HUAR Alert: Wall and Tree climbing robots

stevievep · 03-08-2006, 12:00 PM

"A remarkable, if slightly creepy, tree-climbing robot is being developed by robotics experts from Carnegie Mellon and several other US Universities"...

New Scientist Blog - http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006/03/tree-climbing-robot.html

With video link.

Johnson · 03-08-2006, 12:15 PM

Imagine one of these bastards skittering up your leg... (possibly to remove your balls?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzfP0Ig7eVQ

Noahfingway · 03-08-2006, 08:35 PM

Did you notice the name of the project RiSE. The rise of the robots....

Nip it, nip it in the bud I say

Josh · 03-08-2006, 08:40 PM

oh good.... I'm gonna die sooner

teerts · 03-09-2006, 06:58 AM

Runaway - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088024/

Quote:

Tagline: It Is The Future. He fought the horror of robots programmed to kill. (more)

Plot Outline: A tough cop is assigned the dangerous task of discovering who is responsible for a rash of killings perpetrated by rebellious robots.

Guess who the bad guy is.

images borrowed from: http://www.moviezilla.org/runaway.php

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stevievep Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2	HUAR Alert: Wall and Tree climbing robots "A remarkable, if slightly creepy, tree-climbing robot is being developed by robotics experts from Carnegie Mellon and several other US Universities"... New Scientist Blog - http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006/03/tree-climbing-robot.html With video link.
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Johnson Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sarasota, FL USAAAAAAAAAA America America Posts: 70	Imagine one of these bastards skittering up your leg... (possibly to remove your balls?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzfP0Ig7eVQ
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