Wake me when they get into 1. flexible carbon fiber, 2. photonic sensors and switching and 3. some kind of new fluid that expands mightily under specific magnetic influence, THEN we'll start see a decent spider bot.
You must not have gone to the website or seen the video they have there. there are clearly eight legs on this robot. 4 on the front and 4 on the back. Making it a spider bot.
A RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME spider bot.
On topic, the leg action is impressive. And frightening. The way they snap down like that is nuts. All they need to add is a pneumatic Cephalothorax section that moves up and down. If they can have the spider maintain its balance with that extra weight (maybe put a counterbalance weight in the front) these guys would be my personal heroes (hell, they already are).
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SuperChuck @ May 1st 2007 9:42AM
That's no spiderbot. The legs are mounted on the front and back, it's just a walker with 4 legs instead of 2.
Dan @ May 1st 2007 10:23AM
Wake me when they get into 1. flexible carbon fiber, 2. photonic sensors and switching and 3. some kind of new fluid that expands mightily under specific magnetic influence, THEN we'll start see a decent spider bot.
MasterCKO @ May 1st 2007 11:34AM
You must not have gone to the website or seen the video they have there. there are clearly eight legs on this robot. 4 on the front and 4 on the back. Making it a spider bot.
A RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME spider bot.
On topic, the leg action is impressive. And frightening. The way they snap down like that is nuts. All they need to add is a pneumatic Cephalothorax section that moves up and down. If they can have the spider maintain its balance with that extra weight (maybe put a counterbalance weight in the front) these guys would be my personal heroes (hell, they already are).