Remember the garbage compactor monster in Star Wars? It exists now, except it’s a robot.
ACM-R5 is an amphibious robot snake developed by scientists at the Hirose Fukushima Lab in Japan. When I watched the video (below) of the ACM-R5 swimming, my first thought was, “Wow, it looks so organic and natural.” My second thought was, “Wow, [...]
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Amphibious Robot Snake is Awesome/Scary
Animal-like Robots Walk on Walls and Swim
Here at Achieve Nerdvana, we’ve marveled at Theo Jansen’s beach animals and the ice-skating BigDog from Boston Dynamics. And of course, there are the pet robot dogs.
Robotics designers are indeed turning to nature for inspiration, creating robots that can tackle all kinds of situations in a variety of different environments.
The Waalbot is inspired by geckos and can [...]
