SKIRMISHER

No matter what your brain tells you, this is actually a car. And its creator General Motors says it was modeled after the ant. So that’s why they’re calling it The Ant.

It considers the ant “nature’s best commuter” because, as a team, ants do well at coordinating traffic. The Ant would use a more enhanced version of GM’s current OnStar communications system to create vehicle-to-vehicle communication for coordinating traffic patterns.

Three independent wheel systems and “electro-active polymer actuators” acting as artificial muscles would allow the car to contort into many different configurations…Was that idea based on the rubber-tree plant?

The Ant, and a lineup of other mind-blowing “RoboCars of 2057” from the LA Auto Show can be found here.

Stumble it!