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Festo - SmartBird
Festo · 4 HN recommenders · 4 recommendation months
Recommended by 4 Hacker News commenters across 4 months (2011–2021).
SignalTube analysis
Among 55 other demo videos tagged Robotics, the mean is 0.6 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 4 distinct HN recommenders, about 6.7× that mean. Recommendations span 4 distinct months; the peer average is 0.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
67% of its 6 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2011–2021; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 1 minutes 48 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2011-03-22.
- Channel / speaker
- Festo
- Verified runtime
- 1m 48s
- YouTube upload date
- 2011-03-22
- Hacker News mention years
- 2011–2021
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Robotics. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festo - SmartBirdCurrent video | 4 | 4 | 67% | — | 1m 48s | 2011-03-22 |
| Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everythingdemo · Mark Rober | 5 | 5 | 29% | No recorded overlap | 21m 32s | 2023-03-18 |
| Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008)demo · olinerd | 3 | 3 | 38% | No recorded overlap | 3m 29s | 2008-03-17 |
| I sent robot forgeries to a handwriting expertdemo · Stuff Made Here | 3 | 3 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 23m 39s | 2023-05-27 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Feasibility of a Dune Ornithopter”. Its short rationale: Festo's earlier flapping bird model with rigid wings.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Mercedes-Benz conducting the biggest test using drones to ship everyday items”. Its short rationale: Flapping-wing robot bird demonstration.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “The first autonomous, entirely soft robot”. Its short rationale: Festo's Smart Bird shows advanced bio-inspired robotics.