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Robot Walks On Water

Posted by timothy on from the jesus-bugs dept.

HaiLHaiL writes "MSNBC has an article on a water strider-inspired minirobot built by a Carnegie Mellon engineering professor. Nice." The article also summarizes some interesting recent research that explains how the real-life striders glide as they do. Update: 09/11 21:37 GMT by T : Thanks to Hank Zimmerman, I see that I missed this story the first time around -- mea culpa.

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  1. Hrm... by r00k123 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is a dupe about something walking on water the second coming?

  2. Question by BoomerSooner · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does Timothy even read slashdot? Really I want to know.

  3. Forget about this story, I just heard something... by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Forget about this story, I just heard something even better!

    Did you guys know that MIT has a robot that can walk on water?

    Man! Someone should submit that to Slashdot...

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  4. I don't understand by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who's Walter Strider?

    holy crap I'm hilarious.

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