Video: The Destructive Waltz - slow-motion combat robotics

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, May 28, 2008 11:22 AM | permalink

Robert Woodhead says:

Last weekend I unleashed the Casio Exilim EX-F1 camera (which can do 300, 600 and 1200 fps video) at the Carolina Combat Robotics event. This was a warmup for doing similar videography at RoboGames next month, but you might enjoy this little video, set to "The Blue Danube"
The website link< has links to other high-speed videos I've done while testing out the camera.

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#1 posted by the boy

, May 28, 2008 11:55 AM

that was really cool. I'm a big fan of the robot with the giant ring - it seems like there is finally a design that will always beat a wedge

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#2 posted by dcalkins , May 28, 2008 12:04 PM

You can see these robots and many more at RoboGames in San Francisco, this June 13-15!

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#3 posted by Enochrewt , May 28, 2008 2:22 PM

#1: Yeah, I'm glad something beats the wedges as well, it made events like these kind of boring to watch.

I really like when the ringed robot does the barrel roll at 3:30. Sweeeeeet.

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#4 posted by Scuba SM , May 28, 2008 6:53 PM

I have so many "DO A BARREL ROLL" pictures on my hard drive right now, but I'm thinking of taking a screen cap....

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#5 posted by nakedandfamous

, May 28, 2008 8:51 PM

I blew most of my savings on the exact same camera two weeks ago and have been having a great, if much less robot-related, time with it. Here are some human motions in the same high-speed frame rate:

Cannonball: http://brofax.com/?p=154
Wheelchair baseball: http://brofax.com/?p=153
Pole Vault: http://brofax.com/?p=150

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#6 posted by Evil Jim , May 29, 2008 12:37 AM

That wheelchair baseball was nothing like what I was imagining.

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#7 posted by soupisgoodfood , May 29, 2008 3:12 AM

That camera is definitely on my wish list. It's about time someone brought high speed video to the masses.

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#8 posted by License Farm

, May 29, 2008 8:50 AM

I found is very relaxing, save for when the robot was attacking the fax machine; then, my internal Mortal Kombat kicked in and I found myself growling, "FINISH HIM!"