Its beefed up size allows it to support a battery pack that keeps it going for up to 2 hours and an electrically powered air compressor system that drives its pneumatic motion.
In experiments, Tolley's robot was able to walk through a snowstorm with temperatures reaching -9 °C, withstand flames for 20 seconds, resist water and acids as well as having its limbs driven over by a car.
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Just like Stretch Armstrong, it has concentrated acid for blood.
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Reminds me of the crawler at 13:32 in this video: http://youtu.be/781yApQAvPI?t=13m32s
Reminds me of the SRL crawler.
Reading all your robotic news – where the heck is your Grand Challenge Report? I've been anticipating it for weeks!
We shot a ton of video -- just waiting for John to finish editing it!
Maybe it's in the video and not the article, but you got my hopes up that it was hydraulic and using its own electrolyte as fluid - making the battery and the manipulator one piece.