TED Talks

Robert Full: The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots

TV-PG
2014 • E112    Jun 5, 2014    15m
How can robots learn to stabilize on rough terrain, walk upside down, do gymnastic maneuvers in air and run into walls without harming themselves? Robert Full takes a look at the incredible body of the cockroach to show what it can teach robotics engineers.

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