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If I got it right, everything about the spiders was already known, and the only thing suggested in this research is to stick a needle into one, so you can exten
by magic_hamster 4y ago
If I got it right, everything about the spiders was already known, and the only thing suggested in this research is to stick a needle into one, so you can extend and retract its limbs. It doesn't seem too innovative, and very likely they weren't the first to think about it. If they found a way to extend the duration for which these spiders can be used, that would have been more impressive, but even though they made a suggestion, they didn't pursue it.
- corobo 4y agoWithout even realising it was a brag until now I had this idea the moment I heard spiders were hydraulic and dismissed it as silly haha Should have been a scientist
- hammyhavoc 4y agoThey weren't the first to think of it. I wondered this as a child in the 90s, as did my father once I mentioned it. Our conclusion at the time: useless. The cadaver will degrade extremely quickly, thus its usefulness in a factory versus a small metal-based mechanism that has a MTBF measured in months to years is always preferred. Modern pick-and-place machines are far better than any hugely variable cadaver, and decent quality ones will work for a very long time with little maintenance.