A 47-segment mechanical cobra you can take apart piece by piece

Mura@0x_mura

This should be illegal: Claude Opus 5.5 built a robotic cobra with 47 mechanical segments that you can take apart piece by piece.

3D artists need to see what happens at 0:17.

I tested a technique where every moving part is built as a separate mechanism before the final machine comes together.

> The cobra rises from its coil and spreads 14 mechanical hood ribs across 124°.
> At 0:04 its head opens, revealing camera optics, folding fangs and a forked sensor.
> At 0:09 one body ring opens to expose the gears and joints underneath.
> At 0:17 the entire cobra explodes into individual mechanical components.
> At 0:19 those components begin assembling back into the complete snake.
> At 0:23 it lunges toward the camera with its hood fully deployed.

The crazy part is that this isn't just an animation. It's a 3D simulator with individual assemblies, live servo readings and a complete teardown mode.

Full build guide and prompts in the article below👇