Small cubes that self-assemble
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2013
- Known as M-Blocks, the robots are cubes with no external moving parts. Nonetheless, they're able to climb over and around one another, leap through the air, roll across the ground, and even move while suspended upside down from metallic surfaces.
Inside each M-Block is a flywheel that can reach speeds of 20,000 revolutions per minute; when the flywheel is braked, it imparts its angular momentum to the cube. On each edge of an M-Block, and on every face, are cleverly arranged permanent magnets that allow any two cubes to attach to each other.
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Video: Melanie Gonick, MIT News - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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Autobots: assemble!
+Sebastian “Fatal Gravity” Roll I bet it is one of their commands XD
+Sebastian “Fatal Gravity” Roll Transformers movie.
*Dramatic horn intensifies*
*Explosions everywhere*
*i like beans*
TH-cam:
2013: WAIT
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2015: WAIT
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2018: WAIT
2019: PUT IT IN RECOMMENDED NOW!!!
Haha unoriginal comment
So original
Lmao
It's been recommended before...
@@weckar oh I didn't know thanks for this info
Little cuticubebot : *jump*
Entire manking : Doom is upon us.
Ha. When the guy was talking about discovering the jumping possibilities his face said that.
You typed MANKING i stead of MANKIND.
all hail manking of the cubes
@@theoriginal7845 you typed I STEAD instead of INSTEAD
@@i-trippie82 YOU TYPED TYPED INSTEAD OF typed
I wonder how much progress they've made since this video was released
th-cam.com/video/aXrljS7wBic/w-d-xo.html
Here's something similar
Edit: here's something else that I think is closer to what you were talking about
th-cam.com/video/TgxibgMO-Vg/w-d-xo.html
lordmegacom, well, they painted them to look like dice, went to Las Vegas, and dropped out of MIT. Screw college, we just broke the gambling house!
This topic is studied by several scientific groups in the world.
For example, there is a group in France that uses spheres of less size which can create more complex shapes (2019).
I wonder more
When u realize this video was 3 years ago
now just make them nano size and they can make anything
Well, not sure how small you can get if you are using magnets.
thats how big hero 5 started
nanobot
Nathanael Yoel That crap is so unrealistic I couldn't get over it when I saw the movie.
you cant put logic into animated film or fiction film lmao TheRealToaster2
*Wants less moving parts*
*Makes every part move*
*OUTSTANDING MOVE*
@@MrSamvirk r/whooosh
@@TheSystemBrick r/wooooshwith4os
@@MrSamvirk r/whooosh
Season 3 of Cubix looks great, the old early 2000's animation has been revamped for a more realistic feel. incredible.
i dont think enough people remenber cubix :D
@@khhnator All that matters is there are those who do remember. Cubix shall live on, in our hearts. :D
"Published in 2013"
TH-cam:
*PUT THIS IN RECOMMENDED*
LOL, welcome to the late recommendation club
Lol right?! I was like wtf why is this here?
But why today for all of us???!!
May be we are all occasional science watchers? I've subscribed to vsauce, electroboom, action lab, slow mo guys etc;
we have anything in common from above subs? may be we can figure it out which led to this.
It got recommended to me a few years ago. TH-cam seems to be recycling old videos
Self solving Rubik's Cube.
+baileyboy125 hehe nice , then i can get to school and pretend that i am a genious that solves the cube in 4 secs
+MChris GM Not before you learn to spell 'genius' though :D
+beevaeeta hahaha i come from greece and i am in the 3 year of learning english. I also learn german and ancient greek. So this is the reason sometimes i misspell words.
Came from Rubik's cube video
Not only that, but a wizard's rubik's cube, maybe it floats in the air above your hand and solves itself in seconds. Imagine that.
Don't need to wait for Transformers to visit us
Just make them
Marcos Socram optimus? or soundwave?
Even they can't wait, so they make themselves. :)
They have taken over the MIT labs
SLAM Music : it acutally past 3 years !
SLAM Music self assembling waterproof powder robots wait a little longer then it's like liquid
I think Hiro Hamada will be proud of this one....
Edit: , you will never know how I got this many likes
Kinda odd when you think about it, that we all got recommended this at the same time... 6 years later...
same I only just got this now and its an actual video that interests me
ditto
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same
This idea reminds me of the Big Hero 6 movie.
I know
+Hank Hill finally i found you!
Yeah... I still want those nanobots
People be like my Rubik's cube is alive.
Saral Thakur A Rubik's Cube would be an amazing demonstration of the potential of these guys...
+DeadPan A calculator can solve a rubik's cube. It's extremely simple for a machine to do . Even for people who aren't extremely stupid.
Amir-Hossein Jeddian yeah but a cube itself cant move each peice until we saw these cubes.
+Amir-Hossein Jeddian The beauty from this would be derived in how something is accomplished, not necessarily what.
+Saral Thakur Look, I can do the Rubik's cube.
So how far has it gone in 6 years?
**proceeds to use technology created from the refinement of university research**
You have to wait 6 more years to get an “update”
It's in the hand s of area51 aliens!
Red cube: " Are you the legal guardian of John Connor?"
*jumps into scalding tea, splashing victim*
Black cube: I'll be back! (flips around pile of cubes)
now build me a companion cube!
***** I thought the people inside the companion cubes were alive, no?
***** But that's just a Theory!
Jam Usagi (I know you were waiting for this) A Game Theory!
***** but it was an episode of GT where they said the companion cube may be evil (I think).
But that's just a theory!
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reminds me of big hero 6
A man in a kabbooqy mask attacked you with blocks?
Spelling NOT grammar, Bro
grammar natzi!!!!
Phoebius Owais nazi*
More like Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys
Absolutely amazing. Can't imagine what it's like now 6 years later.
These modular robots are based on two things, gyro-motor and magnets,
Gyro-motor is a poor stability or vectoring motor (due to the air resistance and other factors which makes us unable to predict final position and orientation). If we can orient it better, like relatively using fields around it.
Utilizing the fields may help us to overcome the excess of sensors
Reaction wheels
r/iamverysmart
Hassaan Maqsood cannot you use magnets to repel some edges and attract others to make the cubes "walk" on the structure?
The problem is you wouldn't be able to make them jump with magnets, and that is useful when it has been disassembled to assemble it again.
I envision these robots as modular robots that can "repair" themselves by reataching separated parts only instead of being made by cubes, have every module serve a purpose.
Noriel Sylvire that would make it only work on metal magnetic surfaces. Reaction wheels are more versatile on what environment they can be used in.
Alden Hauser yes, it's true. Apparently reaction wheels can provide great precision.
Though I don't entirely know how you would fit them into a cube.
Apparently they have continued developing these M-Blocks for all these years though I haven't seen a major breakthrough really, other than improvin precision and force. I would love To see them do things other than jump or maintain balance.
What do you think this could be used for?
I've been waiting this robot to be released...
Its already 3 Years now... COME ON!
Potato22 Its a prototype of a university, I dont think they will sell it.
cem dilekci OH COME ON!
It could be such a big product though
it cant do power tasks
Its just for science. Not a toy.
Still hard to imagine these robots doing anything other than look cool. But damn do they look cool
this robots dont seem to do really much except jumping and spinning, but it lays the foundation for other modular robots to be... well... better... Or you can make minecraft farms in real life with them ^^
I think this design is well suited to hazardous environments where exposed moving parts are a liability. They can easily be made water and air-tight. Unlike other designs for extreme environments, the cost of replacing a few of these cubes would be orders of magnitude less than robots using other forms of locomotion. You could use them as inexpensive remote sensory platforms. For example, travelling up skyscrapers to help enforce emf pollution standards.
They could be equipped with an inductive charging system. Their size and shape makes them impact resistant, being self-contained makes them environmentally protected, and instantaneous power consumption means you can leave them powered off most of the time.
I don't think these would ever be useful with internal AI, but I think a command program installed on a laptop would be a great way to coordinate them. The coolest part is that everything expensive can be in a safe place, and you can send these cheap little units into very dangerous places and not worry too much about losing them. And if you really wanted to, you could recharge them from a distance and try retrieving them a few weeks later.
Aaron King okay you won the point ^^
+Aaron King There is no denying that they are really nice for assembling nice shapes but I guess the point here is that a collection of cubes that can jump around and attach with each other doesn't serve a very wide variety in practical use.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Once they perfect this, they can apply it to other things. :)
How to get your video into recomendet section in just six years.
Step 1: Upload a video
Step 2: Wait
I feel like this would be so satisfying to watch on a large scale
Theoretically this could become self-building homes, stairs, stools(household use), and so on. This is very cool. I'd love to do this kind of stuff.
1:50 that beard is incredibly well groomed
Remeber these faces. These will be the people that give Skynet life.
I was thinking the same thing! Like, do these people want to create Terminators? 'Cause that's how you get Terminators! Lol
But did you consider the fact that these faces will save humanity one day ?
These guys with the liquid metal video guys.
@@ahmedhatem4441 I'd say there's a 50/50 chance that it could go either way, intentional or not! Lol (but in all seriousness, I know that a couple of jumping cubes aren't going to become self aware and carry out "Judgement Day")
@@NitroJunkie626 agreed
I've never seen angular momentum utilized as a feature as opposed to an obstacle in kinetic technology. I would have never thought to implement it like this!
I accept our robot overlords.
#FirstReplyHere
#SecondReplyHere
Should have used submit instead of accept
I will submit
Aditya Kumar "he will be made to learn!!" 🤖👾🤖👾🤖
3:30 so they're NOT self-assembling. Need to change the title of the vid.
TruthSurge once modularity is achieved, i think it should be pretty simple to code to implement different cases
aswathrce I'll buy that but for gawd's sake... let's not mislead or deceive (lie?) with titles and commercials, etc. If they can't put the blocks down and NOW in THIS VID have them all go hey, our goal is to make a BIG block like a rubik's cube, then the title is still misleading whether it COULD LATER happen or not. Agreed?
It's an interesting looking thing but just how it could improve the lives of humans or animals... not sure. I guess it's hit and miss and throw 1000 darts and maybe 3 of them will hit the bullseye.
TruthSurge Not every single robot experiment is meant to "improve the lives of humans".
Gotmilk0112 Then what is MIT spending its funding on this for?
Since when does every single bit of research need to be "improving lives of humans" ?
Troll harder.
that's so cool, especially the end where he said that in the future you just send the structure you want and the cubes decide how to build it
And now nearly 6 years later in the futur the Developement and Research really paid off, they are literally everywhere, in production with vast ever changing Assemblylines and in everyday life.
Seems like soon we will be able to play Tetris in real life :)
Hephep
oh my god.
Ha ha, found one more!
Hello Tars, Hello Case.
I don’t really know how this type of tech works, but I do know a thing or 2 and had a suggestion. This probably wont work, but just something:
I see that you used magnets in the cubes. What if rather than using the spinning mass in the middle as the main source of movement, you use magnets to guide them. You use an electrical charge to ‘turn on’ the magnets on the desired cubes. Like I said, I have no idea how this works, but it would be really interesting to test the idea.
That would require an electro magnet, which is MUCH bigger, and they can only connect/disconnect, you would need the ability to move the magnets to get the cube anywhere. This would create internal moving mechanisms, which would mean more stuff to break.
@@FieryCoal yeah true ,If we are making something big ,then electromagnet will be beneficial
It'd be nice to have an updated version of this video, in 6 years they either gave up or have something amazing by now!
how 'bout selfsolving rubik cube.
oh you mean cheat codes
+Evi1M4chine The algorithm would need to be able to solve almost an infinite amount of combinations and it would need a ton of storage. It might be able to work in theory but in a very basic form.
lol there are a ton of rubik's cube solving machines XD
It already exists. cflmath.com/Rubik/optimal_solver.html
He does not necessarily want a Rubik's cube solving machone, but rather a Rubik's cube that would solve itself after you shuffle it.
So how many years before I can buy my own transformer?
right now, just go to Walmart
I think you'll have to go somewhere a little more industrial to buy a transformer xD (Physics joke haha).
DJ Case Matpat from the film theorist has an answer
DJ Case ...have a look on fb for bmw transformer...it's pretty cool
That was totally an excellent concept
This is actually super freaking cool
These look like they could compete with Lego as children toys
Yes, because in a matter of years, infants will know how to code like a pro...
+You use your imagination, I never mentioned a single line of code but I'm sure an infant could code better than you
+Joshua McSorley maybe, but I am taking coding classes and next semester I will take college programming so...
+You that's pretty cool, I'm currently enrolled in my BS in CS
Inb4 someone sues them because they jumped on their kid and it triggered them :/
MAke them so tiny that they look like a metallic liquid.
Haas nano technology
T 1000
I'm betting this was recommended because it was recently featured in a popular blog somewhere online where it got a lot of traction and alerted the algorithm to promote it on site.
What is my purpose?
- You pass butter.
**Looks at itself** Oh my god.
-Yeah. Welcome to the club, pal.
If you had billions of these, would you be able to program a giant monster that moves bit-by-bit?
I need this information for..... reasons.
+Furry It all depends on how strong you build those blocks
Perhaps you could incorporate some sort of power transfer between the cubes, so if one runs out of power, it can recharge from the others. Initially I was thinking wireless charging through induction coils, but with all those powerful magnets I'm not sure it'll work. Also, if one cube finds a power source, it can daisychain power to all the attached cubes. What do you think? There are many options, I have lots of ideas.
Inimbrium I like the power retrieval and distribution idea. How would you store and receive it? The magnets might offer a great point of contact between cubes.
Well... the magnets may not work perfectly now but those are just prototypes. They'll be cooler and more unique in the next few decades. Maybe they'll become a new generation for mobile devices (around 7G or beyond.). or probably they are the proto-version of nanites (like Nicole Holo-Lynx)
This is my dream college because of the equipments that can help me to create what I want to create
This is really great for space related technology
95% Talk, 5% Small cubes that self-assemble
Dumbness 99%
and now build them in 5 big lion's shape and... Go Voltron!
Wow! This is extraordinary!
I can't even imagine this stuff and they brought it to reality.
"How did you get this strong?"
"Nanomachines, son."
Lmaoooo bruh i almost threw my back out
and this meme revives once again
these guys need to work with the makers of cubli
Yo this is actually really cool, if only TH-cam recommended this to me 6 years before
I don't see where these cubes serve any pragmatic purpose, but they make a really neat toy or novelty device.
The magic robot beans! Plant these into your background and soon you can see a giant!
Ok TH-cam,you won.
I'll se the video...
Great presentation!
Basically reaction wheels inside a cube with magnets on the corners. Very clever!
1:15 talking about auto assembly as cube flies off table XP
Me: why is has this been out for so long, yet I haven’t seen it?
TH-cam: so no head?
These dudes deserve more attention!
THEY'RE EVOLVING!
"and this is exciting"... The most inexpressive face i've ever seen! good job though
Alright now let's make that maximum armour, maximum strength suit. Make sure it's integrated with voice. And that it says it while activation. 😂
This is the last piece we need for time travel
We wanted to cut down on moving parts in our robots, so we turned every cubic inch of our robot into separate moving parts that flop around for 10 minutes before they get to the desired configuration.
Anyone get a certain Big Hero 6 feel from this?
Congratulations, you have invented Mexican Jumping Robots.
i didnt expect that 2 block jump at the beginning, that was cool
It took TH-cam 6 years to recommend this to us.And all those years I thought this platform is crap!
Thanks TH-cam to prove it.
It's the begin to build terminator II, it isn't?
if you made these things out of gyroscopic motors, you would of had something brilliant.
that is basically what they did.
Crystal May
+Crystal May Gyroscopes work on two or more axes. These only have one.
deconstructed gyroscope maybe?
Crystal May It's just one motor. Not a deconstructed gyro.
MIT has it going on !
This is the ultimate way to go. I was thinking about sphere magnets rolling on top of each other somehow to achieve this though. Today it is 10-20 cubes, tomorrow it can be 10-20 million.
I've seen this Doctor Who episode already.
Inspired by Galvatron
jervis jagroop Cubix dude. Cubix
jervis jagroop Technically his name is still megatron, just because he has a different body doesn't change his name.
David layne I'm on mobile so I can't directly reply to you but you do realize the transformers universe including galvatron has been around for more than 30 years now?
Te Amasin Spoderman bruh im talking about the movie, galvatron is megatron in a dif body, so basically it's just megatron
no one cares about the freaking transformers "universe" just the movies really
David Layne A lot of people don't care about the movies either... And obviously some people care about the transformers universe, David is apparently one of them. I'm personally not a fan of Transformers, but claiming something as fact about a franchise you don't even care about is so upsetting I had to butt in here. I mean really, why say anything about it if you don't know, AND you don't care? That's just a waste of your energy, and for what, just to spark an argument with someone you'll probably never even meet?
Fast forward a hundred years, we have nano modules like these.. as pixels in an image, they can change their position entirely, shape shift and take shape of anything they want. Fucking awesome and scary at the same time.
Imagine attaching a camera module to it and making it climb up a metal building. Seems like something from a Bond movie.
20 more years,the cube will be a smaller ball, thousands of silver micro pellets,ergo,,,the T-1000.... Good job gang....(edit) 14 more years..
If (robot.isnotAttached)
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else if(!robot.isnotAttached)
{
return;
}
for bot in blocks:
bot.findSarahConnor()
Gotta work on your camelCase
Lmao
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fantastic invention
this could be a revolution
... The day when we can finally say "Friday, give me some juice." and the suit reconfigures itself into a giant thruster!
Next project is...how to make a terminator.
Great but how do we save bees?
The cubes need a type of hive mind AI to be autonomous. These would be practical only if the user would only need to give them a simple instruction, such as "form a pyramid 12 inches high with a 16 inch x 16 inch base". The cubes would have to recognize their individual positions relative to each other, collectively recognize the end configuration, recognize each cube's position in the end configuration, prioritize each cube's movements, etc. A more advanced AI would be able to quickly re-prioritize in changing environmental conditions such as building the pyramid on the deck of a rocking ship.
Another advancement for these cubes could be if they could manipulate outside objects. Example: the cubes are in a room with a floor that is 40 feet wide by 40 feet long with a ball. At the end of the room is a cup that is 4 inches tall and just wide enough to hold the ball. The command to give the cubes would be: "put the ball in the cup." The cubes would need to be able to identify the ball and its properties (its round, it rolls, its size, how heavy it is, etc), and the location and size of the cup. For simplicity's sake, the properties of the ball, the location and properties of the cup could be pre-identified. The cubes would have to have some sort of sensory system, such as pressure sensors to identify where the ball is and calculate where it needs to go.
Of course, these achievements would take multiple steps and several iterations of modification and it wouldn't be a simple task. To get the ball from one end of the room to the other would necessitate the cubes' ability to become mobile as a unit. More challenges to give them would be:
1. As a group, climb a flight of stairs.
2. As a group, climb onto a table.
A good first step to self assemblies that could come together as a single entity perform a task none could do without the others then disassembly. The Second iteration the power could be distributed across all the block to lift more for example.
why not use this to make a self solving rubix cube
Mini Terminators!!!
Why Won't this fucking Rubik's Cube stay still?
This is one way how I live my life as an Artist!!😄 and as robust as possible!
so its not only me that got suggested this video by youtube after five years huh. i hope they have developed more
reminds me of the movie transformers when they assemble together
Only thing that comes to my mind looking at this is self assembling Iron Man armour.
Totally amazing and beyond imagination spectacular invention
This is awesome!
Replicators! What could go wrong?
Immediately thought the same thing. Save us Sam Carter!
Forget transformers, - this is how replicator originated.
I love it, it has am almost organic feel to it.
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