Wall-climbing robot scales nearly any building material

May 21st, 2008 | Category: Gadgets

Filed under: Robots

Most of the bots we’ve seen recently have either been targeted at performing human-like tasks or simply too adorable to actually fear, but SRI International’s wall-climbing robot is doing its best to put some terrorism back in the bot game, using something called “electro-adhesion” to cling to nearly any building fabric and climb with surprising alacrity. Electro-adhesion is apparently relatively low-power, and SRI

researchers say that the bots can even climb walls that are covered in dust or other debris. Interesting — just don’t give the thing any cameras or lasers, okay? Video after the break.

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