Robot To Explore Last Chamber Of Great Pyramid, Release Curse Of Brendan Frasier
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 12 of August , 2010 at 12:25 am
Somehow, although it’s been some 4500 years, there’s still a little bit of the Great Pyramid that’s entirely unexplored. From the two chambers inside the pyramid (the King’s Chamber and Queen’s Chamber), there are small shafts (about the size of a breadbox) leading away towards the exterior. These passages are blocked by stone doors with copper handles built into them, and a previous expedition found that behind was of the doors was… Another door. So this time, a team sponsored by Leeds University and supported by Dassault Systems has built a robot designed to find out what’s behind that next door. It’s totally tricked out, with:
· A micro “snake camera” that can fit through small spaces and see round corners like an endoscope
· A miniaturized ultrasonic device that can tap on walls and listen to the response to help determine the thickness and condition of the stone
· A miniature ‘beetle’ robot that can fit through a hole 20mm diameter for further exploration in confined spaces
· Precision compass and inclinometer to measure the orientation of the shafts
· A coring drill that can penetrate the second blocking stone (if necessary and feasible) while removing the minimum amount of material necessary
This is actually the third robot that’s been sent down this particular shaft; the second was an iRobot project in cooperation with National Geographic:
My guess as to what’s down there? A THIRD DOOR. Followed by a fourth door, and fifth door, and then some hieroglyphs saying “sucker.”
[ Djedi Robot ] VIA [ Independent ]
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