Scientists Create Clothbot, a Clothes Climbing Robot

Posted on May 18, 2012

Researchers from China's Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology have created Clothbot, a robot that can climb a wide variety of clothing. In this demonstration, Clothbot, which weighs just 140 grams, climbs up a shirt and some pants. Take a look:

IEEE Spectrum's Automaton notes this is the second cloth climbing robot. The University of California, Berkeley launched CLASH, which can rapidly climb up a coach, last year.

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