Waalbot wall climbing robot

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June 12th, 2008 8

Here’s an episode of EngineeringTV featuring a gecko-inspired wall-walker being developed at Carnegie Mellon University.

Waalbot Wall Climbing Robot

8 thoughts on “Waalbot wall climbing robot”

Scott Stevenson says:

June 13th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

Liked this video but is there a reason it’s on autostart?

-Scott
gunterhausfrau says:

June 13th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

agree, need to skip the autostart videos…
The Oracle says:

June 13th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

Definately. It’s a really bad thing to do.
Gareth Branwyn says:

June 13th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

Not done on purpose. Couldn’t figure out how to turn autostart off. Hit link to see video.