April 8, 2008

CG at RoboBusiness 2008 Highlights: The Robotic Snake

John Biggs

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Here’s the coolest thing you’ll see this morning. It’s a robotic snake created by Carnegie Mellon. It can climb through small holes, up pipes, and even twirl itself around poles to climb. It comes in a waterproof, wireless version as well for those times when you want to scare everyone out of the pool. CrunchGear is at RoboBusiness 2008 in Pittsburgh today so drop in and see what’s new in commercial robotics.

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Blue Sunshine

April 8th, 2008 at 10:35 am

Does anyone else find this to be insanely creepy? ::shudder::

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Michael B

April 8th, 2008 at 10:56 am

Erm…

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Ryan

April 8th, 2008 at 11:02 am

Not as scaring as the Big Dog Robot
http://www.bostondynamics.com/.....ion=BigDog

But that snake looks like it would be good for surveillance.
JK

April 8th, 2008 at 11:12 am

Hmm, well let’s monetize this

waterproof - check
goes in holes - check
goes up pipes - check

Ummm, looks like something we’ll see at the AVN awards….

JK
JK

April 8th, 2008 at 11:15 am

@3

is that thing camouflage? come one, camouflage is not going to help that thing sneak up on anyone…holy crap.

That’s a friggin’ hilarious video, seriously it’s cool. I see they kicked it instead of smacking it with their hand. That’s good, because when friends come by you don’t want that to be hand shy, people notice….

hilarious
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April 8th, 2008 at 11:41 am

That is too crazy! We can see it on the news now though “Robotic Snake Seriously Injures Baby”…. these things will turn on us! Interesting vid though!
CG

April 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pm

Robotic pole-dancing python? Did I cleek the wrong leenk?

CG
chris (trade2save.com)

April 8th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

Does anyone else find the crunch gear music annoying every time you start a video? The snake could be used as a stealthy bomber for the military. Sneak up on unsuspecting insurgents or wildlife documentary crews.
enriketuned

April 8th, 2008 at 7:20 pm

Well this reminds me of a phillip k dick story. I can well imagine that little snake sneaking up upon a bunch of terrorists in an afghan cave. A small entry hole will suffice, a well as well if it’s old school with a bucket and a rope. Infrared guided packed with explosives. Well of course it could also be used in rescue missions. Small holes in the rubble of collapsed houses, or locate trapped miners. Seems more likely to me it was funded for the first use case: An assassination planers dream.