OrbSwarm Gets A Brain
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 5 of August , 2008 at 3:58 am
Can you think of any reason not to give a whole bunch of big metal orbs some motors and a mind of their own? I sure can’t. OrbSwarm, which we checked out last April at Yuri’s Night, has finally (finally!) gone autonomous:
That, my friends, is a map of the very first autonomous journey by a self propelled, GPS guided orb wandering around (appropriately enough) a soccer field. A bunch of these things are slated to be autonomously “dancing” at Burning Man this year, complete with lights and sound. Why? Why not, they’re awesome. If you don’t believe me, I’ve reposted my video from Yuri’s Night after the jump.
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Category: Art,Artificial Intelligence
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Comment by Iron Man
Made Tuesday, 5 of August , 2008 at 12:34 pm
there’s something just so cool about watching a herd of possibly harmful metal orbs move completely according to their own will.
Comment by tom
Made Wednesday, 6 of August , 2008 at 7:59 am
now all you need is an action hero and you can be the villain in your own action move “the ball pit of doom” [insert evil laugh!!!!]
Comment by jon
Made Wednesday, 6 of August , 2008 at 10:43 am
now if we only change the strobe lights to lasers…. or at least add a few retractable spikes….
Comment by Iron Man
Made Wednesday, 6 of August , 2008 at 11:33 am
ooooo retractable spikes
that’s a good one and easy to do
just throw some pneumatic cylinders on there
and if they’re strong enough it could even make the robot jump
mmmmm flying orbs of death.
Comment by dug
Made Friday, 8 of August , 2008 at 3:02 pm
Perhaps a machine gun with a synchronizer gear could be used to give it more firepower, whilst protecting the mechanism inside the sphere.
Comment by Joseph A Nickence
Made Monday, 11 of August , 2008 at 10:05 am
I watched the video on Technovelogy.com just now. Cool stuff.It seems an oddly appropriate object for the Burning Man event. Cheap security, even without the spikes, lasers, and machine guns!
Comment by supply chain strategy
Made Tuesday, 22 of November , 2011 at 9:01 am
I really like that. You touched my heart!
Comment by laptop repair fresno
Made Wednesday, 23 of November , 2011 at 3:17 am
I really like that. You touched my heart!
