Mondo One Ton 35ft Giant Robot Snake And Spider Transporter (video)
If you are not so keen on snakes and spiders then it might be time to
look away as this mechanical snake called Titanoboa and spider
transporter is enough to give anyone nightmares.
The Titanoboa robot snake measures 35ft long and weighs in at one ton
and once it gets covered with a realistic covering its developers say
it will be able to move underwater. Check them out in the video after the jump.
The creations have been built by the Mondo Crew, part of eatART of
Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting of artists, designers and
builders who enjoy to "make audacious and improbable large-scale
kinetic, robotic, and mechanized sculptures that investigate our human
relationship to energy use.”.
Mondo Crew explain:
"The Titanoboa project
is an exercise in alternative forms of propulsion and power
applications in transport. The purpose is to showcase this experiment by
harnessing and enlarging the mesmerizing movement of the snake. The
huge serpent has undeniable appeal as a surreal mechanical beast that
moves in a seemingly magical way over land and will glide stealthily
through the water.
One or more participants will eventually interact with the piece
by riding it or for the more ambitious, driving it. The complex control
needed to properly move hundreds of individual parts will necessitate a
skilled operator who has taken time to become at one with the serpent.”