Robots inspired by animals

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Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/11/taking-inspiration-from-nature.html Robotics researchers are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration. Watch a robotic salamander, a water strider robot, mechanical cockroaches and some cool self-configuring robots. Footage courtesy of: University of Essex, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Carnegie Mellon University, ULB-EPFL, Tokyo Institute of Technology, National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST).

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 15, 2007 at 10:58 am
Author: newscientistvideo

Length: 0:02:08
Rating: 4.80
Views: 713,943

Tags: robot nature animal cockroach water strider salamander fish

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Video Comments:
senarodrigo (Sunday 12th of October 2008 07:57:07 PM)
wooo, what's the name of the last one?
SnazzyLion (Sunday 12th of October 2008 11:18:59 AM)
That last one was awesome! O_O
shadyumpa (Saturday 11th of October 2008 08:27:54 PM)
DUDE the last one was the sickest im studying robotocs now and hope to make one of those baby's latter
alaricoheroe (Saturday 11th of October 2008 08:15:30 PM)
chinese robots are far better than americans robots, go china i know you are more smarts.
apetalfalls (Saturday 11th of October 2008 06:54:35 PM)
hang yourself please, robots dont deserve life. ummm, demagnetize all technology itself, ...yea, yourself!
mancba182 (Saturday 11th of October 2008 06:45:39 PM)
yep lol!!!!
away5 (Saturday 11th of October 2008 06:24:17 PM)
wow, last robot is very cool!
wpsbadne (Saturday 11th of October 2008 03:54:13 PM)
FUCK!! THE LAST ROBOT WAS SICKK!!
LiranBs (Saturday 11th of October 2008 11:58:56 AM)
the last robot is amazing
schubes5 (Saturday 11th of October 2008 10:07:15 AM)
THAT WAS SICK