Attack!

By: Rulon Clark Lab | Department: Newscripts | Tags: biorobotics, robosquirrel, robotics, rattlesnakes, animal communication, Rube Goldberg, machine contest, engineering

In this video, robosquirrel approaches a hiding rattlesnake and then either flags its tail or does nothing. The rattlesnake strikes the idle robosquirrel, indicating that the tail flag may warn the snake off.

Referenced in:

Robosquirrel Versus Rattlesnake, Inefficient Balloon Popping