The Mantis is a turbo diesel walking machine with six hydraulically-actuated legs, designed and built by Micromagic Systems. The machine is biggest, all-terrain operational hexapod robot in the world. This 2.2-liter British-designed can be piloted or remote WiFi-controlled, stands 2.8 meters high with a five meter working envelope and weighing in at just under two tonnes. Watch the… Continue reading Mantis: Two Tonne Turbo Diesel Walking Machine
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Turbo Charged Terror Tractor
Swedish farmer and builder Rickard Nilsson placed a powerful modified Volvo 240 turbo engine into his (appropriately named) “Terror” tractor. Watch Rickard tears across fields at high speeds in the video below. via: Laughing Squid