Six-Legged Robot (IMAGE)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Six-Legged Robot

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Researchers at EPFL and UNIL have discovered a faster and more efficient gait, never observed in nature, for six-legged robots walking on flat ground. Bio-inspired gaits -- less efficient for robots -- are used by real insects since they have adhesive pads to walk in three dimensions.

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EPFL/Alain Herzog

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