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moss1956
Sep 25, 2005, 7:15 PM
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It seems that JPL has designed a robot climber that they call lemur.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn5090
Its only a matter of time before it gets sponsored.
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cintune
Sep 25, 2005, 7:46 PM
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"It will also be taught how to react if it unexpectedly loses its grip."
- All it needs is a little robot belayer and that problem is solved. Funny they didn't think of that.
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tattooed_climber
Sep 26, 2005, 2:53 AM
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next thing we need is some twunt face climbing robot systematicaly grid bolting my mountains :roll:
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dimsung1
Sep 26, 2005, 3:31 AM
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Now it just needs to learn how to rappel back down. Wouldn't that be a surprise when they realize there's no-where to go when it gets to the top of some martian pinnacle. I wonder how it'd handle a dyno.
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superbum
Sep 26, 2005, 4:45 AM
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Petzl is coming out with a harness specifically designed for a robot's unique body shape this spring...
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