I really love how its movement is so fluid, especially in the video you just linked to.
Is there any reason you couldn't power it via battery, instead of tethering it?
Is there any reason you couldn't power it via battery, instead of tethering it?
As a research project, a lot of the research is on the motion and mechanism design. Given limited resources (both budget and people), battery power was removed from the scope of the project until there's a strong reason to do it. It's more of an engineering challenge than actual science if that makes sense.
I was just thinking how cool it'd be to let it climb up the whole tree by itself.