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Does the Octopus Hold the Key To Robot Design?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the or-are-they-just-a-bunch-of-slime dept.

balancedi writes "Simultaneously controling 8 jointless arms without getting them all tangled up is a neat trick that octopuses do with ease. According to a National Geographic article several researchers from around the world think understanding the octopus holds to key to the optimal robot design."

12 of 347 comments (clear)

  1. First calamari!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fried in salads, yum!!

  2. Dr Octo FP by Facekhan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh yeah I went there. FP

  3. LOL Octopus by legomad · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOL Octopus

  4. Robot Design... by 10000000000000000000 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    AND nuclear fusion
    ¦D

  5. Next.... by Himring · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    understanding octopussy....

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  6. Re:True Story: by nearlygod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You expect a guy in a $3,000 dollar suit to beleive that? Come on!

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  7. Has to be done... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I for one welcome our robotic octopus overlords.

  8. Re:So, make slimy and slippery robots. Got it. by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yet another research field where Porn leads the way.

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  9. Re:True Story: by antifoidulus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They are also nutritious and delcious!

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  10. Re:Octopuses???? Or Octopi ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's "lurn".

    Dumbass.

  11. Damn you by System.out.println() · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You owe me a new keyboard. :-P

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  12. And in conclusion by Butterwaffle+Biff · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I welcome our new eight-armed overlords.