http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/modular-snake-robot.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/modular-snake-robot.html#comment-548635 ymr049c Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548635 Snakebots on a UAV! Snakebots on a UAV!

]]> http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/modular-snake-robot.html#comment-548143 Ratdog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548143 I read an article that said the Israeli army have been creating snake robots that are very similar to this one that have cameras on the front for reconnaissance. I read an article that said the Israeli army have been creating snake robots that are very similar to this one that have cameras on the front for reconnaissance.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/modular-snake-robot.html#comment-548013 Blaven Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548013 Cool!! Can they be trained to hunt rats and other vermin? Cool!! Can they be trained to hunt rats and other vermin?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/modular-snake-robot.html#comment-548026 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548026 Does that look suspiciously like stop-action animation to anyone else? Maybe just trying to get funding for the real thing? Does that look suspiciously like stop-action animation to anyone else? Maybe just trying to get funding for the real thing?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/modular-snake-robot.html#comment-548032 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548032 solar powered, IR seeking, tiny, slow, ricin needles and thousands of them, wriggling towards you as you sleep. solar powered, IR seeking, tiny, slow, ricin needles and thousands of them, wriggling towards you as you sleep.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/modular-snake-robot.html#comment-548804 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548804 Japanese porn companies will shortly be buying out the developer. Japanese porn companies will shortly be buying out the developer.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/modular-snake-robot.html#comment-548059 Dean Putney Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548059 I took a course from Howie Choset, and know a few of the guys who did some development work for him on this project. Howie's got loads of ideas for these snakes, from sewer repair to surgery. They're pretty impressive little guys. I took a course from Howie Choset, and know a few of the guys who did some development work for him on this project. Howie’s got loads of ideas for these snakes, from sewer repair to surgery. They’re pretty impressive little guys.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/modular-snake-robot.html#comment-548089 pretentious platypus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-548089 Colonoscopies have never been so much fun! Colonoscopies have never been so much fun!

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