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08-23-2016, 09:51 PM
China's Xpider robot is inspired by the magic of Pixar films
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When the robots come for our weak human flesh during the Singularity (http://mashable.com/category/the-singularity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), let's hope they're at least as cute as the Xpider (http://lp.xpider.me/), a robot being developed by a small team in Beijing.*
The developers, who were originally inspired by the cyclops character, Mike, from Monsters, Inc. (http://mashable.com/category/monsters-inc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), created a tiny spider-like machine that can walk, recognize objects and detect and record faces via its camera eye.*
The team used 3D-printed (http://mashable.com/category/3d-printer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) components and Intel Edison and Curie (http://mashable.com/2015/01/06/intel-tiny-curie-system-on-a-chip/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) modules, which were both designed to make it easier for open source device creators to quickly develop in**vative prototypes and products.*
Weighing just 150 grams, the robot isn't available just yet, but the team is planning to launch a crowdfunding campaign soon, which means the Xpider might be commercially available in the near future. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/xpider-robot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Asia (http://mashable.com/category/asia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Intel (http://mashable.com/category/intel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Beijing (http://mashable.com/category/beijing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), China (http://mashable.com/category/china/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Robots (http://mashable.com/category/robots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Jchre-AHzME
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When the robots come for our weak human flesh during the Singularity (http://mashable.com/category/the-singularity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), let's hope they're at least as cute as the Xpider (http://lp.xpider.me/), a robot being developed by a small team in Beijing.*
The developers, who were originally inspired by the cyclops character, Mike, from Monsters, Inc. (http://mashable.com/category/monsters-inc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), created a tiny spider-like machine that can walk, recognize objects and detect and record faces via its camera eye.*
The team used 3D-printed (http://mashable.com/category/3d-printer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) components and Intel Edison and Curie (http://mashable.com/2015/01/06/intel-tiny-curie-system-on-a-chip/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) modules, which were both designed to make it easier for open source device creators to quickly develop in**vative prototypes and products.*
Weighing just 150 grams, the robot isn't available just yet, but the team is planning to launch a crowdfunding campaign soon, which means the Xpider might be commercially available in the near future. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/xpider-robot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Asia (http://mashable.com/category/asia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Intel (http://mashable.com/category/intel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Beijing (http://mashable.com/category/beijing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), China (http://mashable.com/category/china/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Robots (http://mashable.com/category/robots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Jchre-AHzME