GOOD, BECAUSE THE ONES WE HAVE NOW AREN'T GETTING THE JOB DONE
GE Research team developing giant robotic earthworm
(Thanks to Jim Kenaston)
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May 27, 2020
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I saw them open for Lou Reed.
Posted by: vaporsmith | May 27, 2020 at 11:41 AM
..soon to be found procreating in the wilds of the Everglades, no doubt.
Posted by: cfjk | May 27, 2020 at 11:46 AM
I hear they make good bait for robotic fish.
Posted by: Jim | May 27, 2020 at 11:54 AM
This type of underground boring tools have been around for a long time. A friend of my dad had a plumbing business and used a Schramm Pneumagopher to drive a hole for piping or electronic cable under a road without have to close it to traffic.
It worked well for a time until the gopher hit a rock or something to knock it off course and cause it to pop up in the fast lane of an Interstate highway. A truck did it in and also caused a few fender benders that made the news.
Maybe the robot earthworm will be smarter than a pneumagopher, but I wouldn't bet on it.
https://kraftauctions.hibid.com/lot/25205-88773-292601/schramm-pneumatic-gopher/
Posted by: Le Petomane | May 27, 2020 at 12:25 PM
“Our ultimate holy grail is to make this fully autonomous."
good idea
just what we need now ...
Posted by: veee | May 27, 2020 at 12:27 PM
What ever happened to Earthworm Jim?
Posted by: John | May 27, 2020 at 12:40 PM
Yeah, these things are how you end up with ghosts haunting you.
Posted by: wiredog | May 27, 2020 at 12:49 PM
If you're not real careful to stay on task, this is what can happen when you start a company to make light bulbs.
Posted by: Clankie | May 27, 2020 at 12:59 PM
The question is whether they'll actually catch giant robotic fish.
Posted by: Rod Nunley | May 27, 2020 at 01:49 PM
Key quote:
”The lead segment tapers to a point and the following segments expand and contract in a rhythmic pulsing motion; the lengthening segments push the nose forward through the soil...”
C’mon, we all know what they’re really planning to make with this technology. (wink wink)
Posted by: klezmerphan | May 27, 2020 at 01:56 PM
On Arrakis you don't mess with the worms. I don't think I'd mess with this one either.
Posted by: LeDud | May 27, 2020 at 02:40 PM
Haven't these people ever watched 1950s thriller movies?
Posted by: wanderer2575 | May 27, 2020 at 10:42 PM
Autonomous robotic graboids. 2020 just keeps getting better.
Posted by: Okie | May 28, 2020 at 08:15 AM
This must be one of the GE divisions that they're not trying to sell.
Posted by: Ed. | May 29, 2020 at 10:00 AM