Robots Climb Like People
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 4 of November , 2010 at 1:32 am
I have to say, this is simultaneously one of the most and least conventional climbing robots I’ve ever seen. We’re used to all kinds of weird stuff like claws and geckos and electroadhesion, but these robots just climb up with boring arms and legs and hands and feet. Which is actually kinda interesting.
Apparently these guys (called Yume Robo) aren’t exactly new… They’ve been climbing up and down a 15 meter high wall, every 20 minutes, for the last 184 days, until just last week. They’re dressed in silver work suits, but I don’t claim to know what they heck those antennae are for.
One more vid, after the jump.
VIA [ CrunchGear ]
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Category: Industrial
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Comment by Climbing robot
Made Thursday, 4 of November , 2010 at 11:11 am
They remind me….
Comment by Joey1058
Made Thursday, 4 of November , 2010 at 1:10 pm
Actually, they remind me of the NS-5 in “I, Robot”.
Comment by donsknotts
Made Thursday, 4 of November , 2010 at 5:16 pm
is that dick cheney pulling the ribbon?
Comment by quantum_flux
Made Wednesday, 10 of November , 2010 at 11:44 am
Maybe it’s just the faceshield helmets and the suits, but those things remind me of the Aliens from Mysteria from the 50′s Japanese Sci-Fi movie “The Mysterians”.
