{"id":7,"date":"2021-02-19T14:23:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T14:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileggedrobots.eecs.umich.edu\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2022-11-08T14:40:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T14:40:48","slug":"create-your-website-with-blocks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mileggedrobots.eecs.umich.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF Project Inchworm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">NSF CMMI 1825918 teacher training<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many ways that animals get around\u2014and none of them include wheels. By creating tools and processes that make it easier for people to explore how robots can do what animals do, we hope to accelerate the discovery of new solutions to important problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UM EECS NSF &quot;Project Inchworm&quot; inching robot demo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dOJ0GH89_6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Are We Doing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Building robots that don&#8217;t rely on wheels, and making it affordable for students and makers around the world to do likewise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Because arthropods are very successful, and none of them have wheels or big budgets. Lowering the cost of exploration increases the likelihood of amazing discoveries. Humanity will find the best solutions when as many people as possible are trying as many clever things as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who Are We?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Shai Revzen and the team at the University of Michigan&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/birds.eecs.umich.edu\/\">Biologically Inspired Robotics and Dynamical Systems (BIRDS) Lab<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BIRDS Lab is dedicated to understanding, modeling, and reproducing the strategies animals use when interacting with physical objects. In collaboration with biomechanists and other researchers, engineers, and artists we analyze experimental data, develop new mathematical tools for modeling these interactions, and construct robots that employ these new principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Multipod: a modular multi-legged robot\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0-yc_vNYec4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The &#8220;Multipod&#8221; legged robot built in the BIRDS Lab<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Can Anyone Get Started Building Legged Robots?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically you need four things to build a legged robot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Any relatively recent computer<\/strong> (these instructions were tested on a five-year-old &#8220;Grade C&#8221; refurbished HP EliteBook 8470P laptop bought on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/p\/pl?N=100017489%204016\">Newegg<\/a> for ~$150, several Intel-based MacBooks running macOS 10.14 and later, and a random selection of Chromebooks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A bunch of free <strong>open-source software<\/strong> that the laptop needs to control your robot and a cheap <strong>USB &#8220;thumbdrive<\/strong>&#8221; to store it on (we used an old SanDisk Cruzer 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/SanDisk-Cruzer-Flash-Drive-SDCZ36-016G-B35\/dp\/B001XURP8G\/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=SDCZ36-008G&amp;qid=1614895083&amp;sr=8-3\">like this one<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>~$175 in <strong>basic electronic components<\/strong> (motors, controllers, resistors, wires, etc.) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Same <strong>craft supplies<\/strong> (foamcore, glue, a hobby knife, tape, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let&#8217;s Do It!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are five steps to getting started in no-wheels, all-legs robotics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go get everything on the <a href=\"https:\/\/mileggedrobots.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/create-your-website-with-blocks\/shopping-list\/\"><strong>Shopping List<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Download, install, test, and configure the <a href=\"https:\/\/mileggedrobots.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/create-your-website-with-blocks\/software-install-config-xubuntu-pyckbot-mcc\/\"><strong>Software<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect and test the <a href=\"https:\/\/mileggedrobots.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/create-your-website-with-blocks\/hardware\/\"><strong>Hardware<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn to <a href=\"https:\/\/mileggedrobots.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/create-your-website-with-blocks\/control\/\"><strong>Control<\/strong><\/a> the hardware with the software<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mileggedrobots.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/build\/\"><strong>Build<\/strong><\/a> your robot a body<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BONUS: Moving up to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mileggedrobots.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/mediumant\/\">MediumANT<\/a><\/strong>!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/birds.eecs.umich.edu\/pyckbot-doc\/\">Make Your Life Easier with PyCKBot: Learn How to Stop Reinventing the Chicken <em>Today<\/em>!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/birds.eecs.umich.edu\/\">UM BIRDS (Biologically Inspired Robotics and Dynamical Systems) Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSF CMMI 1825918 teacher training There are many ways that animals get around\u2014and none of them include wheels. By creating tools and processes that make it easier for people to explore how robots can do what animals do, we hope to accelerate the discovery of new solutions to important problems. What Are We Doing? Building robots that don&#8217;t rely on wheels, and making it affordable for students and makers around the world to do likewise. Why? 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