습니다.
much better than I expected.
outstanding team of students,
called HASEL artificial muscles.
신기술을 개발했습니다.
to pick up a raspberry
산딸기를 상처 없이 주울 수 있습니다.
like real muscle.
faster than the real thing.
to deliver large forces.
크기를 늘릴 수도 있고요.
a gallon filled with water.
self-sense their position.
스스로 감지할 수도 있죠.
for very precise movement,
동작을 수행할 수 있습니다.
very fluidic, muscle-like movement
to shoot up a ball into the air.
힘도 가지고 있죠.
can be made invisible.
어떻게 작동하는 걸까요?
easily available materials.
저렴한 재료가 사용되었습니다.
해보시길 추천합니다.
and fill them with olive oil.
그 안에 올리브유를 가득 채웁니다.
as much as you can.
and place it on one side of the bag.
지퍼백 한쪽 위에 올려놓습니다.
you see the bag contract.
볼 수 있습니다.
is easy to control.
you get a small contraction.
조금 수축합니다.
we get a medium contraction.
힘을 준 만큼 수축하고요.
you get a large contraction.
많이 수축합니다.
is to replace the force of your hand
손이나 무게를 이용해 누르는 대신
self-healing electrostatic actuators."
정전식 작동기"의 약자입니다.
called Peano-HASEL actuators,
such as our Ziploc bag,
지퍼백과 같은 유연한 중합체를
such as olive oil,
on one side of the pouch.
that looks more like a muscle fiber,
starts acting on the liquid.
Peano-HASEL actuator
when voltage is applied.
띄는 걸 볼 수 있습니다.
take a more cylindrical shape,
such muscle fibers next to each other
even more like a muscle
팽창을 확인할 수 있죠.
in cross section.
that's about 200 times heavier
더 무거운 추를 들어 올립니다.
called quadrant donut HASELs
사분면 도넛 HASEL입니다.
reaching superhuman speeds.
빠르게 작동될 수 있습니다.
to jump off the ground.
to become the first technology
비견하거나 그 이상으로
of biological muscle
동시에 대량 제조가 가능한
with large-scale manufacturing.
We are just getting started.
신생단계의 기술이기도 합니다.
drastically improve performance,
아이디어가 무궁무진하죠.
to reach a level of performance
능가할 수도 있습니다.
traditional rigid electric motors.
of HASEL for bio-inspired robotics,
더욱 복잡한 형태의 로봇들을 봅시다.
다시 한번 생각해봅시다.
and elephant trunks,
soft continuum actuators
to the capabilities of the real thing.
만들 수 있게 됐습니다.
about the practical applications
가장 기대하는 부분은
of more lifelike prosthetics
신체와 가까운 인공장치를
parts of their bodies.
driving a prosthetic finger.
보철 손가락입니다.
our bodies with robotic parts.
신체에 결합하게 될지도 몰라요.
more dependent on others
일상적인 행동조차
such as using the restroom alone,
they're becoming a burden.
to enhance and restore
향상시킬 수 있습니다.
maintain autonomy
"robotics for antiaging"
할 수도 있을 테고
할 수 있을 것입니다.
rigid counterparts,
near people and help us at home.
사람을 도울 수 있어요.
We're just getting started.
새로운 영역입니다.
from many different backgrounds
inspired by nature.
높일 수 있습니다.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christoph Keplinger - Roboticist, mechanical engineerChristoph Keplinger aims to fundamentally challenge current limitations of robotic hardware, combining soft matter physics and chemistry with advanced engineering technologies to create a new generation of lifelike robots.
Why you should listen
Robots today rely on rigid components and electric motors that use metal and magnets, making them heavy, unsafe near humans, expensive and ill-suited for unpredictable environments. Nature, in contrast, makes extensive use of soft materials such as muscles and skin and has produced organisms that drastically outperform robots in terms of agility, dexterity and adaptability. Christoph Keplinger aims to fundamentally challenge current limitations of robotic hardware, using an interdisciplinary approach that synergizes concepts from soft matter physics and chemistry with advanced engineering technologies to introduce intelligent materials systems for a new generation of life-like robots.
A major theme of Keplinger's research is the development of new classes of actuators -- a key component of all robotic systems -- that replicate the sweeping success of biological muscle, a masterpiece of evolution. He is the principal inventor of HASEL artificial muscles, a new class of high-performance muscle-mimetic actuators for use in next-generation robots that replicate the vast capabilities of biological systems. In 2018 he cofounded Artimus Robotics to commercialize the technology.
Originally from Austria, Keplinger studied physics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz before moving to the US to research mechanics and chemistry at Harvard. He is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and a fellow of the Materials Science and Engineering Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he leads a highly interdisciplinary research group that works on soft robotics, energy harvesting and functional polymers. His work has been published in Science Magazine, among others, and highlighted in popular outlets such as National Geographic. Keplinger he has received prestigious awards including a 2017 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
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