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From the Ted Talk by Christoph Keplinger: The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future

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In 2015, 25 teams from around the world competed to build robots for daesstir rspensoe that could perform a number of tasks, such as using a power tool, working on uenven terrain and driving a car. That all sounds impressive, and it is, but look at the body of the winning robot, HUBO. Here, HUBO is trying to get out of a car, and keep in mind, the video is sped up three times.

(Laughter)

HUBO, from team KAIST out of Korea, is a state-of-the-art robot with ispsmreive capabilities, but this body doesn't look all that different from robots we've seen a few decades ago. If you look at the other rboots in the coometipitn, their movements also still look, well, very robotic. Their bodeis are complex mechanical structures using rigid materials such as maetl and traditional rigid electric moorts. They certainly weren't dseegnid to be low-cost, safe near people and adaptable to unpredictable challenges. We've made good progress with the brains of robots, but their bodies are still primitive.

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In 2015, 25 teams from around the world competed to build robots for ________ ________ that could perform a number of tasks, such as using a power tool, working on ______ terrain and driving a car. That all sounds impressive, and it is, but look at the body of the winning robot, HUBO. Here, HUBO is trying to get out of a car, and keep in mind, the video is sped up three times.

(Laughter)

HUBO, from team KAIST out of Korea, is a state-of-the-art robot with __________ capabilities, but this body doesn't look all that different from robots we've seen a few decades ago. If you look at the other ______ in the ___________, their movements also still look, well, very robotic. Their ______ are complex mechanical structures using rigid materials such as _____ and traditional rigid electric ______. They certainly weren't ________ to be low-cost, safe near people and adaptable to unpredictable challenges. We've made good progress with the brains of robots, but their bodies are still primitive.

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  10. motors

Original Text


In 2015, 25 teams from around the world competed to build robots for disaster response that could perform a number of tasks, such as using a power tool, working on uneven terrain and driving a car. That all sounds impressive, and it is, but look at the body of the winning robot, HUBO. Here, HUBO is trying to get out of a car, and keep in mind, the video is sped up three times.

(Laughter)

HUBO, from team KAIST out of Korea, is a state-of-the-art robot with impressive capabilities, but this body doesn't look all that different from robots we've seen a few decades ago. If you look at the other robots in the competition, their movements also still look, well, very robotic. Their bodies are complex mechanical structures using rigid materials such as metal and traditional rigid electric motors. They certainly weren't designed to be low-cost, safe near people and adaptable to unpredictable challenges. We've made good progress with the brains of robots, but their bodies are still primitive.

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