Jul 16 2009Reptilian Death Machines: More Robot Snakes
Snakes are inherently scary because of their phallic form factor, so you can imagine how I feel about robot snakes. This frightening bastard, created at Carnegie Mellon (watch your back!), is capable of traversing a variety of terrain, including, and not just limited to: handrails and stripper poles. I'll tell you what though: first time I see a robotic snake on stage at the Beaver Bungalow, I'm burning that dam to the ground.
Carnegie Mellon's robotic snake stars in a glamour video [engadget]
Thanks to Chase is First and steve, who once screamed "ROBOTIC SNAKE!" in line at an amusement park and got to ride in the front of the coaster twice before people finally caught on.
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Reader Comments
1. Frst - July 16, 2009 12:11 PM
awsome
First
2. Enflamed - July 16, 2009 12:14 PM
it had to be a snake, i HATE snakes....but they do taste pretty good.
3. naas - July 16, 2009 12:15 PM
After watching that I'll need to be delivering a package to the white oval office. Also, wouldn't it be easier to use the stairs?
4. jaja - July 16, 2009 12:16 PM
Lol at first comment's name...
Learn to spell please :)
Also, I love that snake !!!
5. jaja - July 16, 2009 12:18 PM
Also @ Enflamed
Please don't use your inflected form words here...
6. FDSY - July 16, 2009 12:18 PM
um.
Robosnakes will be the least of my problems in the coming Robopocalypse. Any of you guys see those Big Dog robots? Yeah. That's the death bringer.
7. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - July 16, 2009 12:27 PM
@6
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/03/post_10.php
This is back when GW and I agreed on robots. What happend GW?
8. noodle - July 16, 2009 12:27 PM
i need one for my but... i mean, my military espionage operations.
9. STOMPY (just discovered what F5 and alt+F4 and ctrl+w does) - July 16, 2009 12:37 PM
@GFS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJc
This video is funnier!
10. Amy - July 16, 2009 12:45 PM
Hmm, I wonder if this could have any more practical uses in the future......ladies?
11. FDSY - July 16, 2009 12:45 PM
@7
Haha good things for the things. Yeah. Those bastards are formidable to say the least.
12. LSDiesel - July 16, 2009 12:55 PM
Excellent.
Everything is going according to plan.
13. menasor - July 16, 2009 12:57 PM
robotic trouser snake, can climb a pole,. but can it get into your pants?
14. Adam - July 16, 2009 1:06 PM
It's ok. This one needs an extension cord to operate, and you know how hard it is to find those things when you need them.
15. OobNosferatu - July 16, 2009 1:15 PM
The music does not suit the lame video at all. It's just a convulsing thing doing extremely slow and lame movements... the music is saying "HOLY SHITT I AM FREAKING AWESOME AHHHHHHHHH" ... - no, it doesn't fit at all.
16. Ollie Williams - July 16, 2009 1:23 PM
That's scary as hell. Stompy, hold me.
17. Jolie Rouge - July 16, 2009 1:24 PM
KILL IT! KILL IT WITH NUCLEAR FIRE!
18. Taylored - July 16, 2009 1:52 PM
Robots with long extension cords are not very frightening.
"It's coming right for us! ...well it was. I think it may be hung up on that bush. Yep. Looks like we are okay for now."
19. Angel - July 16, 2009 1:52 PM
I agree with Adam, until they find a way to make this thing cordless, I'm not too worried. Hmmm, wait a min.... I already have a cordless snake! It's in my nightstand and it's called a vibrator! LOL! Def not scared now - BRING IT you slinky li'l bastard!
20. Chase is First - July 16, 2009 3:07 PM
I think it's funny when people see "Chase is First" in the effin "Thanks to"
section of the effin story and still have the nerve, nay, the audacity to still say
FIRST!
Shame on you, and by shame I mean, EFF YOU, sir.
And what the hell? Whose been bitchin' about the language? This is
GEEKOLOGIE, not Little House on the Prairie. I'm sure you'd like to go live in a land with the GW, birds and other mythical creatures... but guess what? It aint gonna happen.
Git Gud Noob!
21. STOMPYS RIGHT NUT'S NUTS - July 16, 2009 3:15 PM
We have a trouser snake like that!
22. Jerry - July 16, 2009 3:49 PM
You know, with the cord, that becomes a really long snake.
http://bootelicious.mybrute.com
23. Daisy - July 16, 2009 5:21 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max witnessed a murder and had to ride on a plane with Mace Windu to testify about it. There were a crapload of snakes on the plane, but Max evaded them.
24. Jaded Icon - July 17, 2009 7:47 AM
@ 10
Don't pretend you don't have 2 already......