Carnegie Mellon University's biorobotics lab has been working on a project involving snake-like locomotion in a robot. I'm linking a video of it rolling itself up the base of a small tree below. As you can see, it's demo is still tethered for power which is one issue that will take some work to resolve. Could be an interesting strategy for movement through difficult terrain in military applications, and definitely for surveying and searching for survivors in wreckage caused by natural disasters. Having robots like this (search robots are already being used for natural disaster survivor searches) raising questions on what is and isn't possible currently is what will drive the industry forward. CMU is awesome, if I can't afford RPI this fall I'm definitely applying there to finish my undergrad, heh. Anyway, enjoy the video and let me know what you think.
This is very good research, it will definitely be useful for many different applications. The video is interesting. Thank you for sharing! Following!
ReplyDeleteI honestly laughed my ass off when it started climbing up, I really don't know why! But this is a really cool vid thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteHa cool.
ReplyDeleteThis robot will be useful in the future, not only to search for survivors but also for any kind of research in places where man can not go.
ReplyDeleteThats quite impressive, although the little tube makes me thing is it providing water for some sort of system like that or what, I doubt that it is doing that without some sort of aid from whatever hose is attached to it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like there are still a lot of improvement done, but still this might be promissing
ReplyDeleteHaha cool!
ReplyDeleteWTF creepy.... ^^
ReplyDeletethe military could def use this
ReplyDeletethats awesome! i want one haha, even tho i know thats what they are for tho
ReplyDeleteI do not see the use of this robot. Maybe a coconut grabber at the most.
ReplyDeleteAlright, now that is really cool. I had no idea something like this even existed.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome, I bet the military would greatly benefit from it too.. it amazes me the technology our generation can come up with
ReplyDeleteCMU is righteously awesome
ReplyDeleteinteresting post, more of these sort! i ll follow
ReplyDeleteThat is a badass robot! I hope it can be useful.
ReplyDeleteWAT!! omg i want!
ReplyDeletethis kind of robot would be excelent at rescues of earthquakes.
ReplyDeletemy comments on the video:
ReplyDelete"oh no"
"oh god it moves so icky"
"it's trying to go up the tree"
"oh it's going right up the tree"
"ew"
still afraid. cant helpit.
Wow, looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteThat is beyond cool, technology never ceases to amaze me
ReplyDeletescience never ceases to amaze me
ReplyDeleteCool snakebot!
ReplyDeletealthough it looks funny, this would be really uselful
ReplyDeletecrazy what they can recreate now, thx for the share!!
ReplyDeleteNICE FOLLOWING FOR SURE
ReplyDeleteExcellent robot
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I saw this! amazing video, thanks.
ReplyDeleteI would really enjoy working on this kind of stuff or cybernetic implants when I get my engineering degree in the next couple years.
ReplyDeleteI looked at this again and it amazes me still
ReplyDeleteNice stuff. Science is awesome!
ReplyDeleteWow cool
ReplyDeleteThat is creepy and cool.
ReplyDeleteWake me up when Ghost in the Shell is here.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog, I'm totally following!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, reminds me of Wall-e in that clumsy but lifelike sense.
ReplyDeleteMaybe in the future a microscopic version will be engineered which can be used in medicine.
ReplyDeletewow that was neat!
ReplyDeleteWoah, how fast are we progressing with robotics? I remember how we had a struggle to get them to walk, but now I see pancake flippers, 4-legged all-terrain walkers, and now climbing robots?
ReplyDeletewake me up when gundam is here
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, it's nice to see some CMU stuff on here. :)
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