International Submarine Races ISR 2007

[Admin]

I got to go to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in DC to check out the ISR competition. Its not robots, just people propelled mini-subs, but could still be neat and useful for those who like UUVs and UAVs.

I took a few videos . . .

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[ed1380]

machines will never(or at least in the near future) have fluid motions like live creatures

[sdk32285]

machines will never(or at least in the near future) have fluid motions like live creatures

Ill have to argue with that. I have seen robotic snakes which move realistically and have fluid motions.

[megaman935]

ummm admin you know you put society(space)of(space)robots.com
and didn't say no spaces.... I've gotten lost on the internet before because of something as simple as that.

[JesseWelling]

They look pretty smooth to me...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5ZX5Rfj2wDI

[blacksheep]

WOW! Sorry for bumping a ridiculously old thread, but this showed up as a suggested topic for a thread I was reading and I couldn't believe that you were there too! hah. I actually was the team captain for the University of Florida sub, "Swamp Thing". We have a much better sub this year that will be competing in June (although, I had nothing to do with this one).

I just thought it was amazing that the admin of this place was filming that competition! Small world!

[householdutensils]

There's a really good example of flexable actuators in the Introduction to Robotics lecture 3 video from Stanford on YouTube:

[youtube]http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm5Tfm04cKk&feature=PlayList&p=65CC0384A1798ADF&playnext=1&index=2[/youtube]

Starts about a minute in. Really interesting stuff.

[Admin]

We have a much better sub this year that will be competing in June (although, I had nothing to do with this one).

If I'm in Washington, DC again this summer, I'll probably go again