With conspiracy theorists teeming with excitement over Google’s potential Skynet plot (buying Schaft, Boston Dynamics, self driving cars…what gives?), roboticists Yasuhiko Ishigure, Katsuyuki Hirai, and Haruhisa Kawasaki, are adding to the fray, with this lumberjack bot.
This chainsaw bot is not only capable of climbing up and down trees, but can also dismember them without human interaction. The robot can spiral its way up tree trunks ranging from 2.3 to 9.8 inches in diameter, and easily lops of limbs up to about two inches in diameter without a second thought…actually, without a thought at all.
Behold, the ”Pruning Robot With a Power-Saving Chainsaw Drive.”
It doesn’t matter how much smooth jazz you play as it tears up the tree, slicing off branches, it’s still a deadly machine. While the machine could definitely reduce the need for human labor, the fact that it can climb and slice limbs seems like a horror movie waiting to happen. Imagine what this thing could do if it latched onto your leg. Eesh.
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