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Mondo Spiderbot Helps Evil Engineers Terrorize Hippies

by Warren Riddle on June 5, 2010 at 01:00 PM

Mondo Spider

Tiny spiders incite more fear and paranoia in humans than arguably any other insect animal (except @$&#! roaches). So, without fail, depraved and merciless humans frequently construct massive spiderbots capable of wreaking wanton destruction and paralyzing poor arachnophobes. Even though the annual Burning Man freak festival claims to enforce "rules that serve to protect the health, safety, and experience of the community at large," an eclectic group of eccentric masochists plans to unleash a Mondo Spider on the gathering's whimsical, unfettered revelers.

The Mondo group first demonstrated its 8-legged project in 2006, and upgrades now allow a single captain to effectively steer "1,700 lbs of mechanical mayhem." Apparently, the contraption represents the "world's first walking electric vehicle," and will undoubtedly send hundreds of bohemians on hallucinogens scrambling for the med tents. Robots are obviously always awesome, but that spectacle alone will be worth the price of admission. Amateur anthropologists, robot lovers and hopeful participants will have to wait until August 30th to experience the inevitable chaos and hippie hilarity, though. [From: Neatorama]

Tags: arachnophobia, Burning Man, BurningMan, mondo spider, MondoSpider, robot, robot insect, robotics, RobotInsect, spiders, top

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