March of the sandbots.

March of the sandbots.

Goldman at Georgia Tech, Koditschek and Komsuoglu at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, and other collaborators - are hoping that by studying the zebra-tailed lizard and a menagerie of other desert-dwelling creatures, we can create more agile versions of their six-legged robot, SandBot...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE spectrum 46, 4 (2009).
Main Author: Goldman, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
SandBot.
Crescent-shaped feet.
Desert dwelling creatures.
Fluid behavior.
Glass beads.
Sandy terrain.
Six-legged robot.
Solid behavior.
Zebra tailed lizard.