An unusual style for a robot, here's a prototype that you've surely never seen before: the
bridge robot!
Even if the model shown below is a miniature the size of a toy, the principle could certainly be replicated on a scale the size of a military vehicle, for example.
The
Stilzkin EXT3 robot is actually a self-guided robotic vehicle equipped with a detachable bridge which it can lay down before it in order to cross an obstacle such as a river or gap in a mountain.
The video will convince you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZEU1fZPD9A
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dvice