Autonomous Rock-Climbing Robot
A crazy researcher called Timothy Wolfe Bretl has created the very first climbing robot. It's amazing even if a little bit slow.
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Ce blog appartient à Thomas Arthus. Il aime bidouiller des sites web, tricoter et collectionner les photos de girafes qui font pipi.thomas [dot] arthus [at] gmail [dot] com
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The video is not actually convincing as it is cut each time the robot start climbing up. On the other hand, the algorithm to find the foothold seems quite efficient.
But be careful, soon, robots will replace mankind !! :o)
Well yes it still looks slow and clumsy, but it looks promising me think.
As for robots replacing mankind, well, not necessarily replace, but alter it for sure :)