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EARTHDATE: July 22, 2018

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ROBOT OF THE WEEK: TARS FROM INTERSTELLAR COMES TO LIFE

by Hazed

One of the fun things about the film Interstellar was the design of the robot, TARS, which was like no other robot seen before. It wasn’t a humanoid, or shaped like a trashcan, but consisted of four metal beams which hinged to allow it to “walk”.

In the film, of course, the robot was created using puppetry and CGI, but now some students are working on a real-life version that will move around on its own.

These robot-builders are students at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. They have used clever control systems to keep their robot on its “feet”.

Watch a video of this version of TARS here: https://io9.gizmodo.com/interstellars-wisecracking-robot-tars-is-one-wobbly-s-1826448444

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