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Ellipse:
Here's one able to climb walls. His name is Paraswift and come from the collaboration of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Disney Research.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb2lZ5d8B1c

(September 7, 2011)

Sirius:
Awesome indeed.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/09/09/paraswift-is-a-robot-that-climbs-up-buildings-and-base-jumps/


--- Quote ---According to the project team’s website, the robot employs a fast-moving impeller which is capable of generating a partial vacuum. The site claims to achieve an adhesion force of 40 Newtons [...]
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The project site: http://www.paraswift.ethz.ch/index3.php?page=projekt&subpage=technik&lang=en

Ellipse:
Sirius, feel free to put the link without the underscore when it's not a disinfo site :).

Gandalf:

--- Quote from: Ellipse on September 14, 2011, 10:47:26 PM ---Sirius, feel free to put the link without the underscore when it's not a disinfo site :).

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Indeed, but if you have some doubts, don't take any chance and keep using the underscore.  :halo:

tschai:
Pretty freaky-the potential for covert use is obvious-if they build one that can wash windows and clean gutters, now THAT would be useful!  :lol:

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