Were in Adams cave to check out one of his obsessions, a robot spider with incredibly realistic movement. Adam shows off the special box and platform he built to tinker and calibrate the spider, and then sends it crawling around the pool table in his shop. Its not for the arachnophobic!
Titanoboa is a reincarnation of the ancient 50ft long serpent
rendered extinct by past climate change. It was built at eatART in East Vancouver, BC, Canada
«With the BionicKangaroo, Festo has technologically reproduced the unique way the kangaroo moves.
Like its natural role model, it can recover the energy exerted when jumping, store it and retrieve it efficiently on the next jump.»
At 3.2m high its a monster! Weight? No idea but theres not one piece can be lifted by one person.
Thanks to eBay for working with us on this project its amazing that all the components came from there site.
Check out the build videos
Part 1https://youtu.be/kSuaykdvl4I
Part 2 youtu.be/FO6My1joJVc
We get a demo of Prothesis, the exoskeleton mech suit designed by Jonathan Tippett and his team. This 8000 pound mech is directly controlled by Jonathan using his arms and legs, without any stabilizing gimbals or gyros. Jonathan explains how he has to essentially relearn to crawl in the Prosthesis, and we see and hear this massive machine lumber across a parking lot.