Defiance of Science » rigid http://www.defianceofscience.com Discussing and Defying New and Interesting Advancements in Science Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:09:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Robot blob Jamming technlogy from dept. of defence http://www.defianceofscience.com/tech/robot-blob-jamming-technlogy-from-dept-of-defence/ http://www.defianceofscience.com/tech/robot-blob-jamming-technlogy-from-dept-of-defence/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:48:48 +0000 Glucid http://www.defianceofscience.com/?p=161 Is that a kumquat? No wait, a testicle? Maybe a beachball? No perhaps a useless robot that can roll around by emulating all the former? YES!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbqHERKdlK8

bat wings? yes please!

Made at the University of Chicago, this prototype’s soft body wall is made of compartments that can be flipped between rigid and flexible states, while a void at its centre can be pumped up with or emptied of air. The robot can “walk” by loosening a few of the skin compartments and letting the pumped-up central space bulge the body wall outwards.

Technology explained above will now allow squishy balls easy access almost nowhere! Lookout world, because here comes the boring!

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