ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Markus Fischer - Designer
Markus Fischer led the team at Festo that developed the first ultralight artificial bird capable of flying like a real bird.

Why you should listen

One of the oldest dreams of mankind is to fly like a bird. Many, from Leonardo da Vinci to contemporary research teams, tried to crack the "code" for the flight of birds, unsuccessfully. Until in 2011 the engineers of the Bionic Learning Network established by Festo, a German technology company, developed a flight model of an artificial bird that's capable of taking off and rising in the air by means of its flapping wings alone. It's called SmartBird. Markus Fischer is Festo's head of corporate design, where he's responsible for a wide array of initiatives. He established the Bionic Learning Network in 2006.

SmartBird is inspired by the herring gull. The wings not only beat up and down but twist like those of a real bird -- and seeing it fly leaves no doubt: it's a perfect technical imitation of the natural model, just bigger. (Even birds think so.) Its wingspan is almost two meters, while its carbon-fiber structure weighs only 450 grams.

Fischer says: "We learned from the birds how to move the wings, but also the need to be very energy efficient."

More profile about the speaker
Markus Fischer | Speaker | TED.com
TEDGlobal 2011

Markus Fischer: A robot that flies like a bird

Robot koji leti kao ptica

Filmed:
8,646,669 views

Mnogi roboti mogu da lete -- ali nijedan ne može da leti kao prava ptica. Tačnije, sve dok Markus Fišer i njegov tim u Festou nisu napravili "SmartBird", velikog i laganog robota koji, napravljen po uzoru na galeba, leti mašući krilima. Demonstracija leta je izvedena na konferenciji TEDGlobal 2011.
- Designer
Markus Fischer led the team at Festo that developed the first ultralight artificial bird capable of flying like a real bird. Full bio

Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.

00:15
It is a dreamсан of mankindljudski rod
0
0
3000
San ljudske rase
00:18
to flyлети like a birdптица.
1
3000
2000
je da leti kao ptica.
00:20
BirdsPtice are very agileagilan.
2
5000
2000
Ptice su veoma pokretne.
00:22
They flyлети, not with rotatingRotiranje componentsкомпоненте,
3
7000
3000
Lete bez komponenti koje rotiraju,
00:25
so they flyлети only by flappingsklapanja theirњихова wingsкрила.
4
10000
3000
samo mašući krilima.
00:28
So we lookedпогледао at the birdsптице,
5
13000
3000
Posmatrali smo ptice,
00:31
and we triedПокушали to make a modelмодел
6
16000
3000
i pokušali da napravimo model
00:34
that is powerfulмоћан, ultralightUltra-lakog,
7
19000
3000
koji je snažan, a veoma lak,
00:37
and it mustмора have excellentodličan aerodynamicаеродинамика qualitiesквалитете
8
22000
4000
i vrlo aerodinamičan
00:41
that would flyлети by its ownвластити
9
26000
2000
koji bi leteo sam od sebe
00:43
and only by flappingsklapanja its wingsкрила.
10
28000
3000
samo mašući krilima.
00:46
So what would be better [than] to use
11
31000
3000
Dakle, šta bi bilo bolje kao model
00:49
the HerringHaringa GullGaleb, in its freedomслобода,
12
34000
2000
nego galeb,
00:51
circlingLeti nisko and swoopinghvatanju over the seaморе,
13
36000
2000
koji slobodno leti nad morem
00:53
and [to] use this as a roleулога modelмодел?
14
38000
3000
i u njega zaranja?
00:56
So we bringдовести a teamтим togetherзаједно.
15
41000
2000
Okupili smo tim.
00:58
There are generalistsuopљteno and alsoтакође specialistsспецијалиста
16
43000
3000
Šire i uže specijalizovanih stručnjaka
01:01
in the fieldпоље of aerodynamicsаеродинамика
17
46000
3000
u oblasti aerodinamike
01:04
in the fieldпоље of buildingзграде glidersjedrilice.
18
49000
2000
i izgradnje jedrilica.
01:06
And the taskзадатак was to buildизградити
19
51000
2000
I zadatak je bio da se napravi
01:08
an ultralightUltra-lakog indoor-flyingzatvoreni letenje modelмодел
20
53000
3000
vrlo lak, leteći model za unutrašnji prostor
01:11
that is ableу могуцности to flyлети over your headsглаве.
21
56000
3000
koji može da leti iznad nas.
01:14
So be carefulпажљив laterкасније on.
22
59000
3000
Tako da, budite oprezni kasnije.
01:19
And this was one issueпитање:
23
64000
2000
Zadatak je bio
01:21
to buildизградити it that lightweightлагана
24
66000
2000
napraviti ga veoma lakog
01:23
that no one would be hurtболи
25
68000
2000
kako niko ne bi bio povređen
01:25
if it fellпао down.
26
70000
3000
ukoliko se sruši.
01:28
So why do we do all this?
27
73000
2000
Dakle, zašto radimo sve ovo?
01:30
We are a companyкомпанија in the fieldпоље of automationAutomatizacija,
28
75000
3000
Mi smo kompanija koja se bavi automatikom,
01:33
and we'dми смо like to do very lightweightлагана structuresструктуре
29
78000
3000
i voleli bismo da pravimo lake strukture
01:36
because that's energyенергија efficientефикасан,
30
81000
2000
zbog uštede energije.
01:38
and we'dми смо like to learnучи more about
31
83000
3000
I voleli bismo da naučimo više o
01:41
pneumaticspneumatika and airваздух flowток phenomenaфеномени.
32
86000
3000
pneumaticima i fenomenu protoka vazduha,
01:44
So I now would like you
33
89000
3000
Sada bih voleo da
01:47
to [put] your seatседиште beltsпојасеви on
34
92000
2000
se vežete
01:49
and put your hatskape [on].
35
94000
2000
i stavite svoje kape.
01:51
So maybe we'llдобро try it onceједном --
36
96000
3000
Pa da pokušamo
01:54
to flyлети a SmartBirdSmartBird.
37
99000
2000
da poletimo SmartBirdom.
01:56
Thank you.
38
101000
2000
Hvala.
01:58
(ApplauseAplauz)
39
103000
6000
(Aplauz)
02:14
(ApplauseAplauz)
40
119000
17000
(Aplauz)
02:52
(ApplauseAplauz)
41
157000
15000
(Aplauz)
03:07
So we can now
42
172000
2000
Sada možemo
03:09
look at the SmartBirdSmartBird.
43
174000
3000
pogledati SmartBird.
03:12
So here is one withoutбез a skinкожа.
44
177000
3000
Ovde je jedna bez kože.
03:15
We have a wingspanraspon krila of about two metersметара.
45
180000
3000
Raspon krila je oko dva metra.
03:18
The lengthдужина is one meterметар and sixшест,
46
183000
3000
Dužina metar i šezdeset.
03:21
and the weightтежина,
47
186000
2000
težina je
03:23
it is only 450 gramsgrama.
48
188000
3000
samo 450 grama.
03:26
And it is all out of carbonугљеник fiberвлакно.
49
191000
3000
I cela je od karbonskih vlakana.
03:29
In the middleсредина we have a motorмоторни,
50
194000
2000
U sredini je motor,
03:31
and we alsoтакође have a gearopremu in it,
51
196000
4000
koji ima menjač.
03:35
and we use the gearopremu
52
200000
2000
Menjač koristimo
03:37
to transferтрансфер the circulationциркулација of the motorмоторни.
53
202000
3000
za prenos cirkulacije motora.
03:40
So withinу склопу the motorмоторни, we have threeтри HallDvorana sensorsсензори,
54
205000
3000
U motoru imamo tri "Hol" senzore,
03:43
so we know exactlyбаш тако where
55
208000
3000
tako da tačno znamo gde
03:46
the wingкрило is.
56
211000
3000
je krilo.
03:49
And if we now beatпобедити up and down ...
57
214000
3000
I ako sad mašemo gore dole
03:56
we have the possibilityмогућност
58
221000
2000
možemo
03:58
to flyлети like a birdптица.
59
223000
2000
da letimo kao ptica.
04:00
So if you go down, you have the largeвелики areaподручје of propulsionpogon,
60
225000
3000
Tako da, ako idete dole, imate veliku površinu za pogon.
04:03
and if you go up,
61
228000
3000
A ako idete gore
04:06
the wingsкрила are not that largeвелики,
62
231000
4000
krila nisu toliko velika,
04:10
and it is easierлакше to get up.
63
235000
3000
i lakše je podići se.
04:14
So, the nextследећи thing we did,
64
239000
3000
Naredna stvar koju smo napravili,
04:17
or the challengesизазове we did,
65
242000
2000
ili, naredni izazov koji smo prihvatili,
04:19
was to coordinateKoordinirajte this movementпокрет.
66
244000
3000
bilo je da koordiniramo ove pokrete.
04:22
We have to turnред it, go up and go down.
67
247000
3000
Moramo da je okrenemo, idemo gore i dole.
04:25
We have a splitразделити wingкрило.
68
250000
2000
Imamo podeljeno krilo.
04:27
With a splitразделити wingкрило
69
252000
2000
Njime
04:29
we get the liftлифт at the upperгорњи wingкрило,
70
254000
3000
stvaramo pritisak na gornjem krilu,
04:32
and we get the propulsionpogon at the lowerниже wingкрило.
71
257000
3000
i imamo pogon na donjem krilu.
04:35
AlsoTakođe, we see
72
260000
2000
Takođe, možemo da vidimo
04:37
how we measureмеру the aerodynamicаеродинамика efficiencyефикасност.
73
262000
3000
kako da izmerimo aerodinamičnu efikasnost.
04:40
We had knowledgeзнање about
74
265000
2000
Znali smo za
04:42
the electromechanicalelektromašinskim efficiencyефикасност
75
267000
2000
aerodinamičnu efikasnost
04:44
and then we can calculateизрачунати
76
269000
2000
i mogli smo da je
04:46
the aerodynamicаеродинамика efficiencyефикасност.
77
271000
2000
izračunamo.
04:48
So thereforeстога,
78
273000
2000
Dakle,
04:50
it risesraste up from passiveпасивно torsionTORZIONA to activeактиван torsionTORZIONA,
79
275000
3000
penje se od pasivne ka aktivnoj torziji,
04:53
from 30 percentпроценат
80
278000
2000
od 30 odsto
04:55
up to 80 percentпроценат.
81
280000
2000
do 80 odsto.
04:57
NextSledeći thing we have to do,
82
282000
2000
Sledeća stvar koju moramo da uradimo
04:59
we have to controlконтрола and regulatereguliše
83
284000
2000
kako bismo kontrolisali i regulisali
05:01
the wholeцела structureструктура.
84
286000
2000
celu strukturu.
05:03
Only if you controlконтрола and regulatereguliše it,
85
288000
3000
Samo ukoliko je kontrolišete i regulišete,
05:06
you will get that aerodynamicаеродинамика efficiencyефикасност.
86
291000
3000
postići ćete aerodinamičnu efikasnost.
05:09
So the overallукупно consumptionпотрошња of energyенергија
87
294000
3000
Tako je ukupna potrošnja energije
05:12
is about 25 wattsваттс at takeoffpoletanje
88
297000
3000
oko 25 vati pri uzletanju
05:15
and 16 to 18 wattsваттс in flightлет.
89
300000
3000
i od 16 do 18 vati u toku leta.
05:18
Thank you.
90
303000
2000
Hvala.
05:20
(ApplauseAplauz)
91
305000
6000
(Aplauz)
05:26
BrunoBruno GiussaniGiussani: MarkusMarkus, I think that we should flyлети it onceједном more.
92
311000
3000
Bruno Đusani: Markus, mislim da bi trebalo da to ponovimo.
05:29
MarkusMarkus FischerFišer: Yeah, sure.
93
314000
2000
Markus Fišer: Da, sigurno.
05:31
(LaughterSmeh)
94
316000
2000
(Smeh)
05:53
(GaspsDok ne bude kasno)
95
338000
3000
(Uzdasi)
06:02
(CheersU zdravlje)
96
347000
2000
(Ovacije)
06:04
(ApplauseAplauz)
97
349000
9000
(Aplauz)
Translated by Natasa Golosin
Reviewed by Ana Zivanovic-Nenadovic

▲Back to top

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Markus Fischer - Designer
Markus Fischer led the team at Festo that developed the first ultralight artificial bird capable of flying like a real bird.

Why you should listen

One of the oldest dreams of mankind is to fly like a bird. Many, from Leonardo da Vinci to contemporary research teams, tried to crack the "code" for the flight of birds, unsuccessfully. Until in 2011 the engineers of the Bionic Learning Network established by Festo, a German technology company, developed a flight model of an artificial bird that's capable of taking off and rising in the air by means of its flapping wings alone. It's called SmartBird. Markus Fischer is Festo's head of corporate design, where he's responsible for a wide array of initiatives. He established the Bionic Learning Network in 2006.

SmartBird is inspired by the herring gull. The wings not only beat up and down but twist like those of a real bird -- and seeing it fly leaves no doubt: it's a perfect technical imitation of the natural model, just bigger. (Even birds think so.) Its wingspan is almost two meters, while its carbon-fiber structure weighs only 450 grams.

Fischer says: "We learned from the birds how to move the wings, but also the need to be very energy efficient."

More profile about the speaker
Markus Fischer | Speaker | TED.com