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Swinging Robot Excels At Wall-Climbing

Posted by timothy on from the creepy-in-the-good-sense dept.

Zothecula writes "Engineers have used a variety of techniques to create robots that can scale walls — the Climber uses a rolling seal, while the insect-like robots from SRI have caterpillar tracks with electro-adhesive properties. While such robots generally focus on speed, adhering to the wall and deciding how and when to move, the creators of a small robot named ROCR say it is the first wall-climbing robot to focus on climbing efficiently. And it does so by using the momentum of a tail that swings like a grandfather clock's pendulum."

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  1. Re:Roboticus Superioritis by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 4, Funny

    And then of course there is "Big Dog" which can take a flying kick and keep walking.

    But not from Chuck Norris, and that's humanity's trump card.

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  2. Swinger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Swinging Robot

    Does it try to sleep with my wife?

    1. Re:Swinger by ikkonoishi · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your wife? Of course not. You might want to hide your smoke detectors though.

  3. Re:Roboticus Superioritis by MRe_nl · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe we should build an army of Chuck Norris clones off-planet just in case of Big Dog becoming self-aware, Chancellor?

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