Gymnast Bot
This new designed robot is said to be agile enough to successfully execute a number of impressive gymnast moves done on the horizontal bar. This design was thought of and created by Youtube user, Hinamitetu, who has been building robot gymnasts for the past few years now. He has been able to make them do a number of successful tricks, but is still working on the robot's dismount. The dismount is only successful very few times, and is not shown in the video. The robot design itself is 18 inches tall and weighs about 13 pounds, which is on the larger side for a robot gymnast.
Dismount
I can see some good uses from these robot gymnast designs. Watching the video, some of the tricks that the robot can execute are really impressive. Someone who is looking to be a successful gymnast, I think, could get a lot of knowledge and tips just from watching this robot in action. They would be able to watch for good technique and watch hard tricks done at high quality, at any time they want it. This would almost be like in place of the teacher. Even if you were using an older model of a robot gymnast, you would still be able to show and teach a group of younger children from it. I believe that each robot gymnast would be a good teacher. Although depending on the particular design's skill level, depends on the level of kids it would be able to teach.
There are also flaws seen in this robot design. A very noticable one is that this robot does not have it's dismount. Everytime it was shown in the video, the robot would do an amazing flip coming off the bars, stick the landing, but then tumble over. As I was saying prior, if used as a teaching tool, this would not at all be a good example. I believe that before being able to use this as a "teacher" this flaw would deffinatly have to be fixed. Another small issue that I saw was the size of the robot. Being 18 inches and weighing 13 pounds, it is said to be a pretty large design. If something goes wrong when doing tricks, it could possibly fly off in any direction and being that size and weight, could be hazardous. If put around small children, I see this as being an issue. If being a teaching tool, I believe that this thought of a gymnast bot could be just as helpful if made into an even smaller size, since it's use is to just show an example. Like any model, these advancements could be made and fixed over time.
There are also flaws seen in this robot design. A very noticable one is that this robot does not have it's dismount. Everytime it was shown in the video, the robot would do an amazing flip coming off the bars, stick the landing, but then tumble over. As I was saying prior, if used as a teaching tool, this would not at all be a good example. I believe that before being able to use this as a "teacher" this flaw would deffinatly have to be fixed. Another small issue that I saw was the size of the robot. Being 18 inches and weighing 13 pounds, it is said to be a pretty large design. If something goes wrong when doing tricks, it could possibly fly off in any direction and being that size and weight, could be hazardous. If put around small children, I see this as being an issue. If being a teaching tool, I believe that this thought of a gymnast bot could be just as helpful if made into an even smaller size, since it's use is to just show an example. Like any model, these advancements could be made and fixed over time.