New robot has complex locomotion techniques (IMAGE)

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

New robot has complex locomotion techniques

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Built with multifunctional appendages able to spin wheels that can also be wiggled and lifted, a new robot developed at Georgia Tech with U.S. Army funding has complex locomotion techniques robust enough to allow it to climb sand covered hills to avoid getting stuck while surveying a planet or the moon.

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hristopher Moore, Georgia Tech)

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