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MANTIS: The 6 legged drivable robot
- laumars 13y agoIt doesn't come across in Huffington's article, but the engineer of this has an amusing flippancy about his creation: "It wasn't built to be efficient and fast. It was built to look cool and insect-like and fun. "But legs are very inefficient - the wheel was invented for a reason," source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22231365 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22231365 Regardless of whether it has any practical applications, it's certainly one of the most awesome hobby projects I've ever seen.