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**Brian Ellis** · 20 December 2006, 03:49

Must be a whip scorpion - only has 6 legs, so is an insect!

**Dr Mordrid** · 20 December 2006, 04:09

Mentioned scorpion because of the "tail".

OTOH if you go ROV, batteries and add a pair of manipulators it might make a cool lunar/Mars rover on steroids.

**Brian Ellis** · 20 December 2006, 04:23

Hate to think of the energy consumption, though. I doubt whether batteries would be viable!

**Dr Mordrid** · 20 December 2006, 04:47

Meet NASA's SpiderNaut. This image is a 1/4 scale prototype

NASA's Spidernaut robot arachnid

http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/16/nasas-spidernaut-robot-arachnid/

We've heard tell of NASA's Spidernaut, a large robot designed to service spacecraft, but after finally seeing it in action we're not so sure humans are fully prepared to battle against robots in the coming rebellion -- this thing is pretty hardcore. Supposedly its current incarnation is only 1/4 of the final size, but the target is a 600 pound robot that can distribute weight evenly over its eight legs to avoid damaging the skin of the spacecraft or for scurrying across solar panels. NASA is even looking into a "web" deployment system for the bot, in which case we're hiding the women and children and locking the doors.

**Nowhere** · 20 December 2006, 06:13

Recently I've also seen some big, 6-legged robot that NASA will supposedly use to move/assembly lunar habitats. Quite a big one...

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REAL spider/scorpion mech

REAL spider/scorpion mech

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