Wall-Climbing Robot

Check this out: Researchers at SRI International have come up with a wall-climbing robot – one that uses electro-adhesion to attach to the wall. There is a video at the Popular Mechanics link, which shows a tracked ‘vehicle’ climbing up a normal household wall. Pretty neat technology. Spotted at Gizmodo.

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    El Seed

    Wow! I think this could have great applications on the nano-scale. The principle could be even more effective there.

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