« Blizzard and the 12-foot Orc statue
Fujitsu FLEPia color e-book reader is FLIPping slow, expensive »

Remember how terrifyingly awesome the giant tarantula from Wild Wild West was? Besides the freakin’ hugeness and fireball spitting part of it, I always thought the joint articulations and hydraulics were pretty cool. Based on kinetic sculptures of Theo Jansen, a team at the University of Louisiana have taken us one step closer to robotic arachnid hell with their Cajun Crawler, a Segway-esque moving platform that uses mechanical legs to move around.

Never mind that they’ve built a set of legs to do the work of your own set of legs, but their feet of engineering is impressive all the same.

 


I, for one, welcome our new terrifying robot walker overlords…

 
[source] via Engadget
 


Rating:
(Avg: Need 5 votes)
 

 

« Blizzard and the 12-foot Orc statue
Fujitsu FLEPia color e-book reader is FLIPping slow, expensive »

This blog post is popular on:

google.com

 

1 Comments »

Dear Guest, please login to comment

Login with your ZiggyTek account

Create New Account | Forgot password?


Please keep the comments clean by not posting advertisements, profanity, or personal attacks. Terms of Use.

Having trouble registering? Try our non-javascript registration page.

 

That doesn’t look comfortable at all....lol



suggest a link

Follow Us


Tips

We love to hear from our users, so if you have anything you would like us to write about let us know by emailing us at tips@ziggytek.com.

MustRead


PopularBlogPosts

Categories


Archives


About ZiggyTek

ZiggyTek is more than a gadget blog - it's a gadget community. In addition to bringing you the updates on the newest gadgets around the world, we give you a venue to discuss amongst each other and ponder those nuances that make all the difference. Got a tip on a hot new product? Let us know! Do you own one of the gadgets we cover? Give us your own impressions! Just around for articles? Take your time!