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OmniTread: A serpentine robot

Posted by samzenpus on from the crawl-anywhere dept.

karvind writes "Physorg is running a story about OmniTread: a serpentine robot designed to traverse extremely difficult terrain, such as the rubble of a collapsed building. The 26-pound robot is developed at the University of Michigan U-M College of Engineering. It moves by rolling, log-style, or by lifting its head or tail, inchworm-like, and muscling itself forward. Link to videos. Check out there other robots as well."

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  1. ... read the article, started watching the video by JMZorko · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... then the cheeseball techno (read: different than non-cheeseball techno) was just too much :-)

    Regards,

    John

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