One of the programmers behind Horizon Forbidden West designed 'Carpentopod' to keep stable when strutting around a living room.
Video game programmer and maker Giliam de Carpentier created the mobile end table that seems like the perfect bot to bring you drinks..” As you might have noticed in the video below, it’s a remote-controlled table that scoots by on cute crab legs. The short, stocky remote control end table keeps drinks stable and still fits neatly into the corner when it has done its duty.
Back in 2008, the engineer said—on a whim—he coded a genetic algorithm into C++ that could generate multiple leg variation simulations. In his blog post, de Carpentier described how his program assigned a “fitness” score to each set of legs based on its speed, clearance, and material he used. His code then mixed and matched the best of each set until it spits out a fast and stable limb.
Though not sluggish, the table is not designed to run around forever. De Carpentier told Gizmodo he estimated the LiPo batteries would hold out for at least 15 minutes of active use. It’s not running any marathons, that’s for sure, but I imagine you can stick a bar on top and surprise house guests when you ask them what they’d like to drink.
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