Posts Tagged Gecko
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Stanford Robotics @ NRW: Stickybot III
A new version of Stickybot was introduced at Stanford’s National Robotics Week event. Stickybot III, a gecko-inspired climbing robot, was completed mere weeks ago. The difficulty in getting Stickybot III to climb is due in large part to the way the sticky pads are attached to its feet....
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Biomimetics: Creating Robots from the Real Thing
Biomimetic is a field of robotic engineering primarily focused on developing nature-inspired robots. Biomimetic robots are designed to mimic or copy biological insects or animals' movements, functions and appearance. Biomimetic is somewhat new to the field of robotics, such that it's contribution...
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Cheetah, Gecko and Roaches – Inspire Robot Designer
These are wild animals! Ironically, robot engineers hatched their imaginations on these creations. Robotic designer Sangbae Kim, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, decided to study on some of the mechanisms these animals use and replicate them in robots. Cheetah is the f...