Watch Out For The 12 Foot Tall Spiderbot

It is so sci-fi sounding that people could swear it was an evil plot in a comic book. However, Jaimie Mantzel is really trying to build a giant spider that he can drive. He claims that the robot would be able to help him carry logs up to his lair.

According to The Escapist, his project started with a small robotic spider that was about the size of his hand. Once he had the test spider down, it was only a matter of making it big enough for him to ride in.

Called the “Giant Robot Project,” he has documented this process on YouTube. Jaimie’s channel alone has received over 2 million views.

He says that he’s about 80% finished with his giant spiderbot, and that a month or two more of work should see it finished. He’s not going to test-drive it, though, until he’s absolutely sure it won’t engulf him in a fireball of horrible spider-shaped wreckage “Honestly, there’s no way in hell I’m getting on that thing till it’s well tested,” he said. “It’s kinda scary.”

The spider isn’t the first thing he’s built; before he could even start the giant robot, he had to build a 4-story dome house with a trampoline floor, a lumber mill, and a workshop, all from scratch in the middle of the Vermont woods. The area is so remote, in fact, that he had to build a road to it himself.

Video after the jump.

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