A team of engineers at Rice University successfully reanimated dead spiders to serve as mechanical grippers. Aside from giving us all nightmares, they could be used for a range of purposes including capturing insects and even assembling microelectronics.
, in which they were able to control a dead spider’s legs with puffs of air. The authors described the creation as “necrobotics,” and believe that it could be used for a range of purposes including capturing insects and even assembling microelectronics.
“We understand that many people are put off by the sight of a spider, but from an engineering point of view, the spider’s mechanism of movement is very interesting,” Yap said. “It definitely warrants taking a closer look at these creatures, and learning more from them.”the legs. The mechanism was pretty straightforward: Yap inserted a syringe into a dead wolf spider’s internal hydraulic chamber and added some superglue to hold it in place.
Daniel Preston, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rice and co-author of the paper, told The Daily Beast that, while the experiment has raised a few eyebrows, the general public “has been supportive.”
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