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Meet Larifuga, the Prototype Robot House That Walks

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This may be the oddest robot that we've ever seen. Meet Larifuga, the robot house that's designed to walk on her 8 feet. You heard right, this robot prototype of a walking building was designed by architects of Russia's Samara State Technical University and was exhibited in Volgograd on Wednesday. You'll never guess what this machine is designed to do. The designers claim that Larifuga can become a cheap office-space alternative for today's small businesses. The anatomy of the prototype’s legs is designed to replicate the limbs of mammals, reptiles and insects. Four of the legs always stay still when the robot moves to make sure that it doesn't tip over. The prototype is currently made of laminate, but designers are planning to use metal and concrete in the future, just like a real house. Do you think houses in the future might be able to walk around?

Added on the 27/04/2017 17:59:15 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN

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