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wxci Says:

Aug 7, 2006 - pretty interesting

hepmerhonda Says:

Aug 7, 2006 - when will we being seeing these used?

offstages Says:

Aug 9, 2006 - japan is so far ahead of us

munshter Says:

Oct 26, 2006 - i member seeing one of theez in a japanese robot convention but it had wheels on every side it cud roll on AND it cud go underwater with the camera. crazy shyt. they had the same in form of hexapod bot

pittsburghgenius Says:

Oct 31, 2006 - The important thing to realize about these CMU robots is that they are constained by the same general type of anatomy as real snakes, and yet they can be made to propel themselves in several different ways. When was the last time you saw a snake with wheels? Adding wheels makes it much easier to make impressive looking movements, but is in a sense "cheating." Such things also introduce a lot of engineering problems (such as, what happens when the wheels clog up with debris?).

Andronx Says:

Dec 24, 2006 - Ah true. but it should always come down to "What's practical" rather than "What's stylish"

joutube01 Says:

Jan 11, 2007 - about time you put one of our snake vids on here

gosciu555 Says:

Jul 5, 2007 - not really. they're not that good at innovation. they have more appreciation for technology and robots are more commonly used but it doesn't mean that they're soo far ahead

gosciu555 Says:

Jul 5, 2007 - . they often use a hard headed aproach and do a lot of engineering intensive work instead of inovating. for example asimo is super engineering intensive and complicated, so its not likelly to develop in the future whereas a lot of people in the states are working on emulating biology and more clever solutions to eng. problems.if you want to know about japan read alex kerr's dogs and demons.

haxxledoor Says:

May 21, 2008 - Interesting :)

bradcooldudeman Says:

Jul 10, 2008 - CMU is my dream school. I too saw the Japanese robotic snake. Although i saw it in an issue "Popular Science". Search-and-robots are in high demand with the war on terrorism.