Apparently the Biorobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University has been quite busy as of late... building an army of robotic snakes. Though we've seen droid snakes
before, bot-makers at the school have been investigating the myriad possibilities of single-task snakes, coming up with configurations for swimming, crawling, and climbing, amongst others. The program is concerned with enabling the bots to take on a diverse variety of terrain and tasks, made easier by the fact that the little guys aren't limited to wheel-based movement. To really get an idea of the possibilities (and extreme creepiness), check the video after the break. We just hope you enjoy the techno version of
Crazy Train as much as we do.
[Thanks, Andrew]
posted Mar 7th 2008 10:52AM
Snake Bot is just to phallic looking.
Imagine you were in bed and that thing crawled up yo ass.
I love the realtime shot of it doing the moon walk!
You're probably the only person to think of that scenario and I think it says more about you than it does about snakebot.
Damn, that is some creepy-ass shit.
co-sign Mark G.
dude, if you make a dildo that moves like that, you will become an instant trillionare!
can you imagine a dildo like that that crawls up it's master's leg at her command? it could actually hang on to the leg and thrust itself! not to mention vibrate. Hands free, baby!
I'm not trying to be a foul commenter, but, for those that criticized Flashpoint's dream, science could, no, should be applied to everything, even our sexual lives.
@Yubastard
You don't get to meet girls often, do you.......
@Yubastard
The correct term is Mistress, not Master.
Mo
Snake Bot is just to phallic looking.
Imagine you were in bed and that thing crawled up yo ass.
am waiting for v-jay-jay bot 3g.
lmao you guys are crazy
NICE
epic win.
Thanks Andrew?? How about "thanks Jonathan?"
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/06/robotic-snake-moves-by-pushing-off-obstacles/#comments
This should snakes electronic helper in MGS4
Try, "thanks the button in the top right corner that says tip us"?
RUN!
My god... I will never fly in a plane again....
Presumably somebody is less than happy with all those "Real Time" stencils painted around campus?
This has got to be one of the robots I've seen here that I actually would like to get.
"I want these motherfucking snakebots, off this motherfucking plane!"
So is Snake from MGS going to be replaced by these things?
Exam question: Please expand on why you think that a research project on robotics is an ideal replacement candidate for a plot character in a computer game WITHOUT mentioning that both mention "Snakes".
ANSWER: It was a JOKE!
wow this thing is amazing! I have got to get me one of these. I will blog this video, it's awesome.
Why not be upfront, and just call it the DARPA Assassinbot from the start?
Seriously! I shouldn't have watched this video. Now I'm going to check every floor vent and overhead pipe I walk past for killer snake bots.
And now, as a sequel the hit movie, Snakes on a Plane
*drumroll*
SnakeBOTS on a plane
Coming soon to a theater near you
I for one welcome our snake robot overlords!
/had to be done
nice work! it's starting to get scary.