Wall Climbing Robot!

Here’s a pretty impressive wall climbing bot.

Ever rub a balloon and stick it to a wall? If only larger objects could defy gravity the same way.

Later this week, researchers from the non-profit group SRI International will unveil the design of a wall-climbing robot at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Pasadena, Calif. It can clamber up all common building materials, the scientists told Popular Mechanics—and proved it to us with this exclusive video:

via popularmechanics

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Tags: automation, balloon, exclusive video, gravity, impressive wall, popular mechanics, profit group, robotics, scientists, sri international, wall climbing robot

This entry was posted by max on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 at 6:48 am and is filed under Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Robots, technology.

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