A Robot that Walks on 24 Pneumatic Tubes

By John Farrier in Science & Tech, Video Clips on Feb 2, 2010 at 2:59 pm


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Monica Anderson made this robot, which she calls the Icosatetraped. It walks on twenty-four legs made of soft tubing that extend under pneumatic pressure. The robot moves about one meter per minute. The video shows a brief demonstration of the robot in motion, and then provides a photo slideshow of the design and construction process.

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  1. Craig
    Feb 2nd, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    Was it a competition to design the most useless and over-engineered robot possible?

  2. blitz
    Feb 2nd, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    Craig… It’s not supposed to be practical, it just demonstrates the concept.

  3. Video Game Dork
    Feb 10th, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    Ted Stevens seyz: “This robot walks on the internet!”


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