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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. Frosty Piss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Frosty Piss!!

  2. Swinging Robot Good at Wall Climing??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What is this? Everyone knows if a nigger gets almost caught within a moment
    of a husband arriving home to his wife a little early, that robot is always
    good at jumping out the window and scaling them walls.

    Speaking of which, does anyone know why 4chan /new/ has been al JIDF and Nigger
    recentley? I miss the Stormfront crown that usually placates that forum.

    Inb4 jews.

    1. Re:Swinging Robot Good at Wall Climing??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      What is this? Everyone knows if a nigger gets almost caught within a moment of a husband arriving home to his wife a little early, that robot is always good at jumping out the window and scaling them walls.

      But they ain't no good at swimmin'. Dat why you gotta dig a moat around your house.

  3. Invisible wire by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There is a wire, you can see it for a frame or two during the video, it pull the thing up. It's not really a climbing robot, it is not autonomous.