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From metafilter: "They call it the first fully autonomous soft-bodied robot, but I prefer to think of it as the first pneumatically self-propelled Wacky Wall Wa
by codeulike 10y ago
From metafilter: "They call it the first fully autonomous soft-bodied robot, but I prefer to think of it as the first pneumatically self-propelled Wacky Wall Walker." (user 'Strange Interlude')
Actually pretty true.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoIt is. And when you think of it that way, why not replace the pretty unsafe [1] hydrogen peroxide with compressed air instead? Academic exercises aside, I don't see how a flow control valve is any less "soft" than having a platinum catalyst. But hey, they're chemists, and when what you have is a hammer... [1] Wikipedia says "pure hydrogen peroxide will explode if heated to boiling, will cause serious contact burns to the skin and can set materials alight on contact." Not to mention it's been widely used for bomb manufacture by terrorists, so today trying to obtain anything stronger than 1% H2O2 as a normal person gets you on a watchlist, or even a phone call from the FBI/local equivalent.
- gene-h 10y agoThing is, it doesn't even translate itself, so it's really more of a 'rocket fuel powered wacky waving tentacle.'