Resilient Robots 1 (of 3) (IMAGE)

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Resilient Robots 1 (of 3)

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A legged robot able to teach itself to walk by continuously modeling its own body using internal simulations. The same on-board algorithm also allows the robot to diagnose structural damage, such as the separation of a leg, and to recover from such damage by teaching itself to walk using a different gait. This image relates to an article that appeared in the November 17, 2006, issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Josh Bongard of the University of Vermont and colleagues, was titled "Relisient Machines Through Continuous Self-Modeling."

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