{"id":6764,"date":"2014-03-05T13:42:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T13:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6764"},"modified":"2014-03-05T13:42:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T13:42:21","slug":"video-seminar-on-soft-machine-approach-to-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6764","title":{"rendered":"Video: Seminar on &#8220;soft machine&#8221; approach to robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\" target=\"_blank\">SETI Institute<\/a> seminar is titled &#8220;Refactoring Space Exploration with Soft Machines&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Vytas SunSprial, NASA Ames\/Stinger Ghaffrian<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>To understand how we control motion, we need to understand the physical mechanism being moved. Emerging theories of vertebrate physiology are overturning the traditional bone-centric model of the body in favor of a &#8220;tensegrity&#8221; model, in which the primary load paths are in the continuous tension network of the soft tissues. In this talk, I will discuss research and development at NASA Ames into dynamic tensegrity robots and how these\u00a0<\/em><em>&#8220;soft machines&#8221; may be controlled through biologically inspired methods.\u00a0<\/em><em>Along the way, I will talk about how the unique properties of tensegrity\u00a0<\/em><em>robots may enable new methods of planetary landing and exploration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f-4Etf_eGqo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest SETI Institute seminar is titled &#8220;Refactoring Space Exploration with Soft Machines&#8221;: Vytas SunSprial, NASA Ames\/Stinger Ghaffrian To understand how we control motion, we need to understand the physical mechanism being moved. Emerging theories of vertebrate physiology are overturning the traditional bone-centric model of the body in favor of a &#8220;tensegrity&#8221; model, in which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6764\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Seminar on &#8220;soft machine&#8221; approach to robotics<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,26,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology","category-space-systems","category-spacecasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1L6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13090,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13090","url_meta":{"origin":6764,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Presentations at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) symposium","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program held its annual NIAC Symposium this week in Raleigh, North Carolina. 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