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In this Monday, October 11, 2021 news compilation, the Showmetech TRIO will talk about artificial intelligence applied to robots, called ANYmals, and how they learn to walk on various surfaces. There is also the fact that a Youtuber can run a NES, famous Nintendinho, in a toaster. And finally, we will also talk about the Solar Sinter, a 3D printer that creates glass sculptures from sand. Check out these three curious news below! 2p2wh
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The partnership between Zurich Federal Institute of Technology and the well-known chip and board manufacturer, Nvidia, started a project involving quadrupedal-style robots that are tested to be able to walk on various types of surfaces. Known as ANYmals (something similar to “any type of animal”, in free translation) have software with applied artificial intelligence so that they can go through obstacles such as stairs or elevations on land, whether they are uphill or downhill.
The process by which they are submitted begins in a program in which a simulation is performed with several ANYmals walking on different surfaces, and as they progress, they are challenged to go over more types of surfaces in order to improve their autonomy in the real world. Some of the functions that ANYmals can be used for include organizing and possible delivery of packages, as well as harvesting crops.
The tests are carried out in the most diverse ways possible, as the intention here is to make the ANYmals can learn to deal with most obstacles that the real world can offer:
There are a lot more uncertainties in the real world. Dirt, lighting, weather, hardware non-uniformity, wear and tear all need to be tracked.
Tully Foote, manager of the Open Robotics Foundation
The fact that they apply obstacles and leveling of different surfaces first in a simulation offers robots, after its proper application, an improvement in the ability to recognize the terrain and its consequent ease of locomotion over it. This simulation is necessary, since, in addition to not spending a lot of money when performing it, it is still possible to stipulate the most diverse scenarios, as well as predict some complications that ANYmals may have during their journeys.
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Many gamers these days like to relive their nostalgic titles using computer emulators or features on current consoles. In a more recent example, the Nintendo Switch, through its online service, offers the opportunity to play Super Nintendo, such as Super Mario Kart, F-ZERO, Breath of Fire and many other successful video game titles. However, this youtuber known as Ryan, did not just stick to the conventional. On the contrary, he was even too creative: he managed to make a toaster rotate one nintendo!
Ryan has taken what appears to be an old toaster oven and has included some components from the classic Nintendo — including the AV connector (audio and video), access to the control and even using the top inputs, for toast, as a cartridge input — and managed to make the nintendo could be played via toaster. Ryan even christened his invention nintoaster, a mix of Nintendo with “toaster”, which means “toaster”, in English. Although most people prefer to subscribe to the online service of Nintendo Switch to revisit some classics, we cannot deny that the creativity to avoid it has gone a long way in this case.
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3D printers may not be new to everyone, but one that makes glass sculptures out of sand might just blow your mind! The 3D printer Solar Sinter uses solar energy, through capture s, to operate and carry out its works. In this specific case, it was placed in the Deserto do Sara and exposed to temperatures ranging from 1400 to 1600 ºC in order to deliver a piece of glass previously stipulated by computer programs.
And the raw material used is sand! A few handfuls of the material were placed in the machine so that it could, through solar energy, melt it and shape the work to be created. ing that the glass manufacturing process comes from sand from the beginning, so after this process, the final piece has a sandy-looking finish, but composed entirely of glass. built by Markus Kayser, Solar Sinter can still be considered a great ally in the area of sustainable energy, since solar energy is a clean source of energy.
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