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Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute - Celebrity Keynote
August 28th, 2009 at 7:23 am

SpiderBot Walks on the Ceiling by Shooting Retractable Suction Cups

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The robotics lab at Ben Gurion University in Israel has created a robot that walks on the ceiling. SpiderBot has suction cups tethered to the ends of its four legs.  It aims a leg at a spot on the ceiling, then shoots the cup at it.  Then it reels itself toward the spot, releases a rear leg’s suction cup, and slowly repeats the process. 

(Video after the jump.)

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