We’ve seen all manner of the big guy’s creatures replicated into robot form but the one who kicked off in the Garden of Eden has been omitted thus far.
The slivery one is here people, and this time with a purpose….
“When the robot enters a vertical pipe, it lifts its head in the pipe and meets the pipe wall. It can then either move sideways with its abdomen against the pipe and twist itself upwards or it can topple backwards, attach itself to the pipe wall, in the same way as we would put our feet against a shaft wall to hold on, and then roll upwards,” according to a statement from SINTEF.
The final version will apparently reach 1.5 metres in length, very uselful we’re sure but plumbers please call before letting it loose on our faulty plumbing!
