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Arachnid fanciers rejoice, you can now bring a spiderbot home. OK, perhaps it isn't as terrifying as the all-terrain Mantis which can seat (and perhaps eat?) a human. Maybe it lacks the sting of the scorpion bot, which raises its "tail" if it senses approaching hands. But walk this bot up to a skittish arachnophobe and you'll see the textbook definition of "squeamish." Still, it's no fair, because all this bot wants to do is shake a leg (or eight).
T8, built by a Hong Kong company called Robugtix, is even covered in some faux-spider bug skin for added creep-factor.
Shaped by its 3-D-printed body parts, T8 is driven by 26 motors ? 3 in each leg (that's 24) and two in the abdomen. This robobug can kick its front legs up in the air, squat, stretch, lean to the left, lean to the right and pull off some pretty slick dance moves, as you'll see in the YouTube video above.
Besides that, it's not clear what the robot can be used for, other than the scaring of unwanted human house guests (particularly ones named Ron Weasley).
Robugtix is also selling a cheaper, 6-legged cousin of the T8, named Iitsii. It doesn't look quite as finished as T8, but wait till you see it do the crab walk. Powered by 18 motors, it will walk in straight lines, curved paths, and spin at the same spot.
According to the Robugtix website, T8 is now available for pre-order for a cool $1,350, and will be unleashed sometime in September. The $250 Iitsii can be climbing your way as early as August 31.
Nidhi Subbaraman writes about technology and science. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
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