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I do not think this video was made by the lab that invented this. I couldn't find where they got the video clips from, but I did find a video about an earlier i

by elil17 4y ago

I do not think this video was made by the lab that invented this. I couldn't find where they got the video clips from, but I did find a video about an earlier iteration of a cilia-based pipe robot from the same lab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGJXTUZbbWA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGJXTUZbbWA I believe the spherical gear is used to move the "elephant head."

rtkwe 4y ago
It's unclear to me if this is an offshoot from that university lab trying to get interest in commercialization of their tech or if it's a content mill setup looking to cash in on this obscure-ish Japanese research lab's robots. I could believe either and the kind of production fits either to me.