Posted April 15, 2009 by Christen Costa in Robots
 
 

Prototype iRobot Climbs Stairs (video)

stair climbing robot from irobot Prototype iRobot Climbs Stairs (video)

iRobot is hard at work to develop a robot that can walk up and down stairs.  Although I don’t know if this technology will be applied to their vacuums it surely would be a smart move given that’s something their current line of Roombas can’t do.  Hit the video below for a sampling.  The first thing I noticed about it was what some of the parts looked like: crutches and roller blades.

[via Dvice]



Christen Costa

 

Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons - both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought "why not start a blog focusing on technology, and use my dislikes and likes to post on gadgets."