The project is about my favorite topics: wildlife, sci-fi robots, and the concept of natural mimicry to combine organic shapes with machinery. Inspired by a praying mantis and various robots, Mantoptera is manufactured to stealthily take down large machines or vehicles. The name Mantoptera
came from the scientific name Mantis, and each part of it is designed to have the amazing stealth and ambush hunting style of many mantis species.
The robot has four legs and various flexible joints for adapting to any terrain. Saw blades are on both arms and function as ranged weapons with the attached barrels. The glowing eyes and the top of its abdomen cast rays on the surrounding area to bend the light around it and effectively become invisible. The smaller glowing red dots are cameras with a full 360-degree view. Its arsenal allows swift and effective ambush attacks that resembles its main inspiration, the praying mantis.
