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Watching this robotic snake almost effortlessly slither its way up a pole and onto this researcher’s arm leads to one obvious conclusion—this research must be stopped. Like immediately.
Robotic versions of almost any other living creatures are just fine, and I have no issue with the possibility that I might one day cross paths with robotic sharks, or cybernetic cockroaches. But the idea of a robot snake creeping its way up my leg? That’s not cool. And if anyone from this research team is reading this, I highly recommend keeping a loaded shotgun in your lab at all times for the day when your creation suddenly becomes self-aware and decides you’re no longer needed.
What do you think?
No No No. That Creepy Robot Snake Strangles on Contact Now
How Olympic Pole Vaulters Travel with Their Gigantic Poles
This Is the New South Pole
Bet they had to dream up a whole world of BS for the future applications section of the funding application for a robotic snake that climbs a pole and does nothing more.
Give it a camera and it’s every peeping toms perfect tool
Coming soon to a lab near you: Alien Remastered, now with robot chestbursters.
Do I detect a hint of the beginnings of panic at 0:45? Like, “If I forget what the command for ‘stop’ is, this thing’s about to eat me.”
wow how exciting :S and how and when exactly will this have a proper use?
Surveillance?
Why are there always so many cynical comments about how useless inventions like these are. It’s the first step in research of a product and will take years of work and fine-tuning to make it useful.
After all, your precious iPhone or Android started out as this:
http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch2en/conc2en/img/bell_telephone.gif
Is it available in black?
I reckon they should let this thing loose on a crowded Tube just to watch people freak the hell out