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Designers Build 35-Foot Robot Snake
An anonymous reader writes "Canadian robotic design house eatArt has released a video of its latest project: the Titanoboa, a robotic snake based on a 50-foot long prehistoric serpent. The video pits the basilisk-like robot against the Mondo Spider, a walking machine large enough to hold a man, and there's obvious competition between the two. While eatArt showed a shorter version of the snake rollerblading at the Burning Man festival earlier this year, at 35 feet this is the largest version of the robot so far, with the team aiming to reach the full length in the next year or so."
Would it eat smaller robots whole? or just humans?
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Interesting projects, but how do they get funding?
Thought: Would you rather own the spider or a spyder?
but no badgers or mushrooms. What were they thinking?
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Now Robocop can take the lead roll in Snakes on a Plane: 2045
I now have Robocop saying Samuel L. Jackson's lines
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...still doesn't give a shit. He'll eat a 35' robot snake. He's pretty badass.
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I had an interesting reaction watching that. It was kind of a base level primal fear instinct that got kicked off. I don't even mind snakes and have had many as pets. I have had some pretty big ones too.
However, seeing one that size and moving like that fired off neurons that said "run away!!" Was weird because that is not a normal reaction for me. It seems like it was specifically the size combined with that slithering movement and not the shape of the thing.
The ratio of people to cake is too big
That's a very boxy looking snake, especially the head. They really need to get a cover or something to smooth it over, cause there are a lot of planes on that snake.
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