Sunday, June 1, 2008

Robot climbs Grand Canyon on AA batteries

In this photo released Tuesday, May 27, 2008 by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., in Tokyo, robot Evolta on a pair of Panasonic's AA batteries climbs up a rope dangling from a crevice in Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz., on its way to moving up some 530 meters (1,740 feet) Saturday, May 24, 2008, in six hours and 46 minutes, according to Matsushita, which makes Panasonic brand products. The 17 centimeter (6.7 inch)-tall, 130 gram (5 ounce) imp-shaped robot is powered by new alkaline batteries Evolta which are being billed as the world's longest lasting, according to Guinness World Records. Watch out Energizer Bunny. Robot Evolta kept climbing and climbing — up a rope dangling from a Grand Canyon cliff for nearly seven hours on a pair of AA batteries that Japan's Panasonic is billing as the world's longest lasting.




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