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[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches 91 points 2 months ago (2 children)

These little dudes can move 1.3 feet per second which is absolutely insane

[–] wander1236 84 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Gonna take a long time to move all their feet

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the trick is you gotta decide which order you’re going with first

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

oh yeah my dad told me his mechatronics thesis was about building a robot that has legs and moves like a spider ... so, almost centipede. he told me they also looked at centipedes just for reference.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Conversion from freedom units 🦅🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲🦅 to metric 🌍🌏 please

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

396mm/s.

Which is like 396/1000 of a meter!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

2 5$ Footlongs a second

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Wait what? $5 footlongs are only like 6.5 inches long? Not that there's anything wrong with that length. It's above average really.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Not American, but this actually helped.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

40cm/s or 1.4km/h

[–] Imgonnatrythis 2 points 2 months ago

Roughly 31 degrees centimeters