Mondo Spider robot walks, consternates onlookers

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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).

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SuperChuck @ May 1st 2007 11:43AM

There are clearly 8 legs, yes. If you duct tape 2 dogs together, it would have 8 legs, as well, but would not be a spiderdog.

Spiders have their legs on the sides. The video clearly shows that this 'bot has 4 legs in front and 4 legs in back.

It's just a 4-legged walker with 2 sets of synchronized legs. If you took away the redundant pairs, you'd have the same motion.

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