starfish: walking self-conscious robot

[f0dder]

Pretty interesting stuff... still needs a lot of work before it becomes very usable, but nonetheless...


http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=823
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=830

[nudone]

looks like a head-crab from half-life 2, especially those big spider ones.

valve ought to buy into the project and start selling them - i'd rather have one of those running around than the robosapien.

[cranioscopical]

With looks like that it needs to be unself-conscious!

I see that the iRobot people have a trial balloon for an eavestrough-cleaning robot.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/29/irobots-looj-wants-to-clean-yer-damn-gutters/

Having spent most of yesterday at the top of a 30-foot ladder I'm all for some other little creep creeper taking over that task.
Sadly, I don't think it's necessarily small size would have enough mass to do a good job but one can hope.