Swinging Robot Excels At Wall-Climbing 54
Zothecula writes "Engineers have used a variety of techniques to create robots that can scale walls — the Climber uses a rolling seal, while the insect-like robots from SRI have caterpillar tracks with electro-adhesive properties. While such robots generally focus on speed, adhering to the wall and deciding how and when to move, the creators of a small robot named ROCR say it is the first wall-climbing robot to focus on climbing efficiently. And it does so by using the momentum of a tail that swings like a grandfather clock's pendulum."
Re:Roboticus Superioritis (Score:5, Funny)
And then of course there is "Big Dog" which can take a flying kick and keep walking.
But not from Chuck Norris, and that's humanity's trump card.
Swinger (Score:1, Funny)
Swinging Robot
Does it try to sleep with my wife?
Re:Swinger (Score:5, Funny)
Your wife? Of course not. You might want to hide your smoke detectors though.
Re:Roboticus Superioritis (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe we should build an army of Chuck Norris clones off-planet just in case of Big Dog becoming self-aware, Chancellor?