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A slippery world in bio-inspired robotics

A slippery world in bio-inspired robotics

A roboticist at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems studies the multifunctional feet of the desert locust and its jumping behavior on different surfaces to extract the traits which contribute to enhancing surface friction and stop slips. The scientist then built a robot inspired by the locust. His findings about the morphological intelligence of the insect contribute to solving the complex locomotion problems seen in even the most advanced robots. This new field of research is increasingly gaining attention within the scientific community, so much so that renowned science journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published the researcher´s findings in its latest edition.


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pi Matthew Woodward
Matthew Woodward
Assistant Professor at Tufts University, USA
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pi Metin Sitti
Metin Sitti
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sg Linda Behringer
Linda Behringer
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