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The “clothbot” climbs up your pants and shirt. Yes, it’s creepy.

Tibi Puiu by Tibi Puiu
May 21, 2012
in Robotics, Technology, Videos

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But, not in China, where researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese University of Hong Kong developed this versatile, fabric-climbing robot. Using a pair of gripper wheels to create and cling to a fold in the cloth, the robot creates a resulting wrinkle onto which it can roll easily; an omnidirectional tail allows for re-balancing. The machine has no issue climbing up cotton fabric or jeans.

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If you’re unsure about its purpose, the scientists involved in its development claim that potential applications include the toy industry, an automated body-checker (if you’re okay with this contraption clinging on your newly ironed shirt) or even as a climbing mobile phone, which climbs up your shoulder (not that practical…).

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The clothbot was present this week at the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in St. Paul, Minn.

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