The Autotelematic Spider Bot makes little girls scream
Here we bring you
the latest installment of icky spider robots – the
Autotelematic Spider Bot on display at the Sunderland Museum in the UK. These 6-legged spiders can “see”
and communicate with each other via audible “chirping.” At the moment, the bots are on an apparent hunger
strike as they won’t stay at the “feeding station” long enough to charge, presumably due to a rift
with their creator over having only instilled semi-autonomy. However, the next release of these spiders will be solar
powered (and we imagine 10 feet
tall!) for release into the wilds of Brazil. Hey Paulo, is that a swarm of birds coming over the horizon? Paulo!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dreampc @ Mar 13th 2006 7:38AM
Would it have been so difficult to make these arachnids have 8 legs instead of 6?
Lawry @ Mar 13th 2006 7:44AM
Scream, scream, scream!
It might, it could change the entire walking system, because right now the center legs look like they balance it, if you have 2 sets of center legs they then have to 'work together'.
Dustin Tarditi @ Mar 13th 2006 8:09AM
No problem - just call them "bugs" instead of "spiders"
Archie @ Mar 13th 2006 10:26AM
Next... they start to reproduce automatically. Haven't I seen this somewhere? Of course, on Stargate SG-1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_%28Stargate%29
Daniel Pritchard @ Mar 13th 2006 10:28AM
Dammit! Archie beat me to it. I was just going to scream,
"REPLICATORS!!! AAAAAAAHHHRGH!"
Tig @ Mar 13th 2006 12:31PM
Yet another attempt to do what Gene Simmions has already done in th movie "Runaway" with Tom Selleck. :)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088024/
flamer's grill @ Mar 13th 2006 2:37PM
What a coincidence! I watched Runaway for the first time just last week. Pretty decent, actually; I'm a sucker for those near-future everyday life sort of movies. I even liked Paycheck with Ben Affleck.
The spider-bots in Runaway were just like the ones in the above article - awkward, hesitating, practically useless pieces of wow-factor robotics. Except, in Runaway, they also inject you with deadly acid. And then you die.
grimm @ Mar 13th 2006 2:40PM
"6-legged spiders" makes about as much sense as saying "5-sided triangle".