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Robot Snake Can Climb Trees

Posted by Soulskill on from the as-long-as-they-aren't-on-planes dept.

kkleiner writes "The latest in a line of 'modsnakes' from Carnegie Mellon's Biorobotics Lab, Uncle Sam can move in a variety of different ways, including rolling, wiggling, and side-winding. It can also wrap itself around a pole and climb vertically, and even scale a tree. You have to watch this thing in action. There is something incredibly life-like and eerie about the way it scales the tree outdoors and then looks around with its camera 'eye.' Projects like Uncle Sam show how life-mimicking machines could revolutionize robotics in the near future."

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  1. awwwwww come on.... by Thud457 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dare to envision a brighter apocalypse for once in your life!

    If I see that shit on zazzle.com, I better get my cut!

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  2. For an encore by Mathness · · Score: 2, Funny

    For an encore the robot snake grabbed an apple and headed for a tree next to a robot female.

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    Carbon based humanoid in training.
  3. Re:Four posts in. by AnalogBrain · · Score: 4, Funny

    Robotic snake Overlords? Modular snakes on a plane? "It can also wrap itself around a pole and climb vertically" - Yeah, but not as well as your mom? See? Still ripe for comments.

  4. Now All We Need by MrTripps · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now we need a robot Samuel L. Jackson to complain about them being on a MFing plane.

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    "I'm not a quack, I'm a mad scientist! There's a difference." - Dr. Cockroach
  5. can it sell apples? by swschrad · · Score: 2, Funny

    nfm

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    if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?