Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project
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Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project
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Re: Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project
#2Even if you don't feel like reading the whole article, do yourself a favor and skip down to the video of the final product at the very end. It's delightful and put a big smile on my face. The fact that all the modern technology is hidden inside leaving only the wooden structure visible makes it magical, like something from Harry Potter.
Re: Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project
#3Even if you don't feel like reading the whole article, do yourself a favor and skip down to the video of the final product at the very end. It's delightful and put a big smile on my face. The fact that all the modern technology is hidden inside leaving only the wooden structure visible makes it magical, like something from Harry Potter.
You mean Discworld!
Re: Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project
#4Even if you don't feel like reading the whole article, do yourself a favor and skip down to the video of the final product at the very end. It's delightful and put a big smile on my face. The fact that all the modern technology is hidden inside leaving only the wooden structure visible makes it magical, like something from Harry Potter.
Insane! Bluetooth powered walking tables were admittedly not part of my 2024 bingo card. Love that thing.
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#5Absolutely wonderful to see in motion. Things like this brought to life are one of the Most exciting uses of AI to me.
Re: Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project
#6Even if you don't feel like reading the whole article, do yourself a favor and skip down to the video of the final product at the very end. It's delightful and put a big smile on my face. The fact that all the modern technology is hidden inside leaving only the wooden structure visible makes it magical, like something from Harry Potter.
You mean Discworld!
Exactly! So reminiscent of "the luggage". Albeit with the legs facing sideways
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#7Absolutely wonderful to see in motion. Things like this brought to life are one of the Most exciting uses of AI to me.
Where’s the AI, did I misread the post?
> To select which ones were best, each variation got assigned a ‘fitness’ score based on its walking speed, clearance and material use. I also rewarded extra points to variants that had leg tips which moved more horizontally and more smoothly during the lowest third of their cycle to make it favor solutions in which a group of three legs would work together to minimize bobbing and foot slip.
I am not sure what approach was used here, it sounds like RL or maybe just simulations. I am not sure I’d say this is AI.
Re: Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project
#8Even if you don't feel like reading the whole article, do yourself a favor and skip down to the video of the final product at the very end. It's delightful and put a big smile on my face. The fact that all the modern technology is hidden inside leaving only the wooden structure visible makes it magical, like something from Harry Potter.
> Even if you don't feel like reading the whole article, do yourself a favor and skip down to the video
No. Don't.
Read the whole damned article. It's _great!_
Re: Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project
#9Absolutely wonderful to see in motion. Things like this brought to life are one of the Most exciting uses of AI to me.
Where’s the AI, did I misread the post? > To select which ones were best, each variation got assigned a ‘fitness’ score based on its walking speed, clearance and material use. I also rewarded extra points to variants that had leg tips which moved more horizontally and more smoothly during the lowest third of their cycle to make it favor solutions in which a group of three legs would work together to minimize bobbing…
I think it was just a genetic algorithm.
Re: Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project
#10This reminds me of "The Luggage" from the Discworld (Rincewind) books by Terry Pratchett. I never expected to see a real-world version. Way cool!