Mar 19 2009Segway Shmegway -- I Want A Cajun Crawler
Segways are stupid and have wheels. Cajun Crawlers are awesome and have little feet that can scurry you across the room like a bug quicker than you can say, "Gob would love this!"
Based on the work of kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen, the Cajun Crawler holds up a Segway-style platform with a scary collection of steampunk-like mechanical legs, which can scurry across a floor with surprising agility. The project was built by a team of folks at the University of Louisiana.
Skip to about 1:00 for the action to begin. And action it is! My God that thing is creepy as all hell. One part of me wants to yell "ROBOT!" and smash it to pieces but another wants to ride it into the gently rolling surf until I'm submerged, where I'll be greeted by topless mermaids whom I will pose with and then post the pictures on my Facebook. Later that night, I'll come back with a snorkel and seduce one into living in my bathtub. Just like Tom Hanks in Splash, but with a harpoon.
Cajun Crawler swaps Segway wheels for Theo Jansen's creepy leg mechanism [engadget]
Thanks to Leon, The Short One and Phecda, who are cool with just walking.
Reader Comments
1. catch22 - March 19, 2009 2:03 PM
nice!
2. naas - March 19, 2009 2:05 PM
Definitely better than a segway, totally agree
3. poop on my small shaft - March 19, 2009 2:06 PM
Well the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You dont look at their faces
And you dont ask their names
You dont think of them as human
You dont think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money
Keeping your eyes on the wall
Chorus
Im your private dancer
A dancer for money
Ill do what you want me to do
Im your private dancer
A dancer money
Any old music will do
I wanna make a million dollars
I wanna live out by the sea
Have a husband and some children
Yeah I guess I want a family
All the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You dont look at their faces
And you dont ask their names
Repeat chorus twice
Deutschmarks or dollars
American express will nicely thank you
Let me loosen up your collar
Tell me do you wanna see me do the shimmy again
Repeat chorus
4. Spith - March 19, 2009 2:13 PM
I think the government should be providing these free of charge.
5. m0nkey - March 19, 2009 2:14 PM
wow this is awesome. ingenious engineering. there doesnt even look like there is the bouncing up and down feeling from multiple-legged animals/machines.
6. paineel - March 19, 2009 2:15 PM
omg that not fat girl at all GW you f tard, you want her to dress up as zelda?? or maybe link? i think she could dress up as the entire star wars universe all the characters at once, could you imagine if she had JEDI mind powers???
there are a hell of alot of midichlorines in her, either from birth or from eating the Jedi Council
7. Kyle - March 19, 2009 2:19 PM
I want one LOL
8. dubba - March 19, 2009 2:19 PM
it needs to be attached to the bottom of a recliner
9. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 19, 2009 2:20 PM
@6
Wrong thread dipshit.
10. QUASIMODEM - March 19, 2009 2:20 PM
Crap
11. Mike Hawk - March 19, 2009 2:22 PM
finally something gayer than the Segway....Fail
12. paineel - March 19, 2009 2:24 PM
now for this thread, i just cant my brain off the horror show of I love GW damn there are things you cant unsee damn it i hope you know that people were about to eat. im going to some BB Q at work here what if one of those ribs was in her jawl.
13. wes - March 19, 2009 2:28 PM
What's wrong Michael? Are you too chicken?
14. Brian - March 19, 2009 2:34 PM
Both the person who filmed and the person who edited this video have no skill and should give up. Choppy video and terrible editing made me shut this clip off at 30s.
Oh yea, the crawler is pretty cool.
15. Jim - March 19, 2009 2:40 PM
With all that ingenuity and they didn't have the foresight to make a longer f|_|cking handle bar??? How about a telescopic one that goes tall or short, so that they don't have to hunch over when standing or shrug when sitting. Retards.
16. Pew³ - March 19, 2009 2:46 PM
I like turtles.
17. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 19, 2009 2:56 PM
#16
I like pie.
18. Pat - March 19, 2009 2:58 PM
Very cool, but I think George Lucas gonna sue somebody for use of the THX theme.
19. naas - March 19, 2009 3:03 PM
fückin fück fückers
20. Pew³ - March 19, 2009 3:24 PM
@17.
Turtle pie! Mmmmmmmmmm
Gordon "Hey you got turtle in my pie"
Pew³ "Hey you got pie on my turtle"
21. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 19, 2009 3:36 PM
@20
Stop. You're making me want to go to the turtle races and eat pie. The turtle races aren't until September. This will ruin my whole spring/summer.
22. r-tard - March 19, 2009 3:42 PM
All I could think about is those damn horseshoe crabs at Seaworld. Video is meh till about 4:12. Anything with "riding dirty" just makes me laugh for some reason.
Now if they just invented some sort of cream to get rid of these damn horseshoe crabs I would be a happy man.
23. Kanten - March 19, 2009 4:08 PM
For epic win, attach that to some guy with no legs.
24. r-tard - March 19, 2009 4:22 PM
@23
already done - xmen's mojo
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/jackelattack/Mojo_001.jpg
25. Rhialto - March 19, 2009 4:31 PM
I couldn't determine that quick this 'centipede' in this clip.But i saw it's powered by two rechargeable tool batteries! There's never an excuse anymore for being late because of a flat tire! Awesome and well done folks!
26. pezcore - March 19, 2009 5:34 PM
I just love the constant Arrested Development references.
27. BB - March 19, 2009 10:19 PM
looking at the break down this is a relatively easy thing to make (now that they've done all the physics and sizing for us :-D)
28. feckless - March 19, 2009 10:36 PM
after I raised my head up from laughing myself into mental illness, I bowed my head again to the true southern genius that occurs every so often when too much time on their hands and liquor is involved.
That being said, I want one and I am going to name it Neil Sedaka.
29. James - March 20, 2009 1:02 AM
@24 All i could think about while watching the clip was mojo.
30. Valkyrie - March 20, 2009 2:33 AM
and by harpoon you meant penis DIDNT YA??!!
I dont know. I'd like them as crab skates. one on each foot ,they wouldnt be synchronized which would just add to the awesome. Oh and they would need to be at lest three times bigger. and have teeth and glowing eyes.
31. Dinosaur Rex - March 20, 2009 5:11 AM
Make it less faggy and bigger
We'll see crab people everywhere in the future, i just can't imagine how did they glue that giant crab to that platform
32. Wes - March 20, 2009 7:33 AM
worst music editing in a youtube video goes to..
33. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 20, 2009 8:42 AM
It kind of looks like a team of tiny metal horses underneath the platform. Neat.
34. David - March 21, 2009 9:16 PM
I love it - It's a Dr. Zoidberg scuttle machine !
35. Biomechanic - April 10, 2009 10:25 AM
Advance the technology a bit to be more flexible and then we're looking at running, walking, and jumping tanks.
36. Denver The Last Dinosaur - May 1, 2009 10:45 PM
copied crawler pattern from Theo Jansen - Strandbeest?
37. BBR - May 26, 2009 2:17 PM
Creepy looking.
But most certainly seems familiar. It's definitely has potential though.