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If interested, this provides more context on the Pentagon project: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a32700671/tactical-tunnel-earthworm-robot/
by hhs 5y ago
If interested, this provides more context on the Pentagon project: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a32700671/tactical-tunnel-earthworm-robot/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a32700671/...
- agumonkey 5y agoI kept wondering if Musk microtunnel thing could have been miniaturized to such purposes.
- freemint 5y agoMusk just bought a normal tunnel boring machine for the boring company. No proprietary tunneling hardware so far.
- TaylorAlexander 5y agoThis article claims they have designed their own machine. “unlike traditional tunnel boring machines (TBM), Prufrock is custom designed by The Boring Company, and it is expected to be capable of digging far quicker than its conventional counterparts.” https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-boring-company-prufrock-deployed/ https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-boring-company-prufrock-...
- thedrbrian 5y agoDigging around the net there’s not much on the prufrock. Loads of “tech news” sites repeating tweets or PR puff pieces but no concrete info on what prufrock is doing. Even their website is scarce of info.