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Ivan Sutherland: 6 Legged Walker: CMU 1982 and 1983 [video]

85 点作者 tobijkl超过 5 年前

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Isamu超过 5 年前
Memories! I actually scanned the video several times to see if I was in the background on the stairs. I remember seeing this being put though the paces in this space (those were CS offices in the background, I don&#x27;t think this drive-through exists anymore.) Not sure that I saw Ivan driving the hexapod though.<p>There should be a Robotics Institute technical report about it, I recall Claude Shannon wrote a whimsical poem about the the hexapod.<p>[edit] some context: Ivan was a founder of Evans &amp; Sutherland, a groundbreaking developer of computer graphics systems. From the wikipedia page: &quot;Most of the employees were active or former students, and included Jim Clark, who started Silicon Graphics, Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar, John Warnock of Adobe, and Scott P. Hunter of Oracle.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Evans_%26_Sutherland" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Evans_%26_Sutherland</a><p>He is also known for Sketchpad, perhaps the first graphical user interface:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sketchpad" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sketchpad</a>
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Animats超过 5 年前
Oh, that thing. That was mostly Sutherland having fun.<p>It was followed by the OSU Adaptive Suspension Vehicle.[1] This may have been the first walking machine with active computer control. Despite the claims of off-road capabilities, it could at best handle a dirt road with a slight slope. They got it to walk over a log, but that was with 5 legs locked and the operator managing one leg with a joystick.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;DIiD1JimBXQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;DIiD1JimBXQ</a>
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abrax3141超过 5 年前
Coincidentally, the grad student who programmed the thing, Marc Donner, is now director of global tech sites at ... wait for it ... Uber!
ericb超过 5 年前
What is that on the ground that rolls by it, stops by sewer grate, and then rolls some more?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=jrMfU2FtSBk&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=167" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=jrMfU2FtSBk&amp;feature=youtu.be...</a>
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PhantomGremlin超过 5 年前
It&#x27;s a short video. Everyone should watch it. Not necessarily for the walker, which is somewhat primitive, though probably state-of-the-art for its time. Watch the video for the accompanying commentary.<p>Ivan has such a simple, elegant way of explaining things. In just a few sentences he clearly explained all the key elements of the walker.<p>That&#x27;s a wonderful pedagogical talent. Another person with such a talent was Richard Feynman.
tpmx超过 5 年前
Wow, it&#x27;s taken us so long to get (something like) this thing going. 37 years now, and Boston Dynamics is only now in the final steps of productizing v1.
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Causality1超过 5 年前
Interesting that they tried to design the walking motion from scratch and ended up with a jittery, jerky mess with each leg moving one by one. I wonder how they would&#x27;ve done if they tried to replicate the walking motion of real six-legged creatures.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;tinN5vA.gif" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;tinN5vA.gif</a>
jv22222超过 5 年前
This looks and sounds like the retro back story side sequences in Lost (with the Japanese professor)!<p>Anyway, awesome work, and amazing to see how long we&#x27;ve been thinking about this stuff IRL