Sunday, December 29, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Monday, December 23, 2013
The Cubli: a cube that can jump up, balance, and "walk"
The Cubli is a 15 × 15 × 15 cm cube that can jump up and balance on its corner. Reaction wheels mounted on three faces of the cube rotate at high angular velocities and then brake suddenly, causing the Cubli to jump up. Once the Cubli has almost reached the corner stand up position, controlled motor torques are applied to make it balance on its corner. In addition to balancing, the motor torques can also be used to achieve a controlled fall such that the Cubli can be commanded to fall in any arbitrary direction. Combining these three abilities -- jumping up, balancing, and controlled falling -- the Cubli is able to "walk".
Lead Researchers: Gajamohan Mohanarajah and Raffaello D'Andrea
This work was done at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and was funded in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), grant number 146717.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Beans
Written and directed by Animator Alvise Avati and produced by Animation Director Eamonn Butler. Beans, a short film with an unexpected ending, showcases Cinesite's creature animation skills.
Santa Parkour
How does Santa really get from roof to roof?
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Saturday, December 7, 2013
You Shall Not Pass, Dog
Sweet dogs terrified of walking past cats: a dramatic compilation.
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