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[ponpo]

https://news.stanford.edu/2016/04/27/robotic-diver-recovers-treasures/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1HmgP9l4VY

Maiden voyage of Stanford's humanoid robotic diver recovers treasures from King Louis XIV's wrecked flagship

The robot, called OceanOne, is powered by artificial intelligence and haptic feedback systems, allowing human pilots an unprecedented ability to explore the depths of the oceans in high fidelity.
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The expedition to La Lune was OceanOne’s maiden voyage. Based on its astonishing success, Khatib hopes that the robot will one day take on highly skilled underwater tasks too dangerous for human divers, as well as open up a whole new realm of ocean exploration.

“OceanOne will be your avatar,” Khatib said. “The intent here is to have a human diving virtually, to put the human out of harm’s way. Having a machine that has human characteristics that can project the human diver’s embodiment at depth is going to be amazing.”

The concept for OceanOne was born from the need to study coral reefs deep in the Red Sea, far below the comfortable range of human divers. No existing robotic submarine can dive with the skill and care of a human diver, so OceanOne was conceived and built from the ground up, a successful marriage of robotics, artificial intelligence and haptic feedback systems.

OceanOne looks something like a robo-mermaid. Roughly five feet long from end to end, its torso features a head with stereoscopic vision that shows the pilot exactly what the robot sees, and two fully articulated arms. The “tail” section houses batteries, computers and eight multi-directional thrusters.

Looks cute.

 

[SwiftDeath]

Can't tell if cute or terrifying

I'm gonna go with both

Seems like a good idea though

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Scary but I want one

Talk about something that could pay for itself in one trip

 

[Talon]

Nightmare fuel

 

[RecRoulette]

Just thinking about that fucker grabbing you and dragging you down. Deeper. Deeper. Fuck that.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

oh, come on. deep sea aside, robots like that aren't "creepy", "scary", or "weird". they're actually really cool. they have nice colours, good build, etc. they work, don't they? we do the job correct, unlike humans. they don't deserve the hate, c'mon guys.

 

[TheSaddestSort]

Its blank dark eyes pierce my very soul.

 

[Bare Grills]

Looks pretty badass, like some sort ninja robot or something

 

[Hypemaster]

The ocean's fucked when the robots take over.

 

[Jack Scofield]

That first picture looks like a Bionicle.

 

[Amalthea]

Sounds more like a mech than a pure robot. So if he does something evil there'd most likely a person behind.

Also where tha booty at?

 

[FuuRe]

In the pictures it looks cute, but it looks like something I wouldn't want to find while diving

 

[anonymous_abc]

Why make it look humanoid seems rather pointless for the task at hand...

 

[RecRoulette]

oh, come on. deep sea aside, robots like that aren't "creepy", "scary", or "weird". they're actually really cool. they have nice colours, good build, etc. they work, don't they? we do the job correct, unlike humans. they don't deserve the hate, c'mon guys.

So close robot. So so close

 

[Monochromaticx]

looks like a stand from jojo

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

Every time I see stuff like this I say to myself "we are living in the future!"

 

[DarkKyo]

Looks more cool than scary to me.

 

[fanboi]

Every time I see stuff like this I say to myself "we are living in the future!"

Every new second is the future but also the present.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Looks like a modified BB from Deadly Friend.

 

[Via Purifico]

Why make it look humanoid seems rather pointless for the task at hand...

Was thinking the exact same thing.

 

[CadetMahoney]

looks like a stand from jojo

I knew I recognized it form somewhere.

 

[The Mule]

Why did they make it humanoid?

 

[ThatGayWolf]

Why make it look humanoid seems rather pointless for the task at hand...

Go read the OP again.

 

[Cuburt]

The ocean's fucked when the robots take over.

 

[ponpo]

The hands being humanoid have a purpose. The two cameras being stereoscopic do as well, but I guess you could argue it doesn't need a "head" shape. Is it a hinderance, though?

 

[anonymous_abc]

Go read the OP again.

Having a robotic avatar underwater is all well and good. It still doesn't need to look humanoid and it seems like a significant limitation on the possibilities to do so.

 

[finalflame]

Holy shit! A friend worked on this. So awesome to see news of it.

 

[A-V-B]

Looks like a Five Nights at Freddy's character.

 

[Subpar Scrub]

You see? This is how we get SOMA, people. Pls stop.

 

[Chariot]

looks like a stand from jojo

Yeah, this was my forst thought.

「OceanOne」

 

[Skunkers]

As someone interested in the humanities, I come into the thread and everybody is discussing the robot, and I'm sitting here wondering "What King Louis XIV treasures???".

Cool robot though.

 

[Megatron]

If anyone is wondering what the treasure is, it's a vase. There is a picture of it in the article.

 

[Tadaima]

oh, come on. deep sea aside, robots like that aren't "creepy", "scary", or "weird". they're actually really cool. they have nice colours, good build, etc. they work, don't they? we do the job correct, unlike humans. they don't deserve the hate, c'mon guys.

AI is clearly not perfect. Yet.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

You see? This is how we get SOMA, people. Pls stop.

SOMA is so good though

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

You see? This is how we get SOMA, people. Pls stop.

First fucking thing I thought of. Hell no.

 

[Replicant]

Robot is cute. What's scary about it?

 

[Siegcram]

looks like a stand from jojo

Diver Down is already taken though.

 

[Chariot]

Robot is cute. What's scary about it?

We still don't know who it's master is. Could be anybody, any sick twisted soul.

 

[B-B-Bomba!]

Awesome advance in deep-sea rummaging.

But they left out the VR, why?

 

[FelixOrion]

We still don't know who it's master is. Could be anybody, any sick twisted soul.

 

[cameron]

The body looks far unlike conventional boxy robotic submersibles, but it’s the hands that really set OceanOne apart. Each fully articulated wrist is fitted with force sensors that relay haptic feedback to the pilot’s controls, so the human can feel whether the robot is grasping something firm and heavy, or light and delicate. (Eventually, each finger will be covered with tactile sensors.) The ‘bot’s brain also reads the data and makes sure that its hands keep a firm grip on objects, but that they don’t damage things by squeezing too tightly. In addition to exploring shipwrecks, this makes it adept at manipulating delicate coral reef research and precisely placing underwater sensors.

Haptic feedback is the coolest part of it all.

Obligatory:

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

cool stuff

The hands being humanoid have a purpose. The two cameras being stereoscopic do as well, but I guess you could argue it doesn't need a "head" shape. Is it a hinderance, though?

I guess they want to try and control the head unit with an HMD, it would certainly be quite intuitive for the operator.

 

[Hypemaster]

We still don't know who it's master is. Could be anybody, any sick twisted soul.

Yo why'd you make Cruz look cooler. Lmao at the stats.