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Robots: Bio-inspired Locomotion
     

The new episode of the Robots
podcast interviews biologist Robert
Full from UC Berkeley. Prof. Full is very well known in the robotics
community for his past
and present
work to shed light on animal locomotion. By studying cockroaches run in
complex terrain or how crabs can run in sand, he has inspired
roboticists to create the RHex robot, which uses
open-loop control and bouncy legs for incredible
agility in rough terrain. More recently he has been looking at
climbing animals such as geckos and the Van der Waals forces which allow
their hairy feet to cling to walls and ceilings. In the second part of
this episode Auke Ijspeert from the EPFL then
gives us his take on animal locomotion and Full's work. Tune
in!

   

http://robots.net/article/2696.html