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{{Short description|Ground analysis robot based on suspected fraudulent technology}}
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The '''TR Araña''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]) meaning ''route tracing spider'' is a robot which is claimed to remotely analyse the composition of the ground. The device was created by [[Chile]]an inventor Manuel Salinas and was reported to be able to operate at depths of up to 50 metres. It is widely believed by the scientific community to be a fraud—however there has not yet been a thorough independent investigation into either of the claims.
The '''TR Araña''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]], meaning "route tracing spider") is a robot that is claimed to remotely analyse the composition of the ground. The device was created by [[Chile]]an inventor Manuel Salinas and was reported to be able to operate at depths of up to 50 metres. It is widely believed by the scientific community to be a fraud.<ref>{{Cite web|title=El blog de Alexis Ibarra: Cómo El Mercurio desenmascaró a Arturito|url=http://poleras.blogspot.com/2005/10/cmo-el-mercurio-desenmascar-arturito.html|access-date=2022-02-12|language=en}}</ref>


==How it works==
==Principles==
Answering a request by the Chilean Commission on Nuclear Energy, Salinas wrote the following paragraph:
Salinas has said that his machine works by searching for materials based on their atomic composition. By programming it with 1,500 different atomic profiles the machine is able to send out a signal and receive it back once it finds the required elements. It uses an [[algorithm]] to analyze the elements that have been detected.


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{{quotation|"[The principle behind the robot is] The [[non-linear system|non linear]] [[integral|integration]] of the basic unit of life conformation the way it is known; therefore and merely as a functional and explanatory concept, I detail that our device is the integration of highly sophisticated [[electronics|electronic]] components which are able to decipher the unanimity equation in the [[chaos theory]] in the context of an integral raised to the power of the [[Nth root|radical]] [[exponentiation|exponent]], based in the conformation of the [[species]], the way they are known after 20,000 years of assisted [[evolution]]."|Manuel Salinas<ref>{{cite web
At a presentation at the [[Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María]] in [[Valparaíso]], [[Chile]], on 12 October 2005 Salinas gave fantastic and seemingly irrational theories to explain how his machine worked.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Before an audience of students, physicists and engineers he offered the following explanations:
|url=http://poleras.blogspot.com/2005/10/cmo-el-mercurio-desenmascar-arturito.html
{{quotation|"We isolate an atom, and put it inside a vacuum chamber, that means absolute zero atmosphere and gravity. Then we irradiate it and wait for it to decant. Then we spin that atom backwards over its own axis and that irradiates the profile that we store."|Manuel Salinas}}
|title=Robótica: "Arturito" no convence a los físicos
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{{quotation|"[The principle behind the robot is] The [[nonlinearity|non linear]] [[integral|integration]] of the basic unit of life conformation the way it is known; therefore and merely as a functional and explanatory concept, I detail that our device is the integration of highly sophisticated [[electronics|electronic]] components which are able to decipher the unanimity equation in the [[chaos theory]] in the context of an integral raised to the power of the [[Nth root|radical]] [[exponentiation|exponent]], based in the conformation of the [[species]], the way they are known after 20,000 years of assisted [[evolution]]."|Manuel Salinas}}
|author=R. García and A. Ibarra
|work=Diario El Mercurio (taken from El blog de Alexis Ibarra)
|date=6 October 2005
|accessdate=29 September 2013
}}</ref>}}


But after some questions by students (questions anwered with a mix of science fiction and ignorance) professor and Doctorate in Physics Patricio Häberle <ref> http://www.fis.utfsm.cl/haber.htm</ref> spoke to the audience, thanking them for the patience and respect, but that this presentation will stop here, the University will not neither support nor give space for this, what the person (referring to Salinas) has talked about is not serious.{{CN|date=March 2013}}
At a presentation to students, physicists, and engineers at the [[Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María]] in [[Valparaíso]], [[Chile]], on 12 October 2005, Salinas gave improbable and seemingly irrational theories to explain how his machine worked. He offered inconsistent explanations of the device, including using concepts from science fiction, when questioned by the audience. The presentation and questioning were stopped when a professor, Dr. Patricio Häberle, announced that the University would neither support it nor give space for it to be presented, and that what Salinas had talked about was not genuine.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.mercuriovalpo.cl/prontus4_noticias/site/artic/20051013/pags/20051013033452.html

|title=Avergonzado por universitarios
==Discoveries==
|website=El Mercurio de Valparaíso
{{unsourced-section}}
|date=13 October 2005
TR Araña was credited for having uncovered a weapons cache at [[Colonia Dignidad]] consisting of guns and rocket launchers buried 10 meters. It was also credited with locating the body of Luis Francisco Yuraszeck, a Chilean businessman who had been missing since March 2004, whose body was buried under four meters of cement.
|accessdate=29 September 2013

}}</ref>
International attention came in 2005 after Wagner Technologies, the funding company behind the development of Salinas's invention, claimed to have used it to find the largest recorded [[treasure]] trove: roughly 600 barrels of gold coins and jewels and would be worth about $10 billion. Wagner Technologies say that treasure is buried {{convert|sp=us|15|m|ft}} beneath the surface of [[Robinson Crusoe Island]] in the Chilean archipelago of [[Juan Fernández Islands|Juan Fernández]]. The treasure had been seized from the [[Inca]]s by Spanish [[conquistadores]] and buried on the island in 1715 by Juan Esteban Ubilla y Echeverría.

When Chilean authorities claimed the treasure would be government property, a standoff developed. Wagner Technologies said it would only disclose the treasure's precise co–ordinates once the government renounced its claim and that it would donate 60 percent of it to Chilean charities. The government did not back down and the treasure remains in dispute and unexcavated.


==Criticism==
==Criticism==
{{unreferenced section|date=May 2024}}
Salinas says that the robot bounces a nuclear signal off materials to search for specific atomic compositions.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Consensus exists among scientists that the technology Salinas says is used on the robot works{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} — but only to depths of 30&nbsp;cm and anything beyond that, such as the dozens of meters he claims to be able to probe, would be considered a technological advance.
Salinas says that the robot bounces a nuclear signal off materials to search for specific atomic compositions. Consensus exists among scientists that the technology Salinas says is used on the robot works{{px2}}{{mdash}}{{hsp}}but only to depths of 30&nbsp;cm and anything beyond that, such as the dozens of meters he claims to be able to probe, would be considered a technological advance.


Salinas has refused to patent the machine saying the technology is "an industrial secret."{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
Salinas has refused to patent the machine, saying the technology is "an industrial secret."


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{cite web
*[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060522-robots.html "Mystery Robot Said to Solve Crimes, Find Mines in Chile"] (''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic News]]'', May 23, 2006)
|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060522-robots.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060604072519/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060522-robots.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=June 4, 2006
|title=Mystery Robot Said to Solve Crimes, Find Mines in Chile
|website=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic News]]
|date=May 23, 2006
|accessdate=September 29, 2013
}}
*[http://www.economiaynegocios.cl/noticias/noticias_foto.asp?id=77273&tipo=3 "TR Araña: La octava maravilla"] (''[[El Mercurio]]'') (in Spanish)
*[http://www.economiaynegocios.cl/noticias/noticias_foto.asp?id=77273&tipo=3 "TR Araña: La octava maravilla"] (''[[El Mercurio]]'') (in Spanish)
*{{cite web
*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1578135,00.html The Guardian]
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,3604,1578135,00.html
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*[http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8054 New Scientist]
|title=600 barrels of loot found on Crusoe island
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*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4291334.stm BBC News]
|website=The Guardian
|date=26 September 2005
|accessdate=29 September 2013
}}
*{{cite web
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|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8054
|website=New Scientist
|title=Robot claims 'treasure island' booty
|date=26 September 2005
|accessdate=29 September 2013
}}
*{{cite web
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|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4291334.stm
|website=BBC News
|title=Gold fever grips Chilean island
|date=28 September 2005
|accessdate=29 September 2013
}}
*[http://streamlab.info/article.php3?id_article=1&id_document=102&debut_photos=0 Detailed Image]
*[http://streamlab.info/article.php3?id_article=1&id_document=102&debut_photos=0 Detailed Image]
*[http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20051001/pags/20051001194555.html Padre de TR Arana]
*[http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20051001/pags/20051001194555.html Padre de TR Araña]


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Latest revision as of 18:57, 8 July 2024

The TR Araña (Spanish, meaning "route tracing spider") is a robot that is claimed to remotely analyse the composition of the ground. The device was created by Chilean inventor Manuel Salinas and was reported to be able to operate at depths of up to 50 metres. It is widely believed by the scientific community to be a fraud.[1]

Principles

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Answering a request by the Chilean Commission on Nuclear Energy, Salinas wrote the following paragraph:

"[The principle behind the robot is] The non linear integration of the basic unit of life conformation the way it is known; therefore and merely as a functional and explanatory concept, I detail that our device is the integration of highly sophisticated electronic components which are able to decipher the unanimity equation in the chaos theory in the context of an integral raised to the power of the radical exponent, based in the conformation of the species, the way they are known after 20,000 years of assisted evolution."

— Manuel Salinas[2]

At a presentation to students, physicists, and engineers at the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María in Valparaíso, Chile, on 12 October 2005, Salinas gave improbable and seemingly irrational theories to explain how his machine worked. He offered inconsistent explanations of the device, including using concepts from science fiction, when questioned by the audience. The presentation and questioning were stopped when a professor, Dr. Patricio Häberle, announced that the University would neither support it nor give space for it to be presented, and that what Salinas had talked about was not genuine.[3]

Criticism

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Salinas says that the robot bounces a nuclear signal off materials to search for specific atomic compositions. Consensus exists among scientists that the technology Salinas says is used on the robot works‍— but only to depths of 30 cm and anything beyond that, such as the dozens of meters he claims to be able to probe, would be considered a technological advance.

Salinas has refused to patent the machine, saying the technology is "an industrial secret."

References

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  1. ^ "El blog de Alexis Ibarra: Cómo El Mercurio desenmascaró a Arturito". Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  2. ^ R. García and A. Ibarra (6 October 2005). "Robótica: "Arturito" no convence a los físicos". Diario El Mercurio (taken from El blog de Alexis Ibarra). Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Avergonzado por universitarios". El Mercurio de Valparaíso. 13 October 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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