Robotic tentacles vid
 

I can already feel them slipping around my ankle >:D

Video (55 mb, awesome)
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/~ianw/icra06_vid.mpeg

Artilce. Check out the pack mule article there too if you haven't already seen it.
http://www.newscientisttech.com/arti...y-objects.html