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Experimenting With Robotic Movement

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-avoid-scuttling-and-slithering dept.

kodiaktau writes "Roboticists with EPFL are playing with new methods of locomotion for robots, modeled after grasshoppers, bats and other non-traditional forms of movement, including leaping and gliding."

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  1. Re:Jumpgliding? by Ferzerp · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It can't be very efficient at all. You can see the lost energy with the bounceback as it slams in to the ground after moving only a few inches.