• Scientists Are Building Robot Dinosaurs Out Of 3-D Printed Fossils
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[release] [img]http://blogs-images.forbes.com/alexknapp/files/2012/02/3D_DINO.jpg[/img] Paleontologists at Drexel University are using 3-D printing to turn fossilized bones into dinosaur robots. Paleontologists at Drexel University are a little fed up with the traditional tools of paleontology. “Technology in paleontology hasn’t changed in about 150 years,” said Drexel paleontologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara. “We use shovels and pickaxes and burlap and plaster. It hasn’t changed — until right now.” Now, Lacovara is working with Dr. James Tangorra to bring paleontology up to date with 3-D printing. Using 3-D scans of fossils in the University’s collection, the team is able to produce 3-D printed replicas of the fossils. Those replicas can then be used in museums, as teaching aids, and a number of other uses. One particularly fascinating use? By pairing the 3-D printed fossils with robotics, scientists are able to test how dinosaurs actually moved when they roamed the Earth millions of years ago. “We don’t know a lot about the way dinosaurs move,” Lacovara said in a press release. “How did they stand? How did they ambulate? Did they run or trot? How did they reproduce? It’s all a bit mysterious.” By the end of the year, the paleontologists at Drexel hope to have a completed 3-D robotic dinosaur limb featuring muscles and tendons. The next step after that is to build a full robotic dinosaur replica. This work is similar to Tangorra’s other project, which is building robotic fish that move like the real thing. “We extract features from biological species and create software-based or robotic testing systems. It’s easier to test a biorobotic system than a biological system,” Tangorra said. Here’s just another example of how 3-D printing is altering some sciences. From surgeons making 3-D printed replacement bones to archaeologists making replicas of cuneiform tablets, the technology has a huge potential for allowing scientists to pursue their work with more flexibility and much lower costs. I’m fascinated to see what the next project is.[/release] [url]http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/02/20/scientists-are-building-robot-dinosaurs-out-of-3-d-printed-fossils/[/url]
well that kicks considerable amounts of ass
if these things become self aware we are FUCKED
Soon we're going to see cyber dinosaurs or even cyber dragons. rrerr
These would make great replacements for the human puppet dinosaurs they use at museums and at schools on special days.
[img]http://www.gamevolt.pl/static/media/galeria/2011/2/7/Bulletstorm_06.jpg[/img] SOON
Robo Dinosaurs. I am beyond okay with this.
Animatronic Jurassic Park pretty plz
[img]http://haroldsotomayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Turok-1-4.jpg[/img]
The stone age, the bronze age, the iron age, the middle ages, the industrial age, the atomic age, the information age, and the robot dinosaur age.
Now we just need a method of making artificial muscles that respond to electrical impulses. Then you just attach them to the muscle and tendon scars on the bone and it'll replicate the mechanics of the original animal.
I wan't a pet t-rex :)
hopefully this will allow us to upgrade our already weaponized robot dinosaurs [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9yZhL9IFzw&feature=related[/media]
[IMG]http://lcc.gatech.edu/~bmedler3/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/dinoriders1.jpg[/IMG] Fuck yeah, dinoriders!
looks like we're out of a job
[QUOTE=AltFanatic;34823404]looks like we're out of a job[/QUOTE] DAMN PROTOCERATOPS TOOK OUR JERBS
[IMG]http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/photogallery_image/articles/dinosaurthing.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1162842?p=34645965&viewfull=1#post34645965"]I hope that this will soon become reality[/URL]
[QUOTE=Someguy13;34814085]Soon we're going to see cyber dinosaurs or even cyber dragons. rrerr[/QUOTE] At least dragons are pretty cool.
Hell freaking yes. I want one of those.
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;34817374]Now we just need a method of making artificial muscles that respond to electrical impulses. Then you just attach them to the muscle and tendon scars on the bone and it'll replicate the mechanics of the original animal.[/QUOTE] If someone invents artificial muscle fuck dinosaurs, I'm building a 'mech.
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;34817374]Now we just need a method of making artificial muscles that respond to electrical impulses. Then you just attach them to the muscle and tendon scars on the bone and it'll replicate the mechanics of the original animal.[/QUOTE] We've already developed artificial muscles using "electroactive polymers", and we've even held an arm wrestling contest using them. [url]http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/lommas/eap/EAP-armwrestling.htm[/url]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/zIpS8.jpg[/img] Make it happen, science.
I like the sound of this.
"DETECTING PREY. CHASING PREY. ATTEMPTING TO CATCH PREY WITH HANDS. FATAL ERROR: ARMS TOO SHORT. SHUTTING DOWN"
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;34814093]These would make great replacements for the human puppet dinosaurs they use at museums and at schools on special days.[/QUOTE] But that would kill American jobs! I'm ending this science, Mitt Romney 2012
Holy shit this is amazing, I wonder what we can do with robotic dinosaurs.
A robotic compsognathus pack would be terrifying if it had AI and was self aware.
[QUOTE=Someguy13;34814085]Soon we're going to see cyber dinosaurs or even cyber dragons. rrerr[/QUOTE] [img]http://puu.sh/ih6q[/img]
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