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I really love how its movement is so fluid, especially in the video you just linked to. Is there any reason you couldn't power it via battery, instead of tethe

• cornellwright 12y ago
  In the past we did some that were battery powered, and it's doable. As a research project, a lot of the research is on the motion and mechanism design. Given limited resources (both budget and people), battery power was removed from the scope of the project until there's a strong reason to do it. It's more of an engineering challenge than actual science if that makes sense.
  • deutronium 12y ago
    Cheers, yeah I imagine for lab work it makes more sense to have it tethered. I was just thinking how cool it'd be to let it climb up the whole tree by itself.